The rest of our Make-a-Wish trip!

I suppose I should post some pictures of the rest of our trip, even though Give Kids the World was my favorite part.  The original wish in the first place was for us to visit DisneyWorld, after all!  Our family had never been there, and it costs a whole lot for all those tickets...so we were more than thrilled when we were able to visit not just the Disney parks, but almost ALL the parks in the area down there.  We went to a park almost every day of our Make-a-Wish week.  And a couple of them the second week!

We visited Legoland  It just opened in November.  It was the boys' favorite park! 

 Sarah did not like this ride!  She still talks about it.  : ( 

 But she loved this one!

 There is a huge portion of the park--I think it's called Mini-land?  All national landmarks created from Legos.  The buildings are huge!  Pictures can't do it justice!

 We stopped at the lego store on the way out, and Sarah got a hospital!!



Josh helping put it together that night...

And we went to Hollywood Studios...

 Watching the Indiana Jones show, and we got to meet Indy afterwards!

Outside "Star Tours," one of the boys' favorite rides...

 In the Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground : )

 Cassandra part of one of the shows : )

Meeting Green Army Man :)

And here is Sarah, trying to look under Minnie's dress.  Oh, yes, she did.

And Epcot...  but we didn't do too much there, so I barely got any pictures...

A nice little sword fight with a vendor to pass the time while we waited for everyone else to go on a ride...

And Universal Studios...

 Special moment with Dora : )

 One of the hi-lites of the week....getting to watch Barney live!

 And having our own private meeting time with him!

Other characters were there too...I like Curious George. : )

And Magic Kingdom...

 She loved her Minnie Mouse ticket!

 Her favorite rides were always carousels and trains.   Especially this monorail!

And...Downtown Disney (not a park, but a fun shopping area)

 Boat ride...

Another Lego store for my Lego fan boys...

And Animal Kingdom...

 We loved the safari!

Pretty girl, on the way back to our car in the tram...

And Seaworld!

 One of the roller coasters of the week...Josh was my brave boy who loved them!

 He says, thumbs up!

 Sarah loving another carousel. :)

 Watching the sea lion show

 Petting sting rays

 And waiting for the Shamu show to start!

We loved it!

Just going back and looking at all these pictures is overwhelming to me... how blessed we were to be able to go on this trip!  We would love to be able to thank each and every person who gave to make it possible for us to go.  And all of these parks donate the tickets for Make-a-Wish families.  Such a wonderful organization.  Such a wonderful time! 









Give Kids the World Village

Give Kids the World Village was my favorite part of our trip!  Here is a little taste of how awesome it is!

 Walking around when we first got there...getting to know our way around...

 The first night was the Pirates and Princesses party!  Sarah was transformed into a princess!  (She played along, even though she probably would have rather been a pirate.)  She had so much fun, and so did I, just watching her.  : )

Dancing, dancing with Shamu.  The girl loves music.  And she loved dancing with that "dolphin" as she calls him. : )

 Josh becoming a pirate

 Matthew's bountiful playground!

 Ice cream for breakfast!  (Free, all day every day!)

 Trash cans that talk to you.  It tells you it loves paper. : )

 Sarah inside the castle making her star.

It does go on the ceiling, but Sarah didn't have to put it there. ; )

 Getting ready to go to the pool and sprinkler pad!

 Trying to soak Dad...

 Trying to get soaked... : )

 Outside the pool area

 Cuddle time on our front porch

 fountain

 One of the "trains" that would pick us up to take us where we wanted to go (Sarah loved them!)

 Family time

 Every day while we were out, "fairies" would bring in gifts.  One day we got this cool Give Kids the World version of Candy Land!

 Playing the world's biggest candy land game on the playground

 Ben got this lion at the carnival

 A few times a week, characters from the area parks would come to visit.

 Jacuzzi tub in our villa!

 Mayor Clayton, the mayor of the Village, came to tuck the kids in bed one night!

 They got the biggest kick out of that! : )

 Finding Sarah's special star on the ceiling

 One of Sarah's favorite things...the train!

 The castle had some activities for down times

 Playing around

 Inside Amberville--video games!

 One of the two restaurants was this outdoor one.  Yummy!

 Mayor Clayton's house--a playhouse to go inside!

 Amberville--lots of fun!

 She found more water!

 The other restaurant--the Gingerbread house

 Thursday night is the Christmas party!  Mrs. Clause came to say hello.

 Horseback riding!

 She got her nails and make-up done at the spa. : )

 One of the nights there was a talent show!  Josh, Ben and Sarah all sang their hearts out!

 Drinking hot cocoa at the Christmas party.  Every week, Santa comes to town!  : )

 Parade!

And last but not least...the carousel!  Sarah would have just stayed there all day. : )

Can you tell how wonderful Give Kids the world is??  I am so thankful we were able to spend a week there!