I can't believe the weekend is over already.

Staff retreat was great. I always kind of dread it cause it means time away from Aaron and the boys, but over the last few years I've enjoyed it more and more. I was sad cause my very good friend Ali wasn't able to go this year (pregnancy complications), so Nath (another member of our yr 5 team) organised for Robyn and I to be invited with the boys to breakfast at John's place. He's very sweet :) breakfast was great and reminded me of the group of us that first started at TCS and how we'd meet for breakfast quite a bit (well ok, they would meet and I would show up later once I was up and finally got there!)

Our travel arrangements were slightly altered at the last minute which ended up being a bit of a strain but praise God, we made it alive and only slightly travel sick.

The speaker was good, told lots of stories which I always enjoy. Challenged us about our personal walk with God and our integrity (both personally and professionally).

The food was...um...good for vegetarian I guess! I haven't really had a lot of exposure to real vegetarian food (like vege mince) so it was an eye opener. We're going there again next year so I'm going to have to think of something...special dietary requirements or the like ;) they had AWESOME cookies tho, ate quite a few of them :)

All the girls in our cabin talked til after midnight :) we ended up talking a lot about the different churches we go to. I've only ever been to a catholic church (that I grew up with) and the one I'm at now (pentecostal) so I don't know a lot about other places. It was all very interesting. We had a great night. They were all shocked that someone would run during a worship service in our church. lol

Got back around 5pm saturday and grabbed a quick nap before we headed out to church that night (special service with visiting ministry). Most of the time it feels like an exercise in futility going with the kids, but we persevere. Sunday night was the best for us, the boys were AMAZING (and it made such a difference that Nic and Jim took Kai for me, thanks guys!) I so appreciated being able to really get into a service. Bro Johnson had a word from God for us too, which blessed and touched me on so many levels...it's hard to explain so I won't. Just feeling very much in awe of God and His love for me. And excited about His plans for our future.

Got a pretty busy week ahead - reports are due next week so I'll be flat out doing grades and writing comments. Taking Josh to questacon with Pam and the kids on wednesday (Josh is REALLY looking forward to that!) swimming - oops, that's NOW!! my grandma over for dinner and all the other regular stuff. Should be great :)

have a great week too!