Teen Bible Quiz (TBQ) Meet #1 of the season (Acts)

 Joshua & his team mate as they enter TBQ for the first time in the introductory league called the "Acts Experience".

 Joshua,his team mate, his team mates brothers,a former JBQ team mate, & a boy from another TBQ team.

 God's Girlz ready to get back at it in the "A" league.

 God's Girlz with a friend from another team.

We got back from California late on Friday night & the kids both had their first TBQ meet of the season on Saturday morning. Let's just say that not much review went on during our vacation. They quizzed over Acts chapters 1-8.

The girlz went undefeated in 5 matches and all three girlz were in the top 4 for high individual points. Multiple quiz outs. This was not surprising.

Joshua & a former team mate in JBQ formed a team to compete in the Acts Experience which is an intro league for people new to TBQ. It's not as daunting as "A" league. They only had to learn Acts chapter 2. There were supposed to be a couple other teams in this league but they didn't show up so the boys quizzed against the middle school league which is right between Joshua's league & Hannah's league. They had 4 matches and went 2/2. The other middle school teams also had a record of 2/2 so it came down to points. Joshua's team came in 1st by having more points over the middle school teams. Pretty darn good for 2 boys new to TBQ. Especially since Joshua didn't review all week & his team mate still does JBQ. Both boys had a quiz out which in TBQ, means they answered 5 questions correctly,get bonus points, and are out of the rest of the match. It's not impossible but it is harder to win these things with a 2 person team.

Final Disney Day

 We made our way to Adventureland before everyone else. Wish the whole park was like this!

 We've been going to Disneyland most years since 2004. We've never tried a Dole Whip. They're pretty good.

 A couple treats on our last day-the huge chocolate chip Mickey head & a gingerbread man.

I'm all caught up on vacation pictures. I hope these made you feel like you were there too:)

Upcoming are the first TBQ meet of the season pics.Yet to happen are the State Fair  and  Hannah's fall play, Ask Any Girl.

Day 3 of Our Happy Place

 I forced Todd to take these family pics right when we got in as I knew he wouldn't wait in a long line later. Again, it looks like it isn't busy in Oct but within 1/2 hour these backgrounds would be full of people.

 Since this is the day after Joshua being sick, he's giving me half-hearted smiles. But I think these are still two of the cutest kids anywhere!

 Traditional Dumbo shot. Every year we get a picture in Dumbo. It's not because I absolutely love Dumbo but once it started after a couple years, I couldn't stop. We didn't even ride Dumbo this trip but I made our way over to this one just for the pic. The first couple trips in 2004 & 2005 (at least) we all actually fit in Dumbo.

 It's THE book! We love Once Upon a Time (most of the time).

 Above, the kids are waiting for our private meet & greet we get with our Disney Visa card. Below, we got Daisy. We've rarely seen Daisy other than a parade let alone get our picture with her. These meet & greets are usually Chip & Dale, Pluto, or Stitch. In the past we've been surprised if we got Minnie or a long time ago we got both Mickey & Goofy.  You can't see who you'll get while in line but someone said it was Stitch. We know they transfer out after 1/2 hour so we were hoping Stitch's time was about up. When we saw him leave, I was happy and hoping for someone new. Then we saw Daisy walk up & I was thrilled. I'm not a huge Daisy fan but it is cool when you get someone new & hard to find.

 Our last (sniff,sniff,sigh) viewing of the Aladdin show before it goes dark as they prepare to replace it with a Frozen play. I loved Frozen but I'm not happy about this change:(

 Mickey's Fun Wheel while waiting for World of Color to start.

 Hitchhiking ghosts from Haunted Mansion

 Small World

 Sleeping Beauty's Castle

 Walt!

 Walt & Mickey

I wish I could have taken more World of Color pictures but there where quite a few huge balloons blocking many shots I could have taken in front of us. When the wind would blow a balloon out of my way, I'd snap a pic. I know IF I had ever bought balloons, I would have found a way to make it stay down during shows but some people don't think of others. Getting over bitterness now....

This fireworks picture was actually taken from our room because I did not take pictures when we watched the fireworks in the park. I have more but this was the best one.

After I posted this batch I decided to post this one when we walked in to meet Daisy. She seems enthralled with Joshua's shirt which has her boyfriend, Donald, on it riding Grizzly River Run with Mickey & Goofy. I know Hannah loves this picture so I added it for her:)

Matterhorn Macaroon/Beast's Library/Frozen/TOT

 Hannah had read about "Matterhorn Macaroons" and wanted to get one. Here it is.

 Here we are acting terrified on the Tower of Terror. Don't worry. We're not really scared.

 Visiting the Beast's Library. It's our first visit there.

 There wasn't a long line for Anna & Elsa so we stopped by to visit them.

This batch covers all those things Hannah & I did that Joshua wouldn't mind missing.