ReCap of Last Weekend at GHEA

First of all, the conference seemed much more crowded this year. I think it was due to the fact that the keynote speakers are so well-known. Many people came to hear Voddie Baucham Jr.  www.voddiebaucham.org/ 
and
Ken Ham
www.answersingenesis.org/

They did not disappoint us either. They gave some good talks.
Also, they added a Teen Track this year, which drew in more of that age group than previous years. There were special speakers just for them. One in particular interested us, because we have been enjoying his movies,  following his blog, and anticipating the next one.
www.johnmoorefilmmaker.com

We visited him at his booth

And he autographed our DVD covers

We got a real shock when he said he had heard of Theron Rose. People had mentioned that's where they first heard of his movies from our very own movie lover. He frequently shares family -friendly movies that he likes with others. They talked for a while (they both have the gift of gab), then he gave Theron two DVDs for free, I guess because he's such a good promoter.

Hannah and Josiah took part in the Little Patriots program for the first time this year. It is a program for 6 to 12 year olds. Each small group is led by two homeschool teens (one boy and one girl) They play games, do crafts, sing songs, and have their own speakers/entertainers on Friday night and all day Saturday. Saturday afternoon, they sing for the parents.

This is the group they were in

They both enjoyed it and had a great brother/sister team to lead them.

As always, I wore myself out in the Used Book Sale. Saved some money. Made some money.
Can't wait til next year!

Fun Friday

Four Questions for Friday

1. Can you guess what this is?



2. Do you know the name of this moth?

3. Can you find and identify the critter in the bush?

4. Look carefully at the cover of this book. One of these insects is alive and not just a picture. Can you figure out which one and identify it?

I will post the answers in about a week.

Wordless Wednesday - Bubblegum Garden

Monday Thanks

22. mothers

me and mom

23. sisters

my sister and mom, often mistaken for sisters

24. little girl enthusiasm

my great neice learning with her new toy

25. new books

Rome to the Reformation, next year's curriculum



Mrs. Green's Visit - Part 1

Mrs. Green's Changing Colors

She appeared in the Spring, caught by young, but gentle hands.

What's that you say? She looks brown.
I guess she does.

She's quite a good climber.

But wait, . . . what's this? How did she do that? Now she is green!

Is it because she is so happy to be in the "bug hotel"?

"Are you talking about me?"

"Yes, this is a pretty cool place."

"I liked that cricket you gave me, too."

"Are you researching about me? Yes, I'm a green anole. Common in these parts. You can call me Mrs. Green. Can you believe that in some places, I'm sold in pet stores? I'm easy to care for and if you want me to stay longer, you might want to put some real leaves in here for me to hide under at night."

Note: There are two other posts with anoles in them. One on Sept. 22, 2010, titled Wordless Wednesday - Josiah's critters. The other is on my other blog http://www.journeyoftrust-lydia.blogspot.com/  on March 12, 2011, titled Surprise in a Book.

Multiple Blessings

16. the song of the birds in the morning

17. sunshowers

18. Used Curriculum Sales

19. fears overcome (maybe my boy has softened my heart to the idea that not all snakes are bad)

Ring neck snake, caught in a jar and not killed, later released

That may not sound like a big deal to you, but in the past my opinion was that the only good snake is a dead one. I would quickly clobber them with a shovel or hoe, sending my son crying. I have a tender heart toward animals . . . and children. Therefore, I started to examine my evil ways. In the midst of learning to trust more, and abandon fear, while clearing leaf litter one day, I spied the familiar coiled . . . uhm, creature. Instead of doing my snake dance and screaming, I actually calmly asked Josiah to bring me a jar. He was so excited. With some help, we got our specimen into it's container. We observed it and researched it, finding it to be a harmless ring neck snake, which we released back into the yard. Another fear faced head on.

20. shade

21. berries from our own yard

Saturday Surprise and CCMA family picnic

Customize your own free picture slideshow

    After a long hard day of working in the yard on Saturday, we showered off the dirt and put on fresh clothes. Theron drove us to our new favorite asian restaurant, Fung Mei, where we enjoy the food and the atmosphere of three very large aquariums.
    After our meal, we head to the mall for a game of Neon Golf. We've decided that our new Saturday evening activity will be of the active sort now that the weather is more agreable. Last week, was my choice and we walked the Greenway trail in Lilburn (well, almost all of it). This week was Hannah's choice and since I had gotten a coupon deal (thanks to the Jordan family), I offered that as an option, which Hannah did not refuse. It was not an outside activity and we would have waited for a rainy day, but the coupon was due to expire soon. Besides we had been outside all day already. We all got "glow in the dark" necklaces to wear and marveled at how the "blue light" made parts of our clothing appear to glow as well.
    On Sunday, Josiah carried his bug habitat to church. In it was his prize catch from Saturday, a tree frog. He's been hearing them at night and wanting to go out after dark and find them. Well, I guess he got his wish and did not have to go out at night. He just had to climb a tree. On the way to church, he was talking about how amazing God has made each and every animal.
    Josiah seened so mature as he showed the younger kids the tiny creature he had found. At the church picnic, he covered alot of ground chasing moths and butterflies, and collecting trash. This is a fairly new "hobby" of his. He finds things on the ground that have been discarded by others as having no value and tries to invent somthing with them. One of his jobs around the house use to be gathering the household trash, until I found that he was retrieving items from the trash to use for his inventions. I've heard it said that one person's trash is another person's treasure. Well, it is definitely true for him.
     It was a great day for a picnic. There was a nice breeze and this park had sufficient shade to accomodate everyone. Thank you, Lord for a beautiful day.