More Colorado Happenings...

So I promised that I would share more details about what we did while in Colorado. While there are some details that I won't share, there are many that I will. As you all know, we are homeschooling, which made this trip possible, because otherwise we would've had to stay home because of school. But being homeschoolers means we could take off, leave our books at home and do some "real life learning". And boy did we do a LOT of learning on the go! Tay got to start learning how to tell time (on a digital clock) because, well, theres not a whole lot to do in the car for 28 hrs! haha...but seriously, she did get to start figuring it all out. We also learned about why and how leaves turn colors, why it gets dark earlier, we learned about the states we drove through, and lots of other things. And that was just on the driving portion of our trip!

While in Colorado we got to do some fun stuff. The first big thing we did was go to the Denver Zoo. We love going to the zoo. Its fun and a great way to learn. There were lots of animals we'd never seen before and we got to read about them and learn how they were like other animals we knew about. I'd say the best part about going to the zoo was the primate exhibit. Okay, now some of you probably really like monkeys. Well, I'm kinda neutral on that subject. The reason this was the best part was because right in front of the primate exhibit were these 5 huge signs talking about evolution! In case you don't know, we don't believe in evolution, we believe in creation (that the God of the universe created us in His image). So the signs talked about how we are like primates (opposable thumbs, intelligence, etc). I could've ignored the signs (its not like the kids read well enough to have REALLY understood what they were saying), but instead I chose to use that moment as a teaching moment. I got to teach my kids that some people think we were once monkeys a long time ago (to which Amara said "thats dumb") but that we as Christians know that we came from a loving, patient God who created us in His image to be His children. Yes, we talked about similarities, but the main focus was on how we know that we aren't like the primates. Definitely a wonderful time with my girls and God blessed me so much with that experience!

We also got to go to a great pumpkin patch. The kids had SO much fun. They had a wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch where we picked out 3 pumpkins. They got to ride carts (kinda like go carts but pedals instead of a motor), get their faces painted, eat some yummy food and even do a HUGE (well huge to us) corn maze! I think their favorite part was trying to navigate through the corn field. I think in the end it took us twice as long as it should've to find half as many of the markers, but we all had fun (and Grandma- my mom) came with us, which made it very special for the girls. :)

The last big thing we did was go to the Royal Gorge. The Royal Gorge is kind of like a mini Grand Canyon. Its VERY cool. It's a suspension bridge that is over the gorge and is something like 1200 ft above the bottom of the gorge and you can drive or walk across it (we did both, and it was crazy scary driving across it!). It was a great reminder of God's glory and His mighty power.

Well, those are the big highlights of our trip to Colorado. While it was a sad time, we also had some good times and some experiences that we may not have the chance to do again. Although there were some things I wanted to do that we didn't get to, I'm thankful that we had the time we did there.

-Mya