Girly Get Away

Story time: A long time ago (8 years in fact) we lived in Maryland when Jared went to Medical School. It was a fun exciting time where we had a great group of friends where the husbands and wives got along. The guys enjoyed watching sports, playing golf and talking about their perfect, beautiful wives and children. The wives enjoyed doing Family Home Evening packets together, crafts, shopping, and visiting way into the wee hours of the night. Then we all moved away and promised to stay in touch and guess what? We actually did!!!
We have vacationed in numerous places together and still enjoy being around one another. The husbands still golf and the gals still talk and shop....only we have a little more money and children now so when we say we shop and talk, we mean it!! We girls have taken turns hosting girls trips at one another's houses so we can see where we live and then take in the local attractions. It is soooo much fun. This time we met in Arizona at my friend Stefani's house. She was a perfect hostess and we thoroughly enjoyed beautiful Arizona.
The first morning, we awoke much too early and headed north to the Grand Canyon. We arrived in Williams where the railway to the Grand Canyon took off. And despite the "interesting" oldtimer Cowboy Bob's music, we enjoyed our ride in and out of the park. It was a beautiful winter day at the Canyon....snow on the ground and in the trees
Look at those hot babes, you'd never guess we each have 5 kids and one of us has 6!
I have such beautiful friends
breathtaking views
Lisa (Georgia), Stefani (Arizona), Missy (Las Vegas)
Lisa, Terri (Utah), Geneva (Las Vegas)
I was surprised to find so many trees and green around the canyon. I had always pictured it in my mind as being completely desert like with little or no trees, I was very wrong!

Brian hooked us up with some sweet treats when we arrived at our Marriott

We enjoyed a relaxing day at the Spa where we all got massages and some of us got facials and manicures.
We stopped at this cute Cupcake shop and all tried gourmet cupcakes. At $3.75 a pop they better be gourmet, I know right? I waited 10 minutes extra after a long wait in line to try the chocolate peanut butter one. We decided it was worth it... We cut them all up and shared them. Yummy!

Other highlights included spending way too much time and money at the most amazing mall in Scottsdale, going to church together, and eating at this quaint and unique Mexican/Chinese restaraunt called Chino Bandinos where you can enjoy chinese chicken and rice and a quesadilla at the same time. Love you ladies.....when and where are we going next???