Monday, June 15, 2009

Happy Birthday Sarah!

How lucky can a Mom get???

The view outside our patio

Mickey giving a Birthday hug!



A bubble Carmen Miranda???

The bubble girls

Ryley and Minnie

I just cannot believe it, my sweet baby is 11 years old today! It seems like just yesterday she was learning to walk! The time has flown by so quickly. I reflect back on the years and see a wonderful person emerging. We have been so fortunate to give Sarah so many opportunities and all of those experiences have helped her become a confident, well-adjusted, well-mannered, young girl.

We spent the day at the Blizzard Beach, one of Disney's water parks. It was so much fun! We coulndn't have chosen a better day. We were first in line and were able to do so many slides not only once, but twice without any waiting time!

Grace and Sarah conquered the highest slide in the park; Summit Plummet. This slide is 120 feet in the air and you travel 60 miles per hour down the 350-slide. Sarah's comment after she finished? "Mom, I conquered my fear of heights!" Dave wasn't brave enough to go with the girls, neither was I!!

One of the best slides was the one where all of us got into one raft and slid down and around! It was so much for all of us!

We were able to stay for about 5 hours and then went home for a much needed nap! The girls were so anxious to take a bubble bath in the big jetted tub. Boy did they have fun with all of the bubbles!

Then we went to Chef Mickey's for dinner. As usual it was lots of fun, though our table was not in a real desired location. The kids were visited by the characters and everyone acknowledged Sarah's birthday. Upon arriving she was able to listen to a phone message from Goofy wishing her a happy birthday, we all got to wear pins announcing that we were celebrating Sarah's birthday and of course she got a cupcake, complete with candle, and the characters all sang and celebrated her day!

We ate lots of food and then went to the Magic Kingdom. We didn't stay long because of the crowds. We'll go back on Wednesday morning when it should be less crowded.

I never get tired of watching the kids experience Disney. Even though the girls have all been here before it is fun to see how they respond. Sarah, of course, is SO grown up and knows all "the secrets". Grace and Analiese are still young enough to be caught up in the magic of it all.

We are so lucky to be able to watch Ryley's first reactions to the parks--they are just priceless! I hate to inform her parents but Ryley wants to live at Disney!!! Maybe Beau and Kristin can come next time and experience all of the fun!

Sarah is so into our Disney trips that she already has already chosen where we'll stay the next time! We better start saving now!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Give Sarah a big happy birthday hug and kiss from the Brown's!! Can't wait to see you'all!

Love,
Alan, Nancy, Aly, Connor, Kira, and Maya

Carolyn Perry said...

Tell Ryley to keep those dancing lessons going and she can get a job there!!! YOU TOO SARAH! I would have been like Dave on those water slides, but Jeff would have gone with Sarah and Grace. Jeff has been reading and following the blog but he is unable to leave a message from his phone. Continue to have a great time and I will check in with you all later. Ryley, I love you and your brother and I miss you a lot.

Trish S. said...

We are all very worried about Matthew. Could you please let us know that he is O'K. Is he with a loving family? Has someone else adopted him?

None of us know what these past 18months have been like for your family. However - it's hard to look @ your Disney photos and share your happiness when less then a week ago he was your son.

I know you needed the trip to regroup and laugh but posting your vacation fun was in poor taste.

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