Weekend at Mt. Monadnock

Hello friends~ I can't believe how quickly time is passing by. This past weekend was the weekend I went on the ladies retreat at Mt. Monadnock in Jaffrey, New Hampshire. My plan was to post on Monday, all about our weekend and here it is Wednesday and I still haven't gotten to it... until now, that is. Everyday I've been crafting from morning until night. I've been able to check some projects off the list but there are still many that I hope to get to before our Annual Open House. I'd love to mention it again as it's coming up on Saturday and Sunday, November 7th & 8th. If you're near Maine and would like to come, please send me an e-mail. I've already heard from some blogger friends who said they'd like to come and I can't wait to meet them!! You know who you are!! I'm so excited and blessed to have the opportunity to welcome you into my home and meet you in person.

That all being said, let me share with you some pictures of our weekend at Mt. Monadnock.

We left early Friday morning and did some shopping along the way. We arrived that evening and got settled into our room. There were seven of us in our group so we all got to room together. We had such a great time! We stayed in The Ark at the Monadnock Bible Conference Center. The original building, known as The Ark, was built in 1808. They have another house on the property with many rooms for their conferences.





They offer conferences for men, women, teen girls, singles, couples, mother~daughter, holiday for family and snow camp for kids. My kids went last year to snow camp and had a great time. My friend Tiffany, who went with me this year, and I are hoping to bring our teen daughters to the "Authentic Beauty" conference in April or May.

Our plan was to hike up the mountain on Saturday, but it rained all day Friday and Saturday so sadly, no hike for us. There is an indoor pool so there was swimming as well as laser tag and many other classes. A few of us took a dance class which turned out to be super fun and funny! Imagine a room full of out of shape, middle aged and older women trying to learn two dances in the course of an hour and a half. It was hilarious and a great workout. Most of us realized just how much we should still be practicing our Kegals.

The speaker this weekend was Maggie Rowe. She was engaging, funny and at times had us in tears. If you ever have the opportunity to go see her speak, I would highly recommend it. On Sunday, the rain finally stopped and the sun came out so we were able to go on a nice walk through the trails in the woods.
















We stumbled across this old, long forgotten bench. It just screamed, "notice me and take my picture".










The rest of these pictures are of a festive, fall display they had on the front porch of The Ark. I got a little snap~happy with the camera. I can't help myself when it comes to gourds and pumpkins and the warm colors of fall.








Anyone know if these turban looking gourds are edible??


Loved this hollowed out log filled with little pumpkins!






So that's it for today. Thanks for stopping by for a visit. I guess it's back to crafting for me. Hope you all have a blessed week! Hugs ~ Birgit