Sister's Trip (Plus Mom!)

Many years ago, my mom and sisters and I went to St. George for a shopping trip. We ended up at a Mexican Restaurant for lunch and watched a table of five older ladies eating, laughing and having a great time. At one point, something was said about what a great time they were having and one of the ladies explained to us that they were all sisters and they made it a point to get together once a year for a sister's trip to reconnect. I remember hoping that one day I could do that with my sisters (there are five of us also!). Anyway, we are gradually getting to the point in our lives where we can take time away from our families to be together, and it is every bit as much fun as I imagined it would be!!!

Mom, Shannon and I made plans to attend BYU Women's Conference this year, so on the trip up to Provo, we stopped in to see our sister, Krysten.

The conference was incredible (as always)! This is my 2nd year coming and I had to come back! It is a very busy two days, and I learned so much that I hope I can put into practice in my home. This year we took the opportunity to participate in the service project where we made some cute tutus that will be donated to children's organizations. I can think of nothing more fun than making a tutu!

We were able to stay together for some of our classes; we ate fudge, BYU mint brownies, Creamery ice cream and Cafe Rio; we stayed up late talking and laughing; we remembered what it's like to not always be taking care of someone else! It really was a great time!

After our trip to BYU, we came back to Nevada and met up with Krysten and Rachel to go to the Las Vegas Parade of Homes. It was so much fun to see all the new ideas in home building.

Of course, it's Vegas, so I feel like they are always pushing the limits! This house incorporated tons of glass--from the kitchen table positioned over top of the pool.....

To the Master Bedroom over top of the shade garden.....you would have to be very comfortable with yourself in this house because even the bathrooms have floor to ceiling glass windows!

The "wall of water" concept was great because it sounds like a trickling brook in your home and can be incredibly relaxing!

But I think the coolest thing was the indoor outdoor living concept where entire walls of glass can be pulled back to open your home up to the outside. The picture doesn't do it justice....it was way more stunning in person! I have to wonder though, if I would really like my living spaces open to the outside. I don't think it would go over well here because we have WAY too many bugs! Oh yeah, and what about my snake???? This would make it too easy for him to invade my home!

I took the red-eye flight home from Vegas, so we had to stop off for one last treat at the Cheesecake Factory before I left. It's amazing that I didn't gain 5 lbs. on my trip! I guess all that walking at BYU helped to work off the indulgences! The only sister I didn't get to see of this trip was Mandy.....hopefully she can come next year!