We are always busy it seems, and I'm good with that.
Quinn and I went to the relay for life, raising money for all kinds of cancer and uplifting everyone who has been affected by this horrible event.
Seeing the walker, being positive and having a team with them to walk together was great.
Then to top it off a number of Chase Dancers, including Dancing beyond Limits danced for the walkers.
Our friend Lily is going to California to compete in the Miss Amazing pagent and shared her dance with us. It's AMAZING!
The boys hip hop guys are always so fun to watch.
Taking a bow! A fun uplifting night!
A few of the walkers clapping on our wonderful girls.
While we were doing that, John went out to the panhandle of Nebraska to pick up our other two from Aunt Sarah and Uncle Brandon's house. They were spoiled rotten.
A few things to catch up on.
Quinn's new shirt from camp:
If it involves Flying Squirrel, archery, fishing, nature, exploring, smores, horseback riding, camp fires or dancing, Count me in. Easter Seals 2015. So fun!
I still have pictures to share from our Make a Wish trip, but today I'm sharing the stories the kids wrote.
The Give Kids the
World Village
By
Denali and Quinn Otte
One more minute mom said, as we were driving down the road. That minute went fast. The second we entered Give Kids the World
village my whole family celebrated. We
had to drive two and a half days and it was great to finally be there. But…. we forgot that mom had to go to a
meeting that night. We found out our
villa was not quite ready also. So we
thought and …. Lets go take a walk around the village, mom said, before we
could think another thought. On our
walk, we stopped and had some ice cream.
We went into the free ice cream shop.
Denali had cookie dough ice cream, Quinn had whipped cream with
chocolate. Also there was a giant
sculpture of a banana split on top of the building. It looked so cool.
Then we went to this big building. When we got inside we noticed it was a big
playroom. We first walked into a train
room. It had lots and lots of buttons
all around the trains. We tried to press
every button to see how the trains and things would move. Our brother also tried to press all the
buttons. None of us met our goal of
pressing all the buttons, and there were probably 50 buttons. But that was not a big deal. Then we went to a boat area where we could
drive our own remote controlled boats.
We played in this area for a long time.
Then came the sad part… mom had
to go to her meeting and get all our passes for all the parks. So mom to me, dad, my brother, and my sister
Quinn, the make a wish girl to this big play room. It was full of different games, like air
hockey, pool, basketball shoot, and much more.
I also got a stuffy when we got there, and kept loosing it as I was
playing games, and thankfully Isaiah kept finding it for me. Before I knew it, mom was done with her
meeting and we headed to the gingerbread house to eat dinner. When we got there and I saw the tables I was
amazed. There were hundreds of little
mint candies inside of the tables.
A few things we loved about the Gingerbread house were: the food, the decorations, like all the dolls
and stuffed animals around the ceiling, and the tables. As well as how we did not have to carry our
food, but volunteers would carry it for us and they let us pick out where we
would sit. To top it off they had
desert.
After we were done eating we walked to our villa, I got to
see what it looked like, and then I went to bed excited, eager to see the magic
kingdom in the morning.
Denali’s answers
What was your favorite park? Magic Kingdom because I loved
it.
My favorite part about the Atlantic Ocean was, being in the
ocean.
My favorite thing about the send off was getting covered
with confetti by my classmates.
My favorite thing about the Village was it was cool in the
evening and we got to go to parties in the evenings.
My favorite thing about the Magic Kingdom was the fireworks and getting to stay up really
late.
My favorite thing about Epcot was the car ride.
My favorite thing about Animal Kingdom was the Safari ride
in the big jeeps and the animals were real.
My favorite thing about Universal was the Minion ride.
My favorite thing about Sea World was seeing the dolphins.
My favorite thing about the Gulf of Mexico was playing in
the water.
My favorite thing about the villa that we stayed in was getting
presents from the staff every day!
My favorite food was when we went to France and had deserts.
My favorite restaurant was the Crystal Palace because it was
pretty and they had desert.
The best thing I bought to bring home was the Elsa doll set.
My favorite family memory was being able to spend time
together as a family.
