So we finished up our trip by going to Sea World and stopping the the Johnson Presidential Ranch in Hill Country Texas.  Wow, that is a beautiful area of the world.

 We had fun feeing Sea Lions.

 Then watching them show off.

 We learned lots.

Then it was off the the Hills of Texas.

 It was beautiful.

 There was a living farm from 100 years ago.  They were hanging laundry, cooking in the kitchen, taking care of the animals, sheering the sheep.  It was very cool

 Then it was off the see the Johnson Ranch.

 We learned about rotary phones.

 We explored the ranch, it was beautiful.

 We saw some long horns, but this heard was not scared of cars and liked to stand in front of us.

Then it was a 12 hours trip home. 

Quinn slept most of the time, then freaked out and was done traveling, messed her days and nights up, and spent most of this week, getting her act back together.  This morning she is finally smiling and singing, so it took a bit to get back to our norm, but it was so worth it, and was such a beautiful trip full of great memories.

They look pretty good for being in the car for over 12 hours! :)

Thankful!  Love making memories with this group!

So after a wonderful day at Morgan's Wonderland, we headed next door to Inspiration Island.

There were 5 or 6 sections of splash pads.  They all had themes and ones was warm water.

 They thought things out so well.  We got there and right away went into a cabana and switched out our chair for a number of different options they had.  We found one that worked great for Quinn, added a headrest, and then she got to get all wet in her newly borrowed chair.

 Then the fun started.  It was nice, it was not crazy busy, people were all so kind and nice.  All three kids had so much fun playing together.

 We needed the fans, and cool spray of water, as it was warm, and after a day of fun, Quinn was out for the count with a good nap!

So back to the hotel we went.

So thankful for such an amazing place!

 I am so thankful we got there before the kids got to big to enjoy it!

So the reason we ended up going to San Antonio is because of 

Project Angle Fares

Morgan's Wonderland and

Morgan's Inspiration Island.

https://www.projectangelfares.com/ 

A few months ago we were made aware of Project Angel Fares, this organization gives trips to 36 families with a special needs member a trip to San Antonio yearly.  Isaiah and Denali wrote up reasons it would be good for us to go and how meaningful it would be for Quinn to go to an all accessible park that she could be a part of 100%.  We found out we were granted the trip and were so humbled and blessed to be able to go.

The World's First Ultra-Accessible™
Theme Park

https://www.morganswonderland.com/

 I had heard of Morgan's Wonderland a few years ago, and had also learned about the waterpark that was now with it.   It is a wonderland that is accessible for people with special needs.   I wanted to get the kids down there, but did not know when or if it would happen.  Thanks to Project Angel Fares, we made it work, and it was such an amazing few days.  Morgan's family wanted to make something for her that was accessible, as they found out that is not the case at most places, and thanks to sponsors and great support, they have just kept adding to it.  Now they are planning on making accessible camp grounds and even a building with dentists and doctors to help people with special needs get all the access to things that tend to be hard to have access to.  Wow, just wow!

https://www.morganswonderland.com/morgans-inspiration-island/

It's so cool that the hero's in the park have all kinds of special needs, but it gets even better than that.

So Project Angel Fares, sponsored by 

Johnson Bakery Supply folks met us and welcomed us to the park.

What a great reception of such kind people.

http://jbrosbakerysupply.com/

Oh talking about people, Isaiah said how he loves the people in Texas, they were nice, and said hi, helped hold doors, and had a good sense of humor, and joked with him.  He is a fan of Texas people big time.

 So we got to Morgan's Wonderland, and got some fun gifts and were celebrated, and then a few of the folks from the bakery walked around with us, and that was so nice.  Talking to them, and the other family that was an Angel Fares family was so nice.

 We rode the carousel.

 We met the Duke and one of the hero's.  Loving that they had braces and handicaps of their own kind.  We are all hero's in our own way! :)

 Quinn loved swinging on the swing.  We were there a long time!

Quinn was swinging for awhile, so Denali took a break and some of the workers took a break laying down with her.

 We did not expect to love fishing so much, but all agreed that was a highlight of the day.  They all caught a big fish and it was so fun.

Isaiah even broke his pole, the fish was so big.

 We had a fun sensory building that we could cool down in.  I love it how my kids took their time and enjoyed every single room.  They can play with each other so great most of the time.

The game room was full of buttons and switches for kids that need that additional help to play games.  Again, well done!

 The thing I loved more than anything was the fact that so many types of people worked and volunteered there.  We met so many great people with and without different needs.  We loved seeing how they created a park that was inclusive, and in turn they had hired people with that same inclusive value.  Well done!  I was so impressed, and again, everyone of the people working there were so kind and wonderful.  I loved seeing so many wheelchairs and power chairs belonging to the workers!  So great!

Green screens are super fun too!

 So many places to cool off, we got to play some basketball and decided that none of us are very good at basketball!

 So many accessible places to play!

Wow!  What an amazing day!  The crazy thing is it gets even better at the water park the next day, so check back to our blog.

Thank you so much Project Angel Fares!

Thank you so much Morgan's Wonderland!

A fun place to play, but so much more than that!   A great place for people to see how to include everyone, and make the world so much better by example!  

What a wonderful amazing place with wonderful amazing people!

#morganswonderland  #projectangelfares  #inclusive  #beautiful