all i really need to know . . .

. . . i learned at our retreat, which was held in beautiful heber. if you hear about this from someone else & they tell you we went to a cabin . . . they are lying. it was a log mansion.

i'm not kidding - three car garage with plenty of room for six or seven church tables & chairs.

two huge family rooms, enough bedrooms/beds for about thirty people {or so}, amazing windows/views, a lovely kitchen, & most importantly - very, very generous owners who would share anything with you. love them! thank you.

anyway . . . what i started to say is this - it was worth going just for the following important lessons i learned:

1 ♥ if you follow the signs {and your leaders [boy, am i glad she's our leader!]} you'll get where you need to go.

2 ♥ chips & salsa are {or should be} considered an essential food group. i think vicki would agree.

3 ♥ whoever invented fajitas = pure genius. props to sherman and mikejones for cooking them for us.

4 ♥ men will be men - even when seriously outnumbered.

5 ♥ it is possible to unwrap a candy bar whilst wearing garden gloves & using only a knife & fork. {we are so prim, proper . . . & violent}

6 ♥ if your last name is fuller & you are a girl in our ward, you are tall, blonde, pretty & thin. {their husbands = not blonde; their boy children = not tall yet}

7 ♥ if you brought matching clothes, now's a great time to sport 'em.

8 ♥ i never knew this, but peanut M&Ms provide a protective force field for your valuables.

9 ♥ simple math: two grown women + sleeping in this double bed {definitely} = rolling to the middle

10 ♥ this is apparently an effective & scientifically proven method for relieving that "b l o a t e d" feeling that inevitably comes with a change in altitude. {ever notice what happens to your contact lens solution bottle or a bag of potato chips when you take them to the mountains?}

11 ♥ rest/relaxation wears you out. seriously. who sleeps in the payson sonic drive thru?12 ♥ most important lesson: the 2008 HP Ward RS Retreat is a must attend event. pencil it in now!