The Moment

So now you all know how our trip to LA turned out! The secret is out, and I am so glad! It will be great to no longer have to say, "We aren't supposed to talk about it, but we had a really, really good trip." Now I can just say, "We won $100,000!" How crazy is that? I still can't wrap my mind around it. And to answer your next question, we don't have the money yet. They will send it to us after the show airs.
I have to tell you that after we got home from the last show, all I could hear in my head was Tom Bergeron saying that we had won. Over  and over, I would hear his voice saying that we had won $100,000. I said it to myself so many times, that when he actually said it, it took several moments to believe that I had heard him correctly. If I looked shocked, dazed and confused, it's because I was. The last time we were on the show, I thought it was ridiculous that the producers told us to "act happy" if we won. Now I kind of get what they were saying. Inside I was jumping up and down and screaming, but for some reason all I could do was stand there with this stupid look on my face in total shock. I still can't believe that we made it onto to the show, much less that we won ten thousand dollars. That's the main reason I've been so excited about this show coming on...I wanted some confirmation from friends and family that I didn't just dream the whole thing!
I will have many more details to share in the coming days, but I did want to let everyone know one thing. Once again, my amazing husband agreed to stay in the green room with the kids and let me watch the taping from the studio audience. You won't see me - I was on the back row in the shadows. Anyway, apparently the producers came in to talk with the people in the green room and gave them the following advice: If you win the money, Tom Bergeron is going to ask you what you're going to do with it. We've heard it all. Pay off debt, save for college, blah, blah. The people at home don't want to hear that! They want to hear something fun! They're sitting there thinking, "What would I do if I had just won $100,000?" So be sure you include something fun in your list!
My husband definitely took their advice to heart. Keeping in mind that I have no idea this is about to happen, the host asks Kirk what we're going to do with the money. I'm still standing there trying to turn oxygen into carbon dioxide when my husband looks at me and says, "Let's go to Disney!" Completely on the spot in front of God and everybody, all I could manage was, "Yeah, let's go to Disney!" All the while, I'm thinking this is SO not what we talked about!
I can't wait to share all of the other exciting things that happened on our trip to LA and Disneyland. But this moment was THE moment. And just so you know, wishes made on the compass in front of Sleeping Beauty's castle really do come true!