Marriage Retreat

Today, I completed the first Strong Bonds retreat as a chaplain. I've provided some marriage enrichment classes, but this was an overnight retreat at a resort in Grapevine, TX. Everything seemed to go well. The administrative stuff ran very smooth. The resort and my assistant both excelled. The seminars themselves seemed to go ok. There was good participation through both days. It's always hard for me to really judge how well any retreat goes when I am the one leading or teaching. It was a very different experience for Emily and I. In previous retreats or camps I've led, she and I went almost completely different directions. We actually ended up spending more time together as a family than normal, which was nice. The resort we were at had an indoor water park. Isaac loved floating, sliding, and pretty much anything else that put him in a swimming pool. He danced for the child care providers. In general, he seemed to have a good time. It'll take us a week to get him back on his normal schedule. I would post pictures, but I left the camera sitting on the entertainment center at home. Hopefully I'll get some from some of the soldiers that had their cameras.