To celebrate my mama's 70th birthday, we had a girls' weekend in Omaha! It was so fun to be with her, my sisters, & a couple of my nieces. We started off the weekend on Friday night with Stations of the Cross at this gorgeous St. Peter's Church. It was incredible!
Uncle Fr. Jon generously drove Sarah & I to Omaha, so he was able to join us for the evening. My Dad also brought Mom to town so he hung out on Friday night as well. We were sorry to be missing Doug!
We had a delicious dinner at Upstream Brewery.
These little ladies did amazingly well, considering how much high chair, stroller, & carseat time they had to endure. They were hilarious together & a constant source of snuggly entertainment. We stayed at the Magnolia hotel which was beautiful. Spent a good deal of time relaxing in this loft room... a little too much when we probably should have been in bed!
My mom is a tea aficionado, so after a leisurely breakfast & some Old Market shopping we had proper tea on Saturday afternoon at the beautiful Crook Manor. It was General Crook's 1860s home at Fort Omaha full of antiques & stories. I think that Dad would have loved it, too! I giggle now every time that I use a tea bag thinking how much it would disgust our Tea Guide Mona. Goodness she knew a lot about tea. She was a riot!
Sarah enjoyed some of the egg salad sandwiches & sugar cookies.
Lily was just too busy to sit down & enjoy her tea. Lots to do, lots to do!
We went back to relax at the hotel prior to Saturday evening Mass at St. Peter's. Afterwards we had a delectable dinner at Vivace & way too late of a night laughing in the loft. Chris brought a personality assessment that was a little too easy to predict in our group... found out I'm gold & blue. No surprises there!
I didn't take any more photos (waiting on some goodies from my lovely sisters) but they wouldn't do the time justice anyway. It was wonderful. It was much needed. It was such a gift to be together without a million monkeys running around like usual. So thankful!
Happy birthday, Mom! Hope we can do it again next year!
What she didn't know is that Cara & I were going to join in on the surprise when they made it to the fancy hotel. ;) I love surprises! We had our own happy hour in the room with lots of tasty appetizers that we brought along. Quite the spread.
Quite the group of gals! It's been a long time since I've stayed up that late... willingly. I'm glad she has so many sweet, fun, & holy friends right down the street from her. Wish I could be one of them! 
Happy Birthday, Melissa!
