Saturday, April 5, 2008

This weekend was such a treat. I flew up to Salt Lake with Kris, Renee & Noelle. It was the first time leaving the kids for more than a couple hours... so the anxiety of getting ready about did me in... but after take off I was feeling great. We started chatting on the plane and I don't think our mouths stopped once until we touched back down in Phoenix...absolutely no exaggeration!

I am so lucky to work with such amazing women who teach me, inspire me, and know how to have a good time!

I am also so lucky to have Troy who was so willing to take on the challenge of parenting the kids alone. He refused to accept any help just to prove he could do it (yes, a bit stubborn!) and he did it! (And surprised me by having the house painted too!) He better watch out or this going out of town thing is going to look even more appealing!


It seemed the weekend revolved around food... Hires Big H, the Lion House, Beni Hana's, Krispy Kreme, Spaghetti Factory.. and on and on. The view from the condo was gorgeous. We stayed up until 3:30am talking and eating fresh carmel taffy & chocolate covered cinnamon bears (that we went to Trolley Square three times to get!) ... I felt like I was a teenager again gabbing with the girls!

Gardener's Village.


The entire weekend we were trying to find a movie to go to. Kris was our amazing chauffeur and Noelle our trusty navigator... Renee and I were just along for the ride. Four theaters later we found what we had been looking for..."27 Dresses", and the dollar theater actually cost a dollar! Imagine that.. and our feet didn't even stick to the ground.

And of course we enjoyed the wonderful General Conference where we were able to stand in the presence of our dear prophet and sustain him.

The rest of conference was a bit of a blur! :) It was definately hard to leave "our happy place"!

5 comments:

Shannon said...

Looks like a lot of fun...Now is this a presidency of some sorts from church? What a presidency meeting that was haha...flying to Salt Lake City and going to conference. How fun!

Liz said...

Looked like you guys had a blast and you are looking so dang cute!

sandra said...

shannon - yep... relief society. Our next meeting will be while getting pedicures and after that on a private beach somewhere with pina coladads! :)

Farley Smiles said...

Wow, you are lucky to be able to do that as a presidency. Did you stay at your grandma's condo? I have memories of that place...I guess mine is actually kind of sad because I was the only one without a date (Sam couldn't come) but I do remember the view was awesome!

ZB said...

I wish I could have bumped into you when you were here. You look so fabulous and happy!