We interrupt our regularly scheduled program...

You know how in the middle of getting away for a relaxing time without the pressures of home, you suddenly start missing your family?  No?  Me neither.  Honestly, being away on a retreat for two and a half days was perfectly blissful.  

However, I am desperately missing them on my blog after two weeks.  So here's a little random slice of life before I come back and wrap up the retreat with some more good stuff.

Today Bethany stayed home from school with a sore throat and congestion.  After we had played all the cat's cradle and Chinese jump rope I had in me, and she had watched all the TV I could justify, we went out to get the old plants out of the pots.  And voila!  Bethany found a new friend.

Last weekend we went somewhere beautiful.  More about that later.

And last but not least, my Mother's Day present arrived yesterday.  I am completely satisfied!