Hot Tubs, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Investing Wisely...
This past weekend, we had the opportunity to attend the "Together Called Retreat" put on by the Sparrow Fund. We had heard about this retreat at an adoption summit we had attended and knew that it came highly recommended. In fact, the girl who told us about it said, "You have to register right when it opens, because it fills up that fast." We took her advice, registered early, got in, and even talked some of our friends into attending with us. Nate and I have been married for almost 14 years and have never been on a marriage retreat, let alone a marriage retreat for adoptive parents (honestly, all the retreats we attend usually have between 30-50 teenagers present, include getting about an average of 4 hours of sleep a night, and usually require you to live off of insane amounts of caffeine and junk food to survive!). So honestly...we had no idea what to expect. When we arrived, we were totally blown away. For starters, it was held at this incredi...