sydney says thank you: darlin' me gusta los sparkles en tus ojos tonite

i am exhausted. completely exhausted. it's been a really long week full of weddings, birthday parties, dinners, food network stars, temples, and listening.

last saturday, i got to go to marie cope's wedding. now she is marie call and i couldn't be any happier for her!

last sunday, we had a little birthday party to celebrate my 20 years of life! we had sundaes on sunday. it was super fun! my grandparents were there, as were the morgans, the navas, the ellis', the mutzes, cammie and jake, and my friend cameron from my ward back at byu. (cameron is working in santa rosa for the summer so i invited him over!) it was a BLAST. because really, what is better than family, friends, ice cream, birthday hats, and bladderdash (aka balderdash)? i submit that nothing tops that. it was the best day.

on tuesday evening, i went to dinner with chloe and sasha! sash was home for the week, so we decided that, as per tradition, we would get some awesome food at an awesome restaurant. we went to la condessa in st helena, a nice mexican restaurant with the BEST interiors ever. we were all obsessing over the decor. and we talked and we laughed and we ate until our stomachs told us to stop but we just kept eating anyway. and then we got gelato after that. haha.

on thursday, we saw mark summers at work. you know, that guy from unwrapped on the food network? yep. he came in. that was kinda cool.

i also went to the oakland temple on thursday. i love that place. i love all the temples, but oakland is definitely special. it's my home temple :) AND!! and. i ran into my friend natalie while i was there. we didn't even plan that at all. she and i both happened to be there with our wards on the same night at the same time!! please tell me how often that happens? not very. it was the best. (natalie, if you're reading this: seriously about to cry!)

friday was my day off and i spent it shopping for new work pants (mine got salad dressing stains on them that wouldn't come out no matter what i washed them with).

yesterday i worked and it was a day. a really long day. but then i got to do wedding planning with two of my favorite ladies, cammie and stephanie graham (aka apple...it's a long story)!! it was so fun, and great to actually get planning for the event of the summer :) i still can't believe that cammie is getting married. i haven't quite wrapped my mind around it, but it's such a good thing.

another thing i've done this week is listen. for those of you who know me know that i always have music on in the background. doesn't matter what i'm doing, there is always music on, especially when i'm driving. but this week, i've been driving without music on. sometimes you just need to listen to the silence. it gives you time to think, time to process. that is all.