Painting for Make a Wish

The girls were invited to a Make a Wish art party today.  They were so excited!

 

 Ice cream and painting, you can't beat that!

 I was at work, so Devon was the lucky one to take them.

 Lyric did a turtle with peace signs, that is so her!

 Story was planning to do Mickey Mouse, but ended up doing Hello Kitty.

 Cadence did a cat with LOTS of jewels!

The paintings are going to be in an upcoming auction for Make a Wish to raise money to grant more wishes!

Painting for Make a Wish

Story was invited to do a painting for Make a Wish to auction for a donation.  She loves to paint, so she was excited to do it.

When we arrived and she found out they had pizza and juice boxes that made it even better.

She decided to do one of her famous rainbows, her favorite thing to paint.

Vince Gill and Amy Grant at the Ryman

Vince Gil and Amy Grant put on a special show for Make a Wish kids at the Ryman tonight.  The Macy's Day parade Santa was also there to read the kids a story and let them sit on his lap.

It was our first time at the Ryman, so we were all pretty excited (at least Devon and I were:-)

Vince Gil came out to chat with the band before the show. (He was in the red long sleeve shirt)

Santa and his elves were a real treat!

He read Twas the Night Before Christmas

The kiddos who wanted to went up on stage to dance and shake bells.  Story went up, but Lyric and Cadence didn't want to.

Thanksgiving Day 2011

 

We had one of the best Thanksgivings today!  We started out the day watching some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

 Then we headed to Dave and Buster's.  They hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for Make a Wish Families.  When I received the invitation from Make a Wish I accepted it because we had no other plans, but I didn't really know what to expect.  It was AMAZING!  When we arrived they gave us five loaded game cards and showed us to the games.

I didn't realize Dave and Buster's had so many games for the kids.  I thought it was more of an adult place.  The girls loved winning all the tickets! 

 The staff was wonderful!  They would come by to make sure we had everything we needed.  The manager came up at one point to see if we still had credits on our game cards.  I told him we were okay, but he handed me five more cards, "Just in case." 

 We had a very tasty lunch and headed back for more games.  Devon and Story discovered this one.  You picked the "ride" (a roller coaster, a jet...) you wanted then the chairs moved and vibrated while a fan was blowing in your face.

 The girls loved it.

 

 

We all had a turn.

When we were done with the games we headed to cash in our tickets and 'buy' some goodies:-)  Cadence got a Smurfette doll and Lyric got a stuffed unicorn and a lava lamp.  Story had 1,100 tickets and she saw a Tianna lamp that she loved.  Devon asked the manager how many tickets it was.  He said it was 2,100 and asked how many she had.  When she told him he said, "Well today, we are making deals and you can have the lamp."  She was so excited!

One happy little girl!

We saw the Smurfs at the dollar theater yesterday, so Cadence was very excited to get Smurfette!

They let Smurfette and Tianna meet each other:-)

After Dave and Busters we headed home to change and go hiking.

My handsome husband was being silly on the drive.

I could not believe all three girls were in a picture taking mood.  That never happens!

We put the camera on a post and took this family picture.

Daddy and the girls tried out the rockers on the porch of the nature center.

 

Miss Lyric led the way on our hike.

Story Bell didn't lead the way, but she had the map to ensure we were staying on track.

This is a really bad picture, but I LOVE it!  We put the camera on a log to get this one.

At the end of the hike we stopped for a snack, Chex Mix with M&M's--yum!

Cadence was pretending to get vicious with her stick-scary!

We ended the night watching Horton Hears a Who.  It was an awesome day!