When you wake up in Disneyland...

Hello Everyone! 

Do you ever have that weird feeling when you come home from vacation, and feel like your vacation was wonderful but not necessarily relaxing... and you feel more tired after than before you left? That's how I currently feel. I feel as if I'm still recovering from our California trip.

Parker and I had the awesome opportunity to go to DISNEYLAND with a couple of new friends. It was absolutely wonderful. I've always told Parker that I wanted to go to Disney before we had kids. We cut it close but we made it happen and I'm sure our little bean loved all the stimuli. 

We got to the park around 11 on Friday and ran all day. We ate churros, were serenaded by a live jazz band , laid on the couches in the Lincoln Theater and rode the riverboat to relax from all of the line standing and ride riding. Parker hadn't been to Disneyland for 11 years! Which is crazy to me. California Adventure didn't even exist when he came last. His favorite was the Car's Racing ride. We road it twice and it was awesome! We saw Mickey and Minnie and took quizzes to see which Disney Character we were most like. I got Belle and Parker was Buzz Lightyear. We rode the classics like Pirates of the Caribbean and Peter Pan. As always Soarin' Over California was great and reminded us that California is awesome. We saw World of Color and rode the Haunted Mansion. I'm very excited about our "Happy Haunt" that we got to bring home. Being there just made me feel so excited to take our children someday. It was perfect.

On an even happier note we got to help our pal Saul propose to his adorable girlfriend Rachel. He asked her on Splash Mountain and it was so stinkin cute. We made signs so the boys could hold them up on the ride when the picture is taken. Poor Rachel was in the front of the log, looking like she wasn't going to make it. Saul asked her to marry him in front of the picture monitors at the end of the ride. It was so happy and clever and I'm so excited for them! They are going to be great. I'm so grateful that I was able to be a part of something so exciting.

 The day after Disneyland we went to the beach, ate delicious food and saw a car show. I feel so blessed to be able to have these adventures. I'm doing my best to never take it for granted. 

Much love,

Sydney L

Beans

Hello Everyone!
I've got a special announcement! It would seem that I'm going to be getting bigger over the next couple of months.... and our little family of two is growing into a family of three!

We are so excited and surprised and excited (did I say excited?) for the wonderful new adventure we are blessed to embark on. Our little bean will be joining us in September and we can't wait!

Much love,
Sydney L

New Growth

Hey everyone!
Now that it's finally March, I feel as if winter is gone. I'm sure that we will have several more random snow storms and I'm sure that the sun won't warm us up as much as I'd hoped but I'm full of hope for this month. Really I'm just full of hope for this life. I find myself in good spirits today, despite the mountain of homework I've been avoiding... I look out our huge sliding glass door and see green grass sprouting and hear birds chirping. It's simply beautiful. I love the new life and wonder that spring tends to bring. There is something amazing about taking off a layer or two for good... at least for a couple of months.

Now it's been a busy and wonderful week. I thought I'd give you a quick update!
We finally have a summer plan! Wahoo! Parker and I will be travelling to Fort Wayne, Indiana with Now Communications. Parker will be selling satellite TV. And in happier news, this will be our LAST summer of sales. It's been an amazing experience to travel to new places and meet new people but the time has come to transition to grown up life. Oh! And Boone is going to come and sell too! It's going to be great to see my two favorite boys working together. It should be great!
SPRING BREAK is next week. I'm headed to Tooele land for some wonderful adventures with my family and friends. I NEVER thought I'd miss that place but I certainly do. I'll keep you posted on my adventures and discoveries while I'm there.
On a side note, I've just started rereading My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath. It's a beautiful book. It's written for children BUT I love it. I thought I'd close with a quote from it.
"Suddenly I realize that everyone in the whole world is, at the end of a day, staring at a dusky horizon, owner of a day that no one else will ever know."
Take advantage of the opportunities today holds!
Love from my home to yours,
Sydney L