Girl Time

Sorry for the loooong delays between each and every post. I've thought of a lot of excuses, but I'm too bored with all them to even bother writing them down!

So, to cheer myself up today, I decided to write about something that made me VERY HAPPY last month. An AWESOME Christmas gift that I received early from my darling husband. I got to take off to SLC for a weekend with two of my fabulous girlfriends! Thanks to much rearranging of several complicated schedules, a very generous family friend who manages a hotel, many family members willing to help with kids, and three amazing husbands, we got to spend two days and two nights ALONE, in a HOTEL, eating YUMMY food that we DIDN'T have to make (or clean up), shopping (another part of the present--money to go buy some of my own Christmas gifts--SUCH a fabulous idea & SO much fun!), going out to a movie, painting our nails, and TALKING--basically having a completely PERFECT time. I know I just blogged a few months ago about going out to eat with these girls, but really, we are hardly ever able to get together with all three of us, so I was really grateful to have that chance, especially uninterrupted for two whole days!

Thank you to the lovely man that I married, to a great sister in law, and to my two dear friends for needing this as much as I did and for making it happen-and for being the kind of people that I would want to go away with anyway! Love you ladies.

love these girls

Anthropologie--basically where all of the money was spent. Thankfully they were having some amazing sales! Oh, how I love this store!
There is something just so beautiful about room service. Actually, everything about it is pretty perfect. I'm sort of in love with the whole idea. Especially when what you order ends up looking like this, and tasting even better.

I'm telling you, it didn't last long!

Why is it so much more fun to paint your nails with girlfriends than to do it alone?

Yes, it was freezing--we were basically hit with a blizzard that weekend, so it's kind of amazing that the whole thing ended up working out, but we got some good exercise. (After fearing for our lives just driving to the hotel, all other activities were accessed by walking. Lucky we picked a hotel that was close to shopping, restaurants, movies, and more!)

Trying out some Vegas rolls and Caterpillar rolls at Happy Sumo.

Here's what we drove through to get there, and walked through all weekend. Beautiful though!

Calling home to check on the kids! Can't help worrying about them, even when we are having a blast!

I love you girls!!!

The older I get, the more sad I am to realize how difficult it really is to have 'friends for life'. As you grow older and begin to create your own family, staying in touch and spending time together with old friends becomes increasingly difficult. Especially with all of the frequent moving that seems to go on these days (at least with me and a lot of my closest friends)! I've been blessed with some really amazing girlfriends in my life, but I don't have many that have been around for as long as these two girls. (I really hope that doesn't say something about me!) That means that they know the most--and probably the worst--about me. Somehow they've stuck around. It's not often we all three get together anymore, something seems to keep us from living in the same state for very long, but we had one night out on the town together last month, and it was, as always, a blast. You are both so beautiful and talented and exceptionally kind and forgiving towards me. Thank you Sarah & Laura, I can't wait until I can have some more girltime with two of my favorite gals! :)


And a big thank you to all of you girls out there who have been such amazing friends to me. You know who you are! (at least, you better!!) I can't imagine life without you. If I had my way, we'd all be living in one big neighborhood all together so I could see you every day. Thank goodness for girlfriends!

Girls Night Out~And A Big Thank You To The Famous LBGs

So one of the hardest things for me about moving is leaving behind good friends. It's happened more than once (we won't get into how many times), and it just doesn't ever get easier. Well, luckily for me, this move has brought us to a place where some of our friends and family already are. Esther isn't only my sister-in-law, she's also a great friend. And I'm not the only one who can see what a great friend she is. These girls pictured here have been friends...not quite since birth, but close enough. And they have been so nice to take me under their wing, so to speak. They invited me along to a midnight release party for Stephenie Meyer's book Breaking Dawn, and MAN, do these girls know how to party! Look at the adorable shirts they made! We had a yummy dinner (girls only of course--how great is it to have a night out with just the girls?!), and then headed over to Borders for some fun there until midnight when we could get in line to buy the book. It was so much fun to just be silly and have fun with them. Thanks girls for letting me tag along--you girls are the best! (And a big thanks to Andrew for taking all the kids and letting me run off for the night!)

Oh, and check out this cute picture below. I took this right before Esther & Lindsay bought all our books, and now it's up on Stephenie Meyer's website! :) Guess I'm not the only one who can tell how cute these girls are!