Retreat

We had a last-minute opportunity to go to a marriage retreat this past weekend. Those that are in the Army will know that the unit chaplain sometimes organizes and fully sponsors weekend retreats for different audiences (single soldiers, married couples, single parents, etc.) throughout the year. Bill had several of his married soldiers sign up for the retreat but we got the call on Friday morning that there was a last-minute cancellation from another company and we packed our bags.


The resort we stayed at was really beautiful and the rooms were out of this world. It's entirely possible the suite we had was nearly as big as our house! And Drew and his guys didn't seem to have any trouble making themselves right at home.



He amused himself for quite a while with the cushions from the pullout couch as well as the extra pillows (he stacked them, jumped on them, hid underneath them--what fun!). Here's a few pictures.







Child care was provided during the training sessions. Drew happily (most of the time) played with the ladies from CYS. The retreat training focused on Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. It was quite nice for Bill and I to have the opportunity to focus on our relationship and our vision of our family. I'm sure we're all guilty of it, but sometimes life gets so busy we do more talking than actual communicating. Fortunately we discovered we are mostly on the same page. All our meals were provided and it was wonderful to not have to worry about cooking for a couple of days.


It would seem Drew thoroughly enjoyed the weekend as well because all the way home in the car on Sunday he kept saying "I wanna go back to the hotel." We told him we were going to a different hotel "The Hotel Cherkauski". It appeased him until we pulled up in front of our house...oh well. We have various upcoming travel plans and other local fall adventures planned so I'm sure Drew won't lack for entertainment.