I'm baccckkkk!

Whew! What a trip - or trips, I should say! My first destination was for the Nashville/Alabama area for a staff retreat for work. It was really nice, we were treated to some awesome music at Lake Ida with the Songwriters Showcase. I was so thrilled to get to hear Don Henry again - he is truly one of my favorite songwriters. I also got to hear some new (to me) songwriters. Waylon Patton, Amy Silver, and Jim Parker also entertained us with some wonderful storytelling lyrics. What a great night!

Much of the weekend, I was able to do some knitting on Broadripple. Here is the photo to prove it! I just noticed that not only am I working on Broadripple, but I'm wearing my Chickami and draped on the chair behind me is my completed Cobweb (which is also in the family photo below). :)



Then I returned home, only to do some laundry and pack the fam up to my next destination: a Colorado wedding! Our neice, Shannon married her best friend, Greg. It was an awesome location (even if the air was so thin, I was seriously out of breath with every trek up the flight of steps to our room and my skin was so dried out that it was cracking and bleeding - don't even look at my feet!). The ceremony was simply beautiful and everything was perfect. Ahren and Sean were soooo good during the wedding and had a great time at the reception. Ahren danced every single song and Sean was boogying with the bride for a while. The band was great - a self-described "junk blues band" they don't often do weddings, but it was awesome. We even were treated to Greg (groom)playing the drums while Shannon (bride) and Bridget (maid of honor and bride's sister) sang out Me and Bobby Magee. Then Greg with his band mates Chris and Steve from Gabriel's Hold. Chris and Steve also played at the wedding and did a truly fab job.

Here is a pic of me, Peter and the kiddos all dressed up in our wedding best.



One of the coolest extra bonuses of the weekend was the wonderful wildlife that we saw - the hummingbirds were amazing. Almost constantly they were flying around feeding on the feeders that the B&B had on the decks. It was hard to get a good shot of them, because they are so fast, but here is a pic for you to enjoy:



Now, life will return to normal for at least a week until my next ventures in another week!