one rendell down...

... with a good ol' cold. boo! we have a group of quilters here this weekend for their 10th annual 'frozen fabric frolic' (fun, right?!) but jared and i traded jobs this weekend, so i'm at home computing and he's hosting the group. let me tell you, i. am. bored. and sniffly :) nysse's bored too, poor thing - she's just sacked out. not because she's tired, but because she's so bored. we can't let her run around camp while there are guests here, and there's not much room in our house for her to run. next week we'll go on lots of walks (once i can breathe through my nose again *grin*)

recruiting's done (phew!), so no more traveling for a while. the next few weekends are packed with groups (artistic creations, more quilters, artistic creations again!) not much else to report! hope all's well with you, friends. miss and love you!

anna (jared & nysse too)

the real world is great

tonight we got to go visit our friends! it was so nice. they just had a new baby girl, Hannah Mary, last week! so i got to go all domestic diva and make lots of food for them to store in their freezer. i'm not a mom yet but my guess is that having some meals ready to go would be helpful. plus, it was a great opportunity to fill our freezer too! so after work we bopped into town, picked up a few things at the grocery store (the only place open in town until 8:00pm) and went to bring food to our friends. it was so nice to get out in 'the real world' for a bit! and to see a brand new baby who is SO cute- just a little peanut of a girl!

and now to bed. i woke up this morning totally stuffed up- pretty sure i've got a sinus infection coming on :( so tonight's 'cocktail' includes tylenol congested head and ambien :) so goodnight- ash wednesday blessings friends!

anna <><

valentines getaway 2010!

we have spent so much time on the road in the last month. we knew it was coming, but the toll it took on my body and spirit still surprised me. in the midst of it all, we knew we needed a family getaway. we had planned a weekend in bismarck, but jared booked a surprise for us! he found a lodge outside bismarck and rented it for the weekend. it was a fully restored old farmhouse, just beautiful! we had so much fun - we watched the olympics and some movies, we played games, we ate good food, and just spent fun time together. here are a few pictures:

the house!

the amazing kitchen

husby's "senior pic" :) (shot of foyer and kitchen)

one of 4 bedrooms!

we had a great time. now gearing up for a large group this weekend. they're nervous about food, lodging, etc, so hopefully we'll go over the top to make them comfortable, happy and confident in us and in camp. night friends!
anna, jared & nysse

craziness!

we've been traveling a lot here at team rendell! it's summer staff recruiting time.  so last week we were:

• ND State Univ.
• Mn State Univ. Moorhead
• Concordia College
• Univ. of ND

this coming week, we'll be at:

• Bismarck State College
• U of Mary
• Valley City
• Jamestown

phew! in between (so this weekend) we had a 20 person retreat and a blizzard. phew again! along with the traveling and visiting with staff, we've been to several constituent churches, hosting retreats, and working on summer publications. it's been a pretty crazy couple of weeks.

in other news... we have got a lot of snow! which is fine by me. love it! and our pup loves it. she rolls, jumps, eats, chases, adores the snow! tomorrow we hit the road again for bismarck. pray for safe roads and smooth travels please!
anna, jared & nysse