Weekend Get-Away

A few of my girlfriends and I got away for part of the weekend. I had Jason take leave from work. Lately, no weekend is off limits in his job so I wanted to be sure I had all my bases covered. Unfortunately, his job let me down and I was sent scrambling for rides for soccer and a babysitter at the last minute as his leave was taken from him. This is one of the reasons I wanted to get away. His job-UGH!

The time away was nice. While shopping we were pulled into this art gallery by this amazing piano.

The owner George Denninger had carved and sanded this piece of work for a million hours. It was incredible. My friend sat down to play and George pulled out some sheet music which started the whole tug at my heart. Then I picked up a little book he authored. Just a little book he stapled together with his artwork and some words of how to find Good, God. It actually brought tears to my eyes I felt the spirit so strongly. It's funny how you can find the spirit in the most unusual, unexpected places if you just open your heart and listen and be still.

That night we attended Time Out For Women. I'd been asked to help out with the event and ended up giving the closing prayer in front of only 1000 women. That was a humbling experience.My friend thought it would be funny to take a picture of me as I was walking up on stage to pray. She used my camera so I'd be surprised when I downloaded them. She was having trouble with the zoom so she took a picture of the BIG screen and suddenly realized I was praying. So now I have a HUGE picture, zoomed up real close of me praying.
My O'Fallon and Shiloh girlfriends.
Then we stayed up all night talking. The funny part of this picture is my friends feet in the the table's centerpiece.
This is me helping out the next morning. Don't I look official?
We brought our own spread. We just couldn't bring ourselves to pay the $16 the caterers were asking for a sandwich.

Saturday afternoon, when it was all over I headed home ready to be with my family again. This is what I found: Jenna naked in my room watching Dora with a honey and a spoon. I hurried downstairs to get the camera to capture the picture before she saw me. This is what my life consists of on a daily basis-Jenna naked sneaking sweets. Shes fussing at me in this picture because I surprised her and she dropped her spoon in the honey. Oh Jenna. No welcome home kiss, no hug just, "Mom, you made me drop my spoon!"