I Can't Keep This Secret Any Longer!!!

Torrey and I have been planning this Christmas Day since back in January of this year. It has been a hard one to keep secret but I think a couple of the kids found out just recently by snooping around on the computer. They still did not know everything so everyone was so excited on Christmas Morning. The kids continued with their tradition on Christmas morning to wake up at 6:00 a.m. and everyone has to go into the girls room and then they wait for Torrey and I to get up. Then we all come in together to see what Santa has brought. The excitement was in the air. We had a fun morning playing with the new toys from Santa and opening up the gifts from each other. Everyone was anxious to see what they were given but even more excited to give their gifts that they had bought and made for each other. It was awesome to see. Here is a slide of part of our Christmas Morning.

Now The Surprise! We had the kids open up four packages, one at a time and then followed by a gift after each one. Each one of them having to do with our surprise. The first one was telling them to get ready and they were given travel toiletry bags with their names on them.The second one said to Save your money and they were given money to spend on their souvenirs that they would want from the surprise.
The third box read, Don't Forget you P.J.'s and they were given their pajamas which we traditionally do on Christmas Eve.
The fourth box read "Because We are going to Disney World" and we leave today. Everyone was so excited for that because they had no idea that we would be leaving that day.

The kids played with there toys and we had an awesome Christmas breakfast of Buttermilk waffles, scrambled eggs with Canadian bacon and juice. It tasted so good. We all ran off to get ready and pack our bags so we could leave to go to Salt Lake. There was a big storm coming through and we didn't want to miss our chance of not getting there because we needed to be at the airport at 6:30 A.m. the next morning. Thank Heaven we didn't wait to leave any later because Ogden Canyon was horrible. I later learned that they did end up closing the freeway later that night. It was a very different Christmas Day for all of us. We stayed at the Hampton Inn and swam and relaxed and then the weirdest part was having Christmas Dinner at Denny's. The kids all commented on how weird that was. There was not the feeling of warmth or having friends and family around you. It was all very strange but everyone was excited for our flight and what was in store.