Mendonite Welkers: Scrapbooking Retreat

This weekend myself and four girls from work went on a "Scrapbooking Retreat." Emily's Mom and Dad were so wonderful and let us invade their basement for the weekend. It was so perfect. We left Friday morning and headed to Riverton and we returned home this morning.

It was quite a scene.....all five of us sitting in a semi circle in front of the big screen TV with our laptops. Lots of scrapbook pages were completed but Emily is the winner with 28 pages completed! I am excited to know that I have about four pages left and my Dad's funeral book will be complete. Wahoo!!

I don't think I have ever watched/listened to that movies movies that close together before. We watched Sweet Home Alabama (twice), Remember the Titans, Along Came Polly (Twice), Return to Me, Maid of Honor, and Goonies.......I might have missed one or two but I think I got them all.

We only left the house a couple of times for the necessities.....dinner and Diet Coke! Friday night all of us went to dinner at Applebees (mediocure) and Saturday night the three of us that were remaining (Tif and Brandi left Saturday morning) went to Hogi Yogi. Maverik was just down the street so we were able to fill our mugs twice a day to keep us going.

Friday night closed down at 2 a.m. and Saturday morning was up and running by 8:30 a.m. By Saturday night at 11 p.m. we were winding down and watched Goonies until midnight when most of us were asleep on the floor and couch. We were up by 8 a.m. Sunday morning and on the road for home by 9 a.m. What more could a girl ask for? Scrapbooking all weekend and lounging around in your PJs!! It truly was a "reTREAT."

The exciting part........hearing a strange gurgling noise and then a minute later a loud boom followed by the fridge door flying open and realizing that the Diet Coke (cans) in the fridge had frozen and one of them exploded! A break was needed from scrapbooking to have a good laugh and wash out the ENTIRE fridge!!! Good thing the fridge was a mini!

Thanks so much to Dave and Grandma Peterson for helping with the girls, which made it possible that I could go and enjoy this weekend. Grandma Peterson kept the girls Friday night because Mountain Crest had a basketball game that Dave had to be at. Dave picked the girls up Saturday at noon from Grandma and did a wonderful job with them until I return home Sunday at 11:30 a.m. He even kept things together with Hannah being sick! Way to go Dave!!!

Here's some fun photos:

Jen, Brandi, and Me