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I loved these pics.  They make me laugh so much. 

Alexa

Disney and a Cruise for Christmas

Last Year, Grandpa and Grandma Hope took us all to Disney Land and a cruise to Mexico.  It was an amazing trip and we had a ton of fun.  Grandpa Clark came too!

That is me in the green shirt. Skyler looks like he is trying to take off his seat belt.

There are a few heads hiding in there!

on the cruise ship!

Arches

Shay and Skyler had to work and the kids wanted to go camping.  So we loaded up and took off to Arches.  It was absolutely amazing, hot, but amazing.  

Lagoon

When we moved to Utah, we moved across the street from Lagoon.  It is an amusement park. When we sold our house, we bought season passes.  It was so much fun.  Looking back over the past two years, we have been so blessed.  

Attempting Dreams #2

So, you know Kaely's dream of going to Italy? About the same time, Skyler said he wanted to go to Spain.  On a whim, I added a plane ticket for Skyler to go to Italy with us.  Then Shay started talking about going to Spain.  It is pretty cheap to fly within Europe.  I bought tickets for about $67 roundtrip to Barcelona for 5 days.  Now we spend 5 days in Italy and 5 days in Spain.  Kaely and Skyler get to mark off huge goals on their goal boards.  It is pretty insane.  I feel extremely blessed to be doing this.  I have been saving everything I have made from babysitting to cover the plane cost.  I will save from now until then to cover food cost and Shay is covering the lodging.  It is gonna be ridiculous!

Attempting To Make Dreams Come True

At our house we make goals.  Each person has a list of goals written on a canvas and hung on the living room wall. I encouraged our kids to not just make little goals but big ones too.  I believe big goals push us to better ourselves.  Kaely wrote in 2010 that she wanted to go to Italy.  She was 8 and loved Italian food.  She said she wanted to go to Italy and eat real Italian food.  I told her if she could save for the plane ticket, I could do the rest.  I told her to plan on around a thousand dollars.
Since leaving Georgia all Kaely has wanted was to go back. She started saving for a plane ticket.  I talked to her about how you can never really go back.  People and places change and you change, when you go back it isn't the same.  She has had a few experiences that have helped her to see that is true.  I talked her into changing her Georgia plane ticket fund into an Italy plane ticket fund.  I also started saving.
The week of Thanksgiving a friend texted me, she knew we were saving for Italy and said Delta was having a sale.  I spent 5 hours figuring out details and booked us tickets to Italy for $422 roundtrip.  Kaely had $488 saved.
I know that when we set goals and work hard, things fall into place.  I am so excited to help Kaely accomplish her goals. It is going to be a real adventure!