Today was a long day, and we are all very tired. I am posting several pics of our resort and will try to leave it a that. Most of the "staff" here are volunteers and you can really see how much they love children. Each "wish child" and family is treated like royalty!!! You pay for nothing here! Want ice cream? Great....head over to the Ice Cream Palace and tell them what you'd like. Just a few of the fun buildings/amenities are:
Marc's Dino Putt
Amberville Train Station
Julie's Safari Theatre
House of Hearts
Chapel
Katie's Kitchen
Ica Cream Palace
Castle of Miracles/La-Ti-Da Royal Palace
Gingerbread House Restaurant
Keaton's Korral
Matthew's Boundless Playground
Audrey's Pool
fishing pond
There is so much more I can write about GKTW! (some neat things they do specifically for 'wish kids') Will post those on another day.
Not sure which park we are headed to tomorrow. Possibly Animal Kingdom...... :) Will probably do Disney later in the week. (for sure less crowds!) We are very excited to begin this adventure filled week. I better get to bed. Just realized I am still on Texas Time.....ugghhh.....didn't realize it was almost midnight here in Florida! I think I'm going to need a long vacation after this is over.....ha!
Bert....our sweet GKTW staffer who took care of us the minute we stepped off the plane
We are in Villa #120 (as soon as we arrived, GKTW gave Caed a Mickey Mouse and Reagan a Shamu)
the front of the house (Reagan was ecstatic....her new favorite color!!!!)
just one of the MANY fun characters along the street
at the carousel
Ice Cream Palace
trains, boats, arcades, etc....inside Amberville
Dino Putt-Putt
our itty bitty drinks....with our itty bitty chairs
Caed made a new friend. A cat began following us around....the kids named him Snickers
the Playground - their most favorite part so far.....it looks like a giant Candy Land board game
'Ol Elmer (at the Castle of Miracles)
pool time
in the theatre before Mayor Clayton's (bunny) big Birthday party
7 comments:
That playground looks awesome! Glad you guys are having a blast!
Lori and Todd: You all look so HAPPY! And we are so very happy for you. God is so good. Love you guys and praying for the trip of a lifetime together. Love you!
Toby, Pam, Ryan and Connor
Look at that big kid hanging on to the carousel. Oh look, there he is again licking the giant lollipop. Good times. Ya'll have a great time.
What a way to start off this great vacation--the kids would probably be happy to stay there all week. What a neat place to spoil "sick" kids. And to be a volunteer--just giving of yourself to take care of the kids and parents--that would be a joy! God is so good! Hope y'all all get a full night of good sleep and be "fired up" for a super day tomorrow. Enjoyed the pictures--keep them coming!! Love--Grammy
Looks like y'all are having a great time...well, at least the kids and Todd are...I don't know about you...you're always behind the lense. Lori, hand the camera over to Todd now. We talked about this yesterday! Ha! :) Enjoy yourselves!!!
Just so thankful you arrived safely and are having a great time.
Looks like there will never be a dull moment so enjoy and send lots of pictures.
HEY GUYS....So happy that you made it safely and that the kids are having a great time already! Hope you are ALL feeling better and the week will be a "week of special memories"....You all deserve it, especially our brave little Caed! Keep the pictures coming...know the kids (along with Momma and Daddy) will be exhausted each night, but what a good exhaustion...
HAVE FUN...Love you Aunt MeMe
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