Inspiring Women

I love being around other women who inspire me to be a better person (without making me feel like dog dung in the process. You know what I'm talking about, sometimes we see someone who's amazing and instead of wanting to do better it just makes us feel crappy about ourselves. If you're having this problem you have to read President Uchtdorf's message).
My little sister's bday is today (Happy Birthday Abbie!) so we went on a fun girl's night Saturday. The women who came are amazing and I learned from each one of them: how to be a better wife, Mom, friend, author, and to be healthier and more fit. Yeah for girl's night out and for fabulous women who inspire others.

Girl's Getaway

My friends and I left the cute children with our husbands and spent the weekend in Park City. Fabulous shopping, delectable food, a couple of amazing trail runs (one that was so hard we called for a ride then died of embarrassment when we realized we were less than a mile for the hotel!), and fun times with friends. Couldn't ask for a better weekend.
What's your favorite activity on a girl's night or weekend away?

Shopping

Went on a shopping spree with my friends yesterday. I haven't been shopping for normal clothes for over a year and a half. I'm finally back down to my happy weight and I've got to say that it was a delightful day. My friends are wonderful and it was so much fun to try and clothes and have them fit. I even got a Hapari swimsuit and felt good about it (swimsuits are always tough). My friends tried to get me to eat a brownie at dinner and I couldn't do it. It was so fun to feel thin I actually had no desire for chocolate. I'm sure that will change tonight when my husband wants to stop for ice cream after our Friday night date, but right now I'm super motivated to be healthy!

Sunshine Award

My sweet friend, Vicki, at Reading at the Beach, gave me The Sunshine Award. Cute, huh?

This award is passed on to those bloggers that inspire others and show positivity and creativity, so I picked blogs that I enjoy visiting and inspire me.

The rules for accepting the award are:

This is what I've done and the nominees should do the same if they choose to:

1) Put the logo within my blog or on my post

2) Pass the award onto 12 fellow bloggers

3) Link the nominees within my post

4) Let the nominees know they have received this award by commenting on their blog

5) Share the love and link to the person whom you received this award from.

Here are my nominees (there are definitely more than twelve worthy blogs out there, but I'm running short on preschool-no-guilt time).

Books and Needlepoint

Michele Ashman Bell

One Librarian's Book Reviews

There's Always a Reason to Bake

Sometimes Hard but oh so Worth it

DiscomBobulated Running