Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Girls Weekend Out

For those of you that might not know my family there are 8 of us plus our parents. Shanna and Launa are my sisters and we have 5 brothers. This was our first COMPLETE Girls Weekend Out. Everyone is married now, so this is us! I just love our family! I have to say that my brothers all married VERY well (and my sisters did too). It was fun having some time to get to know all of my brother's wives better. I can't wait till our next Girls Weekend Out :) We love you boys, but absolutely NO husbands, kids, or GOLF TOURNAMENTS next time-he he!

Here's a quick peek at what we did:

We started off with a little shopping in Las Vegas

back row: Jamie, Rachel, Shanna, Me, Angela front row: Mom, Ginger, Launa, Chelsey

Afterwards we enjoyed a wonderful dinner & many FABULOUS desserts at Claim Jumper.
Yum...Yum!!!

Next, we had a MUCH NEEDED day at the Spa in St. George. Utah.
My sister Shanna and her girls.

My cute nieces were so excited to be a part of the SPA day.

Alyssa, Chelsea, & Jamie

Our newest sister-in-law Rachel getting a pedicure

Launa, Shanna, & Ginger getting manicures

Eating our yummy Cheese & Broccoli Soup Bowls with our "shiny" post-facial faces :)

Then it was like Christmas. My mom gave each of us file boxes full of family Journals & Genealogy records, Emergency Preparedness packets, our first Atkin Family Recipe Book (thanks mom & Launa-it's AWESOME), little blue Miracle Balls that help relax your body, and tons of home spa products(lotions, hair products, scrubs, candles, etc., etc.) so that we can relax often in our own homes.

Mom, you are the BEST!!!

This is our AWESOME family recipe book that my sister Launa put together.

Last but not least we enjoyed a great evening watching Les Miserables at Tuachan .The Atkin Women

Me, Shanna, Chelsea, & Jamie

Me and my cute mom!

Rachel, Angela, & Launa

Don't you just love families! I am so glad that they are FOREVER!!!

I have to THANK my awesome husband for taking the kids to Las Vegas for 3 days while I was gone. I love you Shane!!! Thanks for giving me a GREAT weekend (I even got to sleep in until 9:00 a.m. on 2 of the days-that made my weekend right there)! You are the best Shane!

8 comments:

The Allreds said...

WoW! That will be hard to top. You ladies had a BLAST! Fun that you could spend some quality time getting to know each other better!

Nelson News said...

It looks so fun, I am jealous! Your sisters are so pretty, you all are! Glad that you had a good time!

Jaime said...

You have such a cute family, Amy! This looks like the best girl getaway weekend I've ever seen! You're right, your mom is the BEST! And those cookbooks...awesome! So professional looking too.

*Hey thanks for the comment on my b-day post! :)

Denise said...

how fun! that recipe book looked awesome!!!

Jenn said...

Wow how amazing, and fun that everyone could be together at the same time! Looks like a lot of Fun!

James & Angela said...

Thanks Amy for the great photos! I had so much fun and miss you!

The Larson's said...

Looks like you all had such a great time! Your family is so nice, I miss them. Wish I could have joined you and slept in as well :)!

Anonymous said...

Ok, first let me say - how in the world can I get adopted into your family?! Wow, seriously, I am just having fun living through your photos. And Ouch! Poor Jayden might have to go through some major DL withdrawals like we did. It's not fun!