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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Disneyland or Bust!



We just got back from our semi- annual Disneyland Trip with our very good Friends, the Watson Family. Every January and September like clock work, we plan out a 2-3 day Disneyland party that none of us ever wants to end. We think we have been doing this for at least 7 years so that would make 14 trips together. It is so much fun that we keep going back.

This trip was a celebration for Mary's 40th birthday. I made matching t-shirts for both of the families, we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel, we decorated the Watson's room with birthday balloons and lot's of Mickey goodies. Mary said that her family was so excited to see all the stuff we had put in their room that they all started jumping up and down. She said, and I quote, "It looked like Mickey Mouse threw up in our room!" How is that for appreciation! tee hee.
The little kids all tried out for Jedi Training and made it. Yeah! We rode all our favorite rides and even found a new favorite.....Toy Story.

After several trips hoping that we would win something...........anything from the Disneyland Dream Giveaway, I am sooooo happy to say that we were greeted by not one but two Dream Give Away Employees when we got off of Pirates of the Carribean who told the Watson's oldest daughter Clara that she had just won a tour of Walt Disney's Personal Apartment over the Fire Station along with a dinner for 14 at the Plaza Cafe. The computer in Chicago had chosen that ride that day at the exact time that we boarded to be the grand prize winner. We also learned that that particular prize will only be awarded to 10 groups this whole year! It was a prize with a one in 6,000 chance of being won. Thanks Clara for sharing your prize with us and thanks Gary for forcing us on the ride. We almost passed it up.
Disneyland is the place "where all your dreams come true!"
Thanks Watson Family for another super fun family trip!



Grand Prize Winner and Company!

Caleb getting the better of Darth Vader during Jedi Training!
Walt Disney's Apartment!













3 comments:

Nelson Family said...

WHAT A BLAST YOUR FAMILIES LOOK LIKE YOU'RE HAVING...DISNEYLAND ALWAYS MAKES YOU FEEL YOUNG!THE
T-SHIRTS ARE GREAT!

Fiagle Family said...

how fun. That is so cool that you were able to see all the behind the scenes too. I love the pic of caleb and gillian. they have the cutest little personalities.

Nelson Family said...

worrying & stewing over things obviously runs in the family, as if staying up all night stressing is going to help! but, we do it anyway. Gillian is beautiful, and she will have more hair soon enough. Jamie didn't have much until she was 3 and here her twin brother had tons of haircuts before he was 3. I bet you are enjoying her so much.

Miss Gillian's Ever Growing Word and Sentence List

  • "growl"
  • Baby
  • Ball
  • Book
  • cowboy
  • Dada
  • Dog dog
  • Hi there.
  • I want out
  • I want that on.
  • I want that.
  • Mama
  • me me
  • My car.
  • No, no, no, no
  • Out
  • Pants
  • pretty
  • princess
  • Rett (Garrett)
  • Rrarlee (Carlee the dog)
  • Shoes
  • Thank you
  • That
  • tiger
  • Up
  • What's that?