may 2009
I love going to the annual homeschool conference out here. This year it was being held at Southern Virginia University. It’s definitely where my spirits get reboosted for the following year, and I love hearing and learning how to be a better mother and teacher. There are so many talented people to listen to, and the girls also got to meet an LDS author Brad Wilcox. What a phenominal person. Wow, I always come away wanting to be a much better person, and wanting to tackle so much more. It’s very motivating.

While I was in class all day for two days, Jarom took the kids swimming, and to the local hands on wildlife zoo. They loved it. I love these family trips. My kids are so lucky, we never took trips when I was growing up. Lucky for them I consider them all life lessons!

Thanks to my sweet husband too, who is always more than supportive, always going far beyond what I could do in a day, and never complaining once. How did I get so lucky?

may 2009
Our family got to experience the chaos of thousands of people downtown DC for the Susan Komen Race for the Cure 5K. It took us about 20 minutes just to get to the starting line, and then the beginning was very slow going. It took us a couple of hours just to walk the over 3 miles, but it was an adventure, and the girls were able to take part too, which we loved. Of course, staying the night in a hotel the night before made getting up early not so bad. We had a wonderful luncheon with the Lott family after, getting to visit with Betty and Butch(just on a short visit from his current job in Africa), and of course the kids’ favorite, Jaime and Kimmy. It was a great and fun day!