Girl's Weekend 2009!

This year my mom turned 60! We decided to suprise her with a girl's weekend to celebrate. We (Tricia, Lynn, and I) started planning a few months prior. Lynn came up with the idea. We let dad in on it and he was so excited to be part of this great plan! He told her he was going to take her to Orem to see Grandma and Grandpa Carson (mom's parents) for her birthday since they hadn't been there in a while. Tricia and Lynn and I came up and went to Grandma and Grandpa's before she got back from running errands with dad. She was shocked! All three of us were sitting on the couch and she was thrilled. We were afraid we would be caught before we got in the house so we had backup plans to hide behind bushes or blend in with cars and patio furniture....we are hilarious! Dad went to Red Mesa and we played from Friday until Sunday morning. We stayed at Lynn's in-laws cabin in Sundance. Unfortunately, none of us took a camera so I have no pictures...but it was a blast. We shopped most of Friday afternoon, got dinner and went to the wierdest play we've ever seen "Little Shop of Horrors" - no seriously, we all were dumbfounded when we left the theater...it was hilarious (not really - but we laughed our heads off at how stupid it was.) We stayed up late talking. Saturday morning we went to the Provo temple and did a session all together and then went shopping some more. We chilled that night and watched a movie - and stayed up late talking. It was so nice to just hang out with no kids for a few days! Mom loved it, even though I think we wore her out. Here sisters came up on Sunday and played with her after we left until Tuesday. They spend every minute just sitting around the fire talking. It was super great! Glad we did it!