Our week leading up to conference weekend at the cabin was typical of Zach and I:  random and full of food.

Monday was drizzly and cold.  We went out for warm, greasy Chinese food and drove around looking at modern homes.  It’s this weird thing we do.

[My fortune tells me to ‘remember three months from this date – Good things are in store for you.’]

 We ended the night with chocolate shakes at In N’ Out.

New this week [for a little work update] one of my mall kiosks I designed was installed – always a relief to have a project built, delivered, and installed.  Now, on to the next one…

What’s new with Zach?  Well…he bought new roller blades for roller hockey.  Here he is googling how to “bake” his skates in the oven so they will mold to his feet better.  He was not happy when I told him he was not allowed to “bake” his skates in our oven.  You wouldn’t let him either if you would have seen what he did to a Tostino’s frozen pizza last week…

Friday after work Zach begged me to go to Market Street.  I told him we could go under one condition:  we went to IKEA first.  Zach despises IKEA.  He thinks the store is a joke and their products are horrible.  But I needed frames for a gallery wall in our hallway, and I don’t have any issues with IKEA…so we went.  Zach carried a pile of frames through the maze of the store and was a great sport.

Then we had dinner at Market Street.  At which my husband told me that I looked, and I quote, like a ‘high class ho’ with my hair braided around the side and back of my head.  He said I looked like Beyonce, to which normally I would be completely flattered because I am obsessed with her…but he was referring to my ‘ghetto hair’ and spiked necklace.

We planned to see a movie – “Parental Guidance” but I had heard from a friend it was awful, also Zach thought that Rick Moranis was in the film…and when I informed him it was Billy Crystal instead, we both decided we would go home and watch a movie.  Zach talked about Honey, I Shrunk the Kids all the way home.

Zach bought me a calendar I had wanted from Rifle Paper Co. for Christmas – but I didn’t want to actually use it as a calendar, I wanted to frame the gorgeous maps of my favorite cities for our hallways upstairs.  Hence the frames.  I thought I was being super creative until I read this post on this blog – she had the same idea.  She even used the same frames – no idea is sacred anymore thanks to blogs and Pinterest, I guess.

Saturday morning Zach and I packed for our over-nighter up at the Hendo cabin and then watched the first Saturday session of General Conference.  Since I have severe ADD, I watched while working on some sewing projects.  My sweet neighbor let me borrow her serger to fix a costume of ours and then I used it to skinny up some pairs of Zach’s old church pants.  We couldn’t believe the difference:  over 4″ off each leg was removed.  [Left is the fixed leg – right was the existing leg.]

I also finished my second maxi skirt with the help of my trusty Singer.  The material had been sitting in our office for almost a year – that’s why it was SO wrinkled.  Also, once ironed the asymmetrical part was much better, I promise.  I also altered a chambray top for summer, altered a peplum top, and so on.  I completed six projects while watching/listening to the first session.

After that first session was over we set off for the cabin.  We only made one stop on the way up there…at which Zach purchased a corn dog, a chicken strip, and two potato wedges.  How is he not 300 pounds!?  I want his metabolism.

We arrived just in time for the second session and watched it with Zach’s family.  Afterwards we ate dinner and then all the men went off to the Priesthood session.

The ladies and the kiddies watched movies, played games [almost 25 games of Tic-Tac-Toe on aunt Katie’s phone with Kate], and snuggled with baby Clark.

We had a late night and were up bright and early the next morning [technically the kids were up bright and early, Zach and I slept as long as long as possible] for breakfast.  Then it was time for one of my favorite traditions with the Hendersons:  the Easter Bunny visit and the egg hunt.  Zach’s mom had the bunny costume stored near the garage – so we got Zach all dressed up and he rode an ATV out in the trees.  Meanwhile, Mark [Zach’s dad] was handing out carrots to all the kidlets.  Mark told them if they waved their carrot in the wind the Easter Bunny might smell them and come visit us!  Sure enough…the Easter Bunny came zipping out of the tress on the 4-wheeler.  He even did a couple of tricks.

Then it was time to hop down to the basement for the egg hunt.

The kiddies searched for their eggs and when the hunt was over it was time for the bunny to go back into the woods.

After the Easter festivities and between the Sunday sessions we returned home.  Thank you Mark and Jeanene for such a fun and fantastic weekend!

We decided to make dinner at home and try out the new fancy rice maker my parents got me for my birthday – recommended by my darling Chinese co-worker.  It cooked our rice to PERFECTION!  [Zach is a rice snob and doesn’t like minute rice, he prefers a long grain white rice.]  We made Zach’s favorite – stir fry, and my favorite – brownie sundaes.

Conference was so wonderful.  I wish I could be this uplifted each weekend – it gave us such a fresh start for this week.  Even better to mix in holiday festivities and family.  Zach and I are very blessed.  Our religion, our families, and the moments we have with each other are the most important things in our lives.