I have to start off by saying that my sweet Sloan is cutting SIX TEETH.  She’s gone 4 months with only having two teeth – and now we’re on our way to having six.  One of her top teeth just cut through, along with a molar, and behind it a cuspid.  She’s a total champ.  I didn’t even know about the top ones until I brushed her teeth one night and felt some friction – there it was.  She has been showing no signs whatsoever and all I can do and think is how lucky we are that she is so even tempered.  There is a reason I had this child first, I know it…

Her hair is getting long enough that I can actually style it.  Kind of.  I’ve never been so proud of two little piggie tails in my entire life!

I had a killer streak this week when it came to meals.  I tried two new entrees I have never made before – and both were surprisingly good.  Bacon wrapped turkey tenderloins……and California shrimp stacks (thanks to my friend Lindsey).  Both will be made again in this household – very, very soon.
Saturday Sloan slept in until 8:30 – so we lounged all morning in our comfy cozies.

Not wanting to break tradition, I made some cinnamon rolls for breakfast.  Maybe my best batch yet.  I’m telling you…I have been on a roll.

We listened to the first sessions of Conference, which was by far my favorite of all the four sessions I watched.  Renlund (spelling?) spoke straight to my heart and I hope to keep that feeling that I had that morning with me for as long as I can.  It was one of the more spiritual experiences I have ever had during conference in recent memory.  Afterwards we went on a family run with Sloan in the jogging stroller.  She was in heaven, pointing to every dog she spotted along the trail.

I forgot to mention that this week I got my hair done by my friend Jenn – who was brave enough to attempt my request to be an ashy blonde. I am happy with how it evolved [it took a few attempts because my hair is so dark] and I still don’t recognize myself in the mirror sometimes.  

Saturday evening Zach went to Priesthood Session and I went out with the women in my family for dinner at the Dodo and a movie at the Sugarhouse movie theater.  We so My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (the original is my mom’s FAVORITE movie) and let’s just say…I’m glad I went with that group of people instead of Zach.  Zach would have lost his mind.

Sunday morning I whipped up a batch of German pancakes per Zach’s request for breakfast and we didn’t move more than a 15 foot radius for…hours.  We watched the first and second sessions hanging out in our pajamas, eating/snacking non stop, and just being together as a family.
We spent the time between conference sessions reading book after book and building towers with Sloan. 

My lucky streak with food ending Sunday night when I made the most mediocre meal of my homemaking career.  But, it was good while it lasted.  They all can’t be winners, I guess.

I have loved the last few weekends.  It’s been wonderful to be with family and then to round it off with a great Conference weekend.  I feel renewed, or recharged, and can’t wait to see what the next few weeks hold for us.