Katy is a fairly new friend to me. But even at that, she has quickly become a great friend. We have always crossed paths but with two of her boys being in the same grade as our kids we have spent much more time together. We had a playdate at Chick-fil-A with Sarah and that was the first time that we truly got to know each other. She has such a sincere heart and she is another one of those friends that I feel so thankful God placed in my life. Fast forward about 6 months and she asked me if I would be up for a trip to Tulsa to celebrate her 40th birthday. She was inviting about 20 friends to the propel conference, rented a house in Tulsa for us to all stay in, and made dinner reservations at Mahogany. It sounded great and plans started being made.
I rode to Tulsa Friday after work with Kristin Fares. We met the other 5 girls that were already there for dinner and had a great time. Lots of laughing and fellowship. Afterwards we went back to the house, stayed up late talking, and finally went to bed for a great nights sleep. Oh, and I wish I had a picture but Katy made us the cutest party favors. They were personalized galvanized buckets with all sorts of treats: a notepad, cookies, pens, chapstick, gum, etc. We had enough food to last us a week but we sure did a great job getting through much of it!
The next morning we woke up in time for a yogurt bar Sarah had put together and some breakfast casserole. It was an early morning because the Propel conference started at 9. The conference is a womens conference headed by Christine Caine and it was wonderful. It was such an encouraging conference about bettering ourselves as women, becoming leaders, and trusting God. There were times we were laughing and times we were crying. It was a long day but super fun and I'm so glad to have gotten to go. We broke for lunch where we went to a great pizza restaurant and then finished up the conference around 5pm. We quickly went home to get ready and then a big party bus arrived to take us to Mahogany. I think we were all exhausted but the dinner was still great. We had some big plans for the night but everyone decided it would be more fun to just go home, climb in pjs, and relax for the night while hanging out with each other. We did just that! We woke up Sunday morning and had to be out by 10am. We got the house all cleaned up, said our goodbyes, and were off to OKC. It was such a fun weekend and my heart was full. I think Katy had a great birthday weekend and I was thankful to be included in it.
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