I finally got to start going through my photos from this past weekend and here are the first set! Since all the food we had was so amazing, I thought I would divide up the content according to meals: this one contains our breakfasts and lunch. There were eight of us (nine including Beth, Laura's mother and gracious host of the weekend) and we were paired up to prepare our meals for the group. Laura and I did dinner Friday night, Marla and Megan did breakfast Saturday morning, Greta and Marla were Saturday lunch, and Mignon and Martha did Saturday dinner. Sunday morning, it was a smorgasbord of leftovers, which is my favorite way to eat breakfast.
This past month has been so busy that it felt like this weekend (which we had been anticipating all year) was suddenly upon us with no warning, and it felt like we haphazardly arrived there in a whirlwind, but as soon as we were there I felt this sense of calm descend upon me. This trip was unique in that we left our kids at home with the dads (except little Juni who is still a nursing baby) so that was 15 kids between us who were not there. Besides Laura's parents beautiful home, I think the first thing I noticed was the quiet, and the second thing I noticed was the amount of time we had. We didn't rush meals or conversations, which we luxuriated in, and I even had time to read! It was glorious.
So this here is a bunch of photos from our time around breakfast and lunch time... a bunch of really fabulous ladies, eating good food, getting to finish our sentences and conversations, and just enjoy being around each other.
oh man the amount of time we took to do everything. it was luxury. even cleaning up slowly was a luxury
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