My Zoom Companions

These two furry friends joined me on my Zoom calls today. 

If they aren't in the room with me when the Zoom starts, then Bella opens the door when she hears me talking and lets the two of them inside. 

 

Under Armour Nationals at IMG

Saturday Wesley had the opportunity to compete in the inaugural Under Armour Nationals held at IMG Academy. There were 17 competitors in the boys high jump, divided into two flights. He almost cleared 1.92m but not quite. He finished 4th in his flight and 11th overall. Super proud of all of his accomplishments this season. 

Wesley's highest clear jump at 1.87m. 

 

Short Week

Monday was a holiday and Thursday I was out for a sick day. But the other days were plenty full. Sunday I preached for Pentecost at First UMC of Palmetto. We had a great Sunday of worship together. I loved the tour I got afterwards of the church's stained glass window, especially in their recently renovated basement chapel. On the way home I found a labyrinth in Sarasota for a prayer walk. 

And on Tuesday I spent the day in Lakeland getting ready for Annual Conference, plus a whole bunch of other meetings on Zoom throughout the week for it. In Lakeland I was grateful to spend time with my friend Latricia as well as time with the OCE Office Manager Holly. 

 

Memorial Day

We spent Memorial Day relaxing at home. I got in some time reading and floating in the pool. Daryl made burgers for dinner. And then Parker and I went for a beach walk to close out the day. 

 

Let's Celebrate Wesley Some More

We got access to some of the professional pictures from last week at IMG. Here is Wesley with Mark Napier, the head track coach at Commitment Day. 

And a few pictures from the graduation ceremony. 

These are pictures Wesley took with some of his track friends after the ceremony was over. 

 

Disney Day of Pixie Dust

Saturday a few of us decided we needed a little pixie dust. We drove to Disney to try and get a spot in the passholder prieview for the new retheme of the Rock n Roll Coaster to the Muppets. 

We started the day off with brunch at Port Orleans French Quarter with beignets. 

Then into Hollywood Studios. We rode Rise of the Resistance in Galaxy's Edge. 

Wandering around in Galaxy's Edge, we came across Kylo Ren in action. 

We had lunch in Oga's Cantina. It was so well themed and our waitress Natalie was awesome! We had drinks and appetizers. Parker's drink kept on fizzing!

We saw the magician's hat redone in Animation Courtyard. 

Then we took the Skyliner over to Epcot to grab our passholder magnet and ride the new version of Soarin - Soarin Over America. 

It starts off at NASA and includes some beautiful scenery across the country including Alaska and Hawaii. 

When we got back to Hollywood Studios, it was finally our time to ride the Muppets Coaster. It is SO well done in terms of theming in the courtyard and the line queue. 

In the lobby, they have all these different videos of celebrities talking with the Muppets. 

It's the Electric Mayhem band with Scooter and Kermit. 

And they have all these cool layover themes for your ride picture. 

We finished up the day with dinner at Woody's Lunch Box before heading home. We walked over 6 miles and got SO much done. It was a very good day.