Day 3-6 -- DisneyLand Trip

Pure exhaustion...

That is how I feel after a long trip of 3 boys and being on my feet non-stop. But it was a lot of fun to see how happy there were to do everything....even with the Mom, can I have some cotton candy...Mom, can I have a churro....Mom, can I have some icecream...Mom, I need to go to the bathroom (this was Tyler in almost every long line we stood in when we were getting close to getting on the ride..I would say..can you hold it...NO) Oh so fun!!!

We went to California Adventures on the 3rd day. We got there and no one was there. We were able to walk onto rides and ride them over and over again. They loved it. Tyler's favorite ride was Mulholland Madness -- it is just like the Wild Mice at Lagoon. Just a side note on this ride...we went to ride it Saturday and had fast pass tickets to get on for 3:50 (Yes I remember the exact time). Anyway, we get there and the guy taking the tickets looks at his watch and says...oh sorry it is only 3:40. I was thinking....you have got to be kidding. But I sat there and waited for what felt like 10 more minutes. We headed back up there...he looks at his watch and told us...sorry you have 1 more minute. I said, "What!! You have got to be kidding!!" He said, "Nope and I am making these people right next to you wait their 3 minutes...I know I am a mean person." Ok so who does the hiring at DisneyLand because that guy just shouldn't work at a place like that. Anyway..that was venting with stupid people.

Then we headed over to the Maliboomers and California Screamin'. Tyler was too short to go on both of those. He was pretty bummed. I stayed off with him while Dylan and Dallas did the Maliboomers...I was ok not going on that ride. Then I threw him on the Carousel with Dylan while Dallas and I went on California Screamin', and then we switched. That was Dylan and Dallas's favorite ride.

Then we were off to the Tower of Terror. They had been requesting this ride since the moment we entered DisneyLand. Well we survived...barely.... Tyler did not like that ride one bit. The look on Tyler's face on the picture that they take was pretty hysterical.

The next 2 days we went and hit all the smaller rides that we had missed on the first 2 days and got a lot of the characters autographs and pictures.

Dallas was chosen to be part of the "Jedi Training Academy" during one of the shows. He was soo excited. They got to wear the cool robes and learn different things with the lightsabers and then fight Darth Vader and Darth Mall at the end.

The last night they wanted to see Fantasmic. So after 1 1/2 hours of trying to save a spot on the ground being pushed and shoved by a million people, we finally saw the production. They thought it was the greatest. I just kept thinking...this is the last thing..this is the last thing...this is the last thing. I made it!!!

We also did a little swimming...they such cute little fish!!

Day 2 - DisneyLand

The boys were so excited for DisneyLand that we got there when it was opening. We were able to make see most of the park...but didn't have time for all the rides.

We started in Tomorrowland where Space Mountain is. Well that is Dallas's favorite ride and well...not so much for Tyler. He was in tears by the end. I think it was just the fact that he didn't know what to expect and he was flying through the air in the dark....he wants to try it again.

We went through many of the fun rides in Fantasyland...Alice in Wonderland...the Carrousel and of course the Tea Cups....that ride looks sooo fun...but wow it made me sick. The boys loved it.

Toontown was fun...we waited over an hour to see Mickey...but they loved it.

We were able to see the parade...they thought it was great to see so many characters.

Their favorite rides were Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, and Space Mountain...

We are all exhausted and ready for California Adventures tomorrow. :)

Day 1 of Trip to Cali - 1 Adult & 3 Kids

So we planned a trip to DisneyLand a few months ago for the 5 of us to go. Well Shane decided that 4 days of DisneyLand, rollercoaster, and him just didn't mix in his current state. So off I went on this lovely adventure of me and the boys. They have been so excited to go. I lost count on how many timess Tyler asked, "How many more minutes until we leave?"


So off we went to the airport. Dylan and Dallas have only been on a plane on other time (last DisneyLand trip - 4 years ago) and Tyler has never been on one. So there were 52 million questions for everything from security and "Why do we have to take our shoes off?" to the airplane with "Can airplanes really crash?" But needless to say, they were pretty excited. They sounded like we were on a rollercoaster when we took off and landed...and they were LOUD on the plane. I kept having to tell them to talk quietly. So onto the taxi ride. I didn't realize they would think that was so cool. But WOW...they thought taxis were great. The taxi driver was great. He was from Italy and had a really cool accent. The boys were being crazy in the back and I kept telling them to settle down, but the taxi driver kept telling me that the kids are just fine...they are just excited. He was really cool.


So not realizing how exhausting traveling with 3 little boys was...I was very excited to get to the hotel. I was checking in with this "lovely" guy at the Embassy Suites. He told me that they didn't have any rooms left. I asked if he was joking. He wasn't. He told me that there was a computer gliche and they were overbooked. He told me that they could send us down to the Sheraton for one night and then we could come back tomorrow for the rest of our stay. Well I was the wrong person to mess with at that time. (Side note: The boys are running around the entrance being CRAZY!!) I went off on him and how he obviously didn't realize what it was like to travel alone with 3 kids and did he realize what I was going to have to do to move kids around and go back and forth from hotels. He just sat there. So I asked what he planned on doing about this. He offered a $50 voucher to their restaurant. I said, "WHAT? $50!!" He said, "Ok I can give you one for $100." I said, "Whatever!" So he told me that he would go get the paperwork to move us to the other hotel and be back. I was irate!! Dylan came over and asked what was wrong. I told him that we had to change hotels...he asked why...I said, "Because this hotel sucks!" (Yes I was mad!!) I said that just as the guy came around the corner. Well he told me that somehow they were able to find me a room. It is funny what people are able to do when you throw a fit.


But some guy named Chris Wirly will not be happy...there was a handwritten note in our room to him thanking him for coming and being a member of some honory Hilton something or other. Oops!!

Picture of the boys in the Atrium in the hotel

Dylan and I at Denny's for dinner

Good News!

Dr. Chen came and visited us during Shane's chemo today to tell us the results of his scan. She told us...GOOD NEWS!! She said they have started to reduce in size. The soft tissue and lymph node that were cancerous in his neck has "resolved completely," meaning it is gone. There is a slight reduction in the lesions on his ribs. The nodules in the lungs are unchanged, but there aren't any new ones. This is positive that they are seeing results with the chemo. He will continue on with the same treatment he has been doing and will have scans every 6 weeks to monitor the status.

I am so happy that it was good news and especially since he would have had to be hospitalized for chemo had it been bad. What would I have done with Shane in the hospital...who would be here to constantly be sarcastic and to scare everybody to death with his sick and twisted humor (Yes, it was Shane who wrote the April 1st entry as if I had written it). So we are all glad that he will be here to continue on with this.

Crazy Night

Ok so last night was scary. Shane had been quiet ever since I got home from work and said that he wasn’t feeling all that great, well during dinner when I looked over at him I noticed he was quite pale. I asked if he was ok and he gave me his usual “I’m fine”. About 30 minutes later I could hear something strange in the bathroom, as I investigated I found Shane huddled over the toilet puking up blood. We rushed him to the emergency room. After all of the crazyness in the ER and what seemed like a blur I found myself in a room watching Shane sleep with tubes and wires strung all across his body. I realize at that time that the outlook isn’t good for him and I am not sure how much longer I can stay strong. As I sit in a chair with a tear soaked pillow in my lap a thought comes into my head that I ponder and question myself about. Is it wrong for me to smother him? Wouldn’t it be better for the both of us? How long would I have to hold this pillow over his face? Of course I dismissed the horrible thoughts, but as I type this blog entry one more question arises in my heart. Do you know what today’s date is?