Train the Trainer for Empowered To Connect Parenting Class

Hello there- Jason and I by ourselves?  Why yes we are......this was a picture from Wednesday morning as we boarded a plane to head to Dallas, Texas.  Headed to complete our class that we had been doing reading for, watching videos for, and handing in assignments for....... Empowered To Connect's Train the Trainer. 

Let's rewind a minute and go back to February- that was when we went to Empowered To Connect's Conference in Orlando.  I had owned the book written by Karyn Purvis called The Connected Child.  I had read it, looked it over, thought....hmmmm.......interesting, but just didn't really connect with me (Yep, that is my desperate grasp at a pun folks sorry that is as good as it gets here).  I will write more on my parenting journey and tell you more on how this has really impacted our world, but right now just know this has totally changed so much in our lives. 

While at the conference we really felt wow this is great!  However as a dear friend pointed out that attended with us it is like trying to take a drink from a fire hose.  Loads of information, lots of concepts we hadn't thought of, and my brain did not catch most of it.  So when we saw they had a class for parents to take to come back to their communities and teach the class locally we decided that was for us! 

So we signed up......waited to be "accepted" into the class.  Then for the last several weeks we have been doing homework!  Lots of it :) including "date nights" with Karyn Purvis kind of became or joke.  Yes that meant that last week was crazy because while we were in the hospital with Michael we were both working on homework too.     

 Well, we had to fly in the day before and the cheaper flights were a little earlier...so we landed in the after noon and went out to eat at a place called Hard Eight Barbeque- OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!  People the food was AMAZING!!!  :)  See that huge chop?  I have not seen a chop that thick since I lived in Iowa (Reference point I grew up in Iowa and didn't move from the state until I was 30).  We also had yummy ribs, huge onion rings, and you know some fruit salad- just to feel a tiny healthy too. 

 As you can see the pork chop seriously looked like this- definitely 2 1/2 inches thick!!!

 I am thinking when it comes to caring for others- the needy, poor, hungry, thirsty, widow, or orphan- this should be our philosophy!!!!  No one retires from Biblical mandate :)  I would love this sign in my home, and in every church too!!!!!

 Here are the smokers for all the wonderful meat! 

 This was how they served up the meat- loads of sausage, pork chop, ribs, chicken, and much more- YUMMY!!!!!!

 WELCOME!!  This is the room we have spent the last few days sitting in!!  Of course we decided to shake things up and change seats every day we were there.  Hey, it's fun to mess with people and meet new people ;).  Yep, we are those people......

 Jason couldn't wait to model the bag we got when we were there.........can't you tell?

 This is our thick teaching binder!!!  Don't worry, for those of you who dare take the class with us or all the others doing the trainings all over the U.S. you will get this huge stack of papers too ;).  It really is set up wonderfully though, and comes in bite size pieces.  Which really helped m visualize how we would teach the class.  Yes, I am a visual learner. 

 These were the refrigerator magnets they gave us to help give us those "cues" and remember what we learned while we were there.  If you have read the Connected Child book- you will remember these too. 

A big part of the class is about role playing and having fun.  Perfect then- we got to see and play with puppets!  So Jason had some fun with this.......have I mentioned the power of play?  Really important as well!! 

Right now, my brain is fried, and full.......well fed over the last few days as well.....tired......and definitely CAN NOT WAIT TO GET BACK TO OUR KIDDOS!!!!!!!!!!! 

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