I'm back!

Wow, I didn't realized how much I'd miss blogging, but I did. Our family went away for 6 days, so I haven't blogged in a while. I was going to bring my computer along, but I decided not to since I needed a few days without it. I actually enjoyed not being able to blog, having to reply to emails, or update our homeschool website (I'm the president of our homeschool group and I also take care of our website). Now that I'm back, I'm refreshed and ready to go!

First of all, our trip. We went away because Lionel had a big quiz meet in PA. We decided to all head to PA as a family to support him and his team. There were 20 kids in all on the Bible quiz team, along with 4 great coaches. Here's the team...



(Lionel is in the front center...next to one of the coaches, he's wearing a gray shirt with red basketball pants and has a baseball cap on.) The team ended up winning both the upper and lower divisions for the entire weekend which was wonderful!! I'm so proud of them all. They work hard all year long. Currently they are studying Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon. These kids eat, breathe, and sleep these books of the Bible all year long so they can do well on the quiz team. It's amazing how much they absorb and memorize!!!

My sister lives right in the area we visited, so we were able to stay with them for a few days as well. We went to Hershey Chocolate World for the gazillionth time too...it never gets old! If you've never been to their 3D Theater presentation, you've got to go! You not only get to view it in 3D, but you 'feel' it as well...the seats vibrate, stuff falls from the ceiling - bubbles, sprayed water, 'cob webs' etc., and things crawl over your feet. It was so much fun!

OK, I'm off to answer a few emails, I'll post more tomorrow!