District Convention 2013 - Part 1

Can't believe it has already come and gone!  

Wednesday afternoon we got together with Susan and the girls for painting nails.  Gotta be all dolled up for the convention ya know.  Abby picked rainbow and Sophia had an awesome flower done by Susan.  All were giddy with excitement!  

Thursday we packed up and headed to Winston-Salem.  Most of the families from our congregation were in the same hotel, which made it extra fun.  It has a great outdoor pool (in the courtyard of the hotel) and an awesome breakfast (included in the room rate!!) with fruit, scrambled eggs, bacon and freshly made waffles! After getting settled in the room, I took the girls down to the pool for a little swim before meeting friends for dinner.  Then we met up with Hosley's, Vang's & McKinley's for thai food.  We chuckled because the place with the best reviews in the area was the thai restaurant located in Harris Teeter!  It had a few tables, which we totally took over with our group of 17.  And it was really good!!!  Up next was swimming again for the girls, this time with friends.  

Friday we enjoyed breakfast and headed off to the convention site.  It was a packed arena, over 7,000 the first day and almost 9,000 by Sunday.  It was a wonderful program, filled with demonstrations, skits, interviews and talks - even a play on Friday too.  Jehovah really touched hearts with this convention.    

Abby's rainbow nails

Playing a bit while waiting

The nail pro, Susan

She is talented!!!

Ready for dinner - these are just some of the girls
in our congregation

Little Brock is the only boy in this group
He is soaking up all the attention from these girls

Friday morning
Me and my girls

Daddy and his girls

We found Grandma for a quick pic

Celeste and the girls

Castenada's sat by us on Friday

Rye-Guy giving his part
We were in the upper section

Swimming!

Graycen and her little bro

Look at this crew!  Seriously, not even all the kids
from our congregation.

9 feet deep water is great for jumping!!!!