Trip to Gettysburg

We were in Pennsylvania for a few days, mainly to go to Lionel's quiz meet in Hershey on Saturday. His team did very well...the upper division came in 2nd, and the lower division (Lionel's team) came in 1st. These kids studied quite a bit all year long for this quiz meet...I'm proud of every one of them! They studied Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians and Philemon! They know those books backwards and forwards...when the quizmaster began each question, before getting to the 2nd or 3rd word, these kids were jumping up with the answers - amazing!!

Here is the Lower Division team - the one Lionel is on...


Here is Lionel, holding up the team plaque:


Before the quiz day though, our own family decided to have some fun in PA, so we went to Gettysburg. Lionel and I have been studying about the Civil War and we both have found it to be quite fascinating!! We watched both the movies "Gettysburg" and "Gods and Generals" (I highly recommend both!) and Lionel is currently reading a book about Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. He is Lionel's favorite soldier from the Civil War.

I'm going to put together a movie/slideshow with our Gettysburg photos and will post that as soon as it's done. For now, enjoy these few photos...

Lionel posing with a few proud Union soldiers


Lionel and Sweet-Pea posing beside one of the very cool monuments in Gettysburg.


Sweet-Pea, pretending to load the cannons with a big cannonball.


Lionel standing next to the 20th Maine monument - where Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was assigned with his troops on Little Round Top. This is where he was made famous for yelling "Bayonets!!!" when his troops ran out of ammunition. They won the battle because of his wise command!


Enjoying the pool at our hotel after a long day out!