Girls Weekend

It's a Sunday afternoon and I unexpectedly find myself with a few spare minutes.  There are honey wheat rolls rising and a roast cooking. We have company here (Brandon is home and he brought his girlfriend Angela for Thanksgiving) and more to arrive in two days (Angela's parents are flying here from Florida).

But right now the college-age kids left to visit a friend, Bailey left to drive Aubrey to a song practice, and Joseph is busy being Super Agent Spy guy (or something like that).  Dan is taking a well-deserved nap (2 more days of early morning Seminary this week before the Thanksgiving break).

So I am going to upload a few pictures from last week. We had a very busy last weekend. Bailey, Aubrey, and I went to Time Out for Women and Girls in Portland on Friday night and all day Saturday. Dan and Joseph were at home, but Dan was preparing to deejay a stake youth dance on Saturday, so he spent the entire day preparing his equipment and music before dropping Joseph off at a friend's house for the evening.  Everything turned out great, but it was a hectic weekend.

The girls and I had a fabulous time in Portland. The speakers and music at the conference were awesome. The girls met another one of their favorite church speakers, Hank Smith (last year they met John Bytheway). For lunch we walked a mile in the light rain to Chipotle and then hustled back in time for more speakers. The girls were in one conference room and the women were in another.

Me and some of my good friends.

Get us away from all our responsibilities and we go a little crazy!

 The girls and Hank Smith.

After the Conference concluded, we spent the rest of the day in Portland. Because . . . we had tickets to go to the Michael Buble concert that night!

This is how that bit of wonderfulness came about: way back in the springtime, Buble tickets were offered for sale and I decided to buy tickets for Dan and I to attend as a special gift for him. Dan has always wanted to attend a Michael Buble concert. When Bailey heard, she begged to go also and offered to buy her own ticket. Aubrey was undecided about the concert and didn't want to pay for the ticket.

Fast forward six months, and it turned out that the weekend of the concert was jam-packed busy. Not only was the Time Out for Women & Girls scheduled that day (and the girls wouldn't hear of skipping it), but Dan wasn't even able to attend the concert because he was responsible for deejaying a stake dance. He didn't feel good about turning the dance over to someone else, so in the end Aubrey got his ticket and we three girls spend a fantastic evening singing along to the "smooth as butter" tones of Michael Buble.

It's hard to tell in this picture, but Buble was only a few rows in front of us.We had great seats, and he came to sing on a stage at the back of the floor seats. We were just behind where he was singing.

I thought Bailey was going to pass out - she was so excited! The three of us held hands and danced along to most of the songs.

 At this point in the concert red paper hearts floated down from the ceiling.

 It was a spectacular concert. I have to admit that it would have been even better to be there with my honey, as the music is very romantic, but I did have a wonderful time spending the day and night with my favorite girls!