Monday, May 30, 2016

Beauty and the Beast (by Lindsay)

This past Saturday we were blessed beyond belief by the members of our incredible prayer line at our church, St. Timothy Lutheran.

They wanted to do something special for our family, so they ended up purchasing tickets for us to go see the Broadway play, Beauty and the Beast, at the Cadillac Palace Theatre downtown Chicago, followed by dinner at the Rainforest Café. They also bought beautiful costumes for the kids to wear to the show, hired a limo driver (to drive our car so that we could accommodate Ella's power wheelchair), and gave us some extra spending money for the kids to buy souvenirs.

We cannot even begin to express our gratitude to the prayer line members for this truly magical day! Our entire family had such a wonderful time!! I even cried at the end of the show...Beauty and the Beast was my absolute favorite Disney movie as a child :)

The only thing that the prayer line members asked for in return was that we take lots of pictures to share...no problem!!!!

Thank you, dear prayer line members!!! We love you so much!!

The kids all dressed up and ready to go!

The kids with our wonderful limo driver, Mike Caro

Our family :)

Michael and me

Outside the Cadillac Palace Theatre

Inside the theater, enjoying a beverage before the show

Such a beautiful theater!!

The Playbill

Getting close to show time!

Quick kiss :)

The girls

Michael enjoying his beer

Almost time to start!!

Rainforest Café with their souvenirs from the show

Fun family picture :)

In the gift shop while we wait for our table

Dinner time!

Michael and me

Balloon animals!!