{"id":602,"date":"2008-02-24T21:24:24","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T02:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jayandcarissa.com\/carissa\/blog\/?p=602"},"modified":"2008-02-24T21:24:24","modified_gmt":"2008-02-25T02:24:24","slug":"retreat-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thisishappystuff.com\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"retreat report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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although we were only at the retreat for about 24 hours, we both agreed that it was fun and relaxing as always.\u00c2\u00a0 it was a bit less structured this year than in years past, but i didn’t mind the free time and mr. happy stuff actually preferred it.\u00c2\u00a0 i took a great walk with a friend through knee deep (and sometimes hip deep) snow and took lots of pictures.
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here are a few:<\/p>\n

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and when i finally couldn’t stand the snow gathering around my ankles, i went inside, changed into my comfy pajama type clothing and settled down to some games.\u00c2\u00a0 mostly boggle.<\/p>\n

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my favorite finds?\u00c2\u00a0 “salami” and “nasal” both found in this single game:<\/p>\n

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there were also some pretty serious ping-pong games going on:<\/p>\n

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and the day ended with everyone’s favorite varitey show–the hootenanny!\u00c2\u00a0 there is such a very wide variety of talent among the young people at our church– from banjo:<\/p>\n

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to speed-solving rubix cubes:<\/p>\n

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to scottish dancing:<\/p>\n

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to singing the abc’s (well, almost):<\/p>\n

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[photo credit for hootenanny shots:\u00c2\u00a0 mr. happy stuff]<\/p>\n

i got about 8 hours of sleep last night (not bad for a retreat weekend), but i ended up taking a very loooooong nap this afternoon when we got home.\u00c2\u00a0 aaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh……….<\/p>\n

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