Back in March Justin's parents came out for a long weekend. It also happened to be the weekend that Time Out For Women was going to be in Houston. A lot of the women in my ward were heading down so I got a couple of tickets for Cindy and I to attend the Friday evening and Saturday sessions. Poor Grace had been sick the whole week before with an ear infection so this was what her days had been looking like.
We picked Justin up from work at lunch time on Friday and started making our way to Houston. Justin and Rex hung out with Grace at the hotel while Cindy and I enjoyed the speakers and entertainers at TOFW. Friday night we heard from Sheri Dew and Wendy Watson Nelson who are both incredibly inspiring women. We also watched performances by Jenny Jordan Frogley and Abe Mills (AH-maze-ING).
Abe Mills, who is one of the singers in the group Jericho Road, brought up all the men in attendance (why there were that many at a Time Out For WOMEN event I don't know) and had them help him out with a Boy Band medley. It was hilarious.
Saturday ended up being just as great. We heard from Mary Ellen Edmunds (very funny lady), Chris Stewart (Author of the fantastic series The Great and Terrible), Wendy Ulrich, Brent Top, and music by Kenneth Cope. It was such an uplifting experience. This was the second time I've been able to attend a TOFW event and I haven't been disappointed. I even won a door prize! My name was drawn out of over 800. I won up to 800 pages printed in full color and bound by LDSJournal.com
Grace didn't sleep at all in the hotel so this was how she spent the entire 5 hour drive home
All in all, it was a weekend. We just wish Rex and Cindy could have stayed a little bit longer. We can't wait for our next visit!
4 comments:
Lucky that you guys got to go to TOFW. I've really been wanting to go to one of those. I'm jealous. And that guy from LDS journals looks familiar, I think I've seen him in the mall at those booths or something. Crazy. Also, I love your new table! Gorgeous! Good luck w/ the decorating. If you want some fun sites to get some ideas let me know. Countryliving.com is a good place to start.
-Tatiana
That sounds like a great event. I'm glad you were able to go. And Happy Birthday by the way! How fun to get a new dining set. That's fun that you both got something you really wanted :)
Love the dining set! Sweet! Also love the 4-wheeler- just because I know Justin does :). I've always wanted to go to TOFW- maybe I'll have to get motivated. It sounds like awesome speakers! I'm going to have to plan a trip to Tremonton in July when you're there!
Yeah, what's the deal with all those guys who came? My husband would neeevver show his face in a place like that. Like, one time he wanted to go to Hobby Lobby with me, which I thought was quite special. Turns out he thought it was a hobby store for rc airplanes. Never again! HAHAHA!!!
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