En Route

We are on our way to the Family Economics Conference and made a fun stop. Can you guess where we were?

Petting a wallaby…

Feeding a camel…

You guessed it! The Creation Museum!

Creeks and waterfalls are throughout the gardens.

Stretching our legs.

The suspension bridge is one of our favorites.

The wallaby was our favorite…very friendly and curious:)

With our smiling friend!

Passing down the middle:)

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Luke 12:27-31

Our family votes this the bests rest stop ever!!

Happy Birthday Davis!

The 13 year old birthday boy.

Delicious banana trifle with chocolate shavings…Yum!

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Davis and his friend Scott.

Mmmm…this is good!

Davis has an interest in mechanical things. He enjoys inventing, building, and designing. He can fix pretty much anything!

Let’s see, what’s under all this tape…

…a recyclable spyglass!

Thanks Luke!

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: the LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: the LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

Numbers 6:24-26

From the Land Down Under

A few weeks ago, Daddy took a business trip to Australia. When he wasn’t in meetings, he went sightseeing and exploring.

Daddy visited a sanctuary of Australian animals with two coworkers he met at the conference. Here he is with Mr. Gabi.

Driving to the Healesville Sanctuary outside of Melbourne.

Yep, they drive on the wrong side of the road:)

Mr. cute Koala with his bamboo.

He looks like a teddy bear!

Not so teddy bear looking is an echidna, simply a spiny anteater.

An emu.

Side note about emus, near our neighborhood there is a farm that has emus. Well, one of them got loose and was running around in our neighborhood a few weeks ago!

This iguana looks creepy!

Wallaby - “Did you call me?”

“Guess not.”

Not quite as bad as vampires but they are MUCH bigger! They are about 3 feet long!!

Daddy and his other coworker.

Looks like a cross between a forest and a jungle. Very pretty!

Australia’s equivalent to America’s deer: the kangaroo.

There he goes!

They use their thick tails to help them jump and balance.

The fearsome dingo…

…is asleep!

Back in Melbourne.

Daddy also visited gardens and a conservatory.

Australia’s Captain James Cook is like America’s Christopher Columbus.

Captain Cook’s house. The irony is, Captain Cook didn’t have a house in Australia, so the Australians disassembled his house in England and brought it over!

A very sunny day:)

Even here, people like their doughnuts!

“That all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.”

Isaiah 37:20b