Time Out For Women 2010

Months ago, when the Time Out For Women 2010 tour schedule came out, I bought a ticket to go. I've been to two Time Out's already (Portland, OR & Richmond, VA). This time, the closest one to me was in Pittsburgh, PA. Original plans fell through with who was going and I was very close to giving up my own ticket as well - but last minute, some friends of mine from church were driving up on Friday and coming back late Saturday and I took the roadtrip along with them. I can't tell you how much fun we had! I had been looking forward to this break for a long time and I am so glad I was able to go!

The morning was pretty crazy. It was a school day - I was helping to get Aubrey out the door for school and we quickly ate breakfast as a family. It was so busy in fact, that Aubrey ran for the bus before I could get a picture with all of my kids. So this one will have to do.

With it being a Friday, we were smart and took the back highways to Pittsburgh instead of torturing ourselves to go through DC traffic. We left around 9am and got into the city around 3:30 pm - stopping for lunch and a bathroom break along the way. We checked into the Marriott Courtyard where we had reservations (luckily I hadn't cancelled mine) and it was a nice stay! Here are some pictures of the hotel and our room:

After checking in and getting our things settled into our rooms, we still had a good two hours before the event even started. The convention center that was hosting the event wasn't more than 500 yards away from where we were staying. So we took a little walking tour of the city of Pittsburgh.

{This is the front of the convention center}

{And this is the back of the convention center}

{A statue we walked past}

And here we started over the river. This city has three rivers that join together. And LOTS of yellow bridges!!! You couldn't even really tell them apart. But I really liked their detail and style. Here are some pictures from our sight-seeing adventure:

{My roadtrip buddies!}

{My friend Heather and I}

{The city of Pittsburgh}

{A cobblestone street we walked down}

{PNC Park - baseball stadium}

{Liked that they won the year I was born!}

{PNC Park}

That concludes our tour of the city. :) We then headed back to our rooms to freshen up and then walked over to the convention center to enjoy what we went there for: Time Out For Women! It was amazing! The speakers, the music, time spent with friends! I took a ton of notes to remember what was said. This Time Out was the best one I've gone to yet! And I can't WAIT to go again next year!

**A special thanks to my wonderful husband for letting me have this time to myself and for getting a much deserved mommy break - and for being an awesome dad to our kids! I love you!!**

{All of us friends from church who attended Time Out in Pittsburgh}

{A goofy picture of us - we're all calling on our break to see how everyone's doing back at home! I almost choked up. Jocelyn said sobbing on the phone: "Momma...you're gonna be gone forEVER!!!" Guess I need to leave the house more often to get appreciated and missed - but not for two days at a time! :)}

{Lunch break with amazing friends!}