the hornacek family: our journey to disneyland.

before i share the wonderful joys of our BEST disneyland vacation...i must share the journey to get there. we had been planning on taking a family trip disneyland since last year. we took kyri when she was two and we have been dying to go back! once we received our tax return, we started planning. we ended up choosing a week in april that was after every ones spring break, but before the summer craziness. having an 8 month old and a 4 year old, we wanted to avoid a crowded time. once we chose the dates, our friends, the ernst family, decided to join us that same week. yay! their son, gabriel, is kyri's best buddy. they are two peas in a pod! we got a great deal on tickets (with the give-a-day) and upgraded to 3-day parkhoppers for the whole family. we also found a newly-renovated best western hotel across the street from the park, for only $64 a night! wooohooo! with all of the planning, we were starting to get so excited for our family vacation to disneyland! little did we know...the week before we left was going to be the worst week EVER.

our family was hit with the nastiest tummy bug. yuck! kaden got it first and was throwing up every hour. all day. that night, kyri started throwing up. the next morning i was taken down and was on the couch all day with my girl. kevin stayed home from work, taking care of our dreadfully sick family. we did about 10 loads of laundry in two days. so nasty. kaden was hit the hardest. he just couldn't keep anything down. i had to give him small amounts of breastmilk at a time so he wouldn't throw it up. poor baby boy. it is torture to see your babies sick. you feel so helpless. kyri was out for about a day and then was back to her normal, bouncy self. kaden's tummy was so sensitive for about two weeks. i didn't have much of an appetite until we left for our trip...which was only 6 days after this all went down. i am still thanking Jesus that kevin didn't get sick. it was a miracle! our friends that joined us, were also all sick with the same thing, at the same time. when it was time to go, we were all in NEED of a vacation! that week was just so horrendous. on top of that, so many things were going wrong, in every way possible. the timing of our trip couldn't be more more perfect...we were so ready to enjoy a wonderful vacation as a family, away from home! disneyland, here we come!