Creation Museum

A lot of us took a trip down to visit the Creation Museum.

It was fun until
we all turned and saw a dinosaur coming after us!!

We survived and no one was harmed in the taking of these pictures.

 Aunt Sharon & Joanna in front of the Burning Tree Mastodon display.
We saw a planetarium show which was narrated by the voice of Mr. Whitaker from Adventures in Odyssey which my kids thought was pretty cool.  We got a glimpse of how big our universe is, how small we are, and all of it was planned.

 Joel & Karis checking out the dinosaur.  The little kids loved the animatronic displays of dinosaurs and scenes from the Bible.

 Caleb & Eliana

 Caleb

 Caleb by the Noah's Ark display.

  Working on the ark

 Joanna & Caleb

 Noah answering Joanna & Aunt Sharon's questions.

 A model of what the inside of the ark might have looked like.

 Grandfather & Karis checking out a display.

The museum has beautiful grounds to walk around.

 Lily, my cousin's daughter.

 Eliana on the shaky, bouncy bridge.  All the kids enjoyed the bridge.

 They had a little petting zoo and Karis went to pet the turtle.

 Karis found a big rock in a pretty area and asked me to take her picture.

After a walk on the grounds and picnic lunch, we went back inside to see more dinosaurs.

Joanna and Eliana had a run in...

...and Grandfather saved the day.

 The little girls really enjoyed the dinosaurs!

Swimming is always fun!

Aunt Vicki & Uncle Tim have a fun pool!

Cannonball!!

 

Grandfather always has to join in on the fun!

Sawmill Visit

Uncle Tim set up a tour at a local sawmill for us to go visit while we were in Ohio.  It was pretty interesting.  

Karis & Xander "chatting" about all the big logs.

Aunt Sharon and Eliana near the conveyor belt.

Caleb with the circular saw behind him.

"TOO LOUD" for Eliana

A load of logs was delivered while we were there and the owner asked Caleb to come help him in the loader.

Here you can see Caleb waving at us. 

 

Caleb had a blast helping in the loader.

Karis on the sorted piles of cut lumber.

Eliana by a pile of chips.  They use every part of the log at the sawmill.

Grandfather & Eliana by the chipper.

One last shot of Caleb and "The Loader"

  The Sawmill Gang

Pretty hair

 

Karis did her hair and asked me, "Do I look pretty or weird?"

All Eliana wants...

...is her two front teeth!

She probably won't have to wait until Christmas.

Loves her baby

Something followed us home

Awana Awards Night

Kids had a great Awana year!  They all learned a lot of verses and finished their books. 

Karis and a stamp

Spring Pictures