[Starla4436]

So now that all of our ADR’s are made and we have general outline of how we want our days to go on our upcoming vacation…I decided to share a little more detail about the hows and whys of our upcoming trip….

As you know from reading the beginning of my PTR it all started when my brother was taking his family on a surprise short weekend trip and called and asked my advice on where to stay (because ummm…who else would he ask but me who is non-stop offering up Disney facts and trivia at any given moment)…I suggested the WL and the Polynesian b/c he wanted to be close to the MK…he finally made a reservation a WL…he never asked if I wanted to come along on the trip but I told him I really would love to go and see my Max’s (my 4 yo nephews) face when he saw the castle for the first time ect.

So I told DH I really wanted to go…and he looked at me like I had absolutely lost my mind. WHY? Heres the back-story….

Ben’s mom was diagnosed with Leukemia in April and since April our lives have been on hold …Ben is an only child and really the only family his mom has so he took a leave of absence from work and we took care of her through numerous chemos, hospital stays, trips to the clinics, trips to MD Anderson…ect…on one trip to MD Anderson we discovered her cancer had gone into remission…we were all so excited that we took a spontaneous road trip straight from MD Anderson in Houston to the Grand Canyon (the Grand canyon is my DMIL’s favorite place)




…to celebrate! We had a wonderful 4 days before we had to head back to Louisiana for my DMIL to start a couple of round of chemo to ensure her remission. Ben was finally able to go back to work last week…and my DMIL is due for 2 more rounds of chemo…which I will be taking care of her though.

Not only were we being care givers but we were also remodeling my DMIL’s home….that has been empty for the past 7 years (she lived in an apartment 2 hours away for her job…she just retired this summer). So we have been painting, pulling carpet, and making sure the house is in tip top shape for her to move back in to in the next month or so.

So with all that said the question of going to Disney World was well out of the question…I told Ben I wanted to go knowing good and well we couldn’t afford it b/c he had just started working again…and then on the way to LOWES alone with his mom he mentioned the trip…and she told us to go that she would pay for it…just like that…(Ben tried to get her to come with us but she really doesn’t understand our love for WDW she thinks its all lines and humidity)
So as soon as Ben was in the car alone he called me on my cell phone…

Ben: Guess What?
Me: Huh? ( I was painting at the time)
Ben: Were going to Disney World?
Me: What!!!!! Oh My God I have to make our ADR’s!

So we are going to Disney World and as you know I invited my little sister and I am surprising my niece with the trip (my mom is paying for my sister and my niece).

It means a lot to Ben and I that his mom is giving us this trip as a sort of thank you! She is a wonderful women who already has beaten breast cancer and is now fighting another battle with Leukemia….and I know she will come out a winner because she is one of the strongest people I have ever met.

to be continued....Anniversary presents?