Monday, September 29, 2008

Marriage Retreat Weekend

The Chaplain's office held the first Marriage Enrichment Retreat this weekend and Aaron and I were lucky enough to be one of the first twelve couples to call them to get on the list. It was a free trip to Bintan Lagoon Resort and featured several classes with a marriage counselor to learn how to be a better spouse. It was a really great weekend. We even learned some stuff we didn't know we needed to know. Whoda thunk it?

Here are the pics from the weekend:

(The first questions usually asked by our parents is what the room looked like, so we took pictures for them. I think it's so they know that we didn't stay in a grass hut with a dirt floor.)




This is the pool that we never made it to.
On Saturday night, the couples were each given a golf cart to drive to dinner. We had no idea where we were going or what to expect. Below, Aaron and I are on the way over there. We quickly discovered that the golf cart had only one speed: bat out of hell fast. Look close in the picture, I'm holding on for dear life.
We arrived at a tee box at the top of a cliff over-looking the ocean. It was gorgeous. They had set up a dance floor and a table for two for each couple. It was really sweet.
The only bad part? The "Love Ballads of Broadway" CD that they had blaring for ambiance kept skipping. Indonesia's CD selection is limited, I'm sure.
Isn't it pretty? We loved loved loved it. The food was delish as well.
We left after the sun went down and giant beetles started attacking the lights around us.
The next day, we ate lunch at the golf course restaurant...and my husband is incapable of taking a nice picture. Sorry.

Here's the group that went on the trip.


Yeah. You'd think after a weekend of relaxing that we'd be all rested up. I guess not.

2 comments:

Cori said...

Meg, that looks beautiful!!! I'm so happy that you guys got to do that. How, by the way, did you not go to that gorgeous pool?!

B-Mom said...

Wow, that place looks wonderful! That is such a good idea and what a better place to do it!!!