Hmmmm.... What Am I Forgetting?

Well, the packing is done and we will head out tomorrow morning to the THSC Conference. We are packing SUPER light for this trip and it has me thinking, "What am I forgetting?" Seriously, I have:

• one small suitcase with all the kids nightclothes & underwear/diapers (I like having all the bedtime routine stuff together
• one small plastic tote with all the personal hygeine items for us all
• one small suitcase with Sahara & Caden's clothing.... five outfits each
• one small suitcase with Sierra & Savannah's clothing ... five outfits each
• a duffle bag style suitcase for me... I like the big pockets in each end & side for seperating personal items... like make-up (argghhhh)
• another duffle bage style suitcase for my husband
• one computer case with my laptop & the mini laptop inside... yes, both will be stuffed in the single size laptop bage ;)
• one battery/electricity operated cooler..... because we got tired of buying ice & throwing away food on our five week vacation.
• a couple of very small beach totes for our waterpark venture
• A mesh tote bag with all our swimsuits
• Two small individual baby backpacks for the two little ones.... includes daily supply of diapers/undies, emergency clothes for Caden, tiny toys, Fun Pad & crayons. I will also be adding Dum-Dum suckers & Smarties, as well, as raisins, etc. for moments of desperation to quiet them if necessary. ;)
• The stroller.... is still up for debate whether to bring it. I am leaning toward doing it. I think it will be a bad move if we do not. Hmmmm...
• Okay, I think I need to add my purse.... and a box of "stuff" for my older two kiddos (books, coloring, small toys, etc.).... and some food is on board.

Okay.... okay. I am off to bed. That helps to clear my mind. And there is always a Wal-Mart/etc. right around the corner, right?!

THSC Conference

We are getting packed up for the THSC State Convention and Family Conference. We just got in and haven't even finished all the unpacking! Wow! This is pretty crazy. I think it would have been easier to go straight from our other vacation to the Conference, but my husband wanted to travel via our family van. We had a great trip with our bus, but we have spent the last five weeks in it and everyone is ready to travel in the van. The funny thing is after we get on the road they are going to remember how tightly we all have to be in the family van and they may be wishing we were back in the freshly cleaned up bus! Ha!

We are really looking forward to conference. My two older kids are ready to be spies on a mission for God and my two little ones are ready to crawl all over us while we are attempting to listen to the workshop speakers. You just never know what it will turn out like when you take your little ones. I have to get them a little activity pack prepared before we go. At the conference we usually split up and my husband takes one and I take the other. It is yet to be determined who will take which one. Last year I took Sahara, since I had to do her nursings. This year she may tag with Daddy and switch it up a bit. She is quite a handful, though.... I might take her to avoid Daddy having an anxiety attack! ;) I am also especially looking forward to seeing the Saturday night program with The Redhead Express. I know my whole family will enjoy that I think it will be quite inspiring for my older two who are interested in learning to play fiddle.

Anyway, I better get off here and pack. If we left right now we would only have nightclothes and underwear for the kids. That is just not gonna work! Let me know if YOU are going to the conference, also.

Unintentional Blog Abandonment ;)

Wow! I can not believe it has been so long since my last post. It happened like this... I was busy packing and preparing for a long vacation. I thought that once we got on the road I would be posting to my blog some, but I did not realize that having an internet connection in State Parks would be such an issue. It makes sense that you go camping to "get away from it all", but somehow I just did not think of that. My only other option was to borrow my husbands iBaby (iPhone) and ... well..... I think calling it his iBaby sums it up. Let's just say that some people have a hard time letting go of their iPhone even for brief periods of time.

This is going to be a short post. I mainly wanted to let anyone that is still out there following this blog know that I am still here and have not abandoned this blog. Also, I hope to see some of you at the Texas Homeschool Coalition Convention at The Woodlands, Texas this coming week. At some point I hope to share with you all some of our Summer ventures. We have been everywhere! Or, at least, it seems we have been everywhere. I'll tell you this much now. We went through eight states starting in Texas and up to Michigan and back down to Texas in a big loop. We camped mostly and we had a variety of experiences on this trip. I can't wait to share some of with you. I'M STILL HERE! .... now I have to go read YOUR blogs that I have missed reading....