Camp Perkins

A weekend away in the mountains was just what I needed!  Although, it's always hard to leave.  There's nothing like resting in the stillness of God's creation and being restored.  Next year I definitely want to stay an extra day.  We drove up on Friday and took the 3pm shuttle van in to the camp.  We settled into our rooms and I got to work on my scrapbooking.

On Saturday we had wonderful morning devotions, worked on our scrapbooks and went snowshoeing.  We went tubing later that night underneath the stars; it was amazing.  Sunday morning we had more devotions and slowly packed up our stuff.  We took one last walk out to the lake before lunch.  Then we caught the 2pm shuttle back to our cars and headed home.

It's hard to put into words what a great weekend it was.  Here are a few pictures to help tell the story.

Friday:

Lunch at the Wrangler in Fairfield, ID

Our shuttle van

Saturday:

Gorgeous snow on the lake

Heather, Aunt Bonnie, Mom, Me

Working on California pictures

Sunday:

Our group

One last trip to the lake

The retreat center

Gone for the weekend

Well I'm off to Camp Perkins for another Winter Getaway!  I will be digital scrapbooking, snowshoeing, luging and relaxing.  This will be my third year attending the Women's Crafting Retreat.  I hope it's something I'll be able to continue to do in the future.  There is nothing like getting away and experiencing the majesty of God's creation up in the snow-covered mountains.  I hope you all have a fabulous weekend.  I'll be home from the mountains on Sunday and I should be back to blogging on Monday.

weekend away

I had a wonderful weekend away at Camp Perkins! It was so refreshing to spend the weekend in God's beautiful creation. You can't be up there and not just feel His presence. We got up there Friday afternoon after stopping in Fairfield for burgers at The Wrangler. I just wish I would have seen they had a veggie burger on the menu before I ordered. Oh well, it was still tasty! I did some digital scrapbooking, got a massage, went snowshoeing, night luging, watched some movies, did a foot spa and hand wax (creepy, but awesome) and relaxed. Here are a few pictures from my cell phone (gotta love the retro cam app) of the weekend. Today's been rough, it's hard to go back to real-life after a little vacay. Heather posted her photos from this weekend HERE, be sure to check them out too!

winter getaway

I can't wait for tomorrow! I'm looking forward to a little winter getaway with Heather, my mom, aunt and friends. We're heading up to Camp Perkins for a women's crafting retreat. Last year was my first year attending the retreat and it was so much fun. We went snow shoeing, luging, watched movies, scrapbooked and crocheted. I attended camp when I was younger and LOVE going up there. But last year was my first time back in a LONG time and I missed it. This weekend I'm looking forward to catching up on my photo albums. I just got the Creative Memories digital software for Mac. I'm excited to try my hand at digital scrapbooking! Here are a couple pictures I took at Camp Perkins back in June 2002 when I went up for a family weekend. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!