Sunday, January 22, 2017

Book Club Beach Retreat, October 2016


 Our book club celebrated 30 years of activity at a beautiful beach home in Neskowin, Oregon.



 Sharon in the dining area











 Madam President (Lynn) and her assistants Vivian and Sunshine making decisions to insure a comfortable and enjoyable stay for everyone.

 Maribeth and Sanna helping out





 Sally putting away groceries


 Beautiful accents throughout the home
 Our first breakfast was Eggs Benedict

 Julie making a bracelet
 Lynn, Maribeth, Sanna and Sharon making bracelets
 Vicki giving instructions for the bracelets (She was kind enough to come up with the idea and bring most of the materials)
 Sunshine
 We had wonderful cooks! Most of us did not have to cook a thing!
 Looking down on the steps to the beach
 Sunshine and Sharon making bracelets
 Our gorgeous views...

 Proposal Rock

 Vicki, Diana, and Sharon making bracelets
 Sanna reading "I Am Malala"

 Diana reading "I Am Malala"

 Vivian's Christmas project
 Sharon's beautiful jewelry creations
 Vicki, Diana and Sally making bracelets
 Vicki's wonderful desserts!
 We are happy and feel very pampered!
 Next morning...hee hee!




 Exploring the beach






 Very old petrified tree stumps

 Another wonderful breakfast!


 Lynn

 Sharon, Maribeth, Julie and Sunshine
Maribeth, Sharon, Julie, Sunshine
Sunshine in front of Proposal Rock
Julie, Sharon, Maribeth
Sunshine
 "Daredevil" Sunshine!

Julie, Sharon, Maribeth

Maribeth, Julie, Sharon and Sunshine, with our rental on the hill
"Young at heart" Maribeth
 Sharon, Julie, Sunshine and Maribeth
 What's around the corner?

Sharon

Maribeth, Julie, Sunshine
 Sharon, Sunshine, Maribeth and Julie
 Maribeth, Sharon, Sunshine and Becky
Sharon, Julie, Sunshine, Maribeth
 Maribeth and Pat

 Vivian working on Julie's baby quilt
 Can you see that Sharon and Pat are concentrating very hard?

 Sanna at her "job" (it brings such joy to her heart :-)
 Vicki and Sunshine creating amazing gourmet pizzas


 The view from our deck


 Vivian's beautiful hands

 A gorgeous evening




 Sunshine (one of our wonderful cooks) making great progress on the pizzas...







 The evening view was a gift!
The sunset left us with unusual colors reflecting on the ocean.
 Julie finishing her quilt

 Good food, fun times, amazing company!
 Watching movies in front of the fire

 Next morning watching the waves

 Vivian helping with breakfast
 Our whole group
 Our beautiful beach bracelets (Thank you Vicki and Sharon!)
 Time to leave
Maribeth and Vivian
Sally
Julie

Lynn and Diana
                                                        Sunshine

Lynn
 It's hard to say goodbye to some we don't often see. We look forward to all of the books we will continue to read together and we look forward to time together at our next retreat. How very blessed we are to have such a group of dear sisters and friends!

Vicki and Julie

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