Who's Who?

We had our 1st Relief Society Activity of the New Year.  Heidi, Toni and their committee did a fantastic job. Our Presidency wanted to kick the year off with an activity where we could get to know the sisters better. I had  previously served in the YW's program for the last 3.5 years. In that time, our ward has changed so much, lots of wonderful new families have moved in. My two counselors and secretary are fairly new members of our ward. We wanted a chance to get to know the sisters better and that is just what we did. It was our Who's Who activity. Each Sister was asked to bring 1-2 items that they could share that would help us to get to know them better. When we arrived, we got a name tag, with a cute owl on it. On the bottom corner of the name tag was a number. That number told us what order we would be sharing information about our selves.  After we shared our item(s), Heidi pulled a random question out a bowl that we each had to answer.Some wore their items, some literally  boarded right off of the mountain and came to our activity with their snowboards in tow. Others read a book that they created and wrote, another brought a magazine cover that she and her family were the featured cover story. There were running shoes, books, beautiful photos, and scrapbooks. Again, it was so much fun!  I'll I have to say is "WOW!" What an amazing group of talented women we have in our ward. I left that activity feeling like I knew each one of them better. It was such a great evening!

G.N.O - Brad Paisley

I had been looking forward to this night, all Summer long! My girlfriends, Lisa and Patti planned a super fun G.N.O. out to see Brad Paisley in concert. While I wasn't wishing for the Summer days to fly by, I was super excited to see BP in concert again! Well, the day/night had finally arrived. YAY!!! 

27 girlfriends got together to go the concert. I think it was our largest G.N.O. attendance to date. We carpooled over, enjoyed picnic dinners on the lawn(our seats for the evening), and took LOTS of photos...a concert tradition. I need to thank my friend Amy for all of the photos. After the ordeal of getting/smuggling my camera in, I discovered that I had left my SD card in my laptop, at home. So frustrating. Amy saved the night and made sure our evening was well documented.

Amy, Me, Amanda Jen and Sandi

Amanda and I, picnicking on the lawn.



Just a few of the girls while we were waiting for the rest of the group to arrive.



Stephanie, Amy and me!

The group, minus Mer and I. I was waiting for Mer at the front gate  :-).

Loved meeting up with this cute friend(Mer). So happy  she could come.

Amy and me!

Kristin, Me, Amy and Amanda

The Band Perry opened the show. They were awesome. I left the show liking them way more than I did when I walked into the concert that evening! That is always a good thing :-).

Brad Paisley was awesome! He sang all of my favorite BP songs(Waiting on a Woman, Celebrity, Mud on the Tires). There was even an appearance(virtual) by Carrie Underwood. The sang another favorite, Remind Me. That was pretty cool and deceiving...we thought she was really there :-). 

It was an awesome Summer evening spent with fabulous friends, enjoying some great tunes!
I wonder who we are we seeing next???

signs of a great time

I hosted this months Bunco night. It is always a fun night out when you get to spend it with favorite friends. We enjoyed yummy food, dice rolling, Morty tossing...okay, it is more like throwing :-), yummy desserts, the summer themed Morty basket, great conversation, creative prizes(thank you,Amy), and lots of Buncos!!!

Girl's Weekend

Check out the view from our beach house! What a view!!!!

I can't let March pass by with out documenting our Scrapbook weekend at the beach. We rented a beach house(early March) at Dillon Beach this year. We go back and forth between Bodega and Dillon Beach. we encountered a few snafu's before our weekend even {officially} started and then we were good to go.

Our weekend was packed with lots of chick flicks, fun music, yummy food (we ate like queens. Healthy queens, minus the scones and buttermilk syrup), walks on Dillon beach helping Sheri collect seashells, scrapbooking, reading, massages,staying up late chatting with good friends, walks up and down the giant hill, making up new animals that were seen coming to and from the house :-), and some serious quality girlfriend time. I love and look forward to this yearly trip.







{The beach babes: Lisa, Raimi,Denise, Sheri, Izzie, Michelle & Debby}



{Lisa and Debby}

My favorite part of the weekend was catching up with this sweet friend. My friend, Michelle and I don't get to see each other as often as we would like. Life, kids, jobs and distance makes it hard for us to connect on a regular basis. What I do love is that when we see each other, we immediately pick right back up from where we left off, like no time has passed between us. That is a sign of a true friend...love you, Michelle. Are we Vegas bound :-)?




















I am already looking forward to next years trip :-).

American Saturday night....

Brad Paisley style.





















I had the chance to attend the Brad Paisley concert on Saturday night with girlfriends(GNO). The show was AMAZING from start to finish. Brad was awesome, he totally rocked the stage. I have heard his music before & liked it. Now that I have seen him, live in concert...I am a fan & am enjoying all of his music.





























Jimmy Wayne(never heard of him until the concert) & Dierks Bentley(love, love, love Dierks) opened the show for him.


























The music was great, the evening weather was perfect( after a HOT day), & these girls were so much fun to chat, sing & dance with.















Who should we see next?
p.s. Huge thanks to Amy & Jen for sharing their concert pics. with me.