As much as I loooooove my kiddos, I also really love to be alone with Nathan! We haven't really gone away without our kids for close to a year and a half (one of the joys of nursing babies:) ). Now that Daisy is older I can leave her for much longer. So Nathan and I went away last weekend to...
A Homeschool Convention!!
It was funny, I was talking to a single girl here at the school and I told her Nathan and I were going to go away for the weekend...to a homeschool convention. She looked at me kind of funny, and I realized that probably sounded weird to her! But actually, we were really looking forward to it! We are really excited to homeschool our kids, and it was great to learn lots of info this weekend. We heard some great speakers, too, including Ted Tripp. And it was fun because it was in downtown Cincinnati, and really, what isn't fun when it is located in the middle of a big city?
It was great to be able to walk around downtown...
And we really enjoyed the free continental breakfast (especially the coffee!)...
We walked to the convention on Friday. It was about a .7 mile walk, and it was really nice that morning! However, we were at the convention alllll day long and then went out to eat downtown...so by the time we were ready to go back to our hotel it was dark and COLD!! But still fun:) Good exercise, at least!!
There were soooo many people at the convention. We saw some great friends there! It was so great to see the Beyer's, Beer's, Drayer's, my cousin Erika, more good friends from Leo and Bluffton...so fun to catch up with all of them and get some great advice!!
If anyone is wondering...while we are in training for these next 2 1/2 years, we won't be homeschooling yet. We will be sending Kaine to a Christian school here in town next year for kindergarten, and then when we go on to our next phase of training (in Canada), Kaine and Halle will attend an academy on our campus (just for the missionary kids). Then we will start homeschooling after that. So it is really nice right now to just learn info about all the curriculums, etc...without the stress of having to decide on one right away!
What a fun weekend. Thanks, mom and dad, for watching our kids! They had a blast (like they always do!). We really appreciated the time away!!
3 comments:
glad you had a great time -- we had a wonderful time with your precious kids:)
Is always nice to babysit your well behaved kids. The hardest part is trying to spend equal time with each one.
Grandpa Jim
I love my get away time as well Rach. I love you guys and glad that you guys are having fun with what your doing now. God bless you and your family.
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