Let the count down begin...

Yep that's right, we are headed to Disney World! We, along with just about everyone else were sent a letter telling us we were eligible for the stimulus package on top of our tax return. So, we began to think about what we would do with this extra change in our pockets.

About a month ago we toyed with the idea of heading to Disney in September if they offered the free dining package again this year. Then, about two weeks ago my friend Mary and I thought it would be a blast to go together!

Our kids are close in age and get along sooo well that it was the perfect idea. Well, Saturday night we went to their house to eat dinner and begin planning our vacation together. When we told the kids that not only were we going to Disney World...but we were all going together...you should have seen the dancing and heard the yelling!!!

We just looked at each other and realized...there is no turning back now!! We are hopefully going to be there in September if that beloved dining packages is out in April. We will be going for 7 days and looking forward to spending time at the pools at our resort and just taking it slow...for the first time.

The kids are so excited for September! But, we may be answering a few too many..."how many days until Disney?"

Nicki Update

Here is the email I received today. Please pray for their family and those two precious little girls in her tummy!

FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 2008 11:22 AM, EDT
We had a setback last night. Nicki began having contractions around 7:00 pm and she was moved to labor and delivery. The contractions were about2 minutes apart. The doctors gave a pain medication that often slows contractions and started an I.V. drip of fluids. This worked for an hour or so and the contractions increased again. The next step was to use magnesium. This is given through I.V. and has dramatically slowed the contractions but the side effect is that it makes Nicki feel horrible. We are really just sitting and praying that the babies get comfortable again and the cervix will stop contracting. We are 23 weeks and 1 day. We need to hold off for a few more weeks to have a good fighting chance. I appreciate all of your prayers, cards, flowers, candy (which I have devoured, thanks alot). We do ask for a while that Nicki has no visitors or calls. When she is back to her old self we can have the open door policy again. If you would like an update you can email me or call me with any questions. There is nothing that anybody can really do right now but pray for our family. I will try to update this as often as possible throughout our ordeal.
Thanks again,
Steve Hunt

Please, please pray for our precious friends. They mean the world to us and it is so hard to know how she is suffering.

We know that God is so good and that He is working for good. That is the comfort we have during troubled times.

We love you Hunt family and are counting the moments until you are at Northside...

The Girls Are Back!!!

Well, after a wonderful weekend with Jay's parents and family, the girls are back with us! They came home on Monday evening and we were crazy busy yesterday with Bible study, a yummy homemade meatball sub dinner, and a trip to Bruester's for ice cream! Welcome home my precious girlies!

I will post photos of their fun as soon as I get some from Jay's family...I can't wait myself to see how much fun I have heard they had this weekend! Their Grammy and Granpa said this was one of the most special times they had with the girls. I am so glad...because everyday is that special for me and it's great that they got to have them for a weekend.

Jay and I managed to survive all alone! It was a great weekend! Jay worked on Friday, so I spent the afternoon running errands and doing some shopping. Then, we met for a yummy dinner at Ruby Tuesdays (love the salad bar) and then Jay surprised me by taking me to get my very own GPS system for the car. He was worried about the traveling that I have been doing with Desert Flower Ministries, so he wanted to ensure that I knew where I was going!!!
Well, it took most of the evening to compare and shop, but it was heaven for Jay. He loves tech gadgets and so I just let him have at it! Once we figured out the one we wanted...we can't believe we ever traveled without one! I know lots of my friends already have one and can totally agree with us. Well, Jay even got online and downloaded my own personal red minivan!!! It's awesome!! What a mighty good man.

On Saturday, I surprised HIM with a cooking class at Salud in Harry's Whole Foods. It was a 4 hours hands on cooking class. We had a professional chef who taught us amazing knife skills, sauteing tricks, pan sauce secrets and then we cooked an entire 4 course meal ourselves! We had so much fun and met some great people! And the meal...I can't even describe how good it was! Jay and I had a BLAST and then a chef inspired meal too!
Jay and Chef Samantha making the homemade broth for the soup!

Here is the vegetable soup our team was in charge of making! We had a wonderful salad, goat cheese bruschetta, vegetable soup, crusted chicken with mushroom sauce, and a molten cake! We all divided up into team to make all the parts of the meal and then sat down together to enjoy!

