Mary was working on a math problem.  It said, "The children in Room 4 had five frogs.  They gave one frog to the children in Room 3.  Draw a picture and a number sentence to show what happened.

Mary has been doing these types of problems for a year so I read the problem to her and then told her to complete it and if she had any questions she could ask.

After thinking for a minute she asked, "Were they in a motel?"  LOL She figured they most be in a motel to have numbered rooms!   I explained that they were in a school with different rooms for the classes. 

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One reason she might have been thinking motel is that last week we took the girls with us to the Ligonier Conference in Orlando, FL.  It was wonderful and they behaved very well.  I told the girls that many people would be watching them and that they could honor God and Jesus by showing due respect and reverence during services.  Many people paid them compliments so the girls saw that Mommy was right that others were watching!  They were not perfect, but I was very thankful that we were not a distraction as far as I know.  Sitting for two hours in a row,  three separate services per day, was no easy task and I gladly rubbed backs, necks, legs, whatever so that they could remain quiet.  I brought about 7 Bible activity books and plenty of plain paper for drawing.  They normally aren't allowed to have this during a service (just their Bibles and a page for notes or writings about God) but due to the long sessions we were lenient in this manner.  By the last day on Saturday, they just wanted to sit and listen/sleep/ daydream.  It is funny though because occasionally the speaker would say something they recognized and they would look at me and grin or ask a question.

They really enjoyed hearing Joni Eareckson Tada in her two sessions.  I wish we would have had time to meet her with them, but maybe another time when they are older and can stand in line! ;) This was the first year Joni spoke since I have been attending for the last four years.  I am so thankful that she was able to make the conference!

Here are a few pictures of us at the conference. Alyssa please don't hate me for my bad photography!

Here is the church where the conference is held.  This was between sessions when most people were at the bookstore, bathroom, roaming around, etc.

The girls were excited to be up in the balcony.  Our late arrival to this session due to not enough time to eat dinner resulted in a steep climb up all those stairs to sit here! 

Here I am with Mary and Sarah in an earlier session closer to the front on the main floor!

Here is Daddy with Sarah.  This was back up in the balcony area.  See how tall the pews were! I could rest my head.  That is not a good thing  when you are tired and have sleeping children around you and you feel miles away from the speaker.  I am glad to say that I didn't actually even close my eyes and I only had to pinch myself twice.   Seriously John MacArthur was speaking and it was very good!

Poor Hannah was only in one picture, and I didn't do a very good job of getting her in it!  I was trying to get some other church members in the shot too!  Well, here is proof that we did take her too!

Mrs. Amy and Mr. Shawn who also attended are at the end of the pew.  By the end of the weekend the girls had claimed rights on Mrs. Amy's sweater and lap!  Mrs. Amy has three kids of her own and she runs a preschool so she is used to clinging children!  She even roomed with the girls and I so Dh and Mr. Shawn could room together and save on cost.  The girls had a ball playing on Friday night in the motel room.  We had watched a few cooking shows before bed and the girls were using the ice bucket and tray, soaps, coffee basket, etc. to cook for us! 

Mrs. Amy was a very good sport!

We are all looking forward to next year already!