We got the girls out of school and took off Friday after lunch. Once we got down to Billings, our first stop was the Temple. It worked out perfect because they had a group of youth from Cody there already. The girls just joined them and got in right away. A member of the Temple Presidency took us aside and spoke to the girls about feeling the Spirit in the Temple. It was so kind of him to take an interest in our beautiful girls. It was so fun to watch the girls participate in the Temple. I am one lucky mom to have such a special, sacred opportunity to share moments like this with Liberty. Both girls didn't want to leave because of how peaceful they felt. I hope Liberty always remembers moments like this and continues in her desire to be at the Temple often.
Then, we took the girls to Barnes & Noble. They are both CRAZY readers so they were in heaven! Katelynn almost had her book done by the time we made it to dinner. During the rest of the trip, she read it a total of four times. See? CRAZY readers these girls are!!! Liberty was in a Sherlock Holmes mood and came home with some S.H. books that she's in love with!
We ate dinner... ok we STUFFED ourselves at Texas Roadhouse. It was so delicious!!! The joke for the weekend started here because Liberty confiscated ALLL the sugar packets they had at the table and anywhere else we went this weekend. Sugar Freak!! And Katelynn pretty much opened her mouth in every picture we took. These girls crack us up! They are two peas in a pod!
We headed to our hotel for the night. The girls read, swam, ate popcorn & hot cocoa and stayed up until wee hours of the morning!!! The alarm clock went off way too early for these late sleepers. LOL We did drag them out of bed for some breakfast though. It was yummy even if they were pretty much Zombies and a little short with their manners. ;)
After packing up and checking out, we went shopping at Kohl's and then dropped the girls off to the Big Horn Waterpark. We were glad there was lifeguards because we weren't exactly sure if the girls would fall asleep and drowned somewhere while we were gone. LOL Despite the lack of sleep they were feeling, they had a blast!! But when we picked them up they were so zoned out we had to laugh. Oh, the price teenagers pay for late night partying! ;)
While the girls swam, Kaysie and I went and did a session at the Temple. It has been a very, very long time since I have done a session so it was extra special. I so needed to be there! How fun to be in the Temple and with good friends. Loved it! When we came out, it had snowed. It made the Temple grounds quite glorious! But it was so freezin' cold! Brrrrrr! Luckily, we picked up the girls and headed out so we could drive most of the way back with some daylight still left. We drove slow but got home safe.
What an amazing weekend! Thanks Guymon girls for including us on your special day. We luv you ladies! Happy Birthday Katelynn!
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