Well Fed – Retreats

“I think this was the best year yet.” We’ve heard it before and even said it ourselves, but this time we really mean it. We had a great scrapbooking retreat last weekend.

image from www.suncadia.com

These were our rooms. They truly are this beautiful. Each bathtub has shutters around it and each shower has real leaves encased in the tile. Fancy.

We were served

grilled chicken breast
steamed vegetables
garlic mashed potatoes
a very, very rare sirloin steak (but no one even complained)
chocolate mousse
cheesecake
fresh fruit tarts
chicken teriyaki
hot rolls
pretty little butter balls with a twig of herb
and lots and lots and lots and lots of candy and homemade treats as well

with cloth napkins.

We’re missing a few who ran to the scrapbook store

There were forty of us,

and a ton of stuff.

Two of the forty were Debbie and Janet.  Debbie worked on wedding albums and came with her daughter-in-law.  Janet worked on her son’s football album (he plays for Penn State) and came with her two twin daughters.

Susan finally won a prize.  She’s come to over a dozen retreats, but this was her first time ever to win. 

Haley, Rachel, Ande, me, Grace, Jamie, Cali

The swimming team. The fitness center had hot tubs, a sauna, two water slides, and a warm water pool. It was wonderful and the slides were fun. After we’d played and swam, the seven of us sat outside in the hot tub amongst the pine trees, evening star, and a ¾ moon. It was as perfect an evening as could be.

Cali cutting a quilt top, Rachel sewing paper banners

Our group total was 824 pages, 485 cards, 61 projects, 1 king-sized quilt top, and a few blogs . . . plus Deb and I felt like we’d accomplished the portion of our mission statement which states, “provide women with a safe, amiable atmosphere where they can use their creative talents to preserve family legacies, and an experience where women can laugh, create, visit, and form unique camaraderie with women of similar interests."

Jane and Deb –D.J.’s Scrapbooking Retreats

These retreats have been a juicy apple under my tree.  I have appreciated getting my family history in order, building friendships, and working with Deb.  I especially enjoyed having Ande, Cali, Grace, my niece Haley, and my sister Rachel at this last retreat.