Our traditional photo on Christmas morning with new pajamas and stockings.
I'm glad the kids still humor me. Cora will probably be gone next Christmas :(
I was too lazy to send out Christmas cards this year, so back to digital it is. 2019 has been another busy year for us - lots of snow, new baby (not ours), snow sculpture festival, lead role in high school play, more snow, visiting friends, Universal Studios Florida, flooding (not us personally), Senior prom, funerals, graduation, Branson, kayaking at the lake, language training, the zoo (a lot), church history trip, Disneyland, and more. Of course, I've blogged about it all. One of these days I've got to start printing these into books for our personal enjoyment. Maybe next Christmas. Anyway, if you've been following along, I'm glad you're still here, even if I really just do it for family history purposes ;)
Again, I hope everyone has been enjoying the holiday season. I really loved starting our Christmas season with this video, and remembering the reason why we celebrate. I hope you enjoy it too.
Day 1 -
Rope Drop
Blue Skies
Lots of rides
Meeting Mickey
Peppermint Beignets dipped in Chocolate sauce (oh my)
Cheddar Garlic Bagel Twists
Chocolate Danishes
Dole Whip
(sorry, I have to mention the food)
Lots of Magic
Day 2 -
Rope Drop again
Blue Skies again
Lots of rides again
Cars and Toys
Cones
Corndogs
Frosty Parfait
Route 66 at Dusk
More Magic
Day 3 -
Rope Drop again
Cloudy and Rainy ALL day
Ponchos to the rescue!
A lot of rides again
STAR WARS!!!
Ronto Wraps
Blue and Green Milk (not great, but not gross.....just indescribably weird)
Chili Mac in Sour Dough Breadbowls
Chewy and Darth Vadar
Parade
More Magic
Day 4 - aka Thanksgiving
Rope Drop again
Torrential Rains - I'm not exaggerating
Multiple times in the Animation Academy
Two walk-on's to Guardians of the Galaxy
Chocolate
Clam Chowder in Sourdough Breadbowls
Souveniers
Too wet, cold, and in pain to go any longer
Magic? We tried
There was SO much more we wanted to do that last day, but seriously you guys, torrential rains.
We were SOPPING wet withing the first 20 minutes that we were there, from our knees down. We were getting flash flood warnings on our phones. Plus it was windy. Plus it was only 50 degrees. You could see your breath. I'm surprised we lasted as long as we did. It just wasn't a good day. We decided that we might as well pack up and leave for Utah, and see how far we could get. Oh my. That didn't make anything better. Not far into the rode trip, even before we hit the mountains, it started to snow. SNOW! On palm trees, for cryin' out loud.
By the time we hit the mountains, it was bad. What should have been a 4 1/2 hours drive to Las Vegas ended up being EIGHT HOURS!!! We were actually lucky to get through the Cajun Pass on I-15, because I think it was closed at certain points after we got through. The one gas station in that area was PACKED. Cars lined up for gas all the way down the road. People lined up for the bathrooms from one end of the store to the other.
Everyone was stopping because we'd already been on that road for 2 hours, and were only half-way through the pass. Circumstances like that bring out the best and the worst in people. The worst.
Well, we finally made it home, and quickly got to work on putting up Christmas! Despite the bad ending, we really had a great trip, and we can't wait to go again. If you haven't noticed, WE LOVE DISNEY!
