Yoga Weekend & More!

on saturday, slade took the kids to the state fair. i went to a yoga retreat thru the school, Lake Country School in Minneapolis, yet another Montessori school we have been at.















Here are the kids with some of their winnings. Slade seemed to be amazed by Cody's ability to win ever game he played. I guess there are a lot more stuffed animals around the house then I have seen!



Here are some pics from the yoga weekend I went on. It is an event called a "Great Gathering." This is a fundraiser/community building event from LCS - families come up with event ideas and donate them. Some people have parties at their house, this one was a weekend at our Land School (the farm component to our Monteesor school) to do yoga, women only.

I remember being the last person to sign up for it. There was a limited number of slots 10 or 12? It was really fun to get to know old friends and new. The yoga was great. But taking the time just for me was the best.

I started going to a personal trainer two weeks ago and knew that I needed to add yoga back into the routine. The three hours spent on yoga were perfect to remember what I love about doing yoga, and actually remembering the moves without looking at the teacher. I still won't try head stands. Or rolling on your back to sit up. My back does not want to do those things.

But I have put it on my calendar to do yoga with Michelle this Thursday. That is the instructor who presented the weekend and who many folks go to. One thing I really liked about the yoga sessions at the LS was doing it with folks that I know and like. It was almost easier to get into my poses, knowing what support each of the women in the room would give any of us. Needless t say, it makes one want to do more yoga.

Here we are sitting outside after doing two hours of yoga. Some of us had changed and we were all drinking wine and eating yummy cheese and olive bread, and something with a yummy fig jam.












At some point five of us went to pick corn for dinner.









We then had a wonderful dinner outside. It was one of those perfect weather, perfect food. And a family from the school stoped by that was spending the night in a cabin of some sorts and then doing work at the farm the next day, we invited them to stay for dinner and it was a really wonderful meal and great conversation.



Here we are this morning doing a one hour session, after having coffee and breafast - even with the food and drink I could of gone for the second hour.



Here is how Bryan, Issiah & Rena spent the hour of yoga this morning (Nadine who did yoga with us along with Bryan and kids lives at the LS year-round). Rena was a few weeks old when Cody did his residency at the LS this past spring. Graham will do his after the Odyssey trip NEXT WEEK.



Tomorrow is Cody's first day of high school. Graham goes to school on Thursday and Friday this week for orientation to their trip to Mississippi for two weeks. They will study marine biology. Since Cody is gong to a christian high school, his first day tomorrow is a retreat for 9th graders. It is 9am - 7:30pm. Seems like a good way to get to know some folks. Cody is very excited about starting. He did drivers ed this past June and got to know mostly juniors and seniors, then he started soccer two weeks ago and has met a ton of freshman.