Pure Bliss

As much as I love being a mother, being with my girlfriends is SO desperately needed! Thanks to my awesome husband, I was able to spend the weekend away with some of my oldest and very best friends. It was a bummer that we were missing about five girls, but honestly, I would still have gone if only one other friend were there. This year was our "3rd annual girls trip," or that's what we're calling it. I feel so lucky to have such close, awesome people in my life. We always laugh that we are still friends. If any of us were to meet today, we might not be. We are all so very different. We are true sisters! We can bicker, criticize, and tease with out it ever going beneath the skin. It's great! :-)

My friend Jacque opened up her family cabin this weekend. I have to admit that at times I WAS a little nervous. Being in the middle of the mountains with no cell reception and no men. I had visions of a rain coated man sporting a hook for a hand, scratching at the window. hahaha.... It's true, I'm a nerd.

We spent most of the time talking, playing games, and getting little sleep. We all slept in the same room so when bed time came, we talked until we dosed off mid sentence.

On Saturday I was able to go for a run with Mitra and Dawn. Which if you read my last post, I haven't done for about ten years. It was so fun for me. Especially when the weather went from perfect to freezing cold and raining.
 

Then, leave it to Jacque to be creative and try something new. At least, for us. None of us had ever been the chef of a dutch oven dinner. But, per Jacque's instructions, it turned out awesome! We were all so proud. I think I even heard a couple of screams. I might have been one of them. Again, I know, a total nerd.
 

There was a Relief Society broadcast this weekend so Jacque found out what church to attend. It was kind of fun to go to a church meeting with the same girls I use to sit through all of them with. (And yes, I do not match at all. But that's what happens when you throw in a skirt in right before you walk out the door.)
Oh yeah, we almost hit 6 deer this weekend. We saw many more, but had to lock up the breaks on two occasions. Very, very scary!

The time went way too fast! We blinked and it was time to go home. I would love to do two of these a year, but I'm not sure any of our husbands would willingly take the kids twice. Anyway, as my title states, it was pure bliss!
 

Okay, these pictures weren't on this post at first, but my friend Dawn just e-mailed them to me so I decided to add them.