Just two smiling girls.....

Field Trip to Maryhill Museum

On Veteran's Day, we went on a field trip the Maryhill Museum in Goldendale, Wa. That is about 2 hours from our house. They have a whole floor designated to Native American artifacts. We have been studying the Native Americans for a couple of months and it was great to spend some time looking at actual things that they made.

There were a ton of peacocks roaming the grounds outside the museum. It was so great, you could just walk right up and take their picture. The girls of course decided to stay inside, while mom went out and took the pictures.

This is outside the museum. It is up on a hill above the Columbia River. These hills you see in the background are actually in Oregon. It was quite windy being near the river, so the girls were pretty cold.

They also had a "metal sculpture" area out on the grounds. It was a little too cold to spend too much time looking at them.

Awana Grand Prix

Awana Grand Prix was this Wednesday evening. If you don't know what that is, it is similar to the Pine Wood Derby. Anyway, this is Lexi's car, The Weiner Dog. She was very excited to run it in the race. It was not built for speed, so it came in about 15th place, but it was fun to watch.

As you can see her, she did take a prize for "Best Non-Car Design". She took 2nd. One of the leaders asked if she put a real hotdog in the "wood bun". Dad thought that was great because they worked so hard on making it look like a real hot dog. It actually had the "seam" markings on the ends.