WEEKEND AWAY

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to everyone!!
We "celebrated" Thanksgiving by taking a wonderful weekend away at a retreat center called Carberry Tower just outside of Edinburgh. I say "celebrated" because we didn't really acknowledge the holiday other than saying "Happy Thanksgiving" to Mom White when she called and by saying a longer, more "thankful" bedtime prayer with the children.
Anyhow, we did have a lovely weekend away and made many new friends. They provided terrific food, fun activities and interesting sessions (which included childcare so we could both go!). It seemed to be designed just for Shawn as two of the sessions were The Gospel According to Star Wars and The Portrayal of Evil in The Lord of the Rings. Quite interesting really! Send him an email and he can tell you all about it.
We all enjoyed the accomodations....we must have been the largest "group" there as we got the room with 6 beds in it! The boys thought that was quite neat that we each had our own bed.
We all enjoyed the grounds...many football (soccer) matches were played on the expansive lawns, and many walks in the lovely gardens.
We all enjoyed the "weekend away" atmosphere...no studying for Shawn, no cooking meals and cleaning for me!!
So here are a few pics:
Here is Hannah in one of the beautiful gardens...doesn't she look like a little lady? Except for the nice sneakers with the dress! We had to pack light, only one pair of shoes per person.


And here is one of the many football (soccer) matches which were played over the weekend.
Here is the back view of the lovely place we were priviledged to call "home" for the weekend. It was truly beautiful; as are so many buildings here in Scotland.