Manwaring Sister Sneak September 2011

It's time once again for our Sister Sneak with my Manwaring sisters. This is always a great time without kids or husbands around for us to be able to bond, relax, party, and just be girls. Above: Emily and Natalie, Becky and Me, Emily and Natalie-again, b/c for some reason all pictures of Katie are missing...hmmmm?, Missy, Kaylin and Anna. This year Becky hosted, and we all went to Park City, UT.

Our FAVORITE part of the entire excursion is ALWAYS our Favorite Things. When we see the bags come out (my mother-in-law always makes them so cute) we get as giddy as kids on Christmas morning.

This year Anna gave cute little Halloween light bulbs for decorative candlesticks; Becky gave Turvie-Turbans (I ALWAYS call them topsy turvies, I don't know why I can't get it right) so we can enjoy a great soak in the tub without getting our hair wet; Amber had each of our names engraved on darling charms for necklaces (I can't wait to get a nice chain to wear it on!); Elena gave Florence Chocolates (the Princess Michelle's are THE BEST) and bookmarks b/c I love to read; Missy gave Melaleuca lotion and lip balm (if you haven't tried the Renew lotion, it really is worth finding some to try.); Emily gave us all glitter toes; Kaylin gave us body butter made from goat milk; and Katie (notice no picture of Katie AGAIN) gave Halloween themed Bath-n-Body Works soaps; Natalie said her favorite thing was to try new things. Her "thing" deserves a segment all to itself. More on that later.

We enjoyed spending time together at dinner at Ghidottis Italian Restaurant.

Thank goodness we enjoyed our time together because the food wasn't all that great for some of us.



After a full day of shopping, eating, and soaking in the hot tub, we cashed in on Emily's glitter toes. We were up until 1:30 AM playing salon. Didn't our feet turn out SO cute!

Bright and early the next morning it was time to try Natalie's favorite thing of "trying new things"....Anti gravity Yoga. Okay, seriously, this was A LOT of fun! It made for some awesome memories and whole bunch of giggles.  I didn't realize how much work I was doing until the next day when several of my under used muscles ached. I really wish Idaho Falls offered this type of yoga, I'd totally do it again.

We finished out the Sneak by attending the General Relief Society Broadcast in Salt Lake City. It's so neat to be able to be in the actual building with the speakers for this annual meeting. We were able to hear  Elder Uchtdorf's talk on "Forget Me Nots". This was the perfect ending to weekend.