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Fall Family Fun

While Kate, Emma, Shelly and I were in Orlando my wonderful in-laws came out for a visit. I was so sad to know I would be missing their trip but happy to hear Hubby would have excellent company while I was gone. 3 grown ups and 5 cousins are much easier and more fun than 1 grown up and 3 siblings!  I enjoyed hearing their stories and looking at the pictures and am so grateful Mark and Kendra made the drive out. ❤️ 

WDW's 50th Anniversary

Years ago I had the idea our family should head back to Disney World in 2021 to help celebrate the 50th anniversary. Long story short, here Kate and I are with Emma and Shelly!  It is the perfect time to take a long break and we lucked out in so many ways. Friday: Our flight was delayed but we still made it on Disney’s Magical Express with half an hour to spare. Today we are relaxing at our hotel before the Halloween party tonight. Turns out my favorite kind of pool has a 50s theme! I love all the songs on the playlist. Right now they are playing “Charlie Brown” and I can’t help but bop my head and sing along as I type. We totally got our money’s worth out of Boo Bash!  Short wait times for everything from Jungle Cruise to Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which we road twice) to the Tomorrowland Speedway (where we got to see the progress on the Tron coaster).  Space Mountain did go down for a little while while we were in line but it was still probably half the wait time as...

Fall Gratitude

I love summer.  I have a feeling I am going to love summer even more now that I am working in the schools too.  However, there is something about the crisper air that me feel even more grateful than usual. For instance, while outdoors helping students golf during PE, I noticed how easy it was to see the mountains clearly.  I felt intensely grateful that I could stand on the property of where I worked with three of my children attending here, could see the elementary school where my youngest child was, and could see my neighborhood all at the same time on such a beautiful fall morning. Other beautiful fall days I have felt grateful to escort Natalie and A. to the park or watch double header baseball games.  Last weekend my parents had perfect timing.  As soon as they sat down Danny was up to bat and hit a triple, then was able to run home on an error and there was A LOT of cheering!  Sure looked and felt like a home run to us!  Danny is growing up so fa...