A room with a view

We are here at Jekyll island! It is beautiful. Our room is probably one of the nicest I've been in. We have a HUGE bed, and it is SOOOOOO comfortable. There is a kitchen and a back porch for us to sit on. The view is not of the beach it is of the pool, but it is still beautiful. The pictures are soon to come. Tonight we had our introductions and started our seminar. It's on the 5 love languages which I'm really excited about. I've heard allot about and my husband and I even received the books as a gift but have yet to sit down and actually read it. There is also a test to tell you what personality you are, I was quite surprised by mine. I would be considered a sanguine. I will have to explain exactly what that is later, my paper is in the living room and I do not want to wake up Riley. There is not enough room in the bedroom so we had to set up her pack-n-play in the living room.

Dinner was so so, not really my cup of tea but not awful. I ate very little which I guess will help with my diet! There is daycare provided while we are in the seminar, but tonight they were nice enough to watch the children a little later so the spouses could go out and do there own thing. We originally planned on walking the board walk but it was a bit chilly, so we went and had a drink with some friends. I thought it was funny, the Chaplin's assistant showed up and had a glass of wine with us and some people found it to be shocking. Oh my goodness a Christian is drinking?! That was the reaction of most. I guess they haven't read the Bible enough to remember that Jesus turned water int wine, and had wine at the last supper. Drinking is not a sin, it's the part of getting drunk and altering your mind that is frowned upon. I'm not a theologian or a Bible scholar but the way I understand it a (meaning a single) drink with some friends or with dinner is not against the rules!

Anyways I got a little off subject. I am hoping this retreat can bring us closer and help our relationship with God. So far I'm really excited, the best part is it's FREE!! The army paid for it all. It's about time! I guess they were getting a little worried with the divorce rate, not to mention the soldiers that come back with sever PTSD and either kill themselves or their families. So I'm also glad that they military sees it fit to FINALLY do something about the amount of failed marriages. Usually they give a speech every so often that my husband calls the don't beat your wife speech. It's the same thing told to them over and over again. If it's called the don't beat your wife speech in jest what does that say for the speech. Well I guess this is all for now since we have to get up early. Stay tuned, more to come!

Kari