This past weekend was our congregational retreat. It was a very laid back time for everyone to get together and "just be." The three of us had a good time. Katie even slept! I didn't get a whole lot of sleep, but I knew it would be that way. Crazily enough, I think I felt about as rested during the weekend than I do during the regular week. Shows you how little sleep I actually get in a night and am able to function on. Sure, I'd like more, but I don't see that happening any time soon. Oh well, just have to make the best of things!

Anyway, back to the retreat. Unfortunately, I don't remember much about the classes because I was knitting and checking on Katie in the nursery. I know, I shouldn't have been knitting and should have been focusing, but it was really good to sit and work on my sweater. That in itsself somewhat rejuvinated me. In the afternoon, we were able to do some scrapbooking stuff. Michelle brought a lot of things for us to use. It was very generous of her to share so many materials. I made a journal. We used the pre-bound composition notebooks and covered them with pretty papers and stuff. That was a lot of fun. Then Katie and I made a little journal for her using the fun-foam stickers. I think she enjoyed it, but wanted to get down and play. Oh well, she and I got to do a craft together. I will have to keep thinking along those lines and do stuff like that more often with her.

My hips are so sore from the beds. I think I am going to get a massage this evening, if they have any openings. We received a coupon in the mail this week for a 60 min massage for $39. Sounds like a good deal to me!

I know that different people take away different things from weekends like this, so I don't feel too guilty for not completely paying attention. What I needed from the weekend was a little time to be crafty and I got that. So, that made it worthwhile!

We tried to keep Katie awake on the way home and mostly succeeded. She fell asleep about Eudora. Luckily, we got her into bed and she slept for 3 hours! We decided to wake her up so she would sleep well at night too. So, I put her to bed about normal time and had to wake her up this morning. Good thing she slept! I don't sleep in the same room as her normally so I didn't realize how much noise she makes in the night. She will talk, wimper, and laugh through the course of a night. Plus, she snores. I knew she did, but didn't know how much till this weekend. Poor kid didn't stand a chance coming from my family.