A Gift For Mom...

My mom turns 60 this Tuesday, August 4th so...

On Saturday, a good friend Leslie, myself and mom enjoyed an afternoon at the Umstead Spa thanks to my family, my brother and Aunt Cindy! A few of us chipped in and decided that mom need to be pampered and we just went ahead and put this afternoon together! When mom and I waited in the lobby for Leslie, the spa staff all told mom Happy Birthday (it was in their notes that she was turning 60!) and she felt like a queen with all the treatment we received. After the three of us checked in, they took us into the women's lounge. We had a locker, a white robe that was ridiculously comfortable and sandals. We ordered wine, lunch and dessert with the concierge and then headed into a lounge. We decided to go with the luxury pedicures, so the three of us could talk and wine was complimentary! There were only three chairs, so it was great that we had the place to ourselves. After that there weren't anymore lounge chairs in the first lounge we went to, so they put us in a private suite!!!! Perfect! We had lunch and dessert and then got into our suits to enjoy the hot tub. The aroma in the spa smelled soooooooooo good! It was mom's and my first spa experience and we were loving it!!!! The three of us decided that we'll need to do this in December to celebrate my 35th birthday and then in May for Leslie's birthday! :)

We're making a cake today and taking it over to her place tonight for dinner. I have a soccer meeting on Tuesday, so we just decided to have the cake tonight and my grandparents can do what they want to do with mom Tuesday night!

Oh, while we were wining and dining at the Umstead...Cailean and the boys went to the park to play some baseball and went to the movies to see the new G-Force 3D movie! So, they got some good quality time together.

I guess the Umstead Spa and Hotel has a partnership with Walnut Creek in Raleigh where a lot of concerts happen. Alan Jackson, mom's FAVORITE country singer, comes to Raleigh at the end of the month. We sooooo need to go to the bar around the concert day because we could possibly run into him there!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Leslie saw Jimmy Buffet there and Dave Matthews Band. I would have flipped!!!!!