Everyone in our family filled out our handouts which ask everyone to list things they liked and disliked about last year, and what they think we can do to make this year great. Most of what is said is too personal to share here, but I will let you in on our youngest daughter's suggestion on how our family can improve in 2009. She recommended "we need a new mom." I asked her "a new what" to which she answered (this is word for word what she said) "a new MOM, not Tiffany, blonde hair."
Tiffany has made it clear to me that our daughter's idea is a bad one that we will not implement.
Part of our experience in taking a retreat to recharge and set goals as a family is to get away and have some fun together. We spent last Friday at Disneyland and had the most fun we have ever had as a family there. I got up early and ran a figure 8 from our hotel, through the center entry area of the parks, around Disneyland, through the entry area again, around California Adventure and back to the hotel (5.6 miles in all).
Once we got into the park everyone rode everything and nobody chickened out of any of the rides. Even our three-year-old was excited to ride Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, the Matterhorn, and even Space Mountain. The park was pretty empty for most of the day. I don't know if it was the rain, the economy, the fact that it was a Friday in January, or all of the above, but we really felt like we had the park to ourselves. We did not stand in any lines at all until after 4:00 p.m. It was a blast.
My three oldest and I rode Indiana Jones and it broke down on us. We were stopped just after the first turn when the lights came on and we were asked to wait to see if the ride would start up again. A few minutes later the ride began with the lights on. We took another corner and everything stopped again. This time we were stopped for good and eventually had to unload from the car and walk out of the ride. While we were in the rise we saw that one of the skeletons on the ride is wearing sunglasses, and another one has Mickey Mouse ears on. I am kicking myself that I did not think to take pictures.
We rode the Buzz Lightear ride. Here is the pic of Tiffany shooting at aliens.
Saturday we woke up, went swimming in the hotel pool, and then drove to Hollywood. We had lunch at Pinks on LaBrea, and then drove home. It was a really fun weekend for all of us.
2 comments:
So fun. I think Tiffany's hair is great just like it is!
Sounds fun! We are trying to go to Disneyland the week before Memorial Day. If you guys are thinking about going back we'd love to spend some time with you!
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