Dan asked me what I wanted for our special anniversary this year. If he had asked me 15 years ago, what do you think you'll want to do when we have a big anniversary, I would have thought of sparkly jewelry or sunny vacations in tropical places. I would never have guessed that all I would ask for is a trip to Disneyland for a family of six, which by the way is practically the equivalent of asking for a new diamond ring. I knew that my fiscally wise and frugal husband was struggling with the idea of visiting the happiest place on earth, now that are kids are all charged full price and the cost of tickets has gone up, up, up! But I also knew that our kids ages:4, 6, & 8 were the perfect ages for such an event. And so all I asked for for the big 1-5 was that we play hooky for a day, and venture out to Disneyland! We surprised the kids on Friday, woke them up as if they were going to school, then told them Auntie Bethie had wanted them to open something. Groggily they opened up four mickey mouse bags, each with a $10 gift card to Disneyland (Auntie had thought they'd all want a souveneir). They looked at the cards hesitantly, and then we asked.... hey would you like to skip school today and go to Disneyland?!
Surprise! They said yes!
It was a pretty great day, we hit the park at 11am and left 9 hours later, the weather was about 77 degrees out, and the crowds were manageable! Morgan was just exactly tall enough to go on every ride with us, so that was a blast. I only had one cranky moment standing in line.... those lines can really test a person's christianity let me tell you. All in all though, it was a success. And we'd like to thank the Christmas money contributors; Grandma Luci, our friends the Pattees, and of course Auntie Beth for the gift cards for helping us to make it happen. (& thank you to my kind and gracious hair stylist who cut my hair and didn't charge me full price the night before because she said I was going to go broke after a day in Disneyland with four kids.)
This has been a very busy school year, and for me a day off of grading papers, cleaning kitchens, picking up kids from school, and worrying over impossible to do lists was just what I needed to celebrate this year.
So thanks Dan, for going to a place that's probably not your happiest place on earth, just so you could make your 5 girls happy! We love you!
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So fun. Glad you had a nice day off.
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