Conference

Well, I attended my first WALDSFE (Washington LDS Family Educators) conference yesterday and it was great. Made for a long day, but I enjoyed it. There were 19 other ladies there ranging from those who have been homeschooling for 25 years (with two having graduated college, two in college, and three at home) to those of us who just rank in a year or two.
It was very refreshing to learn that those I would deem succesful aren't really doing things that much different than we are. At the same time I saw a lot of things that I would like to incorporate into our school.
Laurie (my friend from highschool that teaches Michael in Coop) was there and we were able to spend quite a bit of time getting to know eachother again, which was nice.
I left with a lightened feeling and an overwhelmed feeling. Not really overwhelmed about schooling my children, but overwhelmed at how much there is out there to learn, and how little of it I am familiar with. Reminds me of that saying "The more you know, the more you know you don't know."
So true, I have learned more about things in general in the last six months than I ever cared to know, and yet I have this sinking feeling that there is just not enough time to learn everything I want to.
Speaking of that, there was a lady who was knitting socks! I immediately became intrigued and watched her probably more than I should. I had visions of my family running around in knitted socks next fall and winter. I may have to ask her to teach me how. (she is the wife of Seri's science teacher).