Scrapbook "Retreat"

Allyson, the "Queen of the Crop," wearing the birthday tiara Sydney was playing with...

For the first time in ten-and-a-half years there was no Pine Valley retreat this fall. My dear friend, Kimberly, who organizes it all broke her ankle severely, which required surgery and a LONG recuperation period. She is also busy building a house in Utah which is taking all her family's spare time at the moment (it is SOOO close to done! Very exciting!) (And, luckily for us, it's a SECOND home. They won't be moving there permanently for quite a while yet...)

So! When Dad, Maddie, Brian, Susan, Tyler and Aubrey went to Fairview this past weekend, I decided to stay home "alone," watch General Conference, and SCRAPBOOK.
Allyson, Sydney, Little Ally, and Loretta joined me and we had a great time. Even David came and hung out with us a little. (He worked on my laptop. We couldn't convince him OR Loretta to actually scrapbook...)

I scrapped from 5pm Thurday to 6pm Sunday, only breaking to go to dinner Friday night and to walk around Art in the Park for two hours Saturday afternoon. It was a LOT of relaxing enjoyment...Little Ally took the record-she scrapbooked 24 pages. Allyson made a darling calendar and some cute cards, Loretta read one-and-a-half homework books and I came QUITE CLOSE to finishing Amy's scrapbooks, made some cards, and started my Disneyland book with some cute layouts. Julie was there for the last three hours after a camping weekend with her friend and she did some scrapping too.It was ALMOST as good as Pine Valley. At least I don't miss it quite so much now...