Da Sistahs Wonderful, Wild, Wacky Weekend!

"Da Sistahs" are Barb & Melody (Mel), Andy's sisters, Melody (Dee), wife of Andy's brother Chris, Joanne Greek (adopted into our family -- we've decided Andy & Shawn are brothers), and me. Sisters-in-law and best friends! Below is Dee reading her new Bible, a gift to each of us from Barb.

Our weekend away started with a lovely room at the Podollan Inn

where Joanne works at the front desk. We had "special privileges" because of her, including plush white robes for each of us. Jo also decorated the room with candies, chocolate on each pillow, wine and roses. Oo la la! Thanks, Jo! Friday evening we went to a FREE showing of "Lucky You" at Shawn's theatre, complete with free popcorn & pop! Thanks, Shawn!

Barb bought us all matching Bibles and also a great book, "Pathway to Purpose". We received the books about 6 weeks ago so we could read them, then spend time on the weekend discussing what we'd read. Mel, Dee & I sat out on our lovely poolside patio and had a neat time sharing what God is teaching us through the book.

Saturday we spent SHOPPING! Who knew how much shopping you can find in a little town like Salmon Arm?Of course, we had to stop for lattes! In the picture above, that's Jo to my left, then Mel, Barb, & Dee.

Below, Jo puts the finishing touches on her "facial". Barb sells Mary Kay cosmetics, so she brought along a ton of stuff and we all did make-overs. Just like high school sleepovers... Thanks, Barb!

And then there was dinner! Unfortunately, Joanne couldn't get time off work while we were there, because she'd just booked off time for her trip to Niagara Falls the week before, so she had to work 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. each day. Saturday night the rest of us went for dinner at the Greek restaurant where James (Jo's son) works as dishwasher. When we got back to the hotel we hit the hot tub, then went down to the lobby to play a much-too-rousing game of Bible Blurt (I totally rocked everyone!!). We would've been kicked out of the lobby if anyone except Jo had been on duty! Instead, she started throwing little candies at us, which started an all-out candy war. If our children ever behaved that way in a hotel, we would've spanked 'em all soundly and sent 'em to bed!

Andy & Calvin went to Salmon Arm too. They spent the weekend hanging out with Shawn & James and watching free movies at Shawn's theatre. Sunday morning the guys joined us for brunch buffet at the restaurant at the hotel. That was followed by a walk on the pier (and more lattes -- iced this time because it was hot and sunny!) Here's one last picture of Da Sistahs before our sad hugs good-bye. Until next year, Sistahs!