Enchanted Forest GNO Weekend

My cute friends that I serve with in Primary have been talking about getting away together for a weekend trip. It took us months but we finally pulled something together. My amazing friend Susan has a sister (Vicki) with a cabin a little over an hour away from Helena. It's called the Loon Lodge and it's on Enchanted Forest Road. How fun is that??? Vicki agreed to let us come party out there this weekend. We had the most fabulous weekend with the ladies that were able to come this time. Just luv them!

Friday evening was pretty laid back. We all came up as we could after our real life responsibilities. Susan made us this delicious dinner! It was sooooo good! We stuffed ourselves regardless of how many points some people used up! We visited. We laughed. We winked a lot-- especially Donna! LOL And Kris played on her iPod. (No kids to interrupt her bird throwing /pig killing skills;)

We giggled about our goose trick we played on Donna. Thank heavens she wore her raincoat! Thanks for being the "goose" of our joke, lady! It was super funny!

We saw a gorgeous sunset. We wrapped up in blankets and had hot cocoa by the lake as we star gazed.

We even saw a shooting star like this one and made a wish! (Except for Amie who missed it because she was staring at us instead ... in the dark! LOL)

Despite the beauty and majesty of the night sky over the lake, we froze our butts off out there. So we decided to collect firewood and start a fire with our pro-like fire making skills. We're awesome like that! We forgot about s'mores because we seriously all brought enough treats to feed an army. Yum and oh man! Make me sick! ;)

We snuggled up in our PJs on the couch for a little devotional on Happiness. We read a list of ways to be happy. Then we listened to a motivational talk by Hank Smith that talks about Happiness. He's so funny! He suggested that we:
Accentuate the positive.
Learn to work.
Keep the commandments.
Drop the contention.
Then we all shared a thought, a song or a favorite scripture. It was super special to hear the stories and testimonies of these amazing ladies. They are such an inspiration to me! I'm so lucky to know them!

We (Ok,,, I really mean me!) wanted a cute group picture so we set up the timer on my camera. And then about peed our pants with the zillion shots we took. We are sooooo funny!

 Here's probably the most "normal" one we took. LOL I love Donna and her wink! Crack me up!

Let's all join her for a wink or two!

We got to bed super late or should I say super early! ;) What a fun, uplifting night! Man are we gonna be tired!!! Bright & early, we picked up where we left off with laughter and good food!

We took an early morning jog through the Enchanted Forest to get some exercise and soak in some rays. LOL OK... It wasn't that early and only the Super Lady Donna jogged but it was amazing to be out there in the beauty of God's creations!

Once we got back, we hung out at the lake- enjoying the beauty and sanding some wood.

We made these cute "So Very Blessed" blocks. Cuz what's a GNO weekend without a CRAFT????? ;) I love the creativity and diversity of woman. So fun!

We finished up our weekend with a yummy lunch and saying thank you to Vicki. What a perfect girls weekend. These are such beautiful ladies! Thanks Susan, Brenda, Amie, Kris and Donna for getting away to the Cabin! It was amazing! XO Let's do it again next year!