R & R in Palm Desert

Corrine and I had the opportunity to spend a few days in Palm Desert. It was all about R &R! We had a LARGE room with a lockdown room (both doors were our room) so we each had our own suite with king-sized bed, etc. Our room looked out at the mountains and the golf course. We arrived on Monday evening and came back today. We literally did NOTHING! We read, slept, worked on projects, and had no schedule. It was great!

This was our abbreviated version of Corrine's b-day trip and so I took her to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse for her dinner. The food was great!

Happy 40th to you Corrine!

A bridal shower for Doris

Corrine and I had a wonderful opportunity to be involved with the bridal shower for Doris. Pam hosted it and her sister Michelle was her right-hand gal. Corrine and I have spent several evenings over the last few weeks getting everything ready. We wanted this bride-to-be (for the first time at age 63) to feel like a princess!

This is what she wore - a tiara and her sash which says, "Cherished"

Here is me, Corrine, Pam & Michelle

The food served was desserts and let me tell you they were wonderful! Nothing was left undone - planned to the last detail just like Doris has done for everyone else!

One of my assignments was keeping the water going . . . not too hard.

This picture was taken after the shower was over. A few people were still there visiting and Clarke had come back to pick Doris up. Love it!

TOFW

For quite some time I have seen Deseret Book advertise Time Out for Women. Corrine and I have talked about going but we have never done anything about it. In April I received my DB catalog and notice TOFW was coming to Riverside and decided to purchase tickets right then and there for all of us CA girls to go. Michelle was kind enough to arrange the hotel room and Dad & McKay were troopers watching the office and the kids.

Traffic out was a zoo and it took us four hours to go two hours worth of miles. We missed part of the first talk, but it was fine. We enjoyed a weekend of music by Michael McLean and Kenneth Cope and talks by Ardeth Kapp, Mary Ellen Edmunds, Brad Wilcox, Jill Manning and Emily Freeman. It was fun to be together and a great spiritual shot in the arm! I highly recommend it to you all!

FHE and celebration

Corrine and I get together monthly with some friends for FHE. Tonight we celebrated Corrine's b-day. Traceylee made some WONDERFUL Thai food and we all gathered to celebrate, visit and serve. While chatting we colored and cut out pieces for the file folder games our stake is doing for a humanitarian project for Relief Society. Michelle made a chocolate cake - yummy! Thanks everyone for a fun night!

Dinner for Corrine

We had dinner w/the family and Corrine had some birthday dinner. Rachel and the kids made Corrine this yummy birthday cake with strawberries! The kids were especially excited to help blow out the candles -- one for each decade!