A Warrior and a Doll Pictures

A Warrior and a Doll

We made it back from Dallas last night. We had such a great time on this short trip. The kids definitely want to go back to the Great Wolf Lodge. Hopefully we'll get to go back one day. You can check it out on www.greatwolf.com. You'll see from the pictures I've posted that Harrison became a great warrior and Elizabeth got a new doll from American Girl. Harrison had a blast at the lodge by playing a game called Magi Quest. We bought him a wand that was activated to play the game. He had a book with 11 different quests that took him (and me) over all 8 floors of the hotel looking for items to complete the quests. The picture I have posted is one of him after he completed the last quest and became a master magi. Elizabeth had lots of fun picking out a doll at the American Girl store. She chose one that looked like her, and she named her Zoe. We even got Zoe a special hair-do, the double pony tail. Of course Zoe needed some clothes and a pet, so we got her a swimsuit and summer outfit and Coconut the dog. Now that we're back home I hope to get some things caught up around the house so when we get back to the real world on Monday, we'll be ready.

Spring Break Fun

We are currently in Dallas on Spring Break. We found this great hotel through Sarah Renshaw called the Great Wolf Lodge. It is located in Grapevine. It has an indoor water park which we have thoroughly enjoyed this morning. We have spent most of the morning sliding down the slides, playing in the kiddie pool and riding the waves in the wave pool. Our room is really cool because it has bunk beds for the kids that look like they are in a tent. You can tell by the pictures the kids really are enjoying themselves. I wish I had good pictures of Steven. He has been riding the slides as many times as he can. In fact he is still playing while we're up in the room taking a break. He even stayed later than we did last night. Oh, well he deserves a little fun too. He's been working hard during busy season. I'll get my time alone later when I go shopping!!!! Enjoy the pictures and I'll post more when I get home.

Connections

I am so blessed to be a part of a new Women on Mission group that God has allowed me to start at church. The group is called Connections. We have had about 17 women at each of our first two meetings. This has been something I have been wanting to do for about 5 years. I believe that God has called me to do it, but I was always waiting on the perfect time. God finally told me to just do it and not worry about the "perfect" time. I've even started a new blog for the group as a forum for us to get to know each other better. I've added a link to it on my favorite websites. I am praying that many women from our church will realize how important it is for us to live a missional lifestyle and learn how to be on mission for God.