Now THAT was nice!

Have you been putting off that "dream" family trip?

While we had our "moments" on vacation, we are in agreement.... IT WAS A BLAST!

For about four or five months now we planned a trip to Florida's "Space Coast"...Cape Canaveral and the area all around the Kennedy Space center.

Our original plan was to take advantage of the natural beauty of the area, the beaches, the wildlife preserves and possibly a trip to the Space center... but that plan began to undergo a metamorphosis about three months ago when my brother found out our plans.

At his suggestion he, his wife and their almost two year old daughter (whom we had not had a chance to meet yet since they live on the east coast and we live here in the Midwest) would meet us in Florida, and spend a few days with us. That sounded like a good plan but he then suggested the possibility of of spending those few days together at Disneyworld!

Now don't get me wrong, we have always dreamed of doing something like that as a family but for a family of six that could get pricey... unless you have a brilliant younger brother who is a lawyer for "The Mouse"! Actually, he's legal counsel for one of their smaller divisions, which has its' headquarters in Bristol, CT... a little known outfit called ESPN. His suggestion was to take care of getting us in the park for as many days as we wanted and how could we turn down an offer like that! So we diligently made the plan come together.

One thing i didn't mention... we never told our kids ONE SINGLE THING about the Disneyland deal OR about meeting up with their Uncle, Aunt and little cousin! The first clue that our kids had that something was up was when we were getting in and around the Orlando area (about an hour from where we were staying) and all the directional signs for Disneyland were everywhere!

We finally told them that a family had graciously made it possible for ALL of us to spend the day at Disneyland's Magic Kingdom. We explained that the "G" family (my brother's last name begins with the letter G, which, is another story for another day) would meet us at the park and get us in for the day. Imagine their shock when we walked up to the entrance gate for the Magic Kingdom and my brother and his family yelled"Hi!". It was priceless! They then got the great news that not only were we going to be spending the day at the Magic Kingdom but the NEXT day we would all return to spend a day at Disney's Animal Kingdom!

We had an absolute blast and I am including a link on my blog page for you to take a look at our time at Disneyworld!

There are so many more stories to tell about this trip but our hope is that one of the things we were able to do was create memories that none of us will ever forget... we think we may have accomplished that for certain after all!