Second Family Trip of the Year to the Children's Museum

We went to the Children's Museum Monday, the 18th, and this time my second oldest brother (J2) and his wife came along. Every single time my family goes to the museum, it's been a tradition of ours to pose with the above statue, boys vs. girls. Who do you think won? ; )

The below portraits were all made out of jelly beans, and they lined several walls of the museum!!! How cool is that?

Most of my siblings had fun in the Dinosphere, so much so that two of them began acting like cavemen!!

(M7, my youngest sister, was in a hurry to get out of there. With the ever-changing "weather" and the "roars" of the dinosaurs, she was just a little bit scared.)

 

 

Yep! That's my brother (J5)!! : D

We also traveled to "China" where we "discovered" terra cotta soldiers and helped put them back together.



Mama winning a thumb war



J7



J2





Then, we discovered the Caribbean shipwreck of our relative Capt. Kidd's Cara Merchant. It was so cool to be face to face with artifacts of our infamous relative, right here in Indiana!! (What are the chances of THAT?!)



17th century "onion" bottles (so named because of their wide bottoms)



Me in front of one of his cannons that is being restored by electrolytic reduction.





This teak wood was an important clue that showed that the shipwreck was Captain Kidd's.




Spanish coins






M7,Dad, J7 & M4



M7, M6 and Dad in Waterworks











Sister-in-law A & second oldest brother, J2



A & Mom

Well, as you can tell we had another fun time. If you're ever in the Indianapolis area, I suggest going to the Children's Museum, where you'll make tons of memories that will last a lifetime.

Crazy Summer

Well, as you can see, I have not been on my blog in a long while. I forgot my password, so that would do it. : D

This summer has been crazy. Back in April I visited Pensacola Christian College (which I'll be attending this fall) in Pensacola, Florida. In May I graduated; in June I went to North Carolina with one of my sisters, M3, to visit with my older sister (M1) and her husband. When I got home I had a wedding, then our church had VBS which went very well and yesterday I just got back from camp with two other siblings of mine! C-R-A-Z-Y!!!

 The speaker this week at camp was Mike Jones from North Carolina and he did a GREAT job preaching. Everyone had a good time listening to the messages, playing sports and just hanging out with other teens of like-faith.

 Many decisions were made this past week, many public and many private, so if you would, please keep all of us teens (and even our counselors) in your prayers. I know it may seem a bit awkward praying for strangers, seeing as how I'm sure if anyone is reading this, most of you may have just stumbled across my blog; but any and all prayers are always welcomed! : )

 I'm sure I'll upload pictures and maybe even write more of camp, but once again, we're busy busy BUSY so I'll have to stop here.

 Hope you've all had a great summer so far!