vaca day at universal and islands…

we woke up and walked down and ate some grub at Emack & Bolio’s / Starbucks at the hard rock hotel…jake downed a poptart and some fruit loops, al ate 2 jelly doughnuts and I indulged in a bagel in cream cheese with a carmel latte…mm good. when you go to theme parks you have to be ready to be assualted by people that skip lines, run you over to get to the front, and just plane wear stuff that you could swear they did not look in the mirror that morning. well the theme park is all about the kiddos…Jimmy newrtron i have ridden this ride so many times I know when the rugrat is gonna get snatched up and the bounce of the dragon snearing down on jimmy and carl. onto et…what a step back in time…men in black alien attack is a favoirite and then on to jaws…gotta root for the shark. its so funny to see kids scream in terror on this ride. the reason for staying at hard rock is two fold- 1 they truly know how to handle kids and cater to them. 2- your room key is a fast pass! we rode all we watned before 1pm went to islands of adventure… let me complain some here.
I know we need to be safe going into a park. but if the guy running the turnstile cant get your computer imprinted finger print to work…then throw it out. we waited longer to get in than ride spiderman. thats retarded.

that night we went back after shilling at the pool and eating at the kitchen…I love that restaurant. Terminator 2 3d is a work of genius. its a step back in time…but the look on a 3rd graders face when the guns are blaring and the terminators are closing in…now that’s awesome. at the end of the night it was a hot day and we were wore out (on vaca) we stayed to watch universal 360 at the lagoon. lights, pyrop, and movies from every era. this is worth seeing. they shot video on the walls of big buildings and the fireworks and lasers were amazing. in the words of an eight year old…this is better than the fourth of july!

vaca is going well…saturday we go to st. pete to sit on the beach and rest.

pa

vaca is what I need

I am taking a few days of much needed fam time. Today we went to stay at a hotel I love to stay at. The hard rock hotel in Orlando. One of the reasons I love this hotel is the fact that it cators to kids and the restaurants on sight are something you can’t miss. Everytime we stay we go to The Kitchen a spot for great food in a casual atmosphere where your kids can eat at a kids buffet and play in a special area while you enjoy a great meal. I had a seafood chowder that was mouth watering. My boys made a personal pizza that was their design and brought to their table. The waiter went out of his way to take care of us…I love the taste of raspberry sweat tea…they don’t have it, butanother kitchen on sight has it and they offered to get it at no extra fee. Now that’s QBQ – I didn’t ask they offered…I even offered to drink unsweat tea but much to my surprise he brought me a refill from the other kitchen. Now that’s service.

We went to see rattatouie and I would have to say it’s a great movie. I love the critic Ego that looked to destroy the restaurant with his reviews, but when faced with a new experience his whole outlook and perception changed when served a meal from an unexpected place…there is so much in this movie that can preach. Any body can cook!

Tomorrow we go to universal and islands for shear fun. The boys are excited and look forward to riding jimmy neutron, et, spiderman and of course the cat in the hat. Vaca is all about family. The pressures of ministry can be extremely great at times. The pressure to succeed and do something significant is always there…we went to camp and saw God move, the week before no service on the 4th of july and wed night the largest crowd this summer outside our annual wet n wild wed. increase and real growth in the summer is an awesome thing!

pa