Girls Weekend 2011

The Lord blessed me with incredible friends at App and I'm so grateful that we have made it a priority to stay connected post-college.  I've known these ladies for 17 years!  This year the six of us (Heather, Ashley, Rebecca, Jenny "Weez", Shannon and myself) opted to go to Charlotte for our annual trip.  We stayed at Ashley's house while her hubby and girls stayed elsewhere.

Seesturs take on the US Whitewater Center

Friday was our adventurous day, which is fitting in that these were the girls that I hiked, camped, rappelled, skied, etc with so many times in college.  We went to the US National Whitewater Center.  It was a first time for all of us and we had so much fun despite the 100+ degree weather.  We went Whitewater Rafting, did the 1,123 foot Zip Line, jumped off the 45 foot Mega Jump Free Fall, and flat water kayaked.  Friday night we ate dinner at Vida Cantina in downtown and hit Amelie's bakery (the most adorable french bakery!) for dessert and grab breakfast for the next day.  Yum!

Saturday was the girlie day! We got pedicures, shopped at Concord Mills, ate lunch at Macadoes (of course!), caught a chick-flick, and then went to the adorable Birkdale for more shopping, live music and dinner at Red Rocks.

My first pedicure.

It was too short of a weekend.  We laughed so hard we cried.  We were silly.  We sipped coffee and shared about our lives.  In a word - PERFECTION.

So grateful to my awesome husband who gladly took on the kids for the long weekend!