Wonderful Weekend

We've had the most wonderful weekend with Vicki, Trent, & Aidan!

Look at this sweet handsome boy, how can you not have a good time?! :)

We saved one of the chicks for him to name, so this is George! (After Curious George!) So for some of his pictures we had to include some baby chicks.

I love Love LOVE this picture!

His eyes are absolutely gorgeous!

And I totally enjoyed being a substitute Mom-mom!

Saturday we ventured up to the Creation Museum. I think they all enjoyed it!

We had went ahead of Brian, Vicki, & Trent in the museum so we made it out to the gardens and petting zoo before they did.

This trip Anna decided to ride Gomer.

Later on Aidan surprised everyone and decided he wanted to ride her also!

I thought it was very fitting for there to be a rainbow on our way home!

Silly boy! :o)

I am so proud of this precious family and their steps of faith that they are continuing to take. God has some pretty special plans for their lives! Today is their 1 year anniversary; so Happy Anniversary Vicki and Trent!!!

We love you all and can't wait to have you come back up to see us and we'll hopefully get to come see you guys soon too!

Ark Encounter in Kentucky!

Some exciting news was just announced this past week! Answers in Genesis that has the Creation Museum is now building a full scale Ark! We heard that it was in the works a few months ago and they just made the official announcement. As members and supporters of AiG and the Creation Museum we are beyond thrilled for this to be built for the glory of God!
Here is the announcement from the website (you can click on the pic above to get their website):

"The Ark is being built on a beautiful rolling terrain site just off Interstate I-75, about 40 interstate miles from the Creation Museum in northern Kentucky (near Cincinnati). God willing and as the financial support is provided, this spectacular reminder to the world is planned to open in the spring of 2014."

More links:
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Twitter/ArkEncounter

A Day at the Creation Museum

We got up early on Saturday morning and headed up north to the Creation Museum. Holly thought of the idea because we're going to be studying the solar system this week in school and the CM has an awesome planetarium show.

When we see this water tower we know we're getting close! I think this was our 5th time going up there and we finally got to see their show, the Men in White. It was a movie/video in their special effects theater that has two angels explaining to a young girl about creation. When they get to certain parts the seats vibrate a little and a squirt of water may sprinkle out from the seat in front of you! It was well worth the 20 minutes to set through it. This crab above was on the outside of the theater.

There is so much information at this museum and it is so worth the drive to get there. Brian and I are thinking about becoming lifetime members when our 5 year membership runs out!

Our planetarium show didn't start for a couple more hours so we grabbed some lunch and decided to go outside afterwards.

I got the special - BBQ sandwich! It was yummy and that whole grain bun made it even better :P

Their gardens are beautiful!

The bright pink lilies were so pretty all around the pond.

Next stop was the petting zoo. They had this new addition's gate locked. Hmm...wonder why?

He was very interesting though.

Holly's ol' buddy.

This was from our first trip:)

Here is the Zonky - a mix between a donkey and a zebra!

They were having rides on Gomer so we asked the girls if they wanted to go. Holly was all for it and Anna decided she'd rather not.

Getting ready.

She was so excited and nervous!

Hold on tight!

She looked so little up there.

Smiling at Anna and Daddy.

What did ya think Holly?

They have markers with scripture all throughout the gardens.

The favorite thing of the girls in the garden - the swinging bridge.

We decided to kill a little time in the bookstore until it was time for our planetarium show to begin. I found a really neat weather book for school and we saved 10% because of our membership!

Next was time for our show and the main reason we came - "The Created Cosmos"

We knew we wouldn't have time to go through the entire museum, but we made a speedy run through :) This is the Garden of Eden and one of my favorite spots.

Here might be the reason! In the middle of this room is a huge (artificial of course) tree that is the Tree of Life (the name of our homeschool!)

The girls as we were leaving.

There is a Gap/Old Navy/Banana Republic Outlet just a few miles down the road from the CM, so we stopped by there on our way home. I was able to buy a couple pairs of jeans that are 2 sizes down from what I wore in the spring! Yay! I've got a long way to go, but I'm getting there!

We also stopped in Lexington to eat supper and to look at some new luggage. After that Panama trip our poor suitcases can now be put to rest. We topped off our night at the Cold Stone Creamery!

It was a blessed day and I thank our Creator for the amazing wonders He has done and still continues to do!

(To see more pictures from our other trips with more detail you can click HERE!)