Annual Trek

We made our annual trek to the homeschool conference this past weekend. This year we went with three other families. This proved to be advantageous in more ways than one. The first being when we got to our hotel and realized we had forgotten the garment bag with all of our family's clothes in it. Thankfully, one of the other families hadn't left home yet and they were able to stop by our house and pick it up as they were leaving town. Praise God! That family saved us a lot of time, money and trouble.

It was also neat for us to be able to see all those folks between conference lectures and ask, "Hey, what have you been excited to learn?" We even took over the hotel breakfast/lobby area one night for a pizza delivery dinner. The adults got to discuss the conference and the kids got to fuel up and run off some energy. The keynote speakers for the conference this year, Kevin Swanson and Ken Ham, were both excellent--highly intelligent, articulate, challenging and passionate about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matt, being the sweet hubby he is, took me on a little excursion to Whole Foods Market (Uncle Keith, you would have loved it--a real feast for the eyes and for the stomach). I've been on the hunt for some decent bay leaves and I found some there. Compare. Wimpy little spice jar bay leaf with big beautiful organic beauty. I also found some organic curry powder and some Indian Tandoori spice blend. I'm seeing some yummy chicken in our family's future. It's the small things in life that please me.
On the way home my nerves were tested to the breaking point when we drove down narrow two way streets (that were barely big enough for a small sedan) in our twelve passenger van. We were trying to get to the zoo, but we weren't able to find a parking space, so we finally gave up. We ate our lunch in a 7 Eleven parking lot and then headed home.

The little boys were so happy to be home, as were the rest of us. A good night's sleep was had by all.