Hannah in "The Tortoise & the Hare"

 Theatre Troupe people

 Above-Nigel

Below-Friend support

 Sibling & family support

Hannah was in The Tortoise & the Hare on Friday night with Missoula Children's Theatre at the AFB. It was a week long summer drama camp. She played the part of Nigel-one of the members of a traveling group of thespians going through the town of Sandy Bottoms the day of the race. It was the classic tale with a twist. She had fun & we always enjoy watching her on stage.

Killing time at the Orlando Airport

 Fun photo ops abound at the themed gift shops.

Here's the last group of pictures from the JBQ Orlando trip. We had quite a delay at the airport before coming home. Thankfully the girls were still happy & there were fun stores to pose around. 

The next event will be a play Hannah is in at the base tomorrow.

Touring some Disney Hotels & Riding the Disney Transportation

 Enjoying the pool & whirlpool after 2 days of quizzing & finally NO rain,thunderstorms, & hail! It was only sunny Florida for about 1 1/2 days of our trip.

 Us on the monorail to check out a few Disney resorts.

 Inside the Polynesian Resort with a sculpture of Hannah's favorite animal:)

 Hang Loose!

 In the lobby of the Polynesian.

 In front of a cool tree.

 Pounding it with a Tiki guy in the gift shop.

 Inside the Grand Floridian Resort. Doesn't it look grand?

 So close yet so far from DisneyWorld! I do think I got a nice shot of the monorail coming in & part of Cinderella's castle.

 Hannah waiting for the boat to take us across to the Magic Kingdom so we could find a map for a keepsake even though we were not going in. Space Mountain is in the background (my favorite ride).

 3/5 of God's Girlz

 Me and the girlz.

 Still on that same boat.....

In front of Epcot. Couldn't go in there either:(

This batch of pictures is on our last day in Florida. Hannah & I went with another friend and her 2 daughters (also God's Girlz teammates) to the Disney World resort area to check out some resorts and ride the monorail & boat transportation for fun. While we didn't have the money to go into the parks, it was still fun to be nearby. 

It had been stormy/rainy since we got to Orlando & this was the only day it was sunny. we even had hail one afternoon. I cannot say I enjoyed the humidity as much as I did the scenery!

After our day here, we had to get the rental car back. Unfortunately, our flight was delayed by a little more than 3 1/2 hours. So we spent quite a bit of time killing time in the airport with 4 of the 5 girls. Thankfully, they were more giddy than grouchy so that helped. The airport had many photo ops for a Disney fan like me so the next batch of pictures I post will be from the airport waiting for our plane to come in.

Dowtown Disney Orlando

 Okay, so the picture above is not really Downtown Disney but it didn't fit any other category I have planned as it was the first picture I took in the airport after we arrived in Florida.

 Hannah and I by Planet Hollywood.

 

 4/5 of God's Girlz

 In and around the Lego Store.

Here's a few pictures from our Downtown Disney visit. I like Anaheim DTD better. Maybe just because Disneyland feels like a second home to us. Maybe because it's just not the same without the boys. Still fun despite the icky humid weather. Many photo opportunities-especially the cool lego creations. I took several more of lego stuff but I liked these ones best.

We went here on our first full day in Orlando (Thursday) before the opening ceremonies of JBQ.

More pictures to come.

God's Girlz takes 37th place at Nationals!!!!

 The team being introduced at the opening ceremonies. Each team had a brick to place on the wall they were building to fit this year's theme of "JBQ Builds the Kingdom". Last year's theme was "Shakes the Nation".

 The finished "brick" wall.

 God's Girlz representing the Home Educators of Surprise (HEofS)

 Our girl!

 The team & coaches after taking 37th place in the Nation. They were also the best Southwest ranking team at Nationals.

 Hannah and her patch that everyone gets. I also bought her a JBQ medal to help remember it by.

 Another photo op at the wall.

 Teams only get one plaque so we have to order our own. Usually the team represents a church & the plaque stays at the church. But we will split the cost of getting a plaque for each family.

By now you've heard or figured out that God's Girlz went to Orlando, FL for National JBQ competition last week. They worked hard and earned 37th place out of 80 teams at Nationals. There are over 1500 teams Nationwide & only 80 teams get this far though so 37th place is pretty darn good. In fact, we lost by only 5 points to the team that took 5th place in the nation. It was an exhausting trip but much fun. 

I'll post pictures of our down time later.

Joshua's Room Makeover

 Todd designed this mural with Joshua and favorite players from our favorite teams.

 There's even a hidden Mickey.

 Above-the hockey locker side.

Below-the football locker side.

 Of course we had to have two blankets. See the difference between the blanket in this picture & the earlier one up above.

He always had this valance but now his room is way cooler & I had to include it.

Joshua had a sports theme in his room but we recently made it way better. The locker theme on each side are bookshelves with only the top shelf put on. Todd rigged the other shelves to make a bench & the lid lifts up and toys are stored inside. Very clever idea that I was sure would NOT work. He proved me wrong & I admit it.