Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace

On our way to Alabama for Nathan and Larisa's wedding we took a detour.

We went to the Braham Tabernacle in Indiana for Wednesday night service.  On Thursday we visited Abraham Lincoln's Birthplace in Kentucky, then to Tennessee to meet the Rains!  

 

They had a nice little museum we could go through to learn more about Abraham Lincoln's life.

He was born on Sunday, February 12th 1809 on Sinking Spring Farm.

At age three, his family moved to Knob creek which was 10 miles away.

Abe and his sister, Sarah, walked two miles to an A B C school or "blab" school.

At age seven he moved to Spencer County, Indiana.   His Mom died when he was 9.

The visitor center had a replica of what they thought an 1800's cabin might look like.

 Benjamin enjoyed the" Lincoln" logs!

Abraham Lincoln had a little brother who died soon after he was born named Thomas Lincoln, Jr. This rock with his initials is his grave marker.

                                               

There are 56 steps leading up to the memorial building representing each year that Abraham Lincoln lived.

  Sinking Spring Farm,
It got its name from the water that dropped into a pit.

Benjamin loved climbing over the fences that at are around the memorial.  

  

 The visitor center had a few chestnut trees. 

 David decided to open one he found on the ground!     

Home-stead families would harvest chestnuts and send them to the city in order to get a little extra money if they had had a hard year.   

                        We had a wonderful time visiting with the Rain Family at Golden Corral for dinner that evening! 

~Ice Skating~

Our next homeschool meeting was held at the Lancaster Ice Rink.

Daddy gave the club a few pointers on how to ice skate well.

Then the fun began!

It was nice our cousins Nathan and Genia from Indiana were able to come.

 I don't think I have ever seen Uncle Jon fall before. 

This was quite a crash. 

It was such a great day.  We practically had the whole rink to ourselves! 

Boot Camp 2016

Still Waters Camp is for youth ages 13 and up.  So every year Uncle Steve and Aunt Jennifer put on an amazing two day camp for the younger children ages 12 and under at church.  This years theme was "In the Lord's Army".

This is the enlistment tent where the children pledged to be good soldiers.

The ice cream machine was a big hit.   I think they used
almost 400 cones!  (some were minis)

Uncle Jon was the drill sergeant and he really played the part well!
"YES SIR!!!"
Did you notice the personalized dog tags around everyones necks?
Thanks Brother Walter!

It is so fun for the children to have matching camp shirts!

Thanks Grandpa! aka Bro. David

There was a fantastic obstacle course through tube tunnels and up huge straw bales.
And tug of war....

The children shot paintball guns and BB's at huge targets that our enemy the devil, might have against us like: cell phones, a guitar (rock and roll music), cigarette, etc.
I wish we would have had pictures of that.

I forgot my camera, thanks to Moms phone we have these pictures.
Hopefully this gives you an idea of what an incredible camp it was!