On Sunday, we were so blessed by the time of celebration at our church...have I told you how much we love Noonday...I know I have! Sunday was just amazing and it was so sweet to have such a time of celebration, but I confess I missed my girls being with us on that day. We left and ate a yummy lunch at Red Lobster and then changed clothes to hike at Kennesaw Mountain.

The weather was great and the hike was...steep! We decided on the 2-4 mile hike and we had a great time! We took Pacey along and he loved getting to get out in the woods and sniff around like a true hound dog. On Monday, my sweet husband took me back to Harry's and we shopped for those wonderful organic fun things that Publix and Kroger don't have! It was a treat!

Here we are finally at the top overlooking Atlanta! It was beautiful and a little windy!

The cannons were neat and we learned a little too.

Whew...it was a whirlwind of a weekend! But, everyone had a blast and Jay and I nearly trampled each other to get down the stairs as his parent's car turned into our complex! We were so glad to have them home...it's just not a complete home without those two!

We're on our Spring Break this week since the girls have been away and missed Monday school. So, today the girls never got out of the PJ's...until we have to get ready for church tonight...that's OK with me! They needed a veg out day after all the fun they had this weekend.

By the Way of the Cross

I am still in awe of Christ and gift of eternal life that He has given me. I can't seem to get it off my mind...and I don't want to. I recently watched a conversation between a "committed Christian" and an atheist. When asked...the Christian said that He didn't KNOW that Christianity was the true religion...like he knew the chair beneath him would hold him up. He HOPED that it was the true religion.

Today, I KNOW that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life! I know that His blood on the rugged cross gave me the entrance into a relationship with a holy God. I know that through faith. It is a gift of God to KNOW Christ and the forgiveness of sins. What a precious grace I have been given!

I have included below a link to Noonday's Maundy Thursday service, By the Way of the Cross. If you have a few moments, please take time to watch this and be blessed. I sure was!!

http://www.noondaychurch.org/part99_bythewayofthecross.aspx

I am still reflecting on the Cross and Resurrection. I am still being challenged by Truth. I am still being held accountable by His Word and by mentors in the faith. I am still in awe of Him...are you? Or has Resurrection Day come and gone? Is it life as usual for you today? Have you put away the pretty clothes and stepped back into the sin, anger, depression, discouragement of this life?

Take time to savor His grace...it's amazing!

Happy Ressurection Day!

We began our celebration on Thursday night with a time of worship called "By the Way of the Cross. This night was extremely powerful because it offered time of response throughout the service. As we entered, the choir was in place and everyone was dressed in black. The lights were up and there were two black crosses on either side of the front of the altar.

Steve, our worship pastor, explained to us that this night we would not be dimming the lights to create some kind of "mood" or dress up in costumes to draw attention to actors or singers. There would not be any talking...just worship music and a cross. He asked that we search our hearts throughout the service to repent and seek God in areas of our lives where we needed to return to Him. He asked us to come forward any time through the service and nail those struggles, sins, frustrations, strongholds to the cross.

From the first song to the last the altar was filled with people searching and confessing their hearts to God. It was beautiful and powerful to see God's people return to Him in light of the cross. The lights stayed up all the time, there weren't any special effects, no acting, no narration, no talking, just us meeting with God for a solid hour. My children were so moved. It was powerful to have them lead us to the cross as they wept before God about the sin in their own lives and the struggles they are facing. The faith of the little ones...I understand so clearly what Jesus meant!

We left the service with many still lingering with God at the altar. We all left in complete silence. We left changed.

Yesterday was the most amazing celebration that I have ever been to on a Resurrection Day! It started with a great lesson (given by me wonderful husband) on the power of the empty tomb and what that means for us today in our lives. It was followed by such a celebration time with our amazing family at Noonday! It was a time of passion and excitement as we were witness to 10 baptisms!!! What a way to start a service!!!

I pray with all my heart that your Resurrection day was full of Christ's bodily Resurrection from the dead to defeat it! I pray the verse above over you today. If you have not received the joy of the death and Resurrection of Christ for the forgiveness of your sins today contact me at frances@desertflowerministries.com.

Don't leave the celebration and passion in the church! Take it with you today...how will you be different because of the Resurrection day of our Savior?

Steve and his girls...

