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| "Yay! We made it!" |
A very special dream came true for us this week when we had the opportunity to take our children on a trip to Disneyland for the first time in six years. For Audrey it was the first time in her life, and something she'd asked about and wished for for years! I can't really imagine a more wonderful sixth birthday for Gideon or pre-surgery escape for Audrey. A huge thank you to our parents for their help making this dream come true. Justin and I survived record crowds and the full kaleidoscope of moods and behavior of our five children to have an absolutely wonderful time, made the more perfect by his parents joining us for four days. We attended church on Sunday and visited the ocean at Crystal Cove State Park at sunset, then spent five days I'd planned in various themes (Princess, Star Wars, California Adventure, Pirate, and concluded with Gideon's 6th Birthday). We had a girls lunch with the Disney princesses, a family birthday breakfast with Mickey, and we were surprised twice when Gideon's photo was displayed on our Star Tours flight as being the rebel spy the bad guys were looking for. We played in the snow with Olaf, trained to become Jedi Knights, cavorted with pirates on Tom Sawyer's Island, ate at the soon-to-be closed Big Thunder Ranch BBQ, and my big kids loved using "fast passes" to ride the roller coasters in rapid succession--Aaron proudly boasts that he rode the infamous California Screamin' 8 times in a row. Disneyland was especially lovely at night--I'd never seen Disneyland dressed up for Christmas. After early bedtimes all week, we stayed up to watch "Fantasmic!" on Friday and closed out the park around midnight with one last visit to Star Tours where the entire ship sang Happy Birthday to Gideon. Mischief managed.
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| Me Treasurrre! |
Teacups!
Loving Daddy!
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| On the giant ferris wheel! |
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