King Tut and Gen-Con

We had a fun short family vacation at the end of last week. We went up to Indianapolis and saw the king Tut exhibit at the Indianapolis Children's museum. Unfortunately, we couldn't take pictures inside the exhibit, but there were some really neat artifacts to see. We have been playing my glyphs game of late, so we were even able to recognize some of the heiroglyphs.

After visiting the Tut exhibit we went to Gen-Con. We had a lot of fun looking at the booths and trying out new games in the board game library. On Saturday, Mariana, Isaac, and I went in costume and participated in a very funny event called the Killer Breakfast with Tracy Hickman. (He is a famous LDS author of the Dragonlance series of books) Mom watched and took pictures.
We also participated in a Live-Action Role Playing (LARP) event called True Dungeon. It is kind of like Dungeons and Dragons but with life-sized props and puzzles to figure out. Our group managed to survive the adventure by the skin of our teeth, and each of us was able to help the group out at one point in the adventure. Isaac figured out a tricky puzzle lock. Mariana fired a nerf crossbow and hit a button that opened a door for us. And I found the "magical" amulet we were looking for.

Now it is time to return to Seminary and School tomorrow.