Alyson's Survivor Soiree

Meredith, Dana, and I treated Alyson to a "Girls Day Away" at the Lodge at Geneva. Alyson completed her radiation therapy for breast cancer a few weeks ago so a celebration was in order! We arrived at the Lodge around 12:30 Saturday afternoon. Since our room still was not ready we decided to walk the strip since we were starving. We ended up getting some awesome fried food from Eddy's! So much good food that we were wishing we drove to lunch rather than walked. Once we got back to our room we had a little time before the wine shuttle arrived so we got a little silly and decorated wine glasses (that is, of course, after Meredith and Dana stuffed their bags with every "free sample" in the room!). What started out as a contest to see who could make the prettiest glass soon became a contest to see who's the was the least ugly! It was then time to get beautiful...we each changed into something PINK to symbolize the cause which brought us all there that night! On our wine tour we stopped at 3 different wineries. The first was an old church. Very unique winery set on beautiful property. There some of us sampled ice wines and we shared a cheese platter. Next was a little winery where we each bought "Wine for a Cure...You'll Feel Better!" tee shirts! Finally we stopped at Ferrante's Winery. Gorgeous! 1 1/2 hour wait for dinner...and it was well worth the wait. Our meals were delicious (and so was the wine!). Some of us ladies, names will not be mentioned ;), were a little more tipsy than the others...I think you'll be able tell from the pictures who the "bad girls" were...they were the ones "whispering over the balcony" as the others stood below! Speaking on behalf of all of us girls, we had such a wonderful weekend together and we are so glad to be able to CELEBRATE life! In fact, we're looking forward to doing it again in 5 years!