My favorite party at the Village was the Halloween party
because it was not really Halloween and we got to see costumes.
My favorite character I met was, Anna because she talked to us a long time and
gave Quinn and I lots of attention.
The drive was long because it was over 24 hours of driving.
Over all I will remember spending an amazing time with my
family.
Quinn’s answers:
My favorite park was Magic Kingdom because it was fun and full
of parades and characters.
My favorite part about the Atlantic Ocean was spending time
with dad on the patio of the hotel.
My favorite thing about the send off having the band playing
and marching in the parade.
My favorite thing about the Village was it was giggling
every morning I woke up and giggling when I went to sleep.
My favorite thing about the Magic Kingdom was the princesses and splash mountain.
My favorite thing about Epcot was the secret room we got to
go in, and meeting Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse.
My favorite thing about Animal Kingdom was the Safari ride
in the big jeeps and the animals were real and I got to stay in my wheelchair
on the jeep.
My favorite thing about Universal was the Minion ride and
meeting a Minion and all the characters from the show and Spiderman and Captain
America.
My favorite thing about Sea World was touching a sting ray
and watching the dolphins.
My favorite thing about the Gulf of Mexico was playing with
dad on the cabana chair.
My favorite thing about the villa that we stayed in was
getting presents from the staff every day!
My favorite food was France and had Isaiah and Denali feed
me deserts.
My favorite restaurant was the Crystal Palace because it was
pretty and they Tigger, Pooh, Eeyore, and Piglet.
The best thing I bought to bring home was my Minnie Mouse
hat.
My favorite family memory was spending time with Isaiah and
Denali.
My favorite party at the Village was the Halloween party
because I got my face painted.
My favorite character I met was Curious George because he
gave me kisses, but Minnie Mouse was good too.
The drive was long because your tooth was hurting, but
Denali helped rub it and make it better.
Over all I will remember spending an amazing time giggling
with my family.
Splash Mountain
By
Isaiah Otte
We were at Splash Mountain.
Dad and I got in front. We were
on a tiny boat that looked like a log.
It went up down up down up down up up up … Woosh, it went down
fast. It felt like I was flying. I was so glad there was a handle bar across
my or I would have flown. On the big
dip, I got soaking wet. Then I had to
wipe my face on dad’s shirt so I could see.
Then we got off. We all asked to
do it again, except one of us. Denali
did not like it. (She wanted to ride
because Isaiah did, and half way through she started crying because she was
scared of the big dip coming up, and Quinn kept looking at her wondering why
she was crying for the ride.) The ride
was about a rabbit who escapes the fox.
I liked it a million times over.
Out of everything, I would pick splash mountain to do again, because it
was fun and silly and I got wet.
My favorite part about the Atlantic Ocean was, collecting
sea shells and riding the waves.
My favorite thing about the send off was walking in the
parade with the band.
My favorite thing about the Village was how everything was
free and they have fun games to play and I got to play golf.
My favorite thing about the Magic Kingdom was Splash Mountain.
My favorite thing about Epcot was having a pass to enter a
special room and go upstairs where no one else can go. There was a computer that we could play on
that could change the colors of the floor.
My favorite thing about Animal Kingdom was the Safari ride
in the big jeeps.
My favorite thing about Universal was the Minion ride.
My favorite thing about Sea World was seeing the dolphin and
whale show.
My favorite thing about the Gulf of Mexico was finding
bigger shells.
My favorite thing about the villa that we stayed in was
Mayor Clinton tucking us in.
My favorite food when we were there was the buffets that we
got to go to because they had lots of choices.
My favorite restaurant was the Gingerbread house because it
was cool to see all the candies in the table.
The best thing I bought to bring home was the pins I traded
or my light saver.
My favorite family memory was being able to skip the lines
and seeing how excited the girls were to ride on Splash Mountain.
My favorite party at the Village was the Halloween party
because there was a scientist who did experiments.
My favorite character I met was, pluto because I liked how fun he was.
The drive was fun because I got see new things and got to
play electronics.
Over all I will remember Splash Mountain and trading pins,
and Sea World.
