Vacation at last

We are so glad to be home, but what a trip we had! We took a "2 night" tour through Ohio. We spent two nights in Cincinnati, Berea, Mansfield, and Newton Falls. Then we had 2 nights at home before we all went our separate ways for camps, etc. It was great fun, but Chris commented Thursday evening that he was ready to get back to work so he could get some rest. Two weeks is a long vacation! Chris's cousin died tragically and unexpectedly in early January, but only Chris could make it up to the funeral. He promised his family that the rest of us would be up for a visit this summer. It had been at least several years since we were in Ohio, so I was ready to return.
Our first stop was my Aunt Martha's and Uncle John's home. They live in Cincinnati, which is where the new Creation Museum was built last year. We wanted to visit with them and take the boys to the museum. It was such fun. The museum is incredible. The figures are very life-like. Someone on the trip told me that a man from Disney helped with the animation, etc., and students from our friends' church helped to build some of the museum. Our children generally do not do well at museums and are ready to go within about 2 hours. But here, we ended up spending about 6 hours looking at everything. The incredible planetarium show about the size of the universe was the hands-down favorite. The chairs were so comfortable that some in our group slept through much of it---but the boys loved it. It is well worth the trip if you ever get a chance to go.

This is a scale model of Noah's ark. They had another model that was 1% of the actual size. It was massive! The exibit said that the ark pushed the limits of a wooden vessel, but it was designed so well that it would withstand the wind and waves without tipping.

We enjoyed a quiet evening and delicious watermelon at Aunt Martha's and Uncle John's after a long day at the museum.

And the rest will have to wait for another day. We need groceries desperately.......