Our Final Day at My Happiest Place on Earth

Our third and final day has come and gone... we have had a great time. I love seeing the pure joy in my children's faces whenever we are here. It makes me happy to know that we are creating great memories with them. Seeing that look really makes this my happiest place on earth...Taylor kissing Mickey Mouse. He LOVES the characters. It was so fun to see his excitement over seeing them.
Taylor loves his autograph book and would spend any down time in line looking at it and naming all the characters. He is such a cute kid.
Ahhh, the girls on the tea cups- I personally do not enjoy this ride, makes me sick (I know, I'm getting old) but the girls LOVED it and the faster the spinning the better! I really think they would have stayed on all day if we didn't reminded them about all the other rides...
All six, yes, count them, six kids with Mickey. Yes, we are crazy- two families, two hotels rooms, six kids and 4 adults- I think that the kids ruled the roost most of the time but they had a great time and that's all that really matters, right?!?

Day Two at Disneyland

Kelsi driving on Autotopia- she loves that she is "finally" tall enough to go by herself!
Ryan wearing Taylor's Woody hat- love those Kodak moments...
The girls waiting oh so patiently to see Tinkerbell in the new Pixie Hallow- Which I might add is rather amazing in the true Disney style. You hear pixies fly around and talking as you approach and then the grass gets taller and taller and you "shrink to pixie size"
The kiddos with Silvermist and Rosetta (Kelsi is dressed as Silvermist)
Jessica and Tinkerbell- she was sooo very excited to finally get to meet her.

Day One at Disneyland

We're having sooo much fun... I love how magical it all is to the kiddos.

Waiting for the bus!

Another one of my favorite people

When I started Nursing school, it was with the thinking that I was there to learn, not necessarily to make friends. I knew my goal and what I had to do to accomplish it. School had to be the first priority and I needed to spend my time studying and getting good grades, not socializing. Like most things, life often throws in things that we don't always expect. During my first semester in clinicals, I met Shaunda. The thing I remember most was her telling the teacher- "It's Shaunda, like Honda" and she has kept me laughing ever since. It's great to know that I have a cohort to go through this experience with. She has become someone that I can vent to and she totally understands my pain. Shaunda is the one that I can call at any moment, at anytime and I know that she would help me out. I really appreciate the fact that she understands me, my sense of humor, my sarcasms and she loves me anyways- it has really made the long, difficult days more bearable. I really didn't expect to gain a new best friend from Nursing school- thankfully, I was blessed enough to have Shaunda come into my life. Happy Birthday Shaun, Shaun- just think we only have 2 months, and three weeks left until freedom- and we'll make it through together.