CATCHING UP FROM FPEA

Hey Everybody!

FPEA was so wonderful! I just wish I had had more time to shop! If you can believe this, I actually left there with only some T-shirts for my boys. My daughter bought a few items, just a couple of small things. But her cousin, who went with us, bought her curriculum for next year! WOW! Oh, for once in my life to be ahead of the game! But alas, I am just not!

I had the thrill of speaking to the largest crowd I have ever spoken to--there were over a thousand people in my first session, which was on "How to Date Your Kids." Quite frankly, I wasn't sure just how many people would be interested in that topic. Turns out, a lot of folks were! :) People kept coming by the booth and saying, "I've got your talk marked; I'm planning to go to it!" And so I started getting really excited! Then, all these people started coming into the workshop and all the seats were filling up until it was actually SRO! Amazing! And how did I start off my lovely talk? Well, it's always good to begin with a question, and so I asked, "How many of you have children?" hardee har har--it's a homeschooling convention, of course! So, all thanks goes to the Lord for anything that comes out funny.

Yes! I had the new book! Season of Change made its debut and the official release date is August 26th. That is such a special date in the life of our family, and I will be sure to blog about that soon. I cannot believe that is the launch date--God's timing is incredible, as always.

All you wonderful SHEM ladies--your books were shipped today! Yay!