Take Me Back to Disneyland!

Here is a little video I made of our trip to Disneyland.

I could watch it over and over (and I have).

It didn't upload as well as I had hoped, but hope you enjoy it!

Part 2: California Adventure

This was my first time to California Adventure.  

I LOVED it!  So much to do and so beautiful!

I couldn't believe how well EVERYTHING worked out today!

