A vacation full| Colorado Family Photographer

Posted on December 9, 2009

“A vacation is like love – anticipated with pleasure, experienced with discomfort, and remembered with nostalgia. ” ~Author Unknown

What a vacation this has been I cannot believe it is almost over. It has been filled with so many wonderful experiences; I am not quite sure I could even share them all with you.  So instead of doing a paragraph (or two ) of how great this trip was I think I will just share with you some of my “HITS” and “MISSES”.

My vacation “HITS”

1.  Spending uninterrupted time with my family. PRICELESS!

2. Watching Roman’s eyes filled with wonder as he was taking in all the new sites and sounds. His senses were on overload.

3. The night my my mother put Roman’s diaper on….. BACKWARDS.  We found it in the morning after she had put him to bed the night before and it gave me a great laugh.

4. Taking my father and my hubby on the Jungle cruise so they could get a taste of what it is like to live with their BAD jokes. If you knew them you would understand.

5.  Seeing and speaking with people from all over the world.  So cool! My hubby says that no matter where I go, I am never a stranger because I talk to everyone. It gives me an opportunity to meet so many nice people and honestly I think it makes people feel good to be acknowledged in some way; even if it is just a “hello”.

6. Ok, I know I am a dork but when traveling I LOVE LOVE LOVE taking pictures for people. So many times you run into couples and families who go home with pictures from their trip and someone is always missing because they are behind the camera.  I don’t think I can begin to count how many times I offered to take pictures for people; knowing that if they go home with only one picture from a trip that shows them all together that I had I did that for them makes me very happy.

7. Pin trading~ Ok, some little unknown fact about me is that I am addicted to trading Disney pins. It is so much fun and gives me yet another way to meet different people. I love it!

8. The fireworks at Epcot. We rented a private boat this year and sat on the lake during the fireworks. What a view! Thanks Mom for arranging this is really was a huge highlight.

9. Finding out that one of Roman’s favorite rides was the elevator in our building  and that we could of stayed home to make him that happy. He also loved all of the trains we rode. What a happy boy.

10.  Funnel Cakes

My vacation “MISSES”

1.  That my eldest had to miss this vacation.  He stayed home to practice for his debate competition and I respect his commitment, but boy did I miss him!

2.  The lack of graciousness I witnessed daily. It makes me so sad to notice that people just aren’t as considerate and gracious anymore. I miss the days when people would readily said please, thank you and excuse me. It just doesn’t seem to happen anymore. 

3. My aching feet!  Boy do my feet hurt.

4. The cold I now have after being exposed to millions of germs. Not a fun souvenir to bring home.

5. Funnel cakes