A day of rest. And we did just that. And it was glorious. There
was actually a church building right up the street from our cabin – so perfect.
Now, you must know that I always wear some sort of heel to church and I wasn’t
making an exception this time. And, I wish I had. I brought what I thought to
be “sensible” heels – wedges. Remember how I said it was cold and snowing? Yup.
That was Sunday morning. Luckily for me, I brought a maxi dress which means I definitely
wore my jeggings underneath to stay warm. SEE, I AM SMART! But, walking in the mud and snow to the building was not the most fun...
Because it was a
holiday weekend, there were SO MANY PEOPLE. They even had to build an A-Frame
next to the building just to hold more people during the holidays! I have never
seen so many people, not even at a Stake Conference. But, it was amazing and we
were able to partake of the sacrament and renew our covenants, which is always
great. This past weekend has given me so much to be grateful for – like heaters
;) But, to really be alone in the mountains with my amazing roommates
surrounded by some much natural beauty really made me open my eyes and be
thankful for nature and the pure beauty of it.
After coming home from sacrament meeting, we quickly changed into warm clothes (aka 7 layers) and made a fire.
Today was our relaxing day and nothing was going to get in the way of that. We started off the day by watching “Singing in the Rain”. I do not know how I have not seen it before today. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. And Gene Kelly. Oh, yes. After that, we watched “What a Girl Wants” to satisfy our cheesy chick flick mood.
We had bought all the ingredients needed to make chicken enchiladas at our Wal-Mart trip before arriving at the cabin so we got started on preparing that after the movie was over.
After coming home from sacrament meeting, we quickly changed into warm clothes (aka 7 layers) and made a fire.
Today was our relaxing day and nothing was going to get in the way of that. We started off the day by watching “Singing in the Rain”. I do not know how I have not seen it before today. I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. And Gene Kelly. Oh, yes. After that, we watched “What a Girl Wants” to satisfy our cheesy chick flick mood.
We had bought all the ingredients needed to make chicken enchiladas at our Wal-Mart trip before arriving at the cabin so we got started on preparing that after the movie was over.
We soon realized we were running low
on wood for our fire and decided to chop wood in the garage. HAHAHA I’m sure it
was so funny to see 4 girls chopping wood. But, hey…we did it! And it felt
extremely empowering.
We continued our movie marathon by watching “Dreamgirls”,
a movie Elise has never seen. The music in that movie…holy cow. I forgot how
great and powerful it is! We ate our yummy enchiladas and put in another movie –
“Pride and Prejudice, Pink Bible version.” Oh goodness, that movie is the epitome of cheesy chick flick but hey….it made me laugh and I actually loved it. ;) We made some hot chocolate to sip on and ate our snacks and found we were
actually getting warm! The fire was doing a fabulous job and we found ourselves
actually taking layers off! Yay!
We actually did go outside today...other than going to church. We wanted to go explore (aka see a moose) the Snake River so we walked a little ways down from the cabin to sit at a small dock on the river. On the way, we found an old swing set made of just wood and chains. :)
We made it to the dock and it was just so incredibly peaceful out there. I cannot get over how beautiful it all is!
This is how relaxed it made us ;)
Do you see how beautiful this is? Gosh, I cannot get over it. Unfortunately, we didn't see any moose :(
We came back to the cabin and decided we wanted to continue our semi-trend of musicals and decided to put in “Hairspray” – a movie Sarah has never seen! I think we watched it to see Zac Efron’s face rather than because Sarah has never seen it, though ;)
We were going through some of the movies that Melissa’s grandma had when the girls found “The Swan Princess” and freaked out and ultimately decided to watch that to end our night.
Melissa went to bed about halfway through the movie and Sarah, Elise, and I fell asleep when the movie was just about over. We woke up around 1:30am and made our way upstairs to go to sleep. I really can't believe we watched 6 movies today. But, I feel so rested!
We actually did go outside today...other than going to church. We wanted to go explore (aka see a moose) the Snake River so we walked a little ways down from the cabin to sit at a small dock on the river. On the way, we found an old swing set made of just wood and chains. :)
We made it to the dock and it was just so incredibly peaceful out there. I cannot get over how beautiful it all is!
This is how relaxed it made us ;)
Do you see how beautiful this is? Gosh, I cannot get over it. Unfortunately, we didn't see any moose :(
We came back to the cabin and decided we wanted to continue our semi-trend of musicals and decided to put in “Hairspray” – a movie Sarah has never seen! I think we watched it to see Zac Efron’s face rather than because Sarah has never seen it, though ;)
We were going through some of the movies that Melissa’s grandma had when the girls found “The Swan Princess” and freaked out and ultimately decided to watch that to end our night.
Melissa went to bed about halfway through the movie and Sarah, Elise, and I fell asleep when the movie was just about over. We woke up around 1:30am and made our way upstairs to go to sleep. I really can't believe we watched 6 movies today. But, I feel so rested!
I am getting really upset at the
thought of leaving tomorrow. I have loved being away from everything – people,
classes, homework, work, stress. I really don’t want to leave our little
sanctuary…