Fall Retreat...........

Ahhhh......Fall Retreat.   This is something our church has done for many, many years.   The last two years we haven't been able to go and I've missed it so much.   It was up in the air as to whether we were going to miss again this year, but at the last minute we decided we could go.   So very glad we did.  Although we could only drive down and spend the day on Saturday, it was so wonderful.   

There's something about hanging out with your friends from church in a setting that isn't just sitting in the pews.  You can visit and talk and get to know people on a very different level.   People that maybe you haven't had the opportunity to talk to very often, you can just sit and find out more about them.  

As we sat at one of the campsites listening to all the little ones I started thinking back about when we were the kids with the little ones running around and how it was a "community".   We all had each other's backs with the kids and we were there for each other in everything.   I love it that I'm seeing that in all of our kids with their kids.   They have all grown up together the way we all did and I can say that we are truly family.   Even though Marty and I only have three kids of our own, we have a multitude of "kids" that we would do anything for.   

Here's to many, many more Fall Retreats.  :)