A Much-Needed, Long-Awaited Family Get-Away

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Thanks to the gift of a family friend, we had the opportunity to get away for the weekend! The girls had an extra day off of school, and we took off for the Northeast coast of Scotland. As a family we have never been up to the highlands together, even though we've been in Scotland over a year!

It was a good time to do so, as many of you know, Dustin was awaiting word on a job possibility in the United States. After waiting over a month for word regarding a position as Director of Outdoor and Environmental Education, he found out he did not get the job. . . We needed a little time as a family to regroup and figure out what comes next.

We found cheap room and board at "the best youth hostel in the world" -- Carbisdale Castle. The girls enjoyed dancing in the upper storey ballroom which you see in this picture.

For more pictures of our time, click on the link to Kunky pics in the right column and then watch the slide show in the "Weekend Away" Set at the top of the page. Amazingly, the sun was out all of the days and -- as they say here -- we had a lovely time.