Time Out for Women 2011

This is me and my cool friend Jen. 

We had the opportunity to go to Time Out for Women in Reno on the weekend of Oct 14th - 15th. 

It was so nice to get away and recharge.

I left all my kids at home with Jason.  She left her oldest three with her hubby and brought her newest little addition, Mason.  He was so pleasant and easy the whole time.

The theme was Choose to Become, and the scripture to go with that is: "All things are possible to him that believeth." -Mark 9:23

We were blessed to hear from some amazing people: 

Matthew Baldwin

Kris Belcher

Laurel Christensen

Amanda Dickson

Virginia H. Pearce

Macy Robinson

Anthony Sweat

Emily Watts

Hillary Weeks

Click HERE to read their bios.

Each had his or her own special qualities and messages. 

It was the perfect thing for me!

I really needed a boost like this, especially after my crazy-long battle with post-partum depression.

Thank you to the TOFW presenters for inspiring me, my awesome friend for coming with me, and my sweet husband for holding down the fort while I was gone!

Here are some more fun and random pictures from our weekend:

Dinosaurs on Highway 80!

Trying to take an elevator picture in the mirrored ceiling.

Oh my gosh...good thing we didn't have any of our big kids with us.  They would have rummaged through all the overpriced snack tray goodies and then we would have been charged for them.

We HAD to stop at Cabela's!

The legendary Jackalope!

Jen's looking fierce.

Okay, so my "fierce" isn't very scary.

The aquarium.

Mason loved looking at the fish.

Chillax'n in the mini camping chair.

This was just a few minutes after Mason rolled over for the first time.

(Jen, I'll let you tell everyone about that on your own blog. hint hint)