Well, Disneyland I would have to talk about two memorable times. Not necessarily fun, but memorable. One was when we went with the family, can't remember when it was, but Isaac was in the backpack carrier so it must have been 1996-ish. When we went there, it turned out to rain all day. We all had those yellow mickey mouse ponchos on. But, we didn't care about the rain and kept on going on rides. I remember the lines being almost non-existent because everyone left. That was a lot of fun. The other time would be when we went with the Lever's (our good friends from Cleveland, dental school, he now has a practice in SLC). It was when we were living in SD, which would be 2001-2. We had gone out the night before, and Marnie had babysat the kids. We got up early in the morning and headed up to Disneyland. On the way there, Taylor was throwing up occasionally and very lethargic. We thought he might be carsick. We arrived at Disneyland and got him out of the car. We felt a lump on the back of his head. We asked Isaac what had happened, and if Taylor had fallen the night before. He said he had fallen off the back of the sofa on to the kitchen floor and hit the back of his head. We went into the park and as the day continued, Taylor kept throwing up. We figured he had a mild concussion from hitting the ground. So, we went and huddled in some little tunnel/bridge area near the haunted house thing and Keith and I gave him a blessing. We ended up leaving the park a little earlier, but Taylor steadily got better from that point on. It is at those times that I am especially glad that I was raised in the Church and have been able to hold the priesthood and bless my family when needed. It brings me much comfort and happiness.
As far as the aging thing, I would say 1 year ago. I felt like I could accomplish any physical feat and now I feel like crap. So, if I could have stopped it then, and not played flag football, I would be a happy person.
Driving up to Fukuoka (2 hr drive each way) to pick up mom and dad in about nine hours, they are now likely over the Pacific, trying to find that position that will allow them to sleep comfortably (from experience, that position does not exist) for a few minutes.
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Dave