Williamsburg Retreat March 17 - 23, 2013
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Williamsburg, Virginia is located in Eastern Virginia, where this retreat offers a great historical trip and a chance to meet other Christian families face-to-face. It is the twelfth annual Williamsburg MOMYS (Mothers of Many Young Siblings) Retreat. We hope it is a blessing to all those who come!
You can feel the colonial spirit reverberating in Williamsburg, a 170 acre historic town restored to its original English condition. Join us on the ultimate MOMYS family vacation!
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All MOMYS and ROMOMYS/NQMOMYS are invited and encouraged to take advantage of this unique retreat opportunity. It is rare that a resort offers this variety of lodging options from which we can choose.
Retreat Package:
Package includes retreat activities and comfortable, private, resort lodging.
ACTIVITIES:
- ATGT (All Together Get Together)
- English Country Dancing
- Dad's breakfast
- Mom's luncheon or dessert
- Girls Tea Party
- Colonial boyhood activities
- Colonial Mystery Party
- Arts & Crafts - sewing lessons, candle making, soap making, stringing beads, making genuine pearl necklaces, handmade rakes, spinning wool
- Sports - swimming, racquetball, miniature golf, tennis, bowling, bicycling,
- Swimming & Pizza
- Round Robin Meal sharing
- Elegant Ball (English Country Dancing)
- Dancing on the Green
- Special Guest Speakers - these have been a wide variety. Christian, Historical, Educational, Informative, Entertaining, Musical, etc. Private Christian history tours of Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown by Pete & Roxy Olson of VisionHeirs ministry in Colorado. Pete is a homeschool father, a pastor, and historian. The Olsons are well-loved by all who have been to a MOMYS Williamsburg Retreat. Pete has led tours for us for ten years and spends the remainder of the year finding new stories to tell us, new angles to consider, new information to share.
LODGING:
Lodging for each family is a private townhome with two Master Bedroom/bath combinations, each with a large walk-in closet and a good amount of storage space. A third loft bedroom contains two twin beds. The second-floor master bedroom opens to a sitting area/den loft with couches and coffee table, a perfect area to set up a puzzle, legos or a board game or for a home office or extra sleeping space. The laundry room with full-sized washer/dryer are on this floor also. On the first floor is a full kitchen with full-sized appliances including dishwasher, microwave, etc. Kitchen is supplied with cookware, diningware and glassware. The main floor living room has a sofa/sleeper, semi-formal dining area, and woodburning fireplace which adds to the ambiance of special times with family and friends. Click here to check out the resort.
Cost:
Standard Retreat Package for a family of up to 8 people over the age of 2. Lodging is a private townhome with living room (fireplace), kitchen (fully equipped), loft sitting room, 3 bedrooms, private laundry room, spacious closets.
Larger Family Retreat Package will accomodate a family of up to 12 people
over the age of 2. Package includes retreat activities and lodging. Activities
are as above. Lodging is more spacious with 4 bedrooms, 4bathrooms, 2 full-sized kitchens and 2 living rooms with fireplaces. Private hot tub off the master bedroom. Two apartment sized washer/dryer units.
Smaller Family Retreat Package will accomodate a family of up to 6 people over the age of 2. Package includes retreat activities and lodging. Activities are as above. Lodging is 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full-sized kitchen, livingroom with fireplace.
Apartment sized washer/dryer unit.
| Standard | $1100 |
| Enlarged | $1410 |
| Downsized | $915 |

Is there an option for a mega-family — fifteen children and two adults?
We sometimes call that “Friedl-izing” your retreat. YES!