My Life in Instagram Pictures

I decided, after uploading a bazillion photos from my phone, to add a new feature to my blog - My Life in Instagram Pictures. Mostly just because I kind of love these pictures and so many of them were from so long ago - and each one is a unique memory. Looking at them again brought up a lot of thoughts and reminiscing. So, without further ado, my first post:

This one is called "Grandpa's Key." Jeff made me this necklace from an old key he found in Grandpa Vern's garage. Grandpa Vern is Jeff's mom's dad and Jeff spent a lot of time with him when he was young. Now, Grandpa is 93 and in failing health. As I write this he is in a hospital in California, having suffered from several heart attacks over the past few days. Treatment options include open heart surgery or pain meds and going home. Either way, it's not looking great. We just visited a little over a week ago and are going back next weekend. I love Grandpa's house and it holds a lot of memories for Jeff. It's sad imagining the inevitable. Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst.

Good things that happened on our vacation......

- Some honest person returned my debit card that Hayley dropped at Sea Tac airport (dropped! My debit card!)
- We got to spend Sunday at the park with Hannah's best friend Tiffany. Rochelle. Riquee. Whatever we're calling her these days! LOL!
- We got to have dinner with Jeff's mom, stepdad and grandpa on Sunday. The kids LOVED Grandpa Vern and his stories. He's going to be 90 in June!
- We spent Sunday at the park with some very enthusiastic, crazy Disney fans (friends of Jeff's mom's) who knew the park inside and out. These people even had Mickey wedding rings!
- Single rider tickets. The best thing to happen to California Screamin' ever, allowing Max and Harrison to ride the ride ten times.
- I got to experience California Adventure with Jeff (he had never been). Loved Soarin' Over California, Tower of Terror and watching Jeff laughing hysterically at the Bug's Life attraction.
- Eating Mickey Mouse shaped ice cream.
- Repeating the safety instructions in Spanish and watching Max crack up.
- Looking for hidden Mickeys.
- Jeff's mom gave me copies of tons of old photos to keep.
- We had a really nice flight attendant on our commuter flight from LAX to SFO.
- The crowds were not bad at all - we never waited in a line longer than 45 minutes, and most lines were 5-15 minutes.
- Watching the kids scream on scary rides, laugh on fun rides and run around like little kids chasing Disney princesses!

Yeah, it was a good vacation!