Dancing with Daffodils

 Sunday was Easter and we had a lovely day going to church with Michelle. Then we had a great dinner with her and her parents and then her dad was so nice and had brought a bunch of eggs so Josh and I hid those in the yard. Half had jelly beans and the other half had coins. After dinner the kids did the egg hunt and it was fun and sweet because they each got a golden egg too that had $5 in it. At home they get chocolate so this was an upgrade for them and it was so kind and sweet of Michelle's parents to do that for our kids. Michelle's mom is seriously the sweetest lady and just loves you even from the moment she meets you, which is partly why Michelle is as awesome as she is too.        Unfortunately, Michelle had to get to Las Vegas for work so we cleaned up and packed up and left by 3pm so she could get on the road. It was so wonderful to see her and spend a few days with her and I love her so much. It was so generous of her to host us for three nights and f...

 Saturday we went right back to Disney and went to California Adventure. Michelle came with us so we parked and took the shuttle and arrived about 9:30 am. When Josh and I lived in CA we used to go stay with Michelle and the three of us would go to Disneyland Friday evening and all day Saturday and then we would drive back home Sunday morning and make it in time for afternoon church. We did that at least once a month and it was so fun so it felt right to be there with Michelle and it was so fun to spend time with her. She and I were in the MTC together and prayed that we would get to serve together in country and we were so happy when we got put together. Our mission president told us it would probably be for only one transfer so we made the most of it (one of our goals was to read the Bible Dictionary together and we did) but we ended up staying together for four months and it was the best four months of my mission and we've stayed close friends now for over 20 years.  Anyway...

 Friday was probably my favorite day of the trip. I had so much fun at Disneyland. There were seriously moments where I was just so happy and having so much fun and feeling so light. At one point Emma was complaining about a ride we were on (I think Haunted Mansion) and I told her to stop ruining it for me. I know, I'm such a good mom that instead of being concerned about her feelings I was more concerned that she was ruining my fun.  I'm sure some therapist will hear about that one day.  Anyway, we got up and got to Disneyland by 9am. Michelle had to work but she dropped us off which was so nice and saved us the time and money of parking. We went straight to Splash Mountain which had a five minute wait and it was awesome. I love that ride, although I think the one in Florida is better at telling the story so I do like that one better. I sat in the front and ended up getting soaked on one of the small hills so I was pretty wet most of the day but I didn't care. It was so ...