A Fun Weekend in Provo

On June 6th I left home for a week. I was going to our 3rd Annual Sister's Sweet Retreat in St. George from June 8th through June 11. But, I didn't want to just pass by Provo with a wave of the hand so I decided to take off a few days early and spend some time with 3 of my girls in the Provo/Orem area. That was the most exciting way to start a Sister's Retreat. I got to Orem around 3:00 and did a little shopping. I was especially looking for the April Conference CDs but they still hadn't been released for sale yet. Then Laura invited everyone over for a backyard BBQ so I went there next. Dinner was good but the best part was when it was all over, I got to watch Jace for a while so Mark and Laura could run some errands. Jace and I went for a walk and had a wonderful time. Laura and Mark surprised me with some awesome "Mother's Day" gifts. Mark has been working on an antique lamp of mine and has refinished it and completely rewired it for me. It's absolutely beautiful and I'm so excited. Of course I was so excited that I forgot to get a picture of it. I'll have to add it in later. Then Laura gave me a copy of her thesis to keep for her and and special "thank you" from her graduation.

I can't even begin to tell you how much these gifts mean to me so I'll leave it at that. THANK YOU BOTH, MARK and LAURA!
I stayed the night with Grace and she even let me take the bottom bunk. I think she was afraid the top would fall in on her otherwise. :-) We had such a good time. We went to church the next morning and then made dinner together. We met Kristi at the Temple and played with the kids.
Then we painted toe nails
and took crazy pictures before going to bed. Gracie was the CRAZY one :-)
On Monday we went and bought groceries before I had to leave. We won't mention the ticket or the boot on the car, uh Grace.
All in all, it was the perfect way to start a fun-filled week.
For more pictures from the Sister's Retreat- See my blog Sister's Sweet Retreat :-)