The Happiest Place on Earth!

Thanks to some really great circumstances we were able to go on an awesome vacation this last week! We packed up and left home on Thursday, drove to Vegas and spent the night. We got up the next morning and drove into the Anaheim area, got settled into our hotel and went "sight seeing." I know, it's a little cheesy and out of character for me to go be "touristy", but we drove through Hollywood and Beverly Hills just kind of exploring California. I have never been so grateful to live in a relatively small city before now, but California sucks and is confusing! The next day we took the kids to the beach for the first time and had a GREAT time. I was so glad that the kids loved it as much as we did because we really didn't want to leave! After four hours of playing on the beach and walking down the pier, I started to realize what the nagging feeling that I'd forgot something was...I put sunscreen on the kids, but never put it on myself. Duh!? I've been sunburned before, but this was a totally different experience. It's five days later and it still hurts and doesn't look any better. Ummm, OUCH. We rushed to the drugstore looking for something to help and got lucky with an aloe gel with lidocaine. THANK HEAVEN! Especially since the next day we surprised the kids by taking them to Disneyland and that was a little painful..needless to say I stuck to the shade as much as possible and this time I DIDN'T forget the sunscreen! It was so much fun to see the kids eyes get wider and wider as we were entering the park! They both remember the first time we came two years ago and had a great memory to go from. We got to the park just before it opened at 8 a.m. and stayed until they kicked us out...at 12:30 a.m.!! Oh my goodness! We were all like zombies by the time we got to the car. I don't think I've ever been so tired in all my life. The next morning we woke up aching from head to toe...literally. We all had blisters on our feet, Danny especially. Poor little guy would cry every time he tried to walk. But it was TOTALLY worth it! We had such a great time and we look forward to when we can do it again!! Yeah for vacations!! But I totally think that vacations should last longer than the time it takes to save up for one...what do you think?