Yellowstone and Pennies

First of all, I want to extend another huge Thanks! to my 2 most recent sponsors. You can read all about them on the Sponsors page.  I know some seriously cool people, and I am humbled by their support.  I can't wait to start sending postcards from the road!

This trip is taking on a life of its own.  It's starting to look larger and larger.  My little 3 ring binder that contains my attempts at being organized for this trip is, at some point, going to stand up and walk of its own accord, dragging me along to whatever destinations it pleases. I'm okay with this.

There's so much to see and do that I'm not sure I'll be able to cram it all into 2 weeks.  Already my husband is lamenting the fact that he has a research trip to attend and that he'll be missing out on all the fun with the Fearless Wonders and me.

I received a suggestion a couple of days ago to be sure not to miss Yellowstone National Park during our time in Wyoming.  OF COURSE I'm going to Yellowstone! Okay, so it wasn't on the original itinerary, but as soon as I read this suggestion, I remembered that I've always wanted to visit the park and see some Old Faithful action. 

Salem's a little nervous about the idea because Jeff and I made the mistake of saying "magma" as we were describing geysers to her.  "You mean, like, (gulp) the stuff that comes from volcanoes?"

We're still working on the Fearless part of Fearless Wonders. 

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Today our family had the much anticipated Roll Day.  What's that?  You've never heard of Roll Day?  Well, that's okay. It's a first for us too.  We've been saving coins in an old pomegranate juice bottle for a few months, and we finally filled it up last night, which meant that today we got to roll all those coins!  My husband made cinnamon rolls for breakfast (Rolls. Get it?) and we sat out on the patio in the perfect weather rolling coins:

We gave Averlin, our 6 year-old, the duty of nickel rolling.  My husband made a sheet of paper with 40 circles for her to fill in with nickels. When all 40 circles were filled, she had enough to fill a roll.  Salem, our 8 year-old, was in charge of the pennies, so I gave her a sheet of paper with 5 squares for her to fill each with 10 pennies.  When she had 50 pennies, she could roll them.  The Bubs was just given a paper with random circles and an assortment of coins to assuage any feelings of destructiveness he may have otherwise had towards our little project.

And the Grand Total was......

That's right folks.  Those pennies you find in the market parking lot?  Those babies will set you on your way to some pretty darn good money.  You should try it!