Mom's 60th Birthday!

The weekend before my sweet mom turned 60, we decided to surprise her with a girls weekend getaway!  We woke up early Saturday morning and headed up to Park City to get breakfast at Kneaders. YUM!  After breakfast, we headed over to the outlets to do us some shopping. After a fun day hitting every store, we ended up spending the night in Midway. 

Just the girls~ Me, my mom's cousin DeAnn, her daughter Emily, Emily, Wendy and my mom 

Love how Em's trying to cop a feel.

  I'm pretty sure we did our fair share of spending money.  Look at all the bags!  CRAZY!

While we were gone, the boys at home decorated her house with signs, balloons and streamers.  Plus had dinner in the oven.  Good job boys! 

My sweet grandpa gave my mom a glass storm door to go with her front door.  He got her a card and then drew a picture of the door that he was getting her.  What a cute man!  She was so HAPPY!  She has wanted a glass door for so long.

  

Can you believe that he is 93 years old???

 I couldn't get my mom to look at me:)

All of the grandkids with their awesome grandma!

Happy Birthday Mom!
I am so glad that we were able to get away for a little bit from our crazy lives to laugh and have fun with you.  Don't worry we are already planning another trip for next year... (San Francisco, St. George, Vegas.. Decisions! Decisions!) You do so much for us without ever expecting something back in return.  You are such a giving person.  I am very thankful to have you in my life.  Love you tons!

XOXO

March 19, 2013

Girls Trip~

Back in September, My mom, my sister-in-laws Emily and Wendy and I went over to Denver to spend a weekend with my Aunt Marilyn and my cousin Brittany.  They invited us to their Stake Conference where my ALL TIME FAVORITE apostle Jeffrey R. Holland was going to be speaking.  I was so excited to go over there for some girl time with my favorite girls and to be spiritually lifted with the words of Elder Holland.   

We had some time to waste at the airport before taking off.  

My Aunt's new house is so stinkin cute.  She has done such a fabulous job decorating it and getting it just right.  I wish I would have taking pictures of it to show off and of course to get some decorating tips from.  I did get some funny pics of her HUGE bathtub.  You could have quite the party in it:)  

On Saturday, we went shopping, Shopping, and more SHOPPING!  I think we hit just about every store in the Denver area.  It was so nice being able to be gone all day long without having kids with us.  We could take as long as we wanted in each store, eat when and where we wanted, and chat our hearts outs without any interruptions:) So nice!

Wendy and her healthy snacks!

After a YUMMY lunch at Paneras! 

Why oh Why don't we have a Panera in Utah???

We went and saw a movie.

I really liked this one!

And then we did some more shopping!!!  I really don't think we could have bought one more thing or else our suitcases wouldn't fit on the airplane.

I love these girls!  We laughed so hard!

On Sunday, we got up really early to head over to the church and get a place in line.  They  were only letting so many people into the building.  It was being broadcast to two or three other wards but we really wanted to be able to see him in person.  

I believe they had 1000 tickets to hand out.  I was #64 in line!  We had to wait for 3+ hours for the meeting but it was worth every minute.

After the meeting was over, he stood in the foyer and shook everyone's hands on their way out.  I was so neat to be able to shake his hand.  Of course, I couldn't help myself and had to pull out my phone to snap some pictures. 

My cousin shaking his hand!!

We had to head to the airport shortly after the meeting.  Poor Em was sooo tired.  She doesn't sleep very well when she is away from home.  She needs another vacation just to catch up on her sleep.  

  

I love these girls so much!  I am very thankful for them and love spending time with them!  We are already planning our next girls trip:)