Girls Only!

In my 6 1/2 years of motherhood I have never had a girls weekend. So as you can imagine I was thrilled! Off I head with a few close girlfriends to St. George. Yeeee-haaaaw! The grandparents of my friend Annalise own a second home there.  

Day #1  Started the day off with Sariah for a run, layed out at the pool(only lasted for an hour,105 degrees) headed to Vegas for some shopping, then ended the day with dinner at the Cheesecake Factory.
The pool was under construction, so we had to go for a dip in the indoor pool.

Carolyn, Sariah, and me

Jenny and Annalise

The damage we did at the outlets. Only one of the bags is mine. LOL
Can you belive it? Louis Vuitton interior, only in Vegas!

Cheesecake Factory
Annalise is finally having a  baby girl and was so excited to pick out bedding for the crib.

Day #2  Run with Sariah,  introduced Carolyn to the wonderful world of TJ Maxx(the St. George store has a great selection), pedicures, The Time Travelers Wife, dinner at Cafe Rio, frozen custard at Nielsens, and ended the night with games and lots of girl talk in our pjs.
I look tired in this pic. Too much fun I guess.

The Time Travelers' Wife

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Playing games in our pjs.
Before leaving we were feeling pretty silly and decided to take some funny picturesSariah in "Book cover pose"

Yours truly, "Falling in love with the flowers pose"
Carolyn in "Missing my husband pose"
"I love being pregnant pose"

Peek a boo!

A trip to the zoo

What's a summer without a trip to the zoo. Thanks to my friend Carolyn who has a yearly pass, we got in for free! Here comes the train!
Madison and Mason

This was the highlight for me. This little baby giraff melted my heart. I tried to get a pic of her by her momma, but she walked away. I guess she needed some "me" time.
Carolyn, Jack, Mason, and Madison

I can't remember the name of these playful monkeys? They sure were rough housing a lot! As you can see, Trenton couldn't keep his eyes off them.

Mother/ Daughter "T" Party

We finally were able to have the Mother/Daughter activity for Activity Days. Aura and I thought it would be fun to do a tea party, but since we are LDS we thought we would change it up a bit. So"T" stands for terrific, talented moms who we strive to be like! In preparation for this dinner we had the girls make the invitations which turned out really cute. They also had an etiquette and manners activity.
It looks a little bare, but in person it looked a lot better.
We also had a previous activity where the girls made flowers out of tissue paper for the centerpieces in fun, bright colors.
Everyone was invited to wear their favorite dress up hat.
After dinner we played a game similar to the Newlywed Game to see how well the mothers and daughters knew each other. They all really enjoyed it.
A light dinner was served so the girls could practice their manners. Menu: turkey wraps with chive cream cheese, spinich pasta salad with sesame dressing, a variety of fresh fruit, creme puffs drizzled with chocolate, brownie bites, lemon drop cookies, and sparkling limeaid .