time out for women

this weekend i got to do something i've wanted to do for-ever! i got to go to "time out for women" and it was so much fun! the theme was "choose to become," and the scriptural theme was from mark 9:23 "all things are possible to him that believeth." becoming has been one of my themes for a few years now, so i was super excited!

alexis was supposed to come with us, i had it all planned and even had a ticket for her, but alas, it turned out to be homecoming weekend. :( which meant that i had some tough choices to make. should i go or not, should alexis go or not, should alexis go for saturday and then rush home for the dance... on and on my little brain worked. in the end i decided (with help from my brain trust!) to go by myself and let alexis stay with robin. she does have cheer obligations that required her to be at the game on friday, and... i felt like it was best and that's all.

i got to drive up with laura and her katie, lana and her hannah and chelsea, and sarah. we had such a fun time visiting and getting to know each other in the car. parts of our road trip were definitely just as uplifting as the conference!

we got way lost and were running way late, so we wendys'd it for dinner and got to the conference center just in time for friday nights 2 speakers. then i got to stay the night with these lovelies.

we were all so tired that we didn't even stay up late talking, kinda lame! the next morning we had a yummy breakfast at the hotel and then took the shuttle to the conference center for more inspiration. i can't even choose a favorite, cause i really liked all the presenters. we had some questionable jamaican food for lunch and then back for more speakers.

there was a big group of ladies from our ward that went and we all sat together, so that was fun.

on our way home we stopped at fridays for a delicious, albeit slow dinner.

it was such a wonderful weekend! i can't wait to go to another one!