Saturday, May 19, 2018

Just an Update

I was looking back through the blog and realized just how little I have updated it lately!
Life gets busy, anxiety peaks, I get worn out and all I want to do is sleep. Once the boys leave, I am pretty useless! 
Since being back from Disneyland, I have just been working and also creating my Disneyland memories & albums! We had so much fun. We often talk about it and laugh. I am so glad that I got to do this with my brother & sister. All of us want to go back and this time we want to take the boys with us! Crazy? Probably, but also FUN!
Cody was at our house on his birthday this year. He really wanted a monster cake like Heather had shown him, so we had her make one for him. Then she & the kids came over for lunch and a short, little party. Cody got to celebrate for days and days and now he is big! If he will work on potty-training, then preschool is right around the corner. I still look at those boys and wonder how time has gone by so fast and they have grown up so much!


So Spring means that we get super busy at work. To help with this, we lengthen our Saturday hours and I have to work on Saturdays to help with the HUGE amount of phone calls. Can I just say that these are the days that I hate my job? I swear on Saturdays, the jerks and crazies come out and I have to talk to them on the phone. To make matters worse, the guys are so busy helping other phone calls and customers standing in the store that they can't take any more phone calls. Then these people try to act like they are the only person who matters in the world and start to bully. I DON'T handle this well!
I am feeling more comfortable in my role as the primary 1st counselor. I still really don't like conducting or doing sharing time, but somehow I make it through it. I sure love those kids though. They are adorable, funny and sweet. One of my favorite things is to watch as the 3 year old kids sing EVERY word to Gethsemane!

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Disneyland

Kenna, Chase & I went to Disneyland for the first time last week! It was so much fun!!! We drove there and back, which headed there sucked, thanks to traffic. We got to do 3 days in the parks and because we stayed so close, we could just walk over to the park! We got about 11 miles a day!
When Kenna & I went to Disney World, we weren't able to go on Splash Mountain because it was closed for refurbishment. It looked like we would miss out on Splash Mountain again in Disneyland, but we didn't! We rode Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Haunted Mansion, Indiana Jones Adventure, Splash Mountain, Star Tours, Matterhorn Bobsleds, Space Mountain, Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Breakout, Radiator Springs Racers, Grizzly River Run and Soarin'.




We met Darth Vader, Kylo Ren & Chewbacca (guess that is what happens when you go with a couple of star wars fans!)






We made our way through our Disneyland food bucket list and found some YUMMY treats! I think the Grey Stuff and Boysen Apple Freezes were most favorite, but the Mickey Beignets were really good too!




The week before we got there, they started the Pixar Play parade and Paint the Night Parades as part of their Pixar Fest. The night parade was AMAZING!




We had a blast and were sad to leave when our three days were over. I think it is safe to say that we have caught the Disney bug! Chase kept mentioning how he would love to bring Carson & Cody.