Keeping Up with Michelle

It’s been a while since my last post.   December was a busy month.  Tony and  I got married on the 20th.  We had the holidays then took Olivia and Lorelei to Disneyland for 3 days.  We left Lucy home with my mom so we could just run around with the girls.  Unfortunately Lucy got sick while we were away and had to go to the doctor.  She is still fighting a cold and cough but is getting better.

So the wedding was great.  We kept it simple and small.  We tied the knot at Todos Santos Park in front of the Christmas tree with family and close friends.  Afterward we went back to our house for food and drinks.  As the night progressed friends started showing up and we danced the night away.  It was a really good time and a very happy day.  It’s so weird to think that I have a husband and am someone’s wife.  For those of you who are wondering I am going to hyphenate my name to Michelle Celeste Mansfield-Hicks.  Since I have two children, each with a different last name (Lorelei Mansfield and Lucy Hicks) I figure I will cover all bases being Mansfield-Hicks.

Disneyland was a blast.   I have been there before but I have a new appreciation for it after this trip.  My favorite thing was Fantasmic.  I had not seen this before and it was amazing.  We kept telling the girls that Disneyland is full of magic and after seeing Fastasmic I believe it is true.  Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L__tCm48TS8

The Christmas holiday is the busiest time of the year at Disneyland.  Luckily Tony is very smart.  Not only has he been to Disneyland like 18 times but he has read 2 books on how to do Disneyland.  We rode all the rides and didn’t have wait more than 30 minutes at any given time.  We were there first thing in the morning and Tony was working those Fast Passes like nobody’s business.  Plus in the afternoon when it got really busy we had already been on all the popular rides so we rode on the big pirate ship, paddled around the river in a canoe and went to Tom Sawyer’s island.  We would go back to the hotel room for a nice afternoon nap, get around 6pm, have dinner then return to the park until midnight.  It was a lot of fun and the girls had a really good time.  We spent New Year’s dancing to disco on Disneyland’s Main Street with the Christmas tree lights flashing to the music.  It was something else to bring in the new year like that.

Here are some pics of the wedding and Disneyland: