Best Mother's Day Ever

I just spent a wonderful long weekend with my dear friend Sue. I flew in Friday and we had a Mother Blessing Friday night. Don and Sue are due with their first in July and I was so honored to share in a small part of her pregnancy. At the blessing, I met all of her cool friends, and we shared a lovely time sitting in the desert reflecting on Motherhood. That night we met up with Don and another friend and hit a few Scottsdale bars. It was great to hang out for our short night.

The next day we drove to Tuscon with plans to go all the way to Bisby. Once we got to Tuscon plans changed. We stayed in a nice hotel with a pool and that evening went out for dinner. Fourth Avenue in Tuscon is awesome, cute and lots of good restaurants. It has a way chill vibe and we ended up having tea at our favorite Vegie restaurant, The Casbah Tea House. Sue said it was reminiscent of a coffee house in Amsterdam. They have a back area complete with tapestry's and Buddhas. They also compost all of their food scraps and grow veggies for the restaurant. We were in heaven. (I'm a little lacking on vegetarian restaurants here in Indy)

The next day (mothers day)we went for a great two hour hike in the desert complete with huge burrs and my prego friend sliding into a sit. A very graceful fall. After this we hit the pool, showered and then found a great little breakfast place called the Blue Willow. We enjoyed conversation over eggs benedict and an omelet. There were lots of families there but it really didn't make me sad, in fact I was not sad at all and this was the first trip away that I didn't feel nervous about leaving the kids. Thats what having no more babies(and very trustworthy babysitters) will do for you!

After more shopping in a cool bookstore and a drive out to beautiful mountains, we met Sue's friend Kelly back at our veggie restaurant (we were there three times) for dinner before seeing Brett Dennen. We went to a really cool theater downtown and it was a great show. Sue and I shared a great afternoon watching him sing at High Sierra with MB and Andy last summer so this was the next show on our tour I suppose.

If you've not heard him, I suggest you look it up. He has an AMAZING voice and great music. It is completely refreshing.

Obviously, I had a great time. Sue and I got to spend some QT like never before (usually we have Don and Val and friends and kids around which of course is great also). I continue to feel blessed by the ladies in my life. They couldn't get much cooler.

Next mothers day, Mexico?