Focus on the Family

Our trip to Focus on the Family

One of the favorite pass times of our boys is listening to the Radio Drama,

'Adventures in Odyssey.'

These Cd's are made by Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs.  Adventures in Odyssey are stories focused around a place called Whit's End.  It's all about the lives of the people that live there in Odyssey.  Through the stories of these people biblical truths are taught.

I would like introduce you to Odyssey through this blog post. 

This was a long awaited trip by our boys.  They were very excited to be

able to share it with their grandparents. 

Here are some of the Odyssey Characters.

This is the boys with Mr. Whittaker.  He is the owner of Whit's End. Everyone calls him "Whit"

Meet Sherman, he's the dog in the pic with the boys.

These two pictures are of Trent with Eugene. Eugene is a very smart character that just knows it all from a scientific point of view.  He's great !!

Here is Bernard, the window washer, Wooten the mailman and Connie, she works at Whit's End.

These are pictures of the actors that voice the Odyssey Characters.

Our favorite place, Whit's End the soda shop.

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While here at Focus on the Family the boys were able to record their own Adventure in Odyssey.  They were able to be characters in the story, "The Case of the Broken Lamp"

They did an awesome job.  They were thrilled to be able to make and record their own CD.

Here is the script.

And the Radio Recording Station.

Bryson was in charge of the Foley Station.  A foley station is where the different background noises are made.  He did a great job making a horse walk, slamming doors and foot step sounds.

Heston and Trent enjoyed talking into the big microphones.

I'll try to post their audio adventure. 

Here we are as the faces of all Odyssey Characters.

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The elevator at Focus on the Family was painted to look like the Imagination Station.

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Focus on the Family was a great  place to visit.  The building was packed with lots more.  It has a 3 story high slide, a full size air plane replica, puppets with a stage, Narnia room, secret pathways, and a play ground, just to name a few. So as you can tell from our pictures our favorite was Whit's End.

The boys can't wait to go back!  This is a great stop if you will be in the area.

And with free admission; it's a MUST SEE!!