The Lake

This weekend we had the privilege of spending 2 days at

the Strait Family's cabin on Priest Lake. They graciously allowed us to use their beautiful place to have a retreat with our area's Young Life leaders. Funny thing is that it turned out to be an all-girls weekend (except for KJ of course). None of our guy leaders could make it. I told my husband that if there was any man who could handle a weekend in a cabin full of ladies it would be him! He was such a great sport! We seriously have some amazing leaders in the Northwest Spokane YL area and we are excited to see what the Lord has in store for this year.

I loved getting to share this place with KJ and Avlynne as it holds many special memories for me; ASB retreats, girl's campaigner weekends, post-prom overnighter, bachelorette parties and a wedding. Avlynne especially enjoyed her 1st weekend at Priest Lake AND getting to hang out with 10 fabulous "Aunties." She also loved the fact that we pulled out all the stops and allowed her to sleep in her swing all night long. This was not our proudest parenting moment, but when she slept for almost 11 hours without making a peep we decided we could sacrifice our pride for a good night's sleep! She was quite a stellar sleeper for a few months, sleeping 9-10 hours straight, but all of a sudden she has decided that she doesn't like going to sleep and she doesn't like staying asleep, so we utilized our resources (the swing) and made sure she had a good night's sleep as well as those poor college students sleeping above our room. Has anyone else done this and had their child turn out to be normal? I could use some assurance that we aren't ruining our child's chances at being a good sleeper or you can be honest and tell me that I am...I'm new at this whole parenting thing and need lots of wisdom!

Avlynne and her Daddy on her 6th Month Birthday