TOFW

This weekend I was finally able to go to a Time Out for Women event here in Omaha. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is sort of like a "women's conference" weekend for women to have a time out from everyday life to be uplifted, to laugh, and of course cry together. There were a few speakers and a few musical artists. (Of course you know I was super excited for all the musical artists!) Last night we got to listen to Kenneth Cope, who sings and plays the guitar, and Jenny Oaks Baker who plays the violin. Today we heard some more from Kenneth Cope and Cherie Call, who sings and plays guitar as well.

They were all so great, and it was fun to actually see and hear them perform in person...it took a lot of control for me not to sing along out loud! Hearing Jenny Oaks Baker made me really miss playing my violin, one day I will start playing it again. You ask, why "one day", why not now? Well, whenever I get it out when Tyler is around he won't let me play because he wants to play it the whole time, and I obviously can't practice when the kids are asleep. So, for now that will be on the "one day" list.

While I was there I was able to see one of my sister Jennifer-Lee's best friends Chrislyn. They met in New York while they were both nannies. The last time we saw each other was at Jenn-Lee's wedding, 8 years ago! (Wow, you've been married 8 years?!) She's great! She helped watch Jacob here and there so that I could sit and actually pay attention to a few minutes at a time, THANKS!!! She has the awesome job of being able to help coordinate the TOFW events around the country.

Jack and Tyler had a fun weekend hanging out together. Jack had to drop off the car for a tune-up and they walked down to a Buffalo Wild Wings, which was filled to capacity with Huskers fans watching the game. (The Nebraska Cornhuskers football games are HUGE here, the city is a sea of red every weekend wherever you go, can you blam them, it's all they have!) Jack said that Tyler was having so much fun chearing when the fans cheared. He would get so excited and clap and scream along with them all. What's better than watching football at a wings place for some quality "guy" time?