Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Thanks to many right now!!

Tyler fell asleep right before the Alladin show started at Disneyland.
2 very tired girls after the fireworks.

Some of the cousins and minnie mouse. The older cousins are my girls idols. We are so thankful for their goodness and kindness. They couldn't have better role models.

Mickey's house.

I think blogs should just be for happy stuff. But life happens and that's a fact. We just went to legoland and disneyland. Yeah! Of course our camera broke and it was the same one that had the rest of our Hawaii pictures on it. I can't get the pictures off. Gonna have to get a professional to help I guess. The camera worked for part of legoland. The morning we got to Disneyland it wasn't working. Lucky for us Brad and Danielle had an extra one and we did get some photos. A huge THANKS to them for letting us use their camera!!
The week before our amazing vacation my mom had a lung biopsy. Lots of people have been asking how she is. She's recovering great! My mother and father-in-law came and watched my kids while I went to Rupert to help my mom for a few days. I had so much fun with her. It wasn't easy leaving her because she still needed help. I owe another big THANKS to my in-laws for spending the night and taking care of my little ones while Shane was at work. We truly have the greatest family. My mom does have cancer. They ruled out breast cancer so they are saying it's spindal cell. She has more doctors appointments next week. I owe another huge THANKS to everyone that has kept her in their prayers and fasted for her. They have helped her and us so much.
Back to the fun vacation. My kids were amazing. Olivia got home and wouldn't come into the house. She stayed in the garage and said she wasn't coming in because she didn't want to be home. I don't blame her. During our trip she also decided she wanted to hug minnie mouse. So luckily one day right after we got there we saw minnie, mickey, pluto, goofy, alice, cruella, mary poppins, & chip and dale all walk out of a door. We ran over to minnie and got a picture. Then later when we were leaving we saw her again. We also were waiting for family to get done with a ride and tiger, pooh, rabbit and eyeore walked right by us. I love being a parent and taking my kids to stuff like this. I loved Christmas growing-up but I love it even more as a parent. That's how I felt about disneyland. Tyler never even complained when he wasn't tall enough for a ride but his sisters were. He'd stand at the side and wave. He was the only one that cried on the car ride home though. Sadie was super brave and rode lots of big kid rides. Space mountain was her favorite. I think it was one of my favorites too. A couple of Shan'e brothers and one of his sisters were there too. It was fun to find each other throughout the day and ride a few rides together. Jeff and Katie Peterson also came to Disneyland one day. It was fun to watch Grady and Tyler dance during It's a small world. We stayed at their families house. So we owe another huge THANKS to the Lord's for their generosity.

5 comments:

Wanlass Family said...

Looks like you guys had a great time! I'm so sorry about your mom! I will continue to pray for her,your family and you to make it through this challenging time.

Steve and Jeanine said...

Glad you had fun and were able to get pics! You saw a lot more characters than we did- wow. I totally agree that's it's more fun as a parent. It's nice you got to go with other family too. I know Kira's super glad Sadie's home, she really missed her! Let us know if you need help with the kids (or whatever) if you want to help your mom again in the future. We're more than happy to do whatever we can.

mandy said...

I am so sorry about your mom. I'll be praying for your family.

I'm glad you had such a great trip!

Callie said...

I am sorry to hear about your mom, too - it is great though that she has such AMAZING support!! I will keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

Disneyland sounds SO fun! I can't wait to go...one day, when Hayden is old enough to appreciate it! It is so true about enjoying fun stuff like that more when you are a parent than when you were a child! I LOVE going fun places with the kids - I think Tom and I have more fun than they do! Cute pictures!

tawnya said...

Oh, Kim. I'm so sorry! Please know your whole family is in our prayers.

I'm so glad you guys had a great trip! We are in desperate need of a vacation here...