This past weekend I had my mom in town for our annual mother/daughter weekend. Because she came here, it was my turn to come up with the agenda. Everything worked out perfectly and we had a great time together.
First, she arrived on Thursday with presents for everyone (like grandmas always do). And then on Friday evening I held a Wordplay party at my house which went really well. The wonderful thing about having a mom who runs a vinyl lettering business is that I get my stuff for free. Thanks mom!
And on Saturday the playing began. Here's a run-down of the rest of our weekend.
- We spent most of Saturday at Time Out for Women -- my first time, my mom's second. It was great!
- My favorite speaker was Robert Millet -- really made me want to run out and get some of his books. My mom picked up Men of Valor for me -- both she & my dad have read it and highly recommend it for men, women, and mothers raising boys. As we stood in the long lines to check out I looked around and every other person seemed to have this one in their arms.
- I saw a few people from my ward (mostly from a distance -- there were 2800 women there) -- Paulette, Kathleen, Bobbe, Shannon (actually got to chat with her for a second).
- I won a door prize! After lunch they held drawings for Deseret Book and for the 3 vendors that were there. For my prize I got to pick out 3 t-shirts from Molly Me. How cool is that?! As the drawings began my mom and I joked that we needed to send out our positive thoughts to the universe (this, after a short discussion of The Secret the day before). And what do you know, it worked! When they called my name I yelled, "that's me!" and ran up to the front. I was waayy too giddy.
- A trip to the scrapbook store (on national scrapbook day) to pick up some supplies for an album we put together that night in the hotel.
- Dinner at Stanford's and strangely enough ran into some friends who were out on a date.
- Check-in at our wonderful hotel. With drive-up valet parking, an attendant to bring our bags up to the room, "Heavenly Beds", and a "Heavenly Bath" (seriously, the best shower I have ever taken) we found comfort & relaxation in a big way.
- As I said we put together a scrapbook album for my mom. It was the bones of an "Heirlooms" album that she can use to insert pictures & journaling of family heirlooms & treasures. Often she will tell me the stories of certain items, but there's no way I can remember it all. I thought this would be a good way to put all that information together and easily add to it over time.
- Sunday morning we checked out and went to breakfast at this wonderful resturant called Mother's Bistro. It was such the perfect place to take your mother too. The decor, the ambiance, the food everything was wonderful. And if you're thinking you might try it out, get reservations. I had the crunchy french toast and a raisin pecan cinnamon roll.
So that was our weekend! Until next year . . . .
