The 1st ever Book Club Retreat. Amy's parents so generously invited us to their beautiful cabin in Cascade, Idaho for dinner, book discussion, a movie, and a delicious breakfast!
Alyce, Tendra, little Brennen and I all piled into Justin's car and took the trek to Cascade. I was so worried I was going to make everyone carsick, the roads aren't the straightest, but everyone reassured me my driving was fine!
When we arrived, we were taken back by the beautiful view the cabin had. What a beautiful cabin Amy's parents have.
This is their backyard. Beautiful huh?!
We were greeted by Amy, her parents, and the rest of the Book Club Babes. After taking a tour of the cabin, we sat down to a delicious dinner and discussed The 5 Love Languages. We took a quiz with 30 questions which was supposed to determine which Love Language we spoke and discussed different aspects of each love language. After the discussion, I realized I would love for me and Justin to read the book together. Better yet, LISTEN to the book on CD while we drive to Portland the following weekend! Mental note, go to Barnes and Noble to buy the CD!
After the great discussion, it was about 10pm and a group of us gals went outside on the deck and admired the moon and planet saturn through George, Amy's fathers amazing astronomy equipment. The planet Saturn was absolutely amazing! How beautiful our galaxy truly is!
We retreated to the basement where we set up our sleeping arrangements. Thank you Alyce for putting up with Shammu on your air mattress. We enjoyed a funny movie (I actually fell asleep through most of it, but if anyone knows me just SLIGHTLY, this should not be taken as an offense because it happens quite regularly. I never can stay away through a movie past 10pm!) and chatted until about 2 or 3. What a neat evening to spend with woman, who all share the same beliefs, love for books and adventure!
Alyce, Saturday morning admiring the view!
Saturday morning was spent on the cabin's deck, admiring the view and feasting on a yummy breakfast.
Book Club Babes: from Left to Right Erin, Amy, Vicki, Alyce, Natalie, Ann, Shammu (ME!) and Tendra!
We drove home earlier then the rest of the girls. Each of us had a full day ahead, and we didn't want to miss out on anything! Alyce had many soccer games, I had a day at Roaring Springs and was hoping to beat Justin and Trey to it, and Tendra had a day of shopping with just ONE little one while her daughters were at their grandmas and her sons were with Carter at the campout!
Thank you Greenfields and Amy for putting this wonderful weekend together. It will be remembered!
2 comments:
That's the kind of book club I need to join.
Yeah! I'm glad you had such a good time! Thank you for posting such a nice recap of the event. It should be annual, don't you think?
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