Disney World

Jared has decided to take the DAT one more time in September... his last attempt at getting accepted this year. So we are making his studying first priority for the next two months and I'm sure I won't get my scrapbook pages for Disney finished for a while. But, I did want to post just how wonderful of a trip it was. Our family went with all of my siblings and their families. Everything about it was just magical for us. My kids had cousins, aunts, and uncles to play with all week. There was no drama or contention. We stayed in a vacation home that had 7 bedrooms so we all took turns cooking meals and everything just went so smoothly. We went to downtown Orlando for fireworks on the 4th. We went to Kennedy Space Center, the beach, & then two days of Disney's Magic Kingdom as well. Our only regret was that we didn't plan a day just to hang out at the house... we needed more time together as we don't see each other near enough. Probably the highlight of the week for me was on Sunday night. We fed the kids macaroni and then put them to bed early. My sister loves to cook and entertain so she set up a couple of tables next to each other and all of the adults sat around the table as she presented us with a tasty 3 course gourmet meal. Because it was 3 courses, we sat for a much longer time than normal at the table. We told funny stories from our childhood and just laughed and enjoyed each other. It was just so so awesome. Thank you Sara for that! And thank you to all of my family... I love and respect each of you so much. I am very proud of my family and the individuality of each of us. We are all so different, have different perspectives and views on life, and yet we are so compatible. It is just a fun family to be a part of. I wish I could post all of our pictures here but there are way too many. But here are a couple until I put them into scrapbook pages...

The six kids - Back: Roice, Paul, Rob; Front: Ben, Sara, Me



7 Grandkids so far... Taylor (mine), Ella (Paul's), Ethan (Ben's), Grant & Dallin (Paul's), Colby & Halle (mine)