Girls Night!! (aka Fathers & Sons Outing)

Two weekends ago was the annual Fathers & Sons camp out for our ward. Blake and Gavin were sooooooooooo excited for this overnighter!!!! Matt also graciously brought my brothers Heston (15), Cody (13) and Joshua (9) along since my parents were out of town celebrating their anniversary. Blake and Gavin came back dirty as ever! Good times.

Now on to the important stuff! ;)

Brooklyn had BIG plans. I asked her to make a list of things she wanted to do while the boys were away and so she did!! I was bound and determined to make it a fun weekend for her and fun we had!!! I didn't even do an ounce of housework!!

Our handsome tag-a-long ;)And you better believe I hauled my camera around with us and documented every second of our awesome girls night!!! ;)

First off, the "craft store." We chose Michael's.
We perused the aisles, finding things to add to our projects stash at home.We also discovered some fun crafty projects, all for $1 a piece! We saved those for our trip to the cabin the following weekend. (more on that coming up in the next blog post)

Next, everybody's favorite store, Tarjay. That's fancy for Target. {ala Fancy Nancy} Here, we picked up a seriously adorable shower curtain for Brooklyn's bathroom,

some cute brown sandals ~~ a summer must-have,and just a *few* other odds and ends.
You know how Target is. ;) I always walk outta there $100+ poorer!!

Dinnertime!!! Brooklyn picked where she wanted to eat -- Panda's! That's my girl!
We got a two entree plate of Orange Chicken & Beef w/ Broccoli to share. MmmmMMMmm!

Quick stop by Blockbuster to pick up a flick.......then drive-thru McDs for some hot fudge sundaes!! Love the little chocolate chin here!Get home and put jammies on, grab snackies and snuggle in for movie night!We headed off to bed about 10:20ish. Brooklyn got to sleep on Daddy's side of the bed to keep me company! We slept in nice and late, until 8:30am (thanks to Preston for cooperating!), had a leisurely breakfast and the fun continued!!

Painting toenails AND fingernails.....
Playing the Wii.....
She drives a mean Mario Kart! LOL!

Here was my one mommy goof of the weekend! At about 11:20am, I went to check my e-mail to be sure the t-ball party started at noon. WHOOPS!!!! It had started at 11:00am!!!!!!!! So we raced around getting dressed and zipped over to Peter Piper Pizza (got there at noon) just in time for cake and trophies!

I let her get a few tokens to play some arcade games and we called it good. $7 worth of tokens, yielded enough tickets for an awesome slap bracelet and a fruity tootsie roll! Sweet.

We came home and checked off the last item on our list, reading Goldilicious. This was just newly released earlier that week and was eagerly anticipated! It joins Pinkalicious and Purplicious among favorite girlie books in our house. :)Just as we were finishing up the book, we heard the garage door open. Our BOYS were back!!

I'm so glad that I have a daughter to keep me company during Fathers and Sons. :) I'll look forward to that weekend every year, just as much as the boys do!

Love you, my sweet Beetle Bugs!! ♥♥♥