This weekend, my family flew to Orlando to join the rest of my clan for a celebration. My parents will celebrate fifty years together later this month. 
This is the clan on Saturday at Magic Kingdom. Mom and Dad are in the middle in the royal blue shirts, while the rest of us are clustered around. What started as two has grown to twenty-six, and all of us were able to come together for four days. It was such a special time!
We’ve made a point to travel back to Nebraska for a week each Christmas. That’s always a special time for the cousins. Everyone else lives in Nebraska — I’m the one who left home and stayed away. That makes times like this past weekend so special. It’s rare and precious. The fun even continued at the airport since many of us flew out Monday morning on Southwest. 
Don’t we all look thrilled to be going home?
It was the first time the kids and I had been to Disney World. It was so much fun to experience it through their eyes. The wonder in our youngest twos’ eyes as they met the characters made standing in line again and again worth it. It was pure magic for them.
And that made it magic for me. What’s the last thing you did that created that sense of wonder and awe? That reinforced the importance of family and love?
Oh, and my kids are accepting donations for a follow-up trip. They aren’t sure they want to wait for our 25th anniversary in three years. To celebrate love, go below to enter the giveaway of an ARC of Lauren Denton’s next book Hurricane Season.
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Enjoyed seeing the pictures of your trip to Disney World. Would love to win a copy of Hurricane Season/
It was a great trip.
That is so special! My parents celebrate their 50th next year . I think it is so wonderful that they are still happy and healthy😁
Congratulations to them! That’s an amazing milestone!
Congratulations to your parents. Mine have been married for 63 years!
Oh! I’m reading “With This Ring?” now. I can’t say if I recommend it yet. It’s too early to say. But I just finished The Feud series by Tamara Leigh and I highly recommend it!
Would love to win a copy of Hurricane season. Many blessings to your parents in their anniversary. Is always a beautiful time during the holidays for us to get all together and enjoy seeing my parents happy, as well as the kids spending time together.
I remember the fun of Disney World with our daughter when she was young. Since then the awe and wonder as her babies were born was an amazing gift from God.
I remember the fun of Disney World with our daughter when she was young. Since then the awe and wonder as her babies were born was an amazing gift from God.
The book I’m reading right now is The Hawk and the Dove by Penelope Wilcock, and I highly recommend it.
It was fun to watch the teens totally get involved during the Frozen Sing-a-Long. Got some great video of them 🙂
Right now I am reading Roseanna White’s newest book “A Song Unheard.” I would definitely recommend this book!
Right now I’m reading CHRISTMAS ROSES. In fact, I am just about finished with it. I absolutely love it and would definitely recommend it.
What a fun trip! We love Disney World. We go about every 3-4 years, the most recent being this past summer (combined it with the RWA conference to write off the travel expenses). Star Tours is a favorite since I live with a household of Star Wars nerds, but the new Avatar ride was probably the coolest experience.
Thanks for sharing your pictures, Cara. They brought back happy memories for me.
It was our first time, but likely not our last. Everyone had such a good time!
Sea World and spend the day swimming with the dolphins!
I am currently reading “Daughters of the Night Sky” by Aimie K. Runyan. I just started it, so hard to give a recommendation yet, although it seems good so far. I just finished “Egypt’s Sister” and “Judah’s Wife” by Angela Hunt, however, and highly recommend both of these books.
Congratulations to your parents! Our family was all together in 2015 to celebrate our 50th anniversary in Cabo San Lucas. It was a great time.
I am reading Mortal Arts, Anna Lee Huber’s second Lady Darby mystery, and I highly recommend it.
Just finished A Passionate Hope! Looks like everyone had fun and made awesome memories! Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Congrats on your parents’ 50th! I just finished Christmas Wish Box Set by Morris Fenris
It was fun watching your Disney trip through all your photos! Currently reading The Broken Road by Richard Paul Evans.
Right now I’m reading A Secret Courage by Tricia Hoyer. Love it.
Enjoyed your pictures. Congratulations to your parents on 50 years. My wife and I are just ahead of them by almost two years. I remember years ago when I decided to return to college after my wife and I had been married three years. We left Virginia for Kentucky and came home occasionally to visit family. Then I graduated and we moved back to our home town. Since then, we have taken vacation times to get away from family for a short while. LOL!
Regarding books, I just finished Colleen Coble’s The View from Rainshadow Bay early this morning. I definitely recommend it. I have one of your books that I hope to read soon.
Congratulations to your parents for their 50 years!!! My parents made it to 70. From their 50th year forward we requested acknowledgements and congratulations from politicians for milestone years. I am reading your Beyond Justice and Tracie Peterson and Kim Woishouse’s In the Shadow of Denali.
I just started Across the Blue by Carrie Turansky. It’s great so far and I’m sure it will continue to be!
Disney World is our favorite place!
I’m currently reading The Saturday Night Supper Club by Carla Laureano. So so good. Highly recommend.
I am reading Focus On Love by Candee Fick. So far it is very good.
I would love to take my niece to Disney World. I have never been. I always thought I was too old.
Love the Disney photo — I think I love Disney World even more than my kids do! We took our niece with us on our last trip and had so much fun together.
The Masterpiece by Francine Rivers just came in the mail this week, so I’m planning to start it this weekend.
I am reading My Heart Belongs in Castle Gate Utah. I do recommend to highly.
I haven’t started it yet but will be reading, “The House on Foster Hill” by Jaime Jo Wright. I’ve been told that once you start reading , you will not put it down, it’s that good!
Thanks for entering me in your giveaway.
I’ve just begun reading Judah’s Wife, by Angela Hunt. Only one chapter in, but it’s good so far!
Congratulations and Happy Anniversary to your parents. Mine will be married 71 next month. I’m reading Love by the Numbers by Laura V. Hilton.
What a fun getaway for the whole family! Our family LOVES Disney World. Our oldest son worked there for a semester on the Disney College Program. Living in Alabama we have made it our vacation destination many times! I am reading A Matter of Trust by Susan May Warren. I would definitely recommend it. And if I could just get some quiet time away from lesson plans and running the mom taxi and kitchen, maybe I’ll finish it!!