OK….I figured that a good way to start all of this would be for me to actually introduce myself, my husband and explain why we go on so many Disney trips.

We have been married for 15 years. We have not been able to have children and adoption has not worked out for us either. We do have 32 nieces and nephews with one more on the way. We love these kids and love spending time with them.

Well…..I guess I should step back a little bit here. Growing up I got to go to Disneyland when I was 12 and then again when I was 20. I loved it so much so when Kevin and I married in Aug of 1994 and I found out that he had never been to Disney…..I convinced him that we would need to take a trip there. We saved up and went in 1996. Well….Kevin went to make me happy but by the end of the day…he loved Disney as much as I did. A few years down the road…our finances started to work out so that we could do more and one day Kevin tells me that he’d like to go to the Haunted Mansion for Halloween. So……we do. This trip started us thinking about how much more fun it would be if we had family go with us. So……we planned a trip to Walt Disney World and set up a plan to invite Kevin’s parents to come with us. Boy were we surprised when they said, “yes” with very little prodding!!! We had an amazing time on that trip (Jan 2006) even though we had a lot of stress because we were moving from Utah to Maryland the following month.

So……the next fall approached and we started thinking of another Halloween at Disney trip. Then the wheels started turning….although we have 11 sisters between the 2 of us….we didn’t have to take everyone in the same trip…we could take them a few at a time. So we call up one of Kevin’s sisters and invite to pay for them to join us at Disneyland…..and they promptly turn us down. Well….we moved on to the next 2 in our line up (we had put together a map of what order they should come based upon financial situations, age of children, number of vacations they take as a family, etc). Those 2 jumped on the wagon and we had an amazing trip!!!

Then came up a trip to Walt Disney World for Star Wars Weekend. We had an amazing time with Kevin’s second oldest sister Carol and her family (husband Kelly, twin son Kyle and Curtis (18) and daughter Kaylie (10) ) This trip will always be very special because it last October…Kelly passed away after complications from some minor back surgery. We are gratefully for those memories as we got to share in their family’s last vacation together.

We have been on 3 other Disney trips with family and have pretty well invited everyone of the 11 to go with us. 3 have not gone but have at least been invited.

So….now we are planning our next 2 vacations really close together (Dec 2-9 at Disneyland and Jan 16-21,24-30 at Disney World with a Disney Cruise in the middle on the 21st-24th). I have so much work to do and thought that it would be fun to take you along with me as I plan those trips……..

coming up next….the cast for our Disneyland trip!!!!