15 Years

Life’s been pretty hectic lately, but I was very thankful for the opportunity to “get away” with my wonderful husband of 15 years, yep that’s right, 15!!!!  It just so happens that it fell right at the time of the Indiana Homeschool Convention in Indianapolis, perfect timing for a few nights alone:)
We headed downtown Thursday morning, checked into our hotel, and took off for a walk at White River State Park.  There we rented a surrey bike and took a 4 mile bike ride along the canal downtown.  It was wonderful!


The seemingly “little” pregnant lady at the bottom is me:)  We stopped at a couple of points of interest on our walk from bike riding to dinner.

We ate dinner at Ruth Chris’s Steak House.  We took a picture of the menu in part because the prices were ridiculous and because I doubt we will ever return.  They were kind enough to “give” us chocolate covered strawberries to complement our meal in honor of our anniversary.  The steaks, mind you, were $45 (NO SIDES INCLUDED), nothing in life is “free”.

You can’t be in Indy without seeing Lucas Oil, right?  We walked right by it each morning on our way to the convention.

I was very proud of my kids as once again they entered into the IAHE art contest.  This is Jackson’s shield which won him 1st place!  Way to go buddy!  He was so excited.  Btw, the BIG circle on the top left represents me, I’m hoping that’s because I’m pregnant.

This is Sydney’s “Copy the Illustrator” project where she copied Beatrix Potter.  I believe this is the Tailor of Gloucester. 

Lastly is Holland’s “Copy the Illustrator” project where she drew Benjamin Bunny, also from a Beatrix Potter book.
It’s always fun to see all of the art projects at convention.  We had a great weekend renewing our minds!  We loaded up on much needed curriculum and some great books for summer reading (and school year reading too of course)!  The kids were quite excited and Holland has already posted her “Summer Reading List” on the fridge.  I’ll keep you posted:)