Days of Thanksgiving 3

1. I am thankful that my DisneyWorld Photo Pass cd came in the mail! Now I can finish my DisneyWorld blog posts, order prints of the cutest pictures you ever saw (to put in Roderic's birthday book for Kindergarten), AND share a few like this:




2. I am thankful for the teachers that teach my children - at school, at church and violin. They show how much they care for my children.

3. I am thankful that my kids play well together. Have I already mentioned this? Today they are home from school (Parent-Teacher Conferences) and they are having fun building forts, playing legos, on the computer, etc. Hooray! (This means I can spend time on the computer doing my blog!)

Jedi Training Academy

All Star Wars fans will appreciate the coolness of this attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Several times a day they hold a Jedi Training Academy right outside of StarTours. (I thought it was so cool, I sat through it 2 times!) My nephew, Tegan got picked to be a part of the academy and Roderic watched the end of that and thought it was so cool, he wanted to be in the next one. We lined up for the next 'show' and Sabrina got picked. Not Roderic. He was happy for his sister, but disappointed, so we coached him during lunch and he got picked at the next one!

After a 10 or so minute training session with real practice light sabers, where they learned how to activate the weapon, deactivate the weapon and perform a cool series of moves with the weapon, they had to face the dark side!

Darth Vader came out. While he was strutting around the stage, Hyrum waved at him smiling and Darth Vader looked at him and shook his head.

Sabrina's shining moment.


Roderic's shining moment.

Happily, neither of them succumbed to the dark side and we're going to continue to remind Roderic that to follow the force and resist the dark side in real life, he has to control his aggression.

DisneyWorld, part 1

My sister planned a family vacation to DisneyWorld. We went last week. Disney was offering free dining if you stayed at one of their resorts and we took them up on that offer. We flew on JetBlue buddy passes. We spent less money than we budgeted for the trip! That right there is success. The kids had fun and we had fun watching them have fun.

Unfortunately, we have come down with the flu and when I say we, I mean the WHOLE FAMILY! Ryan started it off on Saturday as we were checking out of the hotel and it has been slowly making the rounds through the family. I believe Sabrina is well enough for school tomorrow, but not Roderic. Hyrum started a fever tonight. I'm next. So this post is going to have to suffice until I feel a lot better.

And I have good things to talk about! Character meetings, Jedi Training Academy, Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular, Grand Gatherings, puke on airplanes, cameras breaking, Orlando Temple. Stay tuned.