My Weekend!

[DianaB]

I had a blast last weekend!!! As you all know I went to Branson, Missouri. It was a Women of Joy Conference, which I didn't know. My Mom left a LOT of details out about what we were doing! Anyway, it ended up that there were lots of speakers there and most of them were really wonderful to hear. We had some awesome praise and worship singers there as well. I have several pictures but some of them are blurry because we were always too late to get the closer seats.

The YouTube video is Travis Conttrell who led our praise and worship. This isn't from our conference.

You Tube

1. Travis Conttrell and his Praise and Worship Team--Awesome!!
2. Priscilla Shirer- Christian Author -She was a wonderful speaker!!
3. Liz Curtis Higgs-Christian Author-Very funny!!!
4. Kay Arthur- Writes Bible Study books

[DianaB]

There were a lot more people than I was expecting too! Between 3,500 and 4,000 were there!

My Mom had a birthday while we were there so her sisters brought a cake and gifts and we had a little birthday celebration for her. My Mom turned 70 but you'll see that she sure doesn't look like it. I also have a picture of my Mom's sisters that were there. One didn't come.

We also had Kim Hill come in on Sunday morning and lead Praise and Worship. I was excited to hear her because I sing one of her songs at church. Her picture was taken from a projector screen because I just couldn't get a good picture of her. I still didn't but this is the best one I got.

1. The Crowd
2. Mom's cake--The bow is made of chocolate!!
3. My Mom and her sisters--from left to right- Marva, Carol, Joyce, Joan, Lucille (My Mom) Marva is the aunt that I go and visit once in a while.
4. Kim Hill

[DianaB]

Now for the highlight of our whole weekend!!! We got to meet Karen Kingsbury and have her sign a book for us!!! My Mom was so excited to meet her. She has almost all of her books! I was wanting to sit up a meeting with her for my Mom's birthday but the conference was a lot bigger than I was expecting. It worked out well and we didn't have to wait in a long line to meet her. Karen gave my Mom a big hug before I could get a picture but I still got a good one of her and Karen. Karen Kingsbury is the top seller of all fiction books, not just Christian!!! She also gave a speech and she was wonderful to hear too!

1. My Mom with Karen Kingsbury
2. Me with Karen Kingsbury

[judy]

You had a full weekend! It sounds wonderful, and how nice that your Mom's birthday was celebrated there and your aunts were there too!

I love the photos - they're good.

Welcome home, and I'm so happy for you and your family that you got to share such a wonderful event.

[katcarasella]

Wow, It looks and sounds like you had a great time, good for you. I enjoyed all the pictures, yuo look great and that cake looks delicious.
I enjoyed the video very much, thank you for sharing with us.

[DianaB]

The cake was absolutely as delicious as it looked!!!!