Giveaway & Our Trip

I wanted to let y'all know about a giveaway going on right now at Accordion to Kellie. She is offering some delicious raw chocolate:

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I am finally getting around to posting the pictures of our trip. Please forgive me for taking so long, I have been unbelievably busy, and will be for the remainder of December.

In late October my family and I made a trip up to the Creation Museum in Kentucky. After spending several days there, we travelled further north into Holmes County, Ohio, home of the world's largest Amish and Mennonite community. We had such an enjoyable time at both locations, and I captured just a bit of that on camera, so without further ado...pictures!

The first day at the museum we walked the gardens, as it was the only day it wasn't supposed to rain.


 



There were rocks throughout the garden with Scripture.

It. was. so. cold.

 

 

 

They were so pretty and well tended. At the end of the garden trail was the petting zoo.

 

Mom wants an Alpaca

I really want a pet Wallaby

I think this was a type of peacock

 

During that day, we also attended the planetarium program, which was absolutely stunning. If you ever visit the Creation Museum, spend the extra money on the planetarium. We looked for a long time in the bookstore....can you say "overwhelming"? I could have bought about 99% of the stuff in there. We also had the privilege of listening to two lectures from Dr. Terry Mortenson. He is an excellent speaker and his lectures were extremely interesting. That concluded day one.

 

On the second, and final, day of our visit to the museum, we went through the main walk. This included so many exhibits that I am unable to do it justice in pictures, but I do have a few. The main message was the seven C's of history: creation, corruption, catastrophe, confusion, Christ, cross, and consummation. They had various exhibits also about the church and the many movements away from the Bible throughout the ages. It was a wonderful and interesting exhibit, to say the least.

 

This is an amazing quilt a lady from Canada made an donated to the Creation Museum.

This is a replica of a fossil found in Ohio.

The sculptured people in the exhibits were very lifelike.

Here I am beside a replica of Lucy

The holograms were awesome

Martin Luther nailing his thesis to the door.

 



 



This thing moved!

 

 

We had our pictures taken by the photographers that work there, and they take and put them on different backgrounds. Here are some of my favorites:

 

 

 

We also got to attend a lecture on the second day by Dr. Georgia Purdom. She did an excellent job explaining the complexity of the human body...all I could say was "Wow!" The Creation Museum was the best museum I have ever been to, not just because it was correct, but it also was so carefully thought out and well done. They certainly did not spare any expense in putting the exhibits together. I would highly recommend a trip to the Creation Museum for every family!

 

I have officially spent too much time posting today, so I will post Amish country pictures next week. Stay tuned! Also, don't forget about the giveaway going on at Accordion to Kellie.