the one about my super fun girls weekend

My friend Cara was invited by some friends and I was invited by Cara to attend the first annual wine tasting girls weekend in Palisade, Colorado. Cara and I rode out together. We left Saturday morning and arrived in Palisade, met up with the other 6 girls and had lunch. We hired a limo to drive us around to different vineyards and winery's. It picked us up at the hotel at 1:00. Natalie, Nan, Jeanine, Cara, me, Jen, Amber and Kim

We were able to taste, shop and tour several winery's and a brewery. It was a 4 hour tour.... a 4 hour tour. (Get it? Gilligan's island, hahaha!)
Anyway, the tour was really cool and we had a great time! We stayed at the Wine Country Inn. It was SO nice! Cara and I shared a room and it was beautiful!
We had dinner at a cute little pizza shop then everyone wanted to swim. I was so tired, so I hung out in the room that night. I hate it! I wanted to play with the girls, but I also have to respect my body. When it says slow down... I gotta listen. Anyway, we slept like LOGS that night. I guess having a bed to ourselves with no interruptions is just what we both needed! We woke up Sunday morning and first thing, took care of the most important thing you have to do in Grand Jct./Palisade this time of year.... PEACHES!! We each bought a big box of fresh peaches. YUMMY!!! After that, we headed to the mall and got school clothes. I can't believe school starts NEXT WEEK! And I really can't believe my baby will be 8 in two weeks!!!! Summer has just flown by. It seems like school just barely got out for the summer, and here I am, getting Quayd ready for 3rd grade. Anyway this girls weekend was the perfect way to say goodbye to summer. Thanks girls for the invite, and I can't wait til next year!!

the one about make-up

I LOVE make-up. I just love feeling girly and pretty. I have super sensitive skin though and most things make me break out. Several years ago, I was introduced to Mary Kay stuff. I love it TONS!!! I do not sell it or ever wish to sell it, so DON'T ASK!!! But I really believe the product is awesome, I am not allergic to it and it makes my skin look nice. A win-win-win situation. Now, the reason I am telling you this is not to make you feel pressured to buy it or anything crazy like that. I swear. The real intent of this post is to show off my sweet new stuff! I live with boys. They don't give two hoots about this stuff, so I had to rely on you, my faithful readers to share in my joy. Lookie!! Isn't this sah-WEET!?!? I got to pick all of the colors and stuff that I wanted. Its so much fun. I mix and match different color combos every day! My Mary Kay girl is AWESOME! Her name is Alicen and she takes very good care of me. If you want Mary Kay stuff, she could SO hook you up.