Girls' weekend

Back in the day, a group of girls from the Iona 4th ward went to Primary, Young Women and girls' camp together.

Me, Caryolyn, Lauralynn, Brooke and Kary at Cloverdale Elementary in 1999. Desirae was a year younger, so I guess that's why she didn't make it into this picture.

 Brooke, Desirae, Lauralynn and me at my house in 2007.

It's been a LONG time since we've been together, so Brooke suggested we amend that by attending Newsies at Tuacahn. Only three of the six of us could make it work, so Friday morning I picked up Des in Pocatello and Brooke in Provo on our way to St. George.

We watched Newsies (which was phenomenal, by the way), played games in the hotel room until midnight, then slept in the next morning (some later than others).

Brooke, Des and me in front of the Newsies poster.

The Newsies stage.

Saturday we hiked in and around Snow Canyon before heading back to Provo. We ate dinner and played Rummikub at Brooke's condo before crashing at my aunt and uncle's house in South Jordan so Des and I could make an early getaway for home on Sunday morning.

Johnson Canyon trail.

The three of us at the end of the Johnson Canyon trail.

Cute cactus.

Petrified sand dunes.

Me at the sand dunes (so I could send a picture to Seth and the girls). 

Etched graffiti at the sand dunes.

More sand dunes.

Us and sand dunes. (Can you tell we really liked the sand dunes?)

Pretty flora at the Lava Flow trail.

Headed back to Provo after hiking.

It was a quick and long trip, but the hours and hours of driving gave us a chance to catch up on everyone and thing. And Brooke and Des didn't trash the van or ask (even once!) how much farther we had to go.