CRU Ladies Retreat Report

Scenery on the Trip to Gardiner, MT

Cooking Report

16 Costco-Size Bags of Chicken Pasta, 72 Hamburgers and 8 Pans of French Fries, 4 Gallons of Soup, 200 Pancakes, 73 Grilled-Cheese Sandwiches, 10 Gallons of Orange Juice all prepared in a church kitchen by Grace and I.

Funniest Things I Heard This Weekend

"Oh, my gosh, how embarrassing.
The curtain just got stuck in my butt crack!"

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Me:  "Hi. Lotus!"

Grace (under her breath): "Lotus?  Like the bug?"

Me:  "Not locust, lotus is a flower."

Grace:  "Oh!  I wondered who in the world would name their daughter after a plague."
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Me:  "She said she would come if we were showing Dancing With Wolves...Dances With Wolves, what is the name of that movie?"

From the Back Seat:  "Twilight."

"Roughing It"

Scariest Thing That Happened This Weekend
The necklace that Bethany gave me for Christmas fell into the sink and disappeared down the drain quickly, until I caught it by the last inch of chain.

Our R and R

Closest We Got to A Wild Animal This Weekend
As we were preparing breakfast on Saturday morning, an elk walked right by our kitchen window.

Our Drive Home

Things I Learned This Weekend

Grace rocks in the kitchen.

When you stay at a hotel near Yellowstone's gate, there is no fitness room.

A true hot tub turns my skin a brilliant shade of red.

The drive from Livingston to Bozeman is not long enough for me to drink a small McDonald's coffee.

Grace and I sometimes laugh at the same things, especially Sinbad.

I need Jim on trips to pack the hair brush.

Grace did not know who Whitney Houston really was.

I am a confident icy-road driver.  Slow, careful, but confident.

I like being told "Thank You" 37 times for meals prepared.

There is joy in serving others, still.