Disneyland, Day 0

So I am writing this from California.  We had an mostly uneventful trip down.  Though we had some surprises.  First let me catch up with a couple of things.

On Saturday, the girls from Make-A-Wish threw Sarah a party at Red Robin.  They had some great decorations and some gift bags for the girls.  They gave both Sarah and Lilly backpacks that they had to bring down to Disneyland.  There was a tinkerbell cake for Sarah as well.  It was fun.  Pictures in-line.

Gus and Bubbles

Lilly had fun

Princess Sarah

We also got all the itinerary that included all the confirmation numbers for the flights and such for the trip.  We got to the airport this morning with plenty of time.  We got checked in and had to wait for the TSA, since we got an escort.  However, there was some confusion as they were waiting on the other side of the check-in counter.  Fifteen minutes later we met up with them and we were on our way.

As we were going through security, a random stranger came up and asked if she could donate some cash so that Sarah could have a good wish.  We were blown away and were in awe of the generosity of others.  Thank you whoever you are.

We flew Alaska Airlines.  They did such a good job to make Sarah and Lilly feel special.  They let them go up and see the pilot and co-pilot before take off; they provided coloring books and wings for the kids; they gave free lunches to us as well.  They were amazing.  Thanks Alaska Airlines for giving us a great flight.

The lady who took care of us at Avis, was so excited about us being with Make-A-Wish.  She told us that we should make sure to write down Sarah's story, because there are many people who need to hear the courage of little kids who have to go through so much.

We made it to the hotel and got settled in.  We were asking where the girls wanted to go to dinner, and they both wanted to go the crab shack (Joe's Crab Shack) near by.  They both got crab.  Lilly liked it but Sarah loved it.  I think I might need to find a good cheap crab place near us that I can take them again.  It was a fun day and we are looking forward to Disneyland tomorrow.

A couple of videos to finish up.  The hotel has a grass lawn that we let the kids play on for a while.  They loved being able to run after the long day traveling.