Someone forgot to mention to Miss Zoey that we were going to the happiest place on earth ...

This past Friday,we headed down to Anaheim.Our day trip to Disneyland,A.K.A,"The Happiest Place on Earth" was courtesy of my very sweet friend Summer.Summer was given 5 complimentary tickets,park hopper's at that,but was unable to use them and she in turn bequeathed them to us.And,for anyone that doesn't know,just to give you an idea,a day trip like that for the 6 of us that went,would have set us back a cool $500.00 plus dollars,just for the tickets through the gates ... yikes!!!So thanks to Summer's generosity,we went for just a fraction of that.

Now, the title of my post is bit inaccurate.Zoey did love some aspects of the day.She LOVED the crowds.She LOVED the parade, as well as any other music that we happened upon and she absolutely LOVED watching her brothers run wild.What she so did not like and border line hated and was terrified of,no joke, was:any ride,including the tram ride to and from the parking structure and the characters!



"Um,mom,could you please get these giant mice away from me"(You can almost see the tension in her body, as she is literally holding on to Matt for dear life.!)

Yep,folks,thus the reason we did not choose a Disney World trip as her Make A Wish.Would she love the things I first mentioned?Yes.But that trip would not have been for her and we were adamant that her Wish reflect her and be strictly all about her.A Wish that she would wish for as if she could tell us herself.More on that as June approaches.Don't you like the way I am leaving you hanging?

We really did have a great time.Taylor wasn't able to go because she had an orientation for her summer job.She will be working full time as a camp counselor,all summer long, 40 hours a week,saving all her pennies because our girl is studying abroad all next year in Lausanne,Switzerland at the Pepperdine campus there.Lucky girl.We will miss her terribly but what an awesome experience this is going to be for her.Poor thing,two "field trips" scheduled while she is there,one to Egypt and the other to Greece.Life is tough all over,wouldn't you say?Seriously though,we are so excited for her.As for Mark,he couldn't get the day off.So, as it seems to go all too often,we played while he worked hard so we COULD play.

The boys had a blast.Matt and Jess did as well.And the little miss?She was such a good,good girl.A super long day.Complete with every 2 hour g-tube feedings.In and out of the stroller AND,in late breaking news,we have been potty training and I took her portable seat with us and she was so cooperative about going all the time.More on that topic in another post ... it is seriously worthy of a post of it's own.She was happy and engaged and never, not once, cried or fussed.She stayed awake the entire day and didn't pass out till we hit the road to head home.She won the title of "trooper of the day".Put the rest of us to shame.But then again,what else is new?

So that is a bit of what we have been up to.Feels like there is so much more to catch you up on and there probably is but for now,I'll leave it at this and I leave you with some pictures from the day.


Have g-tube,will travel ..




Darling couple ..




Zoey and her "guy" ...




Big sister Jess ...




Mom and her littlest love ...




The beautiful "bookends"...




Nothing better than a Matt shoulder ride.Especially while viewing the parade ...




My little pirates ...




Jess and her forever "little Jakey" ....