Pictures from our Trip and a Cute Story

The Tri-State Area: Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee

Lunch in the National Park; the rest of us used the picnic table.

6 of the Rowe Children in the gardens at the Creation Museum.

Kevin and "Aunt" Felicity Slemp with Baby Eliana. Maybe they're claiming these other children too? Funny thing happened: Kevin and Felicity got delayed at the entrance going into the restaurant after church on Sun. Not thinking anything about it, we trooped on in through, me looking 8 1/2 months pregnant and carrying a diaper bag, the hostess leading, 6 children behind me and Jeff carrying Eliana in her car seat bringing up the rear. When we got to the table, he had this humongous smile on his face. He said, "You wouldn't believe the looks we got". Someone even stood up and counted. He was loving it! If someone had asked he would have told them yes, they were all his; probably easier than explaining it.

Scott and Harris with a python; I am keeping my distance, completely uninterested. A great time to visit the restroom

Such love! Cannot wait to get our own goats. I guess there will be no more trips then.

Pictures from Kentucky

Near Cumberland Gap National Park; behind us is the Valley trail used by Daniel Boone

This bull really liked the boys; he would butt his head through and bump them to get food; once he pushed Scott over onto the ground butting his head directly into Scott's rear!

Scott and the Zorse

Outside the entrance to the Creation Museum

Creation Museum

We just got back from a great 4 day trip to Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. The Creation Museum is in Kentucky, just across the river from Ohio, and we went to eat once (also across the river) in Indiana. The Museum is just wonderful! Amazing and such great information. We all enjoyed the shows, the planetarium, the artifacts, the dioramas, the presentations, the animals, and more. Jackson was a little bit wary of the moving, fire-breathing dinosaur until he realized it wasn't real; of course he asked that question probably 5 times. Of course it was more than just about dinosaurs. If you don't believe the first 11 chapters of Genesis, you cannot embrace Creationism. Evolution is an option but goes completely against Biblical beliefs but more than that, their theories are based on a lot of assumptions. You have to assume a lot of things that are not proven facts to believe in evolution. Also, you would have to accept the billions of years ("old earth") idea to believe in this as well. It all depends upon your starting point. We learned so so much, especially about how a catastrophic flood could have changed the earth's continents, climates, and land forms into what we see today. And, this was a new thought, that the earthquakes, volcanoes, and other "disasters" that happen currently on a much lesser scale than after the flood, are still occuring as "after shocks". The first 11 chapters of Genesis are the basis for believing the whole Bible! You have to go to see for yourself and it sure does make you think differently even if you do believe what Genesis says. Scott and Jeff went to a seminar where they learned how to share all this information, to know what you believe and then be able to articulate it. This is so important today as we all walk around believing certain things but when questioned cannot defend our faith.
The animals outside were a huge hit for the children. They had so much fun feeding and petting, and running all over picking up food off the ground for more feed. At one point I asked Jackson (jokingly) "Are you ready to leave?" Jackson said with a straight face, "No, I'm the farmer."
Another highlight we got to see "Aunt Felicity", meet her husband Kevin and new baby, Eliana. Kevin is a pastor in Berea so we went to church with them and then out to lunch. That was a nice ending to a great trip.