Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Our Family Christmas Gift

So the children noticed that there weren't any gifts under the tree from Mom and Dad. There were not many gifts at all under the tree this year, which was a good thing. The budget was small this year because of the family gift.
We had a fun time with this. Here are the kids opening the one gift, in a plain white box, that I brought downstairs once the other presents were opened...

The kids found a few puzzle pieces in their box and here they are starting to put the pieces together to see what it is??
Oh wow!! The puzzle pieces spell out "Wright Family Vacation" and then mom pulled out some white envelopes....what could be insde??
Airline tickets to ORLANDO FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeahoo!! We are taking a family vacation to Disney World in January!! Yippee!! Great gifts can come in small packages!!
**Ok, so here is the fine print: Before Kyler was born Scott received a bonus from work which we earmarked for a big family vacation. When Kyler was one I got cancer and the past 2 years anything but exciting. Well, in November my doctors gave me a clean bill of health for now--meaning that I don't have any treatment that needs to be done right away. This is such a huge blessing!! Right about this time we found a special for Disney World through travelzoo....only for a few select weeks in January (low travel time) but it happened to be during the time that the kids have 2 days off school!! So this means they only miss 3 days instead of a whole week. When we looked into plane tickets they were much lower than when we had looked at flights a few months ago, when we were dreaming of taking a trip when "Mommy got better". Anyhow, we decided that even though we'd prefer to wait until our kids are a bit older to go to Disney World, with my health there are no guarantees on how long I'll be healthy. SOOO...we took the plunge and we are taking the trip of a lifetime! My children are SOO excited to go on an airplane..I'm not sure which is more exciting to them? The plane or Disney World??**
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Teresa said...

That's so awesome! You guys are going to have a great time. I think the kids are at the perfect age to go there, and you'll be loving the warmer weather. =) Be sure to take LOTS of pictures (wait a second, what was I thinking, look who I'm talking to!) Have a total blast and tell us all about it when you get back! =)