HOWELL FAMILY VACATION!!!!..S.O.S.!!!!!.2007

OKAY..HAVE YOU EVER HAD HIGH HOPES OF EVERYTHING GOING JUST YOUR WAY AND THEN TOTALLY GETTIN BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER..WELL THIS WAS OUR FAMILY VACATION TRIP..MAN WHAT A TRIP IT WAS,,
FIRST..YOU SEE THIS IS PROBABLY OUR LAST TRIP AS A FAMILY IN AWHILE..ALICIA IS NOW 20..DEANNA 19..STEF..14 AND NICOLE WILL BE 13 ON THE 21ST..SO AS YOU CAN SEE POOR JOE MY HUSBAND OF 23 WONDERFUL YEARS IS NOW TRULY OUT NUMBERED AND CAN I SAY ESTROGEAN OVERLOAD..MOOD..MOOD..AND MOODY!!!
ANY WAY ALL WAS GREAT WE HEAD TO DESTIN BEACH FIRST...BEAUTIFUL WATER..WHITE SANDY BEACHES..DO I SAY BURN!!! POOR ALICIA AND JOE..THEY ARE SO WHITE..I DON'T REALLY THINK THEY MAKE A SUN- BLOCK FOR THEIR SKIN(SORRY)BUT THEY WERE REAL TROOPERS..WE GOT SKIM BOARDS..THEY ARE BOARDS THAT RIDE THE SHORE LINE AT THE WATERS EDGE..DO I SAY FUNNY..ESPECIALLY DEANNA ..BUT HEY I GIVE THEM EFFORT...AND WE HAD FUN..
WELL THEN WE GOT A HOTEL AND HEADED TO DISNEY THE NEXT DAY..WELL ABOUT AN HOUR IN TO CAR RIDE DEANNA'S CAR BROKE DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF A MERGE LANE FOR TRUCKS TO GO TO A WEIGH STATION..YES..IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGH WAY!!YIKES..WELL WE FINALLY GOT A TOW TRUCK AND JOE TOLD ME TO TAKE THE GIRLS IN MY CAR..OKAY..5 GIRLS IN MY LITTLE SUV BABY WANNA BE KIA SPORTAGE..DO I SAY FUNNY...NOT..BECAUSE THEN MY AIR CONDTION BROKE...OKAY OUR CARS ARE FAIRLY NEW..MINE A 2005 AND DEE'S A 2003..NOW AT THIS TIME I KNOW BAD THINGS JUST HAPPEN IN LIFE BUT SERIOUSLY..THIS IS GETTING BAD TO WORSE..WELL THEN WE FIND OUT THE CAR CAN NOT BE FIXED TIL WED..AND IT BROKE ON SUNDAY..SO POOR JOE IS STUCK IN A TOWN WITH ONE PLACE TO EAT AND HAS TO WALK TO A WALMART 5 MILES ALWAY..THERE ARE NO RENT ACARS LEFT AND NO TAXI'S COME THAT FAR OUT OF TOWN..AND TO TOP IT OFF HE ONLY GOT ONE OF HIS BAGS..SO HE'S MISSING ALOT OF HIS CLOTHES..I.E,,SHIRTS..UNDIES..ECT..GO FIGURE THAT ONE...
WELL..THEN MY BEAUTIES FELT SO BAD FOR ME THEY BOUGHT ME A BEAUTIFUL CROSS BUT WHEN WE OPENED IT IT WAS BROKE..AWHHH..BUT I CAN GLUE IT AND IT WAS SO KIND OF THEM..SO ..WE TRIED TO OUR BEST TO HAVE FUN..WE WENT TO DINSEY,,WATER TYPONE..MGM..UNIVERSAL BOTH PARKS..BLIZZARD BEACH..AND ANIMAL KINGDOM..NOW NO I AM NOT RICH..SEE I WAS BLESSED..I HAD BOUGHT 3 DAY HOPPER TICKETS..AND IT HAD 3 FREE PARKS EXTRA..BUT WHEN MY TICKETS CAME IN I GOT AN UPGRADE OF 5 DISNEY PARKS AND 4 FREE EXTRA PARKS..AT NO EXTRA CHARGE..THANK YOU JESUS!!!HE'S SO AWESOME..
