Make a Wish

We just finished an amazing trip to Disneyland!!!...thank you Make a Wish, and so many others who contributed to make Sarah's wish exactly what she wanted.  Hannah has been praying for months that, "Sarah would get better and we could take her to Disneyland".  I am so grateful those prayers were answered.  I loved watching Sarah take everything in.  She loved meeting characters, but she wasn't super interested in taking pictures with them, she just wanted to play with them.  She played hide and seek with Elsa & Anna, Peek-a-boo with Pooh Bear, made funny faces with Peter Pan, danced with Groot, and cuddled with Captain America (totally all her doing)!  She is just so happy and full of energy, completely loving life.  Her favorite rides were Little Mermaid, Monsters Inc., and Winnie the Pooh, but she was happy no matter what ride she was on.  

We ran into one of Sarah's nurses from Primary Children's, and Sarah loved seeing her.  It was surreal to tell her that Sarah's scans were clean and she is cancer free, when just a few months ago the odds didn't look very good...she cried while Sarah just hugged her and kissed her cheek. 
















It was so much fun, but it's good to be back home.  Sarah went to her church class again today and absolutely loves it. She's mischievous as ever too!  Her nursery leader told Nathan after church that Sarah knocked over the toy cabinet..."That's never happened before!"  Leave it to Sarah to make things exciting and keep everyone around her on their toes.  :)  





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