Orlando--Disney and ICRS

 On the last Sunday in June, we heard a challenge about expectations from Psalms. Then we went to Disney. 

The next day ICRS officially started.

With Cec Murphey and Twila Belk

Forensic artist and author Carrie Stuart

Lee Greenwood!

Gayle Roper

Eva Marie Everson

Mary Manz Simon

Nick V

The Most Amazing Suspense Authors

It was fun to hang out with such cool people.

I am way behind in posting! Maybe once we are done traveling, I will eventually get it all posted.

Orlando Crafts and Epcot

We had the chance to work with the Orlando Children's Church. Unfortunately, I didn't have a clear picture of the kids we were working with, so the crafts I had ready weren't interesting at all to the older kids. Knowing ahead, I would have done an activity with a sword Rick has, talked about the Bible being a sword and done balloon swords. So next time I'll know.

Getting Ready

Setting up books of the Bible blocks

Shell craft

This group of boys wanted to be anywhere but here.

The 4 year olds through second graders liked the crafts

I should have taken a picture of what the room looked like afterwards, because it would be unbelievable if you weren't there!

Afterwards we went to Epcot, and I bought my crew Chinese food for surviving!

First they cooled down in the hotel pool

Then off to Epcot. The Princess books has traveled everywhere with us this summer. 

Even Minnie loves the Princess book!!

Good food!

That was the last Saturday in June, so maybe I'll eventually get caught up!

Disney Trip

We left for Kissimmee about 1:30 Friday afternoon.

Ready to go

Taco Bell Stop

Traditional Epcot photo

Epcot

Meeting Alice in Wonderland

Lines were really long for rides, so we spent most of our time in the World Showcase in the back watching different Christmas shows. We did do Test Track because Ty David hadn't done it before, and also Mission Space. But then we heard music from England, Scotland, Mexico and so on.

This was one group we listened to. All the groups were really good.

 Mexico

I loved seeing the kids having fun.

Kwanzaa

We left and went back to the hotel around 5 pm for a couple of hours and then went to Magic Kingdom. I wish we'd just stayed at Epcot. There were more special events we wanted to see, and Magic Kingdom was so packed that we did  little there. We got back to our hotel room at 2 a.m.! That was a different experience for the twins.

Hollywood Studios (They are supposed to be poisng, but they look sad/mad instead!)

 We got information for Jasmine's history fair project.

This is perfect since the topic is Leaders and Legacies.

It was crazy crowded and lines were long. The best part was the Frozen sing a long. Loved it. Went to it twice. 

We went back to the hotel around 5 and decided that just Tyler and Jasmine would go back to Magic Kingdom. I'm not going to go into that. Let's just say it was a preventive measure. You all know what I mean.

Waiting for the light show.

It poured and that cleared it out enough that they were able to go on the Mine Train and Thunder Mountain, the Jungle Cruise (which had a Christmas theme) and do a pirate treasure hunt. They had a really good time and got in around 1 a.m. Kayla was still up watching Disney channel. It was a novelty because the don't watch TV at home, just DVDs. Kaleb fell asleep around 11.

I would love to say we had an uneventful trip home, but that was NOT the case. Everyone is safe and it ended much, much better than it could have. I'll post about that next time.