Focus on the Family!

We arrived in Colorado worn out from two days of driving. I hardly thought we would be able to tour The Focus on the Family visitor center the next day, but we did.
We got there fairly early and toured Odyssey, the Narnia room, Whit's end and play area and the giant three story slide.
We stopped for a while to check out the KidsRadio and met a woman who's children were actually making a radio program. She informed me this was their third time at Focus trying to sign up for the radio program and they finally made it by being the first one's there at 9 am! Well, she received the surprise of her life and found out they were the 3 millionth visitor! She actually said they had lunch planned for her to eat with Jim Daly the President of Focus! I felt honored meeting her. You will probably see her family's picture in the next magazine!
Well, I had given up hope of the kids getting in for the radio program, but right in the middle of our chat, a tour person came out to the waiting area and asked if we were waiting to sign up! Yes, they had one more spot! Hannah and Nathaniel got to have speaking parts and Micah and Aaron were sound effects people. There are actually two episodes of Adventures in Odyssey pre-recorded with the parts missing for two actors and some sound effects. After the kids did their parts in the sound room, we were given a real live episode of Adventures in Odyssey --starring our kids! That alone was worth the trip. But of course, we still had to eat ice cream in Whit's End and go to the bookstore. I am posting just a small part of the episode!

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While the trip to Focus was fantastic, we found Colorado Springs and the surrounding area to be a little uncomfortable. As beautiful as the area is, it is highly congested. Traffic is serious and the people are more so. We only lasted another day and then decided to move to a little town east of Denver called Eagle, located on the Eagle River. This was more our speed. Small town, friendly people, beautiful scenery.