We had an exciting week considering it was Zach’s 28th birthday on Thursday.  But before we had that shindig, we had a pretty good week.  One of the perks of working from home is being able to meet my friends and family for lunch.  It’s amazing being able to set my own schedule and to enjoy little things like that.  I got to meet my friend Angie for lunch up in Ogden and Emily for brunch at Ruth’s Diner later in the week.  It sounds trivial, but it’s something I didn’t even know I was missing out on.  The majority of my week was spent working on my new website, Etsy shop, and prepping all my Halloween stuff for my sister-in-law’s spa.  She was sweet enough to allow me to produce a bunch of prints and other items to sell.  I’m excited to see how it does!  I have a new found respect for those in retail.

I also received a shipment of all my new business cards for this website I am creating.  I can’t wait to get everything up and running to see how this crazy idea of mine works out.

In preparation for Zach’s birthday I spent some time going through old photos.  It made me super curious/excited to see what our future littles will look like.  I can’t wait to meet them.

Thursday night we did a little birthday shopping and then dined at Benihana.  I know, big shocker…we’ve done this for Zach’s birthday for the last 7 years.  He won’t eat anywhere else to celebrate!

Saturday was pretty exciting:  I had two friend baby showers.  One in Ogden, one in South Jordan.  Big time fail on my part for not getting a picture of Chelsea and some of my high school friends at her shower.  She’s due in a few weeks and is having a baby girl!  However, I hope to see them all soon! The second shower was for a long time friend, Alex who is expecting a baby boy.  It was so fun to see some friends I rarely get to see and visit with them.

On my way home I stopped at my aunt’s house to help her and my mother make some peach jam.  Her neighbor gave her a huge bin of peaches and so they decided to make Saturday afternoon a last minute jam sesh.

Peach jam is amazing, but I can’t wait until we make our next batch.  Peach + strawberry jam.  My absolute favorite.  It’s like the perfect mix of summer and fall.  My neighbor got us hooked on it last year and we’ve loved this recipe.

Later that night we went out with Zach’s parents to dinner to celebrate his birthday again.  We loved dining with Mark and Jeanene and catching up with them as well.  After dinner we had to rush off to the Utah vs. Oregon State game at Rice Eccles.  The weather was crisp and we didn’t even mind the drizzle later on.  I’d take rain over the blazing sun any day!

It was a great game – even though we didn’t leave winners.

Sunday after church we went to my parents’ house, once again, to celebrate for Zach’s birthday.  We had roast and his favorite twice baked potatoes for dinner.  I even scored some good wife points by making his favorite chocolate cake [the only dessert he will actually eat and enjoy] but failed once again with only 4 measly candles.  28 wouldn’t have fit on there properly any way…right?

Zach is definitely loved.  Both of our families treated him to wonderful birthday wishes and celebrations.  I’m so grateful to have him in my life.  Like I tell most people:  my life would be sooo boring without my sweet, crazy, fun-loving husband.  I hope his birthday was as amazing for him as he is amazing to me.