CHAP Convention in Harrisburg

This year only Josh, Suzi, Skyler and I {Sara} went to the Homeschool Convention in Harrisburg...

 

Josh and Suzi were looking for curriculum for Anna for this upcoming school year and listened to a number of sessions by Steve Demme, Ken Ham, and Mark Hamby to name a few. =) 

While Skyler spent most of his time with friends in the IBLP booth and I mostly walked around talking on my phone, eating ice cream and taking random pictures, see? It's what I do best. ;)

 

We also enjoyed an awesome dinner with the IBLP and Chris Hogan groups {thanks Chad! =)}... It was nice just spending time getting to know new friends and catching up with old ones.  And since we tend to be rather out-of-the-loop on all things IBLP, we were eager to hear reports on the things God has been doing through the IBLP ministry in recent months.

 

 

{Just to prove he got some coffee after all. ;)}

We stayed overnight at Josh's grandpa's home in Lebanon, and then found our way to Martin's Fabric Barn {can't drive clear to Lancaster county and not make a stop there!} before heading back to the Farm Show Complex for a couple of hours... and then returning home again!

 

 

"I call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised...This God--his way is perfect, the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?--the God who equipped me with strength and made my way blameless." ~Psalm 18:3, 30, 31

Tennessee...after the wedding =)

The view of the river from the Rodger's back porch {or roof?...not sure which one =)}...

Canoeing on the river with Skyler, Beth Ellen, and Daniel

We decided that next time, if Skyler insisted on taking pictures every couple of minutes along our 8-mile canoe trip, he'd have to sit up front...since I did most of the paddling anyway. ;)

 View of the Rodgers' back porch from the river as we ended our canoeing adventure

Before we left to return to PA, we spent a day in the Smoky Mountains, climbing trails and jumping on rocks

These rocks were terribly big and we had loads of fun jumping around on them =)

Mrs. Rodgers' mother joined us for the day as well...

These little rock piles were displayed alllll over the place...

Right before I fell into the water. ;) Yeah, not a good idea to jump around on wet rocks in flip-flops...

A mile up the trail towards Chimney Tops...only another mile to go!

This was the "easy" part of the trail. =)

And here it's a little trickier...

Alllmost at the top!

And the view...which Skyler said was definitely worth the treacherous climb...the rest of us wouldn't know since we stopped 3/4 of the way up. ;)

Spencer [13 weeks]

In Tennessee...sometime before or after the wedding. :) He's just growing up sooo fast!

First taste of Spring!

Early Spring flowers... although April is definitely bringing us an abundance of rain, it's warming up here and flowers are beginning to bloom all over our yard...{hooray!} These are just a few of my favorite photos that Skyler shot this week...