Girls weekend!!! 2013

I have just come back from 3 nights away with my close friends for a 'girls weekend'.

Every Mummy should do this! It is so great to have a few days enjoying simple pleasures that only a Mum can appreciate.

No cooking , preparing food or feeding anyone but yourself
We went out or bought in for breakfast , lunch and tea. What a treat !!!

Doing whatever you like, when you like.
Some of the things we did...
-strolling up and down the streets browsing the shops
-going for a jog, walk along the beach
-putting your feet up with a good book or magazine or having a nap
-walking over the road to one of the many
Cafes, juice bars or gelati shops for a coffee, juice or ice cream!
-going for a swim in the surf
-playing board games
-watching a movie that is not animated
-chatted and giggled till we could chat no more(literally!!!! One night I nearly lost my voice)

Going to bed when you feel like it and naturally waking up when your body tells you it's time !

Come back feeling refreshed, energized , rested and yes, missing your children!

So good for the whole family, for kids to have Dad all to themselves for the weekend is also a treat.

Go on what's stopping you ?? If you can't do 3 nights , start with 1 or 2 or even a few hours.   

I am truly blessed with great friends who also value this time, this one wasn't even finished and we were making plans for our next one!!!

Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times

Colour

I had the amazing opportunity in March this year to attend Hillsong Colour Conference. It is an annual conference held in Sydney each year for women. I attend sisterhood at my church Hillsong Brisbane most weeks on a Thursday and absolutely love it. It is a very important part of my week so I was absolutely stoked when all the plans began to fall into place for me to experience Colour conference, which to me is like sisterhood just on a grande scale!



opening night

My brother and his wife were living in Sydney at the time and we stayed with them along with my sister in laws mum and niece. It was a really nice time spending time with family as well as being spiritually fed and enjoying some child free time away. I really enjoyed all the sessions and loved soaking in God's presence for 2 whole days and a night. Such a great atmosphere for Women to soak in all God has for them and go back to their homes and make a difference in their worlds. It definitely opened my eyes to the bigger picture and how together we are better.

We got a little time to see some of Sydney too as we shopped in a multi level shopping centre( i think it was Westfield with 5 levels) had dinner by the harbour one night and went to cronulla beach and had the best coffee I have ever had so far!



One morning we were cooking brekky and we noticed when looking outside the window there was a man sleeping on the street out the front of the woolies over the road. My mum and sister in laws mum, put a cooked brekky on a plate and a glass of juice and took it to him. They were "being the change" just as we had been learning all about at conference.
Beautiful moment!

Another gorgeous moment at conference when all these white paper doves came down from the roof!

Colour Conference will defnitely be on my radar each year and I will do what I can to try make it most years.

Psalm 65 vs 11 "You crown the year with your goodness"