A Couple of Big Field Trips

It is the end of the school year and Megan and Emilee have been looking forward to some long awaited field trips.  Emilee is in the fourth grade and learns all about Alabama History and so every year the fourth graders visit Montgomery, AL to visit the capital and other historic sites.  Megan is in sixth grade and finally gets to go to the long awaited NASA Space Camp.

First up......Montgomery, AL

I was able to go with Emilee on this field trip.  I went a couple of years ago with Megan and I was glad to do it again.  It's a fun one to go on.  Long, but fun.  We started at 5 AM and got home around 7 PM.  Emilee was so excited for weeks and weeks.  A few days before, I told her and her friends that at the parent meeting they said the trip had been cancelled due to a freak snow storm in Montgomery.  Let's just say I was a little afraid for my life.  Let me give you some advice.  Don't mess with fourth graders.  They are a little scary when you tease them about such serious things such as a long awaited field trip to Montgomery AL.  Some of the fun things we did, we visited the AL. archives and saw some cool things specific to Alabama.  We visited the Capital, the Civil Rights Museum, and Old Town Alabama.  We even got to ride a riverboat and eat some lunch on the riverboat.  I think the kids liked Old Town the best, at least Emilee did. They take you to different old buildings and have characters dress up as if you were living in that time.  The kids have a huge appreciation for their teacher now because back then, they were not nice.  As you can see, Emilee had an awesome time, though it did take me a few days to recover.

And then.....Space Camp

We moved here when Megan was in second grade.  Back then, Megan was very interested in space and swore she would be the first girl on the moon.  Jeremy had told her all about the NASA Space Camp and had promised that when she was old enough that she could attend.  She had been looking forward to it for some time.  Well, since we live here in Huntsville, AL, many schools participate in sending the students to Space Camp for not as much money as if you would have to pay if you went on your own.  Schools go at different grades, but Horizon goes when you are in sixth grade.  They stay there the whole week and experience it all.  At the end they have a short graduation.  Megan had a great time, didn't like the food much, but had a great time anyways.

We have so much to look forward to in the next couple of months.  So much is going on.  All three kids turn a year older in the month of May, Hunter gets baptized at the end of May, Emilee goes to Globals for DI in Knoxville, TN, Hunter gets to go to Cub Scout Camp, we are driving to Vegas for a family reunion, we have some camping trips planned, and much much more.  It is going to be so busy the next few months, so stay tuned for so much more.