Botany today (using Apologia Botany)

 Great picture of the boys from McCormick's creek.  We went with Papa & Grammy & Dad on Monday.

Monroe County History Center.

Today was quite full for us.  This morning we went to Bloomington to a Child Evangelism Prayer meeting.  It was wonderful to be together with believers.  There were several from other churches praying together for our communities, for each other, and for revival. 

After the meeting, we completed a tour of the warehouse that will eventually become a Christian community center.  The building had been donated to a Christian media company, but that company/ministry has allowed several other ministries to use the offices.    It was very exciting to hear what they have planned.  I felt a wonderful presence the minute I walked through that door.  

After the tour, we helped our CEF director load some boxes into the new area she is going to use as a library for child evangelism materials, and we spent some time talking about our ministry and our plans for the future.  

  

I decided that since we were already going to be in Bloomington, we'd make a day of it and also have a field trip.  I chose to take the boys to the Monroe County History Center.

  We enjoyed the displays.   I decided to add the silly pictures as well as the serious ones.  

 This was a flag from the 27th (?) Regiment.  

Union uniform. Silly faces.

 Justin & Jonathan were pretending they didn't believe Ryan when he is trying to tell them a giant Kodiak bear is about to eat them.  This bear had been in one of the old local gun shops for several years.

 Posing with John Dillinger

 In an old schoolroom display.  I loved the old desks.  The boys were pretending they didn't want to be there.

 Yes, that is a dunce hat on that chair in the corner.  I can only imagine what the boys were carrying on about.

 An old cabin

 I could not get a clear picture of this for some reason.  Maybe it was the lighting in this room, but it is filled with old muskets and lots of Civil War items. Justin said he loved these guns in particular.

Local Attractions

Link for Lawrence County brochure. 
http://propellermktg.net/paperlesspub/limestone/

I want to use some of our Fridays to take some local field trips.

Field Trip: Lawrence County Museum of History

The boys have been doing really well with their school work , so I rewarded them with a little field trip Wednesday, October 19th.  We went to the Lawrence County Museum of History.

It was a cool, drizzly day, but that didn't diminish the fun.   We had a wonderful day.

The last two are from when I took them to McDonald's after our visit to the museum to get ice cream and mochas. 

Maple Sugar Farm

Pictures of our trip to a local farm.  We helped collect the sap water from the tapped trees and enjoyed watching the boiling process inside the sugar shack.

Creation Museum

Here are pictures from our Creation Museum trip.  This is a GREAT place to visit, and I hope to go back again.  There is so much to see and do there, that one could go back regularly and do new things.  They have special events and activities that they have for a limited time that would be great for the family to see.  For example, they currently have an event called "Snakes Alive".  In May they will have a bees display.

All pictures can be clicked to see a larger view.  Some of them are blurry, and I did not take nearly enough pictures.  Noah's ark construction site was really neat, and the men talked and moved and worked.
  There are also several diaromas depicting the flood, and even computer depictions of what the earth might have looked like from outer space during the flood. Very educational! 

Another nice things is that because we attended the Midwest Homeschool Conference, our tickets were discounted.  They gave us a 6 DVDs educational set with our tickets.
I also subscribed to their Answers magazine with the intent to use it to help with science.  They gave us another free DVD with that purchase.  So we get to keep learning even after the trip!


1.  The entrance area
2&3 Looking at the chamelon
4. Key Biblical figures
 5-6 In the garden of Eden
7.  Dinosaur killing a poor, helpless smaller dinosaur after Adam's fall
8. Working after "the fall"
9. Methuselah (this guy moved and talked!)
10-12 at the petting zoo.. see the "Zonkey" (zebra/ donkey mix)?
13-14 at the walk thru botanical gardens (Justin took that last picture)