Thursday, September 24, 2009

WOW, how the time flies

Well, I can't believe I haven't been posting here since August. I just can't seem to get caught up. Over Labor Day we drove to North Central Idaho to visit Jacob. We took Jenna, Melanie and Mel's friend Esther. We drove up on Saturday to Grangeville. The drive was very pretty and we didn't really hurry, but didn't really stop alot either. A lot of the drive is next to the rivers and that was cool, especially to be able to see all the rafters, kayakers and other boats. We also saw a lot of really neat bridges. I'm sorry to say we didn't get our act together and take pix of the bridges because there were so really cool ones. Oh well, maybe I'll get smarter in my next life. We stayed in Grangeville. On Sunday Wendell and I went to visit Jacob. That was nice and I know he really was so happy to see us and know we had taken the time and resources to make the trip. He is anxious to come back home, which will be happening in October as far as we know. After that, Jenna joined us and we drove on to Lewiston and over to Clarkston, WA. Beautiful drive!!! Idaho is a gorgeous state with a lot of varied landscapes to see. We stayed over in Grangeville again and drove back home on Monday. We drove through McCall on our way up and back through Weiser, so we saw some different country. The drive up was definitely the prettier, but I always like to see new country.
I don't have the exchanges scanned from September, but I'll try to get those posted over the weekend.
The retreat that is coming in October is almost here and the work is pretty much done. Now I have to get ME ready!! I love to plan things like this, but trying to plan my "work" for doing there is another story. I am terrible at things like that. I just spent 3 days in Soda Springs with 2 of my sisters and my mom this week, and I hardly finished anything because I didn't have what I needed with me. So I really need to plan better for this retreat. I am very excited and I may actually take scrapbooking to work on - I know - wonders never cease!!
Thanks for stopping by. Come again soon.