Wrapping it all up!!  

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Our final day at the parks started off great when we saw Arial there ready to greet us! It was a bit rainy, but we were kind of glad because it scared a few other park visitors away so that we could enjoy another day without lines. 

Back to Tomorrowland!




Then we ran into Cinderella. We lucked out so many times and were the last person to get to see characters before they had to leave!
Sienna wasn't too sure about Snow White's quicked step mother. She really wasn't very nice!!

Toon town here we come!!


Kade loved the little rollercoaster there and had to ride it a couple of times!
 Quick stop for lunch!!  
 Goofy signing on Kade's head!
 And hopefully Rapunzel convinced Sienna not to chop her hair again!!

 And back to California Adventure for more Car's Land, Screamin' and Tower or Terror!!

 Parker was a little too excited to bust out his poncho!

And we finished it off with a bunch of fireworks!!


It was a really fun vacation.  Vacations don't always end to early for me, but reality definitely sets in a little too soon when we get back!!  

Just thankful for all the fun memories!!

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California Adventure!!!  

Our second day we started in California Adventure and ended up being there the whole day!

We started out seeing Minnie ready for flight

And Duffy "the official Disney bear".  Who knew? 

And Buzz (Kade's favorite) took off right before we got to the front of the line, but we got to see Jessi instead. 


Since the carousel was right by "Screamin'" we rode it a lot!! 

I didn't feel bad about not going on this ride!  They make me sick!

Sienna took the official oath of a toy!

 We took more than our fair share of time with Flik!
 We could pretend that it was all smiles, but that's just not true!

 At the car's ride we felt right at home with all the red rock!!



 The guys and braver lady went back for round 2 at the Tower of Terror while we walked the streets of Hollywood!
 And a light show to end the night!


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Disneyland Day 1  

Yay!!  We finally made it to Disneyland!


We started out the day with Dumbo and it was a favorite the whole week!

Ready for Space Mountain!  Poor Bronsen.  I didn't know this roller coaster was in the dark and Bronsen ended up sitting by himself.  He was not too happy when we got done.  Luckily we had Landon there to encourage him on rides and by the end of the day he decided he could handle roller coasters.  

We really liked the Nemo sub as well!

Is he big enough to drive?

Sienna lucked into quite a few princesses. Thanks Tye for that!! Sleeping Beauty is her favorite!


Heading into Indiana Jones!  This was the ride the boys were most excited about!
 It was super fun to catch moments like these!


Sienna was very excited about watching the parade and waving at all the princesses.  She actually got several waves back!

And then we ended the night the way we started, with the carousel and Dumbo!!

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Gearing Up For Disneyland!  

Last Saturday morning we woke up at 4:30 am and jumped in our packed van and headed to California! 


I was trying to be super prepared! Steve thought I was nuts!

The drive turned out to not be too bad thanks to a new carseat for Sienna and hooking the wii up in the van. Kade only ended up sleeping for 30 minutes during the whole drive.  So much for our early morning start where the kids all just sleep, but we still survived!

Once we got to the condos we had a couple of days to kill before hitting Disneyland. We were all about being at Disneyland on the least busy days of the week so that we could avoid lines.  

So we did a little swimming, mostly in the hot tub. 

Then ate some tacos by the pool.  The weather was so nice, not hot, not cold, just perfect. 

After church on Sunday we headed out to Huntington Beach





Monday we went to Santa Monica Pier.  Zeb chose Bubba Gumps for lunch, and it was delicious! 



Everytime we were near a beach we saw dolphins.  It was awesome!!

Since Steve's Aunt Marchelle lives right there close we met her for some ice cream/gelatto. 

Next day, DISNEYLAND DAY 1!!

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