Monday was Zach’s very first ice hockey game of the season. We both have been looking forward to it for weeks. It was at the ACORD center in West Valley and as if it couldn’t have gotten any better…they had Mike & Ike’s in one of the vending machines. All was peaceful. Zach’s team was winning 5 to 0 and it wasn’t until the 3rd period that the opposing team started to get flustered. One of the members of their team got frustrated and took a whack at Zach [literally] with his stick. I yelled “Calm down, 22. This isn’t the Olympics!” He looked straight up at me from down on the ice and used some very choice gestures. I couldn’t stop laughing. Zach’s ice hockey games are such a great source of entertainment for me. 30-year-old men playing in a rec league – acting like it is for the Stanley Cup! I just kept on eating my Mike & Ike’s…
This week I also took on a little project I have been scheming up. I have been wanting to make a travel map for Zach and I for months, but couldn’t figure out how I wanted to do it. I wanted something unique so I bought a few supplies. First I painted a 8’x4′ sanded plywood board in my garage.
Once it dried I applied a giant vinyl sticker of a map I found on Etsy. It was 7′ wide and took a lot of patience, but it looked great after it has been adhered to the board.
After hanging it above the staircase [the most difficult part] I began to mark all the places we had traveled with small wire nails.
The most time consuming part was connecting all the wire nails with embroidery floss to represent all the flights we have taken from home. I thought a “flight” travel map would be the perfect way to display our love of travel and Zach’s love of aviation.
I was so excited about how it turned out!
I also made some Ocho de Mayo decorations. My friend Kristina’s birthday is on May 8th and she is Mexican, so we celebrate Ocho de Mayo instead of Cinco de Mayo. I wanted romantic cantina lighting, so I made candle votives out of glass bottles.
We all ordered take-out from Red Iguana and enjoyed each other’s company whilst eating out of metal containers.
My friends indulge my stupid ideas and kept strictly to theme: Whit brought Mexican Coke and Sprite in bottles and Whitney Allen brought fried ice cream for dessert!
We love you Kristina! I hope you had the best birthday possible. You are by far my favorite Mexcian!
Saturday morning I got to babysit some of my nieces and nephew at their house while their mom and dad were at work. I am trying to get as much practice in as possible before Juan Pedro comes…
These little faces are easy to love.
Saturday night Zach and I had our date night at Tepanyaki and had La Bonne Vie macarons for dessert. The new lemon flavor is off the CHAIN! I took them into our late night movie at the Gateway. MUCH better than popcorn if you ask me…
Sunday Zach and I slept in and relaxed all morning. A few hours later Zach gave me my very first Mother’s Day gift. I honestly didn’t expect anything and wouldn’t have been disappointed if he would have completely forgot, but he never forgets. Bless his mother for teaching him to be so thoughtful. Jeanene, you have made your son such a wonderful husband and I couldn’t be more grateful. Just one of many reasons I adore my mother-in-law. I was totally blown away by my husband’s sweet gesture.
Sunday for Relief Society I was asked to bear my testimony about a specific topic and decided to tie in my testimony about my Mom. I have been working on a journal for her as a Mother’s Day gift and have been writing in it every Sunday for the past few months. I shared some of my favorite memories of my mom and couldn’t have been more grateful for her at that moment.
Mother’s Day means something different to me now and celebrating my first one with my husband and family was the best gift I could have been given. I can’t wait to celebrate with my mother-in-law and Zach’s family this week to honor them for Mother’s Day. We’ll keep the good times coming as long as we can…