Marriage Weekend Getaway
Aspen Grove Marriage Weekend Getaways offer educational lectures on marriage, and a variety of indoor and outdoor recreational activities and programs. All weekend packages include dinner and accommodations Friday night, and breakfast and lunch on Saturday. Bedding is provided. Dress for this event is casual.
$190 per couple for Beckham Lodge, and Aspen Lodge Guestroom accommodations.
$175 per couple for Family Lodge accommodations.
$140 per couple for Rustic Cabin accommodations (available in September and October only).
Check-in
begins Friday at 3:00 PM. Checkout is Saturday at 4:00 PM.
Call for availability and pricing of an additional night.
September 27-28, 2013
Speaker: Douglas E. Brinley, Ph.D.
Douglas E. Brinley is a retired professor of Church History and Doctrine at BYU. He graduated from Utah State University in Economics and received his doctorate degree in Family Studies. He served as Institute Director in California and Hawaii and as a mission president in Dallas, Texas from 1987-1990. He came to BYU in 1990 after 24 years in the CES Institute system. He has authored or co-authored nine books on marriage and family topics including Between Husband and Wife: Gospel Perspectives on Marital Intimacy; First Comes Love, and its sequel, Then Comes Marriage; and Living in a Covenant Marriage. He is married to Geri Brinley and has six children.
February 14-15, 2014
Speaker: Jonathan Sandberg, Ph.D.
Jonathan Sandberg joined the faculty in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University in the fall of 2008. Prior to coming to BYU he worked at Syracuse University in the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy for 10 years. Most importantly, Jonathan has the unique honor and privilege of being married to Sharon Jannelli Sandberg, his best friend and sweetheart, and they are the parents of 4 wonderful and vibrant children. The Sandberg's 8 year old daughter Micaela provided the following more important information. What is his job? "He is a teacher and therapist at BYU." What is a therapist? "He works on peoples' lives." What is his calling at church right now? "He gets to play lots of games with the Priests and they go to the temple a lot. What else would people want to know about your Dad? "He is always nice and plays fun games. He makes the best meat on the grill. He really likes to play games with the neighborhood kids. He kisses his wife way too much!"