The Otte's

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.