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	Blog >> Blog Archive "What's a blog?" A blog is a web-log. We hope you will find it interesting and fun, and come back soon! A R C H I V E S MARCH 2006 March 19, 2006 Purim Here Purim, the festival from the book of Esther, started on Monday night. As many readers of this blog may already know, one of the traditional ways of celebrating this holiday is by dressing up in costumes as characters from the book of Esther. Our celebration was no exception. We had a veritable menagerie of individuals portrayed in our creatively costumed guests. I will briefly mention the assumed identity of our guests, and will leave it to you to look them up in the Bible. A "puppet" show Left to right: Queen Esther, Queen Esther, Queen Esther, Queen Esther, Queen Esther, Queen Esther! Back row, left to right: the "Shushan shoe-shine," the Persian press reporter "Ahmon Dajob," Haman's son, and Shushan citizen. In front is the palace guard and a prince from the "western regions" of the kingdom. The "king's scribe" (in the red cloke) reads the Purim story (an abbreviation of the book of Esther) from the scroll. As you view these pictures, remember - we don't normally dress like this! We sang some traditional Purim songs - and had quite a "jolly" time! More "residents of Shushan." The king. Bigthan (the would-be assassin). As you can imagine, we had a hard time choosing when it came time to vote on the best costumes! \| Posted by Lael Weinberger \| Liberty Day A couple of weeks ago, we had a great time at “Liberty Day,” a conference and celebration commemorating Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty, or give me death” speech. The Erber family did a great job organizing a tremendous event, featuring lectures by Dr. Paul Jehle, music by our friends Daniel Ziesemer and Jacob Bernhardt, and a reenactment of the second Virginia convention in 1775, including Patrick Henry’s address. You can see pictures of the event at the Erber blogs here, here, and here. \| Posted by Lael Weinberger \| March 15, 2006 Homeschool Conference Season In our newsletter, we discussed the benefits of attending homeschool conferences, and attending them not just to find a new curriculum, but much more important, to get the vision for multigenerational faithfulness. (If you are interested in getting our newsletter, send us an email with your address and let us know!) We have compiled a list of some of the homeschool conferences in many states by date. You will no doubt notice that some states have several conferences, and other states are not listed here. The conferences listed here are listed either because they are the largest conferences in the region, or in the cases of some smaller conferences, because we know some of the speakers to be excellent! Hopefully, you can attend a conference and be encouraged! For those of you in Illinois, we hope we will see you in Peoria or DeKalb! Missouri – Greater St. Louis Area Home Educators Expo March 30, 31, & April 1 http://www.stlhomeschoolexpo.com/ Illinois – Association of Peoria Area Christian Home Educators April 7-8 http://www.apachecentralillinois.org/convention.php Washington – Christian Heritage Home Educators April 20-22 in Redmond, WA http://www.christianheritageonline.org/events/ California – Christian Home Educators Association, Bay Area Convention April 21-22 http://www.cheaofca.org/events.jsp Minnesota – Minnesota Association of Christian Home Educators April 21-22 http://www.mache.org/AnnualConf.htm Kansas – Christian Home Educator Confederation of Kansas April 21-22 http://www.kansashomeschool.org/content/view/97/65/ Massachusetts – MassHOPE April 28-29 http://www.masshope.org/fr_convention.html Indiana – Southwest Indiana Home Educators April 28-29 http://www.swihe.org/convention.html Ontario, Canada – Ontario Christian Home Educators’ Connection April 28-29 http://www.ochec.org/Conv2006.php Georgia – Georgia Home Education Association May 4-6 http://www.ghea.org/pages/events/upcoming/focus.php?ID=114 Pennsylvania – Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) May 12-13 in Harrisburg, PA http://www.chaponline.com/convention/ Texas – Hearth and Home Homeschool Book Fair and Conference May 12-13 http://www.homeschoolbookfair.org/ Illinois – Illinois Christian Home Educators May 18-20 www.iche.org Mississippi – Mississippi Home Educators Association May 19-20 http://www.mhea.net/ Texas – FEAST May 19-20 http://www.homeschoolfeast.com/bookfair/Bookfairhome.htm Florida – Florida Parent Educators Association May 25-27 http://www.fpea.com/Convention/main.htm North Carolina – North Carolinians for Home Education May 25-27 in Winston-Salem http://www.nche.com/conference.html New York – Loving Education At Home June 1-3 http://www.leah.org/convention/2006/index.html West Virginia – Christian Home Educators of West Virginia June 2-3 http://www.chewv.org/confsch2006.htm Virginia – Home Educators Association of Virginia (HEAV) June 8-10 http://www.heav.org/conventions/2006/index.html Colorado – Christian Home Educators of Colorado (CHEC) June 15-17 http://checevents.com/checevents/state-conference/index.php Ohio – Christian Home Educators of Ohio June 22-24 http://www.cheohome.org/events/Convention 2006/convention_2006.htm Alabama – Christian Home Education Fellowship July 7-8 http://www.chefofalabama.org/state_conv.htm Arizona – Arizona Families for Home Education July 21-22 http://www.afhe.org/conventions.htm Texas – Texas Home School Coalition August 17-19 http://www.thsc.org/convention/General_information.asp Oregon – Oregon Christian Home Education Association Network August 18-19 http://www.oceanetwork.org/calendar/ For more information on state and international homeschool associations, visit http://www.hslda.org/orgs/default.asp \| Posted by Lael Weinberger \|