This weekend we celebrated Valentine's Day with a Strong Bond Retreat. Jon got to lead 20 families in his unit in ways to make their marriage THRIVE during deployment. We stayed at another amazing hotel that had at least 15 pools some indoor some outdoor , a public bath and a spa. As always when going to new locations on the island we find things that should be normal but still throw us for a loop - like a platform with chairs on the ground that move for pull out beds. We got to the hotel early so Jon could run over a few things so the girls and I went swimming for a few hours. There is one interesting thing about places of "culture" and that would be its artwork. For instance the pool had a dome ceiling with a painting across the entire thing filled with mostly naked people. Kelly kept looking up and laughing while the other two would point out and yell very loudly what they were looking at and then pointing out that we don't show other people our privates. Lets just say I am glad that the pool attendant didn't speak English to know what the girls were giggling about - I know this because the 2 of us tried to communicate with each other with zero success. After a few hours in the pool we went back to the room to shower and get ready for a fun filled night.
The hotel wanted to make dinner special and boy was it!!! It was a buffet of uncooked meat! That is right you would go up to the buffet line get your uncooked meat and take it to your table and cook it on the table top. Great idea for a date night - not as great for a date night with the kids:) Molly who loves fire and cooking was super excited. Riley who cried the entire time we ate at a restaurant where you cooked the meal at your table with fire - well she did the same thing again. Jon was doing a lot with the retreat so the girls and I had a blast cooking the food and having a good time. After dropping the girls off for child care we had a date night walking around the hotel, seeing the sights and watching a eisa drum show.
Today Jon taught the families how to THRIVE during deployment. It was a great time to meet other families in the unit, hang out at an amazing hotel and just relax as a family.
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| Molly showing Kelly the acceptable hand gesture here - all the kids in preschool do it mom! |
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| kid sized seating - for adults?? |
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| Indoor Pool! Again with the international sign of take my picture |
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| having fun on the stairs |
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| An "indoor patio" where Molly chose to sleep |
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| Outdoor patio |
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| Family Dinner |
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| I love cooking the meat! |
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| I hate fire! No fire! |
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| Blury but this is what dinner looked like for us |
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| Cooking the meat |
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| Watching the Eisa Drum show |
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| Super excited to wear the hotel PJ |
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| Thought she was so big sleeping by herself on the indoor patio |
1 comment:
"Jon was doing a lot with the retreat so the girls and I had a blast cooking the food and having a good time." Wow! You take optimism (or sarcasm?) to a whole new level of awesome.
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