Ladies Retreat

Last Wednesday a friend invited me to women's retreat up in Wales.  I thought it would be a perfect time to relax and enjoy some female company and let go of the stress of life.   While I have traveled often, it is always with my husband and/or the kids.  I have never really gone any where without my family.  So while I was looking forward to taking some "me" time I did have some reservations about it.  My wonderful husband as always reassured me that he and the kids would survive with out me for 3 days:).





 The hotel where the retreat was held was on top of a small mountain where we had gorgeous views

 Behind the hotel we took a small trail further up the mountain to get this great view of the village below and the castle

 My friend who coaxed me to leave my kids and husband to take some time out for myself.  I am so glad I did:)

We also managed to squeeze in a back massage each at a local spa in town on one of our breaks:)

 View from the other side of the mountain ridge. 

 There had a very dynamic speaker who was very inspirational and had a great singing voice.















My husband and kids pick me up after 3 days and then we headed to a Viking Craft day...more on the next post:)