The Bluebonnets are here!
They show up after the Texas Mountain Laurel. I feel like it all came a little late this year, but I might be wrong. It was a cold year.
Phillip has been developing Flexible School Schedule (a homeschool scheduling app), so we headed to a homeschool convention in Ft. Worth to promote it. Phillip's parents were able to stay with the kids while we were gone, so we had a little "vacation" with just the two of us.
Five or six hours on the road to drive to Ft. Worth. We found a new podcast called "Presidential" and learned about the first three or four presidents while we pick-upped down I-35 (not a fun drive if you've ever tried it).
Setting up our booth.
One or both of us was behind this table for 25 hours over the weekend. We talked to quite a few people and collected email addresses and generally had a good time. This is only the second homeschool convention I've been to; it was fun to be there.
Tapestry of Grace was the booth across the way. They're talking to Andrew Pudewa who is the main man for The Institute for Excellence in Writing. And I met quite a few of the people whose podcasts I listen to: Close Reads from Circe Institute and BiblioFiles from Center for Lit. And then there were quite a few Charlotte Mason-ers; we had Modern Charlotte Mason behind us. I really enjoy meeting these people who I've seen all over the internet, Facebook and such.
Phillip attended a few of the workshops and enjoyed them. I visited every booth in the convention hall and bought a couple of items I needed and scoped out several others. And met lots of people! Some of them even recognized my name from the curriculum Simply Charlotte Mason sells. That was pretty fun.
Anyway, I got sick toward the end and was only too glad that Phillip drove the whole way. We're figuring out advertising for FSS right now. I'm not sure we'll do a ton of convention advertising, but we may visit one per year or something. I feel like that physical connection and presence could be good for an online product. Or maybe I just want a way to go to a homeschool convention each year. :-)
The Grady's came to visit!
They were wonderful support people in Florida who would take our kids for the day and babysit them anytime we asked. It was very good to see them. The kids are much bigger than they were when we lived in Florida.
Phoebe and I at Walmart.
And Phoebe and I in curlers.
Sunday morning in front of the mirror!
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