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Disneyland and California


Wow, what a fun adventure we had. It was a perfect vacation. Everything was fantastic, and we had a blast. Here is a quick little run down. (the pics are not in order, sorry).


Here is the mandatory picture of the kids in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle.



Just a cute picture of K up in a tree house on pirate island (formerly Tom Sawyer's island)


One of the biggest highlights of the trip was D being chosen to participate in Jedi training camp. He was so excited he was actually shaking. It was AWESOME.
He got to learn some Jedi moves from a Jedi master, and then he got to fight Darth Vader. It was really fun, he is still talking about it.
Here we are on one of the Bug's Life rides in California Adventures.

The highlight for K was seeing and talking to real princesses. She was nervous at first, but quickly warmed up. She was so cute and sweet, it almost made me cry (the 2 hr. wait in line cured me of any tears).
She kept telling us how Belle had a dress "all the way to her toes". I guess that is a huge deal when you are a little person.
Ariel was so sweet. She said in a sweet little voice, "Ohhh, a redheaded princess, just like me!" K loved every min of it.
We all tried to pull the sword out of the stone.

There is just something magical to me about ridding a carousal at night. All the lights, and music, plus Sleeping Beauty's Castle was lit-up beautifully in the background.
Here is our little Sleeping Beauty dressed like Cinderella. She crashed everyday at about 4. It was kind of nice though. It was a great time to take D on all the bigger rides.
K just being cute while waiting for the Peter Pan ride.
We got to meet Buzz-Lightyear. Pretty cool.
Ahhh, the tea cups. The nauseating spinning tea cups. The kids loved them, Kent and I think we might be getting too old.

Kent and D on the Dumbo ride. We had so much fun.
The kids LOVED the Tiki Room. I went 3 times. Kent lucked out, he only went once.

Here we are saying good bye to Disneyland. Three days was perfect, we had fantastic weather, and we were able to do everything we wanted to do. It was fun.

Now for the rest of our trip. I think the kids had more fun staying with family and friends then they did at Disneyland. Everyone was so kind to us. We had so much fun.

The kids had fun swimming at our first stop in St. George. Kent and I were impressed with our dinner that night. We had some of the best Thai food, Katrina is an amazing cook. Thank you Mike and Katrina.

We forgot to take pics, but we had a great time at Cousin Kade's house. The kids loved playing the Wii, and dolls. We went to church there and met their wonderful ward. Thanks again.
Cousin Mike & Becky's house was better than Disneyland according to the kids. They had so much fun rolling the balls on the pool table, reading books, playing with toys and talking to Mike and Becky. They were so cute with our kids. They had dinner ready for us every night when we got home from Disneyland, gave us treats for the park, and were just amazing. We think we might take our next vacation to their house and forget Disneyland.
We did take a short trip to the beach. The weather was pretty cool, so it was not a long adventure, but the kids got to see the ocean.
It really was the perfect vacation. Now to unpack.

Oh, and the answer to the poll, I think the hair won out by a slim margin. It is hard to say though. We got lots of stares and points without comments, so who knows.

Comments

HRHNeenerita said…
WOW I HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME READING WHAT YOU DID AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR HAVE GREAT FAMILY TO HELP MAKE IT PERFECT I LOVED THE PICTURE OF THE KIDS RUNNING OUT OF THE OCEAN
Miss M said…
That looks like really fun vacation. I'm sure your kiddos will remember it FOREVER!!! I loved that D was chosen for Jedi training camp. Thanks for sharing.
Teresa said…
I LOVE the princess pictures!! I am so glad that you guys had an awesome time! I have been checking everyday waiting to see your pictures so I was glad you had a minute to put some up to curb my disneyland withdrawl...yes I have to live my life through other people's adventures!! Zack got to fight darth vader a couple years ago, I think it has been the highlight of his whole life, he still talks about it all the time. I am glad that your little guy got to do it!
Katie said…
That looks like the best time. I can't wait to take my kids. We have to wait until Nash can have some fun too.
Eaton Five said…
Looks like you had so much fun! I think the most fun part for me is watching the magic sparkle in the kids eyes when they have such enchanting experiences as meeting real princesses and fighting darth vador! Hope you can all remember such special times!
Rachel said…
Oh, the UNPACKING. Isn't that the MOST fun of ALL?? :) There is just something magical, watching your children experiencing the fun and magic. We had some much fun last year when we went and can't wait to do it again! Thanks for sharing!
Seleta said…
I love the pictures! K & D looked like they had So much fun! Vacations are great!

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