Thursday, September 21, 2017

Jacob

I missed the alarm this morning by 15 minutes, no big surprise there, but the nice surprise was Jacob had already made breakfast for himself and his siblings, packed the all the school lunches and made me coffee. Boy, how blessed am I to have such an AMAZING kid! He is so kind and  responsible.

Monday, September 18, 2017

Disneyland

This last week we took the kids to Disneyland! This is a vacation I planned 9 months before and had to keep the secret from them until the morning we left. I was bursting with excitement and joy to tell them, I could barely stand it!
The morning we left we got the kids up, told them to get dressed we were going on a secret adventure. Once everyone was up and on the couch we gave them the luggage tags with their names on it and Disney and Mickey and Minnie on the other side.
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We had the most magical time ever! Best family vacation we have ever had and probably ever will!!! The kids loved riding in the plane. Each kid got a window on the first flight so they could all see out the window. Jack didn't stop talking the whole flight because he was so excited.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we were in Disneyland or Disney California Adventure. We walked and walked and rode ride after ride. We ate desserts you can only get on Disney property. We used our fast pass maxpass app to cruise thru the lines. We ate amazing food at great restaurants, including the Blue Bayou inside the Pirates of the Caribbean ride.

The absolute best part of the trip for me was seeing the magic and joy in the faces of the kids. Everything we did whether it was a ride or a show or shop the kids were absolutely enchanted by it. Half the time I didn't even look at the ride or show I just watched their faces. I have to thank Disney and Jesus for the amazing experience we had. I was so sad to leave. Mostly because I could feel the amazing memories being made for our family. We can never recreated the time, age or happiness we felt that week it was so unique to those days in time. I am so glad we got to go and will treasure it always.