Girls Weekend

 I stole this first part from my sister's blog since I'm so far behind and she summed it up pretty good!!

I was blessed with some amazing friends.

My parents built a new house and when we moved in

I was 12 and starting the 7th grade.

Stephanie and I didn't go long before connecting with these

3 girls who lived down the street.

Right off the bat we became instant friends, soul sistas!

We were probably the most immature girls, ever!

We didn't care.

We knew how to have a good time.

Boy bands of any kind, Spice Girls, Lifehouse, Weezer, 311 on repeat.

Laying out on the top of our parents roofs since nobody had a pool.

We had a boom box and spray bottles to keep us from not frying to a crisp up there!

Eating, lots of eating!

Goldfish crackers, picnic in a bag (bagged caesar salad kits), happy hour wings at Applebees,

lemonberry slushes from Sonic were some of our favorites to eat endlessly! 

I honestly don't know how we weren't severely over weight!

Cruising around in either Jessica's Corolla or Jenni's green Dodge truck nicknamed "the green bean" (we were lucky to have friends with cars).

Making up words to communicate with, like Narnie.

 "don't be a narnie"

??

Did I mention we were immature!

I remember popping lots of popcorn and hanging out front under the stars on blankets, talking the night away.

Goofing off in aerobics class at Mesa High

Too many girls camp adventures with high pitched squeals and contraband.

One time we really wanted to watch the live NSYNC concert and non of us had cable.

We drove to the cheapest motel we could find, which of course was in the sketchiest part of town.

We all pitched in and reserved a room so we could watch it on HBO!

When it was over we all drove home and slept in our own beds.

Of course without our parents knowing!

California beach trips after graduation.

YSA dances at Rockin' R Ranch

From left to right:

Jenni, Jessica, Stephanie, LaRee, and me

Last fall when we were out to lunch, someone suggested we do an overnight trip together so we would have more time to catch up than the typical 1 1/2 hours we get at the 4x a year birthday lunches!

We decided on a staycation in Scottsdale at the beautiful Fairmont Princess resort! 

We started off with shopping at Scottsdale Fashion Square. 

Nordis. ;)

I didn't think I'd buy anything, but I found the cutest sweater with bell sleeves!

We had more fun people watching than anything else. 

We are definitely old moms and not "in style" anymore. 

Whatcha gonna do when you don't want to 

A) go bra-less

B) show more bra than shirt

C) wear something that looks more janitor uniform than shirt

I've officially aged out of Forever 21. (OK, maybe it really happened a couple of years ago). That place is the pits. Literally, it smells. And crop tops ain't my thang. So, bu-buy Forever. 

Who doesn't look good in black leather skirts?!

Oh wait. ;) 

The funniest part was when we ran into my family.

Seriously.

This wasn't planned.

Bron came into town with his kids and called Trav up. I thought they were in Phoenix. I guess they had finished at the pool and Bron wanted to go shopping. (He hasn't aged out of Forever 21 yet. Hehehe)

The crazy part is.... Scottsdale Fashion Square is HUGE!! Three levels. And we just happened to be sitting on a bench waiting for someone to pee when the whole group walked up. One of my friends said, "Hey, that looks like Weston!" I looked over and saw him and thought, "Yeahhh, that DOES look like Weston. Wait. That IS Weston. WAIT. What the heck is happening here?!" My brain honestly started going to kidnapper zone before contemplating that my husband could actually be there. All my friends commented how funny it was that my children all ran up and mauled me as though it had been weeks since they had seen me.... instead of hours. What can I say? I'm loved. :)

We ate dinner at The Thristy Lion, got dessert at the Shake Shack, then headed out to The Duce for some dancing!!!

This place looks like the sketchiest shed in Phoenix from the outside, but the inside is this adorable, multi-faceted, retro-shabby-chic hang out spot! Complete with a DJ busting mostly jazzed up oldies. We danced our hearts out.

And Jessica may have politely shoved an innocent guy dancing up a little too closely to LaRee. Hahaha.

After getting lost in the resort parking lot at 1am, we gave up and did valet, taking a golf cart to our room.

I felt my body shutting down at 10pm, but don't you worry... we stayed up until 3am talking!! I love these girls so much. 

Jenni hasn't changed much, haha.

The next day was SpA DaY!!! I have never done something like this before. It felt very "rich and famous-ish".

I could get used to this lifestyle.

We had a complimentary, healthy lunch, but I think we all had unhealthy amounts of the prickly pear cactus lemonade.

Oh to walk around in slippers and plush robes all day!

There is a roof top pool that is reserved only for the spa.

We all got massages around 1pm. I chose the Himalayan Salt massage. 

It was basically a hot stone massage, but they used the salt as the stones. And it was glorious. Little square of Belgian chocolate at the end. I was soooo happy.

They had a steam room that I almost choked to death in, and a cold water plunge that only my big toe made it into. The hot tub is where it's at. Always. 

After a good amount of soaking, steaming and sun bathing, we headed out to the main pool and cleaned them out of tacos and fries. 

Why do all good things have to end??! Jenni had to get home for her daughter's birthday party and Jessica went with her. LaRee, Shelley and I weren't leaving until we absolutely HAD to though. :) So we did some more hot tubbing, took showers and enjoyed the relaxing lounge room, sipping lemonade and reading magazines. 

Driving home we made one last stop at a homemade ice cream place called Sweet Republic. Just procrastinating as long as we could, I think. :)

I can't believe its been 13+ years since we went on a trip together. There's nothing quite like friends who have known you almost your whole life. We decided to forgo birthday presents from no on, and make this an annual event! Just don't break it to our husband's yet. ;)