ANY WAY WE ENJOYED THE GOOD AND THE BAD..WE ALSO WENT TO 2 DINNER SHOWS..YES..I EVEN GOT ONE AT BUY GET ONE FREE PRICE..THE PRIATE ONE WAS THE BEST..ALICIA HAD HER FACE PAINTED WITH A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY DESIGN AND AS SOON AS WE GOT SAT SHE WAS PICKED BY ONE OF THE ACTORS TO HELP IN THE SKIT..THEN LATER ALL FOUR GIRLS GOT PICKED AGAIN FOR MORE INNERACTIONS..PRICELESS..DEFINETLY THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW AT THE END WE DANCED TO OLDIES..WELL WE DANCED AND STEF AND NICOLE WERE EMBARRASSED BY US(SMILE)..PRICELESS!!!WELL THE WEEK FINALLY ENDED AND WELL..IT WAS TRULY A VACATION TO REMEMBER..BUT THREW IT ALL I WAS REMINDED HOW BLESSED I AM..AND THAT THIS MAY NOT ALWAYS GO EXACTLY HOW I PLAN OUT..AND WELL WE HAVE TO STRIVE FORWARD AND MAKE THE BEST OUT OF IT..YA KNOW...ON OUR LAST DAY WE STILL HAD 2 DISNEY DAYS AND 2 FREE PARKS LEFTON OUR PASSES..WE S A FAMILY DECIDED TO GIVE THEY AWAY TO A FAMILY..WE PRAYED..AND WAITED..FINALLY ABOUT 9PM OR SO WE WERE AT OUR HOT TUB RELAXING AND WE CAME ACROSS A FAMILY OF 5..BINGO..WE KNEW IT..SEE WE ALL CAN REMEMBER WHEN OUR FAMILY WAS SIMLAR TO THAT FAMILY AND WELL IT WAS THEM..SO WE GAVE THEM OUR TICKETS..THE KIDS FACES WERE PRICELESS..BUT WHAT WAS EVEN BETTER WAS SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE AROUND AND THEY SAW FIRST HAND GOD'S LOVE AND GRACE THREW US..THEY DID NOT KNOW US FROM EVE..ALL THEY SAW WAS GENEROUSITY..EVEN IN THEIS CRAZY WORLD WE LIVE IN..WE TOLD THEM OF GOD'S GRACE WITH BLESSING US WITH THESE TICKETS AND WE WANTED TO PASS IT ON..HMMM..DO YOU THINK HE HAD IT PLANNED THAT WAY??I DO..EVERYTHING HAPPENEDS FOR A REASON..HOW WE DEAL WITH IT IS IN OUR HANDS..SO THAT WAS OUR AMAZING 2007 FAMILY VACATION..!!!AND OH YES..WHEN WE GOT HOME WE HAD A CHECK FOR EXACTLY THE BALANCE FOR STEF AND NICOLE'S MONEY NEEDED FOR THEIR MISSION TRIP TO MEXICO...TO THE TEE!!!YES!!GOD IS AWESOME!!!
..I KNOW MANY WHO READ MY BLOGS MAY NOT HAVE A ONE ON ONE REALATIONSHIP WITH JESUS..OR EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD..BUT I CAN SAY THIS FOR SURE..HE BELIEVES IN YOU AND LOVES YOU..HE'S SUCH A GENTLEMEN AND IS JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO REALIZE HE'S BEEN WITH YOU ALONG....I PRAY YOU ASK HIM TO BE YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR..I PROMISE YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME..I PROMISE!!!
LUV TO ALL AND THE VERY BEST OF THIS SUMMER.
.ENJOY LIFE...
SINCERLY MRS. ANGIE