San Antonio Trip

OK, so I am back tracking a bit, but this was an amazing trip and I cannot skip it!

Imagine a girls weekend, filled with girly food your man won't touch, no fights to break up between children, Beth Moore, lots of girl talk, and the most shopping you have done in close to 10 years. Sound like a dream? No, that was how I spent my Birthday this year! It was an adventure unlike I have ever taken. Myself and three other friends (picture right to left: Brylyn, me, Lesley, Natali) went to San Antonio for a Beth Moore conference August 22-23rd. The ride there was great, we only had to stop twice not the usual million. We actually got to talk and even finish sentences! We got to San Antonio in time to stop where we were staying (Lesley's in-laws) and change for the conference, then off to La Madaline for a very yummy girly meal. We even had time to check out the Fiesta store and then off to the Alamodome for early check in! I could write a book about the conference, the worship, Beth's teaching, it was truely amazing! After the conference (9:30) instead of rushing home to put the kids down we went to the River Walk and ate some awesome mexican food. Then back to where we were staying, to go to bed. The next morning we were at the conference early and again it was more than I can express. After the conference there was a gathering of all the women who blog on Beth's website, there were 1,000 of us. We got to take group pictures with Beth and her two daughters and then we sat in the stands of the Alamodome and had some question and answer time for them. They gave out door prizes and one of the questions was "Does anyone have a birthday today?" well guess what, it was MY BIRTHDAY! So I got to hug Beth and choose a prize from a basket filled with things she had written! Again too amazing to put to words. After all of this we went shopping at the outlets in San Marcus, I have not shopped like that with no kids and no time schedule since the spring break before I got pregant with my son, who is 8! When my friends and I met up (I was in my own world, literaly by my self trying on clothes for most of the afternoon, amazing) I was in tears showing them all that I had gotten, hahaha, what a girl! We had dinner at 9pm, what mom does that? It was not just any dinner it was of course my Birthday dinner so we went to PF CHANG'S! Oh, again, too much for words! The next day (Sunday) we went to Max Lucado's church and heard him speak, then waited for lunch for 45 minutes and enjoyed it, again who does that with kids? We ate a leasurely lunch and headed for Midland, with a lot more girl talk!