Steve and Nicki are some our very closest friends (they are on the far right). They have been there through thick and thin and have weathered some pretty rough storms with us. We have had great times at the beach, the lake, and more amazing conversations than I can count...but we have also gone through some rough times too. That makes a great friendship!

Well, this is one of those tough times for their family. About 2 years ago, they had their gorgeous daughter Campbell (with parents as beautiful as Nick and Steve...it's not hard to see where she gets it from!). A few months ago they called us with WONDERFUL news...they were pregnant with twin girls! Yep, Steve is THE MAN! He is going to have 4 gorgeous girls in his house.

Well, I got an email today that Nicki has been placed on hospital bed rest for the next 3-4 months. Now, I can't even imagine my friend Nicki even sitting down for more than 3-4 MINUTES much less laying down completely for the next 3-4 months. But, she is doing great and the twins are just fine and Steve says their spirits are high. Campbell loves the sofa bed...what a precious little thing she is!

I know most of you don't know Steve, Nicki, and Campbell but please lift them up as you are reading this. We know God has all of this in His hand, but they would love your prayers as they find this new normal for a while.

This weekend I won't be posting much, because Jay's family is taking the girls to visit aunts and uncles in Lower Alabama...or you can just refer to it as LA! So, Jay and I have lots of fun "couple" things to do this weekend. We couldn't go because of Easter and Jay teaching Sunday School and helping with the children's department. We will miss the girls, but it is nice to have a long weekend just the two of us! Jay is taking off Monday also so that we can have more time to hang out together. The girls should be home on Tuesday, and we'll sure be ready for them to come home! So, I won't be doing much posting this weekend, but I'll be sure to update when life returns to our happy normal.

Spring Fun...and lots of pictures to catch up on!

We have been having lots of fun since Spring has been peeking it's way in the past few weeks. We have been playing outside, biking, playing in our enormous sand box (also know as a sand volleyball court), playing with friends, traveling a little, and enjoying making some new creation in the kitchen...yes you heard me right...I have been cooking! Here are just a few of the things we have been up too so far that I haven't shared... We have been working on our new discipline and rewards system and it is going so great! No more frustration...it's all very straightforward and everyone knows what the blessings are and the consequences are too. Last week, the girls earned enough points to go to Monkey Joe's! It was such a blast and they really enjoyed the morning to run around and jump nonstop. I just enjoyed sitting and reading there...they have super comfy chairs and even computers and wifi. Last time we went to Monkey Joe's, I jumped with them but with a broken toe still healing...I just watched! We visited our local library for a puppet show and had a great time. Afterwards we headed to check out WAY too many books...considering we live on the THIRD floor. But, it was so much fun and LOTS of kids showed up that weekend.
We had our good friends over for a fun afternoon of riding bikes and playing in the sand too! Then, after we had played and enjoyed the amazing weather for a while, we came inside and made homemade pizzas! Well, this has become our new favorite thing to do around our house...no more order out for us! We really do it up right. We get mild Italian sausage and hamburger meat and cook those up, along with sauteed mushrooms, peppers (red, green, and orange), onions, ham, pineapples, and of course pepperoni. Now, these are the toppings we prepare and everyone gets to choose their own mixture! Then we smother it with cheese and toast! I mean to tell you...it is the BEST thing ever. I could never go back to order out pizza again!Anli is back to climbing. But, the YMCA that is near to us does not have a climbing wall. So, we joined a rock climbing gym called Escalade. Now, she and her daddy go there each week for classes and to enjoy the climbing. This place is amazing! Just look at the bouldering walls (above). Anli and Jay love rock climbing together and even Virginia gets to go with them once a month on our free pass. It's such a neat sport that not many girls are involved in! We're so proud of her...and I'm proud of Virginia as she took these photos of Anli!Virginia likes to climb too...but her main activity is ballet. She is in her 4th year and is at a School of Ballet now. She is even in an age level above her because of her skill level. She does a great job and really enjoys it. But, she likes the challenge of rock climbing too!
As tornadoes were going through downtown Atlanta, we were having an indoor egg hunt. We got out that morning and headed to a new breakfast spot...Einsteins' Bros. Bagels. I had been to one before and loved it...so since our whole family LOVES bagels and cream cheese, we headed out that morning in the rain. It was so crowded that the line was almost out the door. But, we found a spot and enjoyed a fantastic breakfast and then went home to hunt eggs. You wouldn't think it would be that challenging to find eggs in a 1100 square foot apartment, but it was! Jay and I were still finding eggs yesterday! We had planned to go to Birmingham on Saturday for a day of Easter fun, but my grandmother was in the ICU. So, we made an indoor egg hunt for the girls since they will be out of town this weekend with Jay's family.The golden eggs had MONEY! They loved that the most...since I am not a candy fan...as you might have guessed. So, I was all too happy to put some money in those eggs to keep from having a candy overload.
Yes, we have been cooking! I have never been a very good cook...I can follow a recipe with no problems. I don't call that being a cook. My dad is a cook. He experiments with new flavors and twists and it always comes out great. I don't know how to just go in the kitchen and start making something from nothing! So, I follow directions...I don't cook.
But, I found a wonderful recipe to make your own yeast rolls. They were SO much fun to make (I even had to do the whole rising, beating the dough down, rising again, beating it down...you get the picture) though it wasn't a quick thing to do. But, the girls loved helping and twisting the dough. We even made some homemade honey butter (get this: equal parts honey and butter...now that is my kind of recipe! Who knew it was so easy?). It was too yummy and smelled amazing in our house. Here Anli is working on buttering the tops so they will be golden brown. She is such a cook...she is always thinking up new recipes for us to try! She is the reason I am working on being a better cook...she's always encouraging me and wanting to help! Talk about yummy!
We also made our own Monte Christos the other night. Jay and I love Bennigan's and their Monte Christos...and the raspberry sauce! So, I got online and found a great website that "copycats" restaurant recipes. It's great and this recipe turned out amazing! Even the girls LOVED it. We were so pleased with it...and it's all organic. I didn't say it was GOOD for us...just organic:)

