Monday we had family night at the Food Truck League in Sugarhouse.  It was our first time.  I got a chicken sandwich and Zach got a rack of baby back ribs from the BBQ truck.  Sloan loved the hoards of people and the live band.I don’t think she even noticed that her parents were there the entire time.

Zach and I’s favorite part was Art City Donuts – we got the Cinnabomb and it really was, in fact, the bomb.  We shared them in the car on the way home.

Later that night we celebrated my friend Lindsey’s birthday with take-out from Arella and the Bachelorette at her place after dark.  Probably the most entertaining episode we all had seen in the last 5 seasons.  I couldn’t have picked two better people to watch it with – we were dying.  I can’t wait to see how the rest of the season unfolds.

Wednesday Sloan and I drove down to Herriman to visit my friend Whitney and her two darling boys.  We had a play date at one of the coolest parks I’d ever set foot on.

Daybreak is legit.  The facilities, the lake, all the cool modern homes popping up.  If it wasn’t so far south of Zach’s work we’d move there in a heartbeat.  Being with my sweet friend and Breaker and Maddox was the highlight of Sloan’s week.  She could have smiled and watched those two for hours.  I think watching them actually wore her out.

Sloan had a breakthrough this week.  It’s like she finally had an epiphany and realized how great sleep really is.  Wednesday night she slept for over 11 hours!  I woke up in an absolute panic and realized she didn’t wake up around 4:00 like she normally does.  She basically slept through the night. 8:00 pm – 7:30 am.  She was as happy as I had ever seen her when I grabbed her out of her crib.

And as if that wasn’t sweet enough – she decided to continue on her stellar sleep pattern for the rest of the week.  I hope I didn’t just jinx myself by typing that.Thursday Sloan and I decided we wanted to get outside again.  It was overcast and the perfect temperature, so I popped her little shade tent and we lounged outside.  She took a long nap while I worked on my laptop.  She isn’t a very consistent napper – but what are the odds that she slept for two hours – even with all the barking dogs and pest control guy crashing our party?

My parents teased me incessantly when they found out I purchased this tent pod for Sloan.  But they don’t know about my neighbor’s crazy cat that tries to steal Sloan’s toys.  Besides…the girl has buttercream skin.  I can’t let her bake in the sun!  

Sloan has finally grown enough that her feet can touch the ground in the majority of her toys.  Wearing a pair of shoes helps, too…

Thursday night, after Zach got home from work, my parents came over to our house to watch Sloan while we went to a movie.  Not just any movie, one of our favorite HBO shows that they developed into a movie.  We’ve only been waiting for it to hit the big screen for…years.  It didn’t disappoint.  We even had the theater to ourselves.  Entourage with my one-man entourage.  

Saturday was a pretty special day for our family.  My aunt and uncle, who have been married for 34 years, got sealed in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple.  I was so grateful to be a part of their big day.  My sweet brother watched Sloan while we went to the sealing.  She was in heaven, and we were too.

It was my first visit to that temple and it won’t be my last.  After the sealing my brother brought Sloan to the temple so we could all greet my aunt and uncle as they came out.  

I’ve never seen them so happy.  They have worked so hard for so long to make it to this point.  They had so many people there supporting them, all who had such a great impact on them.  Heaven really was smiling down on them because the suspected rainy weather dissipated.  It was the most gorgeous afternoon.

After the sealing we all made our way over to their ward building.  Sloan tore up the b-ball court in her sweet kicks [with the help of Dan] while we set up for the luncheon. 

It was the perfect ending to our weekend.  Family really is everything.