Retreat!

This past weekend, four friends from church and I went on a spur of the moment retreat. When I say spur of the moment, I mean, we saw it on the internet on Sunday afternoon, registered Monday morning and left Friday afternoon. It was a wonderful time of solidifying friendships, sharing, and laughing till the wee hours of the morning. We attended some great classes, had some wonderful food, beautiful weather and learned some things about ourselves & each other.Nancy only looks like she was giving us what for. Me, I was a bit apprehensive to line up for a group shot before we took off since the last time I did that was for the canoe trip - and we all know how that day turned out. But we got it together and made our picture.

Cathy came straight from work and the plan was for her to sleep on the drive so she could stay up late to play games. This is her "I'm sleeping" face.

Trying to get 4 adult women to be good for a picture is about as easy as putting panty hose on a worm. It just wasn't happening.

Gwen touched and rode a horse for the first time ever. She was a natural equestrian.

Although our original intent was to check out this camp for a church wide retreat for next year, I learned something I didn't know before leaving. Lutherans serve wine at their retreats. Quite a shock to my Southern Baptist roots. But they sure knew how to have a great retreat - very relaxing (even without the wine.)

It was a fantastic weekend and we ended it by heading to Nashville, Indiana where we did a bit of shopping then had some dinner before heading back to the real world of work and motherhood. All in all - I'm planning on doing it again next year -- with these same lovely ladies.

Gwen, Me, Kelli, Nancy & Cathy