USU Girls Retreat

What a fun filled weekend I just had with my college roomates. Leah set up this get together and we stayed at her in-laws beach house in LaJolla. It started out at the airport picking up the girls and Taya drove in from Vegas so we had her car as well. They were hungry so we stopped off at Islands Resturant by the temple and ate. We started going around the table to let everyone have about 10 minutes to talk about themselves and get us all caught up. I got to meet one new girl, Amber, who married one of the boy friends we hung out with, Dan. She was a lot of fun to get to know.

We got to the house and just got settled and of course stayed up that evening chatting it up till 2:00am. We were to start our next day leaving at 5:30 to go to Disneyland but we talked Kelsey and Katie to leave at 8am instead.
I was kind of bummed to find out that we were going to spend time in Disneyland because I had been there so many times but this time was different. I actually went on some rides that I thought I would never experience in my lifetime. I was so proud of myself and maybe it was because of these girls that I went on them. Its all a mental blockage and I know I can do alot more things if I just change my attitude and just suck it up a little. Well I kind of had that attitude today and decided that today was going to be that day

I rode on Space, Thunder Mountain, Matterhorn That was an achievement for me now I have to work on Screamin and Tower of Terror. It was a long day but we had no kids to keep occupied and to entertain it was awesome. It was packed but it wasn't that bad because we just kept chatting away and the lines would go by fast and it was just really enjoyable. I had the best BBQ dinner it was so tasty and I ate at The Bengal BBQ right by Indiana Jones. I had beef and chicken BBQ sckewers with Bacon wrapped Asparagus. YUMMY! That will be my new meal at Disneyland now thank you Kelsey for the recommendation. That night Chantelle, Leah and I took off early because the others wanted to do some shopping and thank goodness we did because they were still there by the time we got back to LaJolla. I got lucky enough to get the nickname of Spiritual Sarah on this trip. It seemed as though everytime I chatted it had to do with the gospel and then of course the J-1ers did say that I was and at that time in college I think that was the most spiritual time in my life. I wish I could say that now but I found it funny that they would think that I was this amazing molly mormon girl but in all reality I am far from it and I told them that many times but they didn't want to believe it. Well of course we get back late from Disney and the girls at this point are coming up with excuses not to go to church and had to ask me for permission to excuse them from it. They also mentioned that we would instead go down to the beach and have a testimony meeting. I was planning on going to sacrament meeting but Leah and I stayed up and chatted way too long and then I couldn't sleep for about another hour so I woke up at 10am. I saw Leah out getting ready for a run so I decided to jump on the cruiser and go along with her. I just talked myself into not going to church that day. Its been a long time since that has happened. Anyway I felt guilty all day long and then they of course didn't go to the store to get food so Leah took us to this cafe and I bought OJ and a muffin that was really good so once again I broke the sabbath. I felt aweful and I couldn't believe I was doing this. Here I'm supposed to be the example but I gave in. I will on the next trip be better. That afternoon we got into our swimsuits and headed to the beach for a couple of hours. It was a great day and just so relaxing. That night I took the girls to my place for dinner. Trent had been so kind enough to make us all dinner. It was so yummy and he even had cookies baking. I was so impressed and the girls were as well. They just thought it was the neatest thing to see Trent doing that for us and to take care of us. That is why I love him so much he is willing to do anything I ask of him and do it a full 110%. We headed back and concluded our last night together with a 6 hour conversation that was really intriguing and quite the learning experience. Every mother, woman, or daughter needs a girls weekend to just get away and just renew their lives and think about whats most important. I went away from this experience with a greater love and appreciation for Trent and the man that he is. The last day of our great weekend together. We all woke up at 11am! Yikes! The time change just threw us off but of course the late night chats didn't help much either. The girls went out for a run while I took Chantelle to Nordstrom Rack where we both scored on some great jeans that make us look good too bad the price wasn't that good as well. Then I dropped her off at the airport. I picked up the rest of them and headed off to Fashion Valley mall to get a makeover at Bare Minerals and ended up that I was the only one that didn't get it done because of time. I felt like I needed it the most but then I thought to myself, "Would I actually wear it?" Then I didn't want to spend money on it either. So it ended up ok. Then I dropped them off at the airport. I feel so blessed to have such great friends to confide in even though I only see them only once every 2-4 years!! Really does it have to be that long. I hope this will become a yearly event quite honestly. I have just come away with a great attitude towards being a mother, wife and daughter. I just cannot describe it. I haven't laughed that much in a long time. At times I wonder why Trent and I don't laugh together and just have fun. I'm going to work on that one because laughter truly is