Sunday, April 16, 2017

Blog #390 - Crown Point, Craig, and Kristen

We drove the last leg of our journey to Crown Point, Indiana in the rain on April 3rd.

Back Home Again in Indiana

Our two sons live here
Jeff

Todd
 We work with our son, Jeff, at his Church Facility Director position.  Part of our pay is to allow us to park on the back of the church property.  It's just lots of grass and trees to look at. Spring is just now coming around in northwest Indiana.



Back at Work

There are several projects that we are working on at the same time.  Jeff had a list of things to complete before Easter Sunday. He completely remodeled bathrooms at the Hobart/Portage Bethel Church.  The stalls needed to be installed, then painting and hardware to bring it all together.



Hub Run

Our daughter, Tana, and her two oldest, Carter and Kyra flew in to surprise Craig and me, too!  They had signed up to run the cities 5K Hub Run.
Rachel, Carter and Kyra
Todd's Haley flew in from CA to be part of the surprise.
Haley and Todd

Surprise, Surprise for Craig's 70th

We were supposed to meet Todd for breakfast, but that's when we were surprise of how many family members had come to town for Craig's 70th Birthday.
Kyra, Haley and Carter (cousins)
 We all stopped over at my Aunt Rosie's to see her while everyone was together.
Kathy, Kyra, Aunt Rosie, Tana, Carter, Haley, Todd and Craig


Kathy, Carter, Craig, Kyra, Kara, Ty, Kristen, Tana, Haley, Jeff, Rachel and Todd (out of the picture)

 To continue the surprise the kids had planned a surprise dinner on Craig's actual Birthday, April 8th.

It was fun to have our family together.
If there's frosting, there's smiles!




Kathy and Todd

Finishing Projects for Easter


Replacing outside lights bulbs
Bethel Church Crown Point

Hobart Bethel

Hobart Bethel
We finished up in the bathrooms with several other projects getting done around these.  Our son does great work!!




As Jeff finishes remodeling he puts down the new carpet and that's what the guys did to wrap up the week.


Our oldest son, Todd, has a dog named Jax (AKA Louie).  He spends his days at Doggy Day Care and comes home exhausted.  Todd fixed supper for Craig and I. Wonderful enchiladas!

We had a couple of days left in the week and a few more things to do at the Crown Point Bethel. We converted fluorescent light fixtures to use LED tubes.  We put up 195 bulbs in two days.


Just for something to do....... on Saturday the guys changed out the burners on Jeff's grill and put new brakes on the front of Jeff's work van while I washed and vacuumed out three vehicles.


Kristen's 18th

Kristen will be our second grandchild to graduate from High School.  She turned 18 on the 15th and we went out for a nice dinner to celebrate.


We ate at the Lighthouse at Cedar Lake.  In High School, I sailed on this lake with my Uncle in Yacht Club races .

EASTER

This morning we celebrated the Resurrection of our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ!

Todd came by to go to early service with us.

This is our view of the Crown Point Bethel parking lot as the second Easter service has begun.  There's another parking lot on the other side of the church, too.

I pray that you all have accepted Jesus as the Risen Lord so we will spend an eternity with each other and HIM!!

Blessings,
Kathy

Sunday, April 2, 2017

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The Ark Encounter

We have been parked at Oak Creek Campground in Verona, KY.  This was a spot that is between the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter.  The sun finally broke through today and it was good to see.  I think it actually made it into the 60's.  The campground isn't fancy, but it has served it's purpose.







We drove 18 miles south to the Ark Encounter.  It was built by an company out of Colorado.  It was built on the Bible's story of Noah. We parked in the lot and had to ride buses for about a mile to get to the Ark. It was all built and paid for by private donations. No government funds.


The Ark is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide and 51 feet high. It has 3.3 million board feet of timber and it's now the biggest timber-framed structure in the world.
It took about 13 months to complete and it just opened last July.




The Bible doesn't tell much about the inside, so they have taken some liberty, but they made enough cages and labeled them with each KIND of animal that was brought on board.









They have long ramps that take you from one level to the next.  There will be a fourth floor yet to come.


We were fascinated by the structure and how well it was all done. Certainly worth seeing and a wonderful way to help people of all ages realize that the Bible Stories are true.




Restaurant

Zoo on the property


Note the baby kangaroo's legs hanging out of the pouch.

Peekaboo










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Blessings,
Kathy