Janine planned a fantastic Ladies Retreat for our church this weekend. I think we ended up with 22 ladies attending.
We arrived at the church around 5:00 p.m. and then took off to eat at The Spaghetti Warehouse in Akron. I had the manicotti (like I always do there) and it was as yummy as ever. After that we headed to the Radisson hotel in downtown Akron, checked in and got settled and then met in our Community Room to watch a Chonda Pierce video together ~ this woman is a Christian comedian, soloist and pianist (not fair to have so much talent put into one person!) Her video was hysterical and heart-warming and inspired a great discussion amongst the ladies in our group. After that, we had “free time” that we could spend anyway we wanted to ~ a bunch of us ended up playing “Apples To Apples” and for the first time in my life I finally won more than two cards. I won six!! I was very impressed with myself even though I still lost the game.
Before the video, Janine made us play a really silly game. Two of the girls were models and everyone else on their team had to use the awful clothes Janine had brought to dress their model up. Each team then had to write up a description of the model’s outfit while the two victims modeled their new outfits. Peggy and Jessica were terrific sports about dressing up and everyone laughed themselves silly during the activity.
Victim #2 ~ Jessica Pomeroy:
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Lori Gostlin laughing at them:
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Lori, Angie and Candy insisted on having their picture taken with him:
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One of my favorite trees was donated by a Pediatric “Bone Specialist” doctor’s office. It featured stuffed animals that wore casts, band-aids, etc. They were so cute!
Here is the best picture of the weekend. I talked the ladies into piling into the train outside the restaurant where we ate lunch ~ too funny!