Sunday, October 19, 2008

Time Out For Women 2008

On the way to TOFW on Friday 17, 2008
Portland Temple

Bethany and I






Alaina and I
Bethany, Lyn and Alaina










After the temple time, we headed into downtown Portland to find the Rose Quarter area, where the convention center is. You can see it in the distant in one of the shots, its the two green spirers way off.





See it???
Riverfront area
Mt Hood




Parking garage of the Marriott

Nice digs, eh??
Our window view



TIME OUT

for women

JOYFUL LIFE


Sister O

Kenneth Cope with us!!
Steph and Pinky
Alaina, Lyn and Bethany


Dan Thuman, pianist for Diamond Rio! ! ! !
Jason Deere's Nashville tribute Band!
nashvilletribute.com


Friday night's session was a wonderful blend of music and testimony. It was really great!


Kenneth Cope

Bethany, Helen, and Lyn

The crowd
Alaina and Jason Deere and Bethany He was way, way good!!!


Sister Olson
Pinky, Sister Watts, Alaina and me
Sister Cherie Call
Elia Gourgouris. . the "Greek Elivs"
Kenneth Cope
OH MY HECK, what can I say about this man!! He was incredible..such a great artist, his singing was so pure, that it was better than recorded. . it was amazing!!


Cherie Call, expecting baby number two has a style that is perfect for her story telling songs, she was great.
Lyn, Bethany and Kathy Hankins
Lyn, Bethany, Elia G and Alaina .

We had met Elia in the elevator of our hotel on Friday, he was really nice, and has a wonderful greek accent, that sounded Russian. . so we were excited when he recognized us on Saturday!

The Presenters


Mary Ellen Edmonds

Mary Ellen EdmundsFormer director of training, Missionary Training Center; Former faculty, College of Nursing (BYU); author, Love Is a Verb and Peculiar In a Good Way


Kenneth Cope

Kenneth CopeSinger; songwriter; producer; composer; multiple Pearl Award winner; albums include Greater Than Us All, Women at the Well. and his newest release, All About You

Kenneth is from Houston TX and served a mission in Switzerland. For the past twenty years, he has been giving the world his music and sharing his talent. He and his wife, Kathryn have three daughters and live in SLC.


Camille Fronk Olson

Camille Fronk OlsonAssociate professor of Ancient Scripture, Brigham Young University; former member, Young Women General Board and Teacher Development Curriculum committee; author, Mary, Martha and Me
"Your Own Book of Psalms"


Elia Gourgouris

Elia Gourgouris, Ph.D.Success coach and President of LDSCoaching.com; Ph.D. in Psychology, UCLA; recently released talk on cd DTR: What You Should Know Before You Get Married. Visit Elia at AskDrElia.com

He lives in Colorado with his wife and two sons.
"Creating More Joyful Relationships"


Cherie Call

Cherie CallSinger; songwriter; multiple time Pearl Award Winner; albums include He Gives Flowers to Everyone and Beneath These Stars

Cherie is married and has one daughter and another baby on the way.


Jason Deere

Jason Deere, Dan Truman and Guests: Award winning songwriter ,and producer of groups like Ryan Shupe and the Rubberband and SHeDAISY. Dan Truman: member of the popular country group Diamond Rio, loves to eat at Joe T. Garcia's in Ft. Worth, TX


Chieko Okazaki

Chieko OkazakiFormer counselor in the general Relief Society presidency; author, Lighten Up and Being Enough
"Principles that Matter"


Nashville Tribute Band


nashvilletribute.com

"It is good to look back to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who have labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans, so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries.” President Gordon B. Hinckley


Emily Watts
Emily WattsSenior editor for Deseret Book Company; author, Being the Mom and Take Two Chocolates & Call Me in the Morning. Visit Emily at EmilyWatts.com

A wonderfully funny woman with more insite than is good for us!!














9 comments:

Patti said...

Looks like you had a wonderful time! I love TOFW! Wish I could have joined you.

Maddie said...

Looks like you had fun! Did you ask Helen about the baby shoes? I need one for Ella and the new baby....or at least get her email or phone number?

Libby said...

What a fun weekend. I love that you take pictures. It is like we join in all the fun! Lucky you!

Unknown said...

Thanks so much for sharing your pictures with us!! It looks like you all had a wonderful time!!

By the way...I'm one of Bethany's blog followers. ;0)

Janine said...

Hi, I am also one of Bethany's Blog followers - I just love her cute personality, beautiful word art and chili bean recipe. It sounds like you had a wonderful week-end. What a sweet family. I was interested to read your Blog side bar. My husband and I also have strong political belief's and are very concerned with the direction that our country is going. We too, will vote for McCain/Phelan and encourage others to really take a close look at the Political issues at stake. Our 19 year old son entered the MTC in Provo in late August. Because he will be there for 2 months, he made sure that we sent him an "Out of State" ballet so that he too could vote (his very first time). It doesn't matter how young you are, study the issues and then vote.

Beth said...

Looks like you had a blast! Lots of great people and music... sounds good to me :)

CSA Brent said...

Lyn...good stuff. I enjoyed seeing my Sweetie Pie in front of the Portland Temple. All that was missing in the pic was me! I still remember that day 14 Jun 1996 there at the temple. At any rate, it looks like you all had a good time. Although that guy giving my girl a hug was sure lucky I wasn't there while he was doing that! Take care and glad you all had fun. I heard the Nashville guys were good and I look forward to hearing their new cd.

Alaina Rose M said...

Hey Lyn! Really great photos! It was an awesome time going ~ I'm so glad we did! Was great to get to know Bethany too.. she's wonderful. Thanks babe.

Unknown said...

Very fine......