Girls' Weekend

Ryan's mom, Cheryl, had a birthday earlier this month. To celebrate, she wanted to have a Girls' Weekend. So this Friday night all of the Arizona girls came up to Utah: Cheryl and Scott (alright, not a girl, but he came to have fun with his sons) and three sisters-in-law Amy, Cassi, and Kaley.

At Christmas time, I had made a zippered clutch (tutorial found here) for Amy as part of my gift to her. (We were about to make these for our church Sewing Group, so it worked out nicely for me to practice on Amy!) When all the other girls saw it, they were excited to have one, too. I realized that this Girls' Weekend would be the perfect time to give them to everyone, so I squeezed it into my schedule to make a few clutches this week. Unfortunately, I got over-excited and bought lots of fabrics, and so I ended up making a few too many! I ran out of time to finish the blue/brown ones that I knew Kaley and Stephanie would want. I'll have to get those to them soon!

Elizabeth was not old enough to participate in the official Girls' Weekend, but she did help me test out my clutches the night before!

On Saturday morning we met up at Stephanie's house in Cedar Hills for some haircuts. Then we enjoyed a delicious lunch at one of my favorite places: Zupa's.

Cheryl, Cassi
Kaley, Amy, Stephanie

We spent the afternoon with an activity we all enjoy: shopping! We introduced Cassi and Amy to the wonderful world of Tai Pan (home decor store), and we also made sure that everyone ended up with some new clothes.

For dinner we met up with Scott and Ryan and Brett and the kids at the Brick Oven, which is Cheryl's favorite restaurant.

I thoroughly enjoyed being able to spend some good quality time (read: no kids to wrestle = good conversation) with these lovely women! I married into such a wonderful family and am grateful for them. Thanks, Cheryl for a great weekend! I felt that your birthday trip was a gift to ME!