Frankenmuth Couple's Retreat

Sam and I attended a Strong Bonds couples retreat for National Guard couples in Frankenmuth, MI. It was so wonderful. We stayed at the Bavarian Inn, which was very impressive. This place had five levels. The bottom level was the family fun center with six different pools and a waterfall. It had a huge arcade area for families, an inside jungle gym, and miniature golf, plus gift shops. It was grand. National Guard paid for everything which was wonderful and what's even better is that they paid us both for being there. Of course, that check won't come for a couple of weeks.

Here is the back side of the Inn. We crossed the covered bridge to the Bavarian Inn Restaurant to take this picture. At first they tried to give us a bedroom with two double beds. Being that this was our first time alone, that is without a baby, in nine months we immediately changed that to a king size.

We went sight seeing at Bronner's Christmas store. Sam lept at the chance to talk to the big guy in red.

The picture is suppose to go the other way, but oh well. This is just a glimpse of the endless sea of bobbles and tree decorations at Bronner's.

My handsome hubby. We attended classes throughout the weekend that taught couples how to better communicate. The room above where he is standing was one of our classrooms.

This was the view from our balcony. They had the tower below chained off so we couldn't climb up in it to see the view. It felt like we were in Harry Potter or something.