Thorpe Thoughts...: Community Group GetAway

Sorry it's been a little bit since I've blogged, friends! We've been really busy lately with get-togethers, dinners, outing and the sort! But I'm finally making some time to blog what happened last weekend. Friday night our small group got together for our annual lake retreat at Mackenzie's parents' lake house. We stopped for dinner at Chipotle and then headed down to the lake! When we got there, we immediately started a fire and chatted well into the night!

Saturday we all woke up to a chilly, rainy morning, poured some tall mugs of coffee and got to spend some along time with the Lord around the dock and house.

View from the house

New group members: Sweet Merrills, Bo and Anna!

Jim made these awesome rock formations - Lisa was there for moral support!

Heather and Jonathan made a wonderful breakfast for us all and then rain really set in. We decided it was going to be too cold and rainy to go out on the boat so we stayed inside and played games. Taboo - girls versus guys style! It was so much fun and the girls won, of course! Lunch time rolled around and we watched football for a little bit until we grouped together again for our discussion time. We had an awesome talk about fearing God and how that plays an integral part in our relationships with Him. We are so blessed to be surrounded with such stellar friends who love and revere the Lord. After our discussion, we started another fire, the boys went swimming, took some pictures and got dinner ready! OU played at 7pm and we were ready to root on those Sooners! It was a great game and the Sooners grabbed another important victory! I was more than thrilled. After the game, we headed out to sit around the fire and talk late into the night again!