There is so much that we do for our children, and our children give us so much back. But there are times where a parent is given something back that they'll never forget. Kara and I took our boys to Disneyland for an all day event. I'm traveling quite a bit now so we make sure to do a lot of fun things as a family to make sure to stay connected. We stayed in the Disney hotel the night before which was a blast. We got up the next morning and got into the park by 7am. We were there until midnight. It was a blast and as a family it was a day we'll never forget.
As we were leaving the boys just couldn't walk...they were too tired. We couldn't take a shuttle because we were parked at the hotel so we had to walk. Carrying all of our stuff plus three 5-year olds wasn't possible...but we couldn't tell that to the boys. I picked up two of them (Michael and Kevin) in my arms and walked as far as we could. Kara helped JJ. I left the boys and Kara at downtown Disney (about 1/2 mile from the parking lot). They all fell onto the grass and waited for me....except for my son Kevin. Kevin asked to come with me. After taking 5 steps he asked me to pick him up and I did. While walking Kevin had his head nuzzled in my neck. He then said to me, "I love you Daddy. Someday when I get bigger and you get smaller......I'll carry you." It was at that moment I realized how much our children understand the spirit of service...and how they learn by example. I now look forward to the day where my sons will be able to say...."It's okay Daddy I'll carry you."
As we were leaving the boys just couldn't walk...they were too tired. We couldn't take a shuttle because we were parked at the hotel so we had to walk. Carrying all of our stuff plus three 5-year olds wasn't possible...but we couldn't tell that to the boys. I picked up two of them (Michael and Kevin) in my arms and walked as far as we could. Kara helped JJ. I left the boys and Kara at downtown Disney (about 1/2 mile from the parking lot). They all fell onto the grass and waited for me....except for my son Kevin. Kevin asked to come with me. After taking 5 steps he asked me to pick him up and I did. While walking Kevin had his head nuzzled in my neck. He then said to me, "I love you Daddy. Someday when I get bigger and you get smaller......I'll carry you." It was at that moment I realized how much our children understand the spirit of service...and how they learn by example. I now look forward to the day where my sons will be able to say...."It's okay Daddy I'll carry you."
So we checked into the hotel with our room on B-Deck...the ship is docked but still sitting in the ocean...and the boys were so excited. I snapped a quick shot of our view out of our two portholes and of some things in the room and then we took off to tour the ship. We walked down the hallway and onto the top deck. We met a group of seniors that asked us to take their picture so I did....after doing so J.J. (Jason Jr.) said, "They're walking strange..are they okay?" They had obviously had too much to drink.
(My boys learning to be photographers...my son Kevin using an old tripod as a pretend camera while his brothers pose for him...they all say they want to be photographers).