Girls Day

Last month I took my daughters (except Halle who will get to join in at age 16...although I took her on a special girls weekend all of her own several months ago, no worries, she didn't get left out) on a weekend getaway...Our Girls Weekend...where we plan on making it a yearly tradition. It all began when we left Duchesne and journeyed out to Provo. We went to dinner at the Olive Garden, on of Dayna and Kim's favorite places to go. We then went back to the hotel where we did "mud masks" (isn't that what you're supposed to do on a girls weekend, put mud on your face???). Then we played a game with fun questions that we had to answer to get to know each other "really well"...we learned that everyone has an embarrassing moment and is afraid of something. It was alot of fun to just laugh with each other and take pictures and get to know what makes us tick. We woke up in the morning for a "scrumptious" continental breakfast of powdered eggs and hard biscuits, so we opted not NOT EAT...then we ran out for a marathon day of shopping...yes, that is what you do on a girls weekend as well. We shopped and shopped and shopped some more. We bought shoes, and purses (a must for all women's wardrobes) and tried on clothes we loved, hated and even bought. We had lunch at Panda Express, one of Dana's favorites...and that is where we picked up a hitchhiker...Todd...he happened to find us there (I think that Dana must have had a tracking device attached to her shoe or something, because he just popped in and there we were!) So we fed the hitchhiker and left him there, after all, he couldn't come along, he was a boy and boys are not allowed on our "girls weekends" so we continued on our marathon. I truly believe that Dayna and Dana have some special skills at spotting the "deals". They could come out of a store with 2-3 bags and tell me and Kim (who can't find anything on sale) that they bought of of that for $15. Kim and I were left with nothing to brag about and so off we would go to the next store. We had so much fun that we all wished that we could do it once a month instead of once a year, but decided that we didn't have enough money to do that. But we really had a blast. Dana is so much fun and really fits in to our family. We love her alot and can't wait for the next outing that we will go on. We ended our day with a sigh........and dinner at Cafe Rio~which is one of my VERY favorite places to eat. No we didn't lack for food or for fun. We came home with blisters and bags and alot of happy, happy memories. I think that mothers around the world should take their daughters, daughter in laws and sisters on a weekend like this because it helps you to let your hair down and get to truly find out what great people you are a part of!!!!