The last new thing we have made recently was chocolate roulage. It must be a Birmingham thing because every recipe I found was from Birmingham...which is where I grew up. I was brought up eating roulage and we introduced Jay to this dessert when we got married and he was hooked! But, my mom always ordered it from this bakery we love called Savages in Homewood. But, I don't have a savages around here...so onto the internet we go! I found this recipe from a lady in Birmingham (of course) and I made it on Friday...thinking we were going to see my mom and grand mom. I knew they would love to have a roulage for dessert! It turned out amazing (this is not my photo...my camera was dead!) and mine looked just like this one. Our family ate the whole thing in 2 days! I better make more next time!

Well, that is a lot of stuff to cover! I haven't been very good at updating each day...so here was the update I had been meaning to do for days now!

The Varsity, Horton, and a State of Emergency!

Well, this week we had all kinds of fun and freaky events! On Thursday night we were able to meet some college, seminary, and ministry friends at the classic Atlanta restaurant, The Varsity. We enjoyed catching up with them over greasy onion rings and hot dogs.

They are in the process of planting a church with the North American Mission Board in Wisconsin. We had planned to go to play at Centennial Park...but the Men's Southeastern Conference was going on downtown and it was a zoo! So, our evening was cut a little short but it was still great to have our kids hanging out together and getting to catch us on what God is doing in our lives. I had my camera for a cute kid shot...but as I was about to take the picture...batteries went out!!! UGGG!!!

On Friday night, we went to see Horton Hears A Who with the girls. As we have been on our new blessing and consequence system for about a month now, we have been setting goals each week and if the girls can reach that goal they get a treat! So, the treat this week was Horton Hears A Who! It was a great movie and we had lots of popcorn. We love going to the movies, but it's so expensive (even for a matinee) that we reserve it for really good family films. This one really did deliver!

On Saturday we were supposed to go to Birmingham to visit my family for Easter. But, on Friday night I got a call that my grandmother is back in the ICU with congestive heart failure. She is doing better, but we couldn't go while she was in ICU. So, we stayed here and we now know why God didn't want us on the road Saturday...

God is good! We are so thankful that we weren't on the road on Saturday in the midst of that!

Sunday was an amazing day of worship. I had been asked to share a testimony during our leadership commitment service last Saturday night. Our pastor asked me to share it again this Sunday in both services. I really enjoyed getting to go to part of our 9:30am service and share. It was a blessing to see new faces and to share with both services. We are weekly blessed by our church. It is not often that a family in ministry gets to visit and attend a church. It is such a wonderful experience and I pray that if you are not in a church...that you would seek God's guidance in finding one to worship with each Sunday! You are missing out!

