We had a lot of family time this week/weekend.  1. Because Zach and I were gone for my actual Birthday.  2. Because my Dad left for South America this weekend.  [He’s going through a mid-life crisis, okay?]  So to make up for lost time, we spent a lot of time together…but first our random week, as expected:

I attempted to finish up our guest bathroom – I had on my list to install: knobs / handles, a single towel bar, a 24″ towel bar, two floating shelves above the toilet, and some framed prints.  I started with the single towel bar.

…and that’s as far as I got.  Technically, I didn’t even complete it.  I refused to use Zach’s help and attempted it all on my own.  In my defense I have installed all the other hardware in our house – including all the new light fixtures and had no complications.  Turns out our drywall in the guest bath was being difficult.  The drywall screws kept falling right through the wall.  There is an electrical box on the opposite side [where our laundry room is] and that posed as a problem as well.  By the time I was finished the wall had become swiss cheese.  I was super frustrated.  So I cleaned up my mess, left the rest of the hardware on the bathroom vanity, and went to go get ice cream.  Obviously.

Sometimes Coldstone is the only thing that can make me feel better.  The manager knows me by name.  It’s embarrassing.

Mid week we had a random date.  Chinese food at David’s Kitchen [with our favorite walnut shrimp] and a couple rounds of bowling.

Along with the creepiest fortune of all time…am I right?!

I have been attempting to organize my closet for weeks, and found this amazing app to try to help motivate me.  Instead of “motivating” me…it consumed me.  I documented and organized my entire closet.  Including all my jewelry, scarves, shoes…everything.  Once I got it all documented on my phone I could catalogue it.  You can make packing lists for vacation, track what you wear and when you wear it, and even create new “looks”.  I realize publicizing this makes me a crazy person, but I can’t tell you how much it will benefit me.  I have items of clothing that I haven’t worn for a while that I rediscovered in the depths of my closet.  I intend to put this app to good use.  Zach suggested that I catalogue all of our pots and pans next.  What a brat.

I attended Zach’s hockey game in West Valley – he scored a handful of goals and even had a penalty shot!  I hope our offspring get his athletic ability.

Friday was the worst.  Just the worst.  I spent my morning at the DMV renewing my license.  I won’t even go into it.  2 hours and 45 minutes later…

It was not my favorite day.  I promised my boss that I would work through lunch to make up for the time I lost that morning.  Even though he called me a ‘total drama queen’ and informed me that I have ‘been watching too much of that Kardashian show’ he brought me back lunch from the Dodo, along with my favorite dessert: cinnamon caramel coffee cake.

That night Zach and I went out to Trolley Square for our date night.  We shopped around for a bit and then ate dinner at Rodizio Grill.

That cheese bread.  Gets us every freaking time.

To make up for my failed attempt on Monday, I enlisted Zach’s help on Saturday morning to get some stuff finished in the guest bath.  We installed all the hardware…

Hung up all the art [these three prints I bought to remind us of our 4th anniversary:  London, New York, and Paris].

…and hung up the prints in our bedroom, finally.

After our little home improvement bonding time together we set off down to my parents’ house to all head over to the Boat Show – a long time family tradition.

We’ve had our family boat for just over a decade and we love it.  But every Boat Show my dad gets SUPER serious about buying a new boat.  About 80% ready to purchase it right then and there at the show…and then he backs out within the last 30 minutes of our time at the show hall.  Pretty hilarious.  It is a blast going through every make a model, weighing the pros and cons, discussing all the latest and greatest in gadgets.  After the show we all drove over to Macaroni Grill to  have a late birthday celebration for Camron and myself.  We had the whole crew there [16 of us including significant others] and had such a great time.  My parents got me this dope rice maker I have been wanting and my aunt’s family got me a PERSONAL crockpot to take to work for lunch.  It is amazing.

Sunday I sang in church for sacrament meeting and both my Mom and Aunt attended – along with Zach, obviously.  It is always my biggest anxiety singing in public.  I can barely eat anything the day of the song, I drink so much water that I have to make multiple trips to the bathroom, and mentally freak out about a thousand times.  The song went well, and I didn’t realize how hungry I was until after I sat down after the number.  Good thing we had big plans later for our family dinner…

It was Valentine cookie decorating night at my aunt’s house.  We decorated nearly 6 dozen cookies for our friends, families, and neighbors.

My brother, Blake, won the award for Most Creative cookie.  I named it the “Heartbreak Hotel” because it has a triple decker feature and a broken heart on top.  He’s kind of a creative genius.  Zach’s cookie was pretty interesting, as well.  He wrote ‘I LOVE GOATS’ on his.  That was the only cookie he decorated.

We were all pretty jacked up on the frosting and candy, and then some of us had a major sugar crash…

My padre left for Argentina with his BFF on Sunday.  We are hoping for a really fun and safe trip for those two – with all their exploring and adventuring they plan to do.  Don’t worry, I ate enough cookies and frosting for him.  We really must have missed him: we even decorated cookies that were completely inappropriate and anatomically correct in his honor.