Monday, August 9, 2010

Trips, Trips and more trips

Amongst all the craziness with Ty's diagnosis, we had been on 4 trips in two months time. It seemed like every other weekend we were in and out of town. We started at the end of May and took Issy to Southern California. We did Disneyland and Disney California Adventure for two days. Then we headed to LA and did the LA Zoo and went to the beach and to see Shrek, etc. We had such a nice trip with our little family. Issy had a great time and she loved the Buzz Lightyear ride the best. We even got her on most of the big Rollercoasters.





In the middle of June, Ty and I headed by ourselves to Las Vegas for 3 days. We met his parents, and his brother and his wife and 6 kids down there. Ty's moms side of the family was having a family reunion. We all stayed at the World Mark resort and we all enjoyed swimming during the day, family reunion at night and also going to the strip. Ty and I even snuck away one night and saw the Blue Man Group. They were awesome! We enjoyed our small little getaway. Especially even more after the crazy end of June that we had.





After we got the diagnosis for Ty, we headed to Palm Springs. My parents had planned 6 days away there for the 4th of July and my mom's birthday. This is the second year in a row that we did this. It fell perfectly before Ty started his chemo treatment. It was really nice for me to be able to relax and really let it sink in our new future. It was also nice to have family around to help with Issy. Ty was able to get out and golf with my dad too. My brother even flew in from Tennessee for a couple days to hang out as well. We were so grateful to have that time.:)







Finally Ty and I were suprised by our good friend Laurie Roddy and Sommer Reynolds with a trip to Whistler. They came by our house one night and gave us a envelope. They had gotten donations from about 20 of our friends and booked us a two night stay in Whistler with a bunch of spending cash. They even talked to my mom about watching Issy. Ty and I were so appreciative and grateful for such wonderful friends in our life. That weekend we drove up to Whistler and enjoyed a weekend of sleeping in, eating, Ziplining and going on the Peak to Peak Gondola Tour. Laurie even hooked us up with a amazing suite on the beautiful lake there. Thank you to all of you who helped send us on a wonderful get away for the two of us. We had such a memorable weekend!:)





5 comments:

manders said...

I am so glad that you guys have had these amazing vacations this summer. What fun times to spend with family and each other. You guys are so strong and will get through this for sure. We love you tons and look forward to sharing many memories with you guys...

Colleen said...

Such fun times! It's fun to see pictures of your family, it's been so long since I've seen them. And what amazing friends you have. So fun!

lacey said...

CUTE!! I love the pictures of you two on the zip line! Crazy people!

Darci said...

What a great surprise from amazing friends. It looks like it was a special trip. You two are so cute.

Simon Tribe -ooh ha haa said...

Wow you got some AWESOME pictures from these trips!!!!!!! Great memories to cherish :-)