Saturday Here and There

On Saturday I got to go with Sola Gratia up to Artesian Lakes for a retreat!  Wahoo!!  You can read about our day last year right here.

I didn’t take very many pictures this year, but I had a great day!

In the morning we rehearsed some upcoming music before taking a break for lunch.  We had a HUGE yummy lunch that of course I ate every bit of.

I remembered to take a picture of the main course.  I’d eat that again!

After lunch we peeked at the fish and saw the biggest turtle I’ve absolutely ever seen!

That’s it’s head:

I just couldn’t believe how big it was.  I’m sure I lead too sheltered a life.  :)

And the last picture I took – a big ol’ alligator.  :)

In the afternoon we had a vocal workshop lead by our new music associate, Jan.  It was really informative.  Then we sang a bit more and came home about 5 o’clock.

This was the longest I’ve ever been away from James.  :(  I brought my pump ‘cause I knew I couldn’t make it the whole day!

Matt took care of the kids all day while I was gone – what a good man!  And he did a better job of taking pictures than I did.  :)

They went to Mamma and Pop’s house to visit (and eat Nilla wafers!)

Look who got one!

And it looks like they watched a little Thomas as well!

Aunt Missy and Katie were there too – what a nice visit!

I had a great day, and so did the fam at home.  Poor James was definitely missing me by the time I got home, but he made it!