Lastly, though Jay and I both had meetings yesterday afternoon for Sunday school, we had about an hour to enjoy the wonderful weather outside at Starbucks. Now that the weather is warming up we are back to weekly "dates" to Starbucks to enjoy the cool drinks. Jay got their new sweet tea...AMAZING! It is a their Awake tea with sugar and it is the BEST. It does have a good deal of caffeine in it which we are not used to at all...but well worth the buzz!

Sorry about the lack of personal pictures...but since my camera was dead I don't have anything fun to share. I will have some tomorrow from our indoor egg hunt this weekend too!

Life School Musical

For the past several weeks the girls and I have been involved with our Wednesday night children's program called Ultimate Adventure. This is a time when the kids in grades 1-5 learn about leading worship and what worship actually is. They are now working on an awesome musical called "Life School Musical". It is really one of the best musicals that I have every heard! It has tons of scripture and is all about sharing Christ with those around you in your daily life.


I have had the opportunity to help out and to enjoy being with the kids group...and my girls too! We have been blasting the music in our car every day and even Jay is heard humming the songs around the house! Both girls will be trying out for parts today...so we are super excited about that!

Another neat thing we have been doing on Wednesday nights at church, is meeting before all the activities for a church-wide prayer time. Now, this isn't your usual church prayer time! We meet in the worship center and we sing a few songs and then we gather together at the altar for guided prayer.

Right now our church is ending 40 days of prayer and fasting. So, these prayer times have been so very sweet. We pray for brokenness, forgiveness, revival, awakening, etc. We have prayed alone, in small groups, and have had testimonies shared. We have taken our girls every week and just praying together at the altar has been powerful. The prayer time lasts around 30 minutes totaled and the girls are involved the whole time! It has been great for them to be a part of this time devoted to prayer. We are so blessed to be a part of Noonday...we just love it!

Ladies' Bible Study!

Today I was blessed to start sharing my study with our Ladies' Bible Study today! It was a wonderful time of sharing and fellowship as they ended their previous study and started mine. I loved being able to look out and see generations of ladies in the same room! That was a treat!

God has been amazing over the past few weeks. We are still praying about our decision concerning the IMB, and we have received some "words" of encouragement and challenge. We feel as though we see where God is leading, but still remain in prayer together each day. Thanks for those who are joining us on this journey of prayer and faith.

God has not only been blessing, but disciplining me also. I am so grateful for that! It's not easy, but it's during those times of discipline that we see the heart of our loving Father so clearly. I am so grateful that God loves me and calls me His child today!

I pray that you can say that. If you are not undergoing discipline at any times in your life...meditate on this passage with me:

And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons:
"My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline), then you are illegitimate children and not true sons." Hebrews 12:5-8

I love that this word about discipline is "encouragement that addresses you as sons". I am so grateful that I am a child of God today. Yes, I undergo discipline on a daily basis. I am so full of self, pride, and every other thing you could think of...I'm sure I've got that too! But, when God takes precious time to discipline me, I feel the love and grace of my Father. I reminds me moment by moment that I need a savior. That I would be bound for hell without Him.

I pray today that you are undergoing discipline daily! I pray that you can see how God is changing you and molding you into the outline of His son Jesus. I pray that you are thankful and joyful...though we never make light of the discipline. But, we can be thankful and full of the joy of a child loved and forgiven by grace.

Warning long post ahead!

We are about 3 weeks away from making a huge decision in our lives. We have been actively praying about the timing of our application with the International Mission Board. There have been some delays, some concerns about our location, political unrest, and personal unrest on our part about the timing.

I just want to share with you from my heart what I have learned through this process. For the past 12 years, my dream has been to "die in the dirt of Africa." I know that sounds like an insane dream, but Africa has been in my heart since before I knew my husband. That love grew through the years and finally I was able to actually go and do mission work in India and Africa (2 times). What a blessing! What a dream come true...almost.

You see the problem with dreams...is that they don't always come from God. Yes, mission work is great and needed. But, it is never to be elevated above God and our relationship to Him, even if the work seems to be FOR Him. But, see in the back of my mind for the past 12 years I have said to myself, "I am content here in the States, BUT one day we will be overseas in Africa and then I'll really be happy." That is not contentment at all. That is a dream that gets in the way of daily obedience and surrender to God's plan for my life.

About 3 months ago, both Jay and I felt a unrest about our tentative departure date of Jan. 2009. We began to pray together EVERY night about this unrest. We fasted and sought God's hand in our lives in a very passionate way...whatever it might be. Then, 4 weeks ago, we got an email that said we would be delayed until April or May 2009.

We were so thrilled to have heard from God and that the unrest was His kindness in preparing us for the delay. We weren't disappointed at all...we were thrilled to be on the path God had for us. But, as that passed, God has still allowed unrest to fill our hearts. There are many reasons we could humanly look to, but we just know that we are desperately seeking God's direction.

Then, very quietly one afternoon as I asked God why we had even applied if we weren't to go right now, He answered. He showed me that I had been chasing a dream about going to Africa...but not chasing Him in that area. Now, that the opportunity was right here and it seemed like the perfect next step for us, He was teaching me that I really don't want to be anywhere without the peace of God in my life. I can't imagine going anywhere with unrest. I want the peace that "passes all understanding" in every area of my life!

So, we would love for you to join us in prayer for the next 3 weeks. We will be deciding April 1st if this is the time for our family to be overseas. He is multiplying and blessing Desert Flower Ministries here in the States in a way that is simply God math! So, it may be that God is opening up a place of ministry here in the States for us...this time with my WHOLE heart on board with His plan.

I am so thankful for such a kind God. If we truly seek Him...we'll find Him. He will change our hearts and desires if we dedicate ourselves to prayer. Not to change God's mind...but to change our hearts to beat alongside His. I just love God...don't you?

Medieval Times

Last Thursday we were able to go to a place called Medieval Times in Duluth, GA. We had seen it many times, but never could afford to take our entire family there. Well, we had been reading our series of books every night about the adventures of carousel ponies, and our horse for now is called Brightheart who is a knights pony. I got online after reading to the girls one night and saw they had a special where kids came for free! So, we signed up and went last week!
This is the castle outside and it was HUGE! The girls were so excited! Medieval Times is a dinner and tournament show. You sit around the arena in a stadium and watch the knights perform a show. The first part is a sporting show and was my favorite part. It really showed off the ability of the horsemen and the horses. We saw some dancing horses that were beautiful! You have a color and you sit and cheer in that section for your knight to "win". Since we had been reading their book on knights...the girls knew about the armor, tournaments, jousting, and the princesses!
We got the girls each a head piece to wear. They looked beautiful! It seems like every place we go they have on these same outfits...they love them because they are so comfy...but we do have other clothes that they wear!
Jay and I just settled for the free paper crowns they gave everyone! Since utensils weren't invented until later, you eat this meal with your hands! Anli was amazed when a half chicken was placed on her plate without anything to eat it with! But, they loved the food and enjoyed eating with their hands...it's not as bad as it sounds! But, I ordered a veggie plate (I couldn't do the half chicken with your hands thing!) and I got utensils! But, Jay and the girls wouldn't have wanted utensils...way too much fun with your hands.
We had an amazing vegetable soup eaten out of a soup bowl with a handle like this one. It was the BEST vegetable soup I have had in a while...and it was served with some amazing garlic bread for dipping.
Virginia loved her chicken and ate it all! All the cups and plates were made of this heavy iron. It was cool.We were assigned to the red knight. We had reserved front row seats beforehand and really loved being up close to everything! Our knight was literally just a few feet from us the whole time! He also came by to see the girls several times through the show.Each knight chooses a Queen of Love and Beauty...and Anli was chosen. She was so thrilled! She got a special picture taken and a wonderful sash that she still keeps by her bed! You are thinking...what did Virginia think about that? Well, thankfully our girls are so close that if something happens to one of them...it's like it is for both of them. But, she had already gotten a red carnation from the knight. He came by and handed her this flower that he had gotten during one of the sporting events. They were both thrilled!

After the show, the knights and the princess were all out in the lobby to sign flags and to get pictures taken. This was of the winning knight (yellow) and the princess. It was a really neat show and it lasted 2 hours. It was an amazing night full of good food, fun, and adventure! We definitely think it was worth the time and money...but we couldn't have done it without our wonderful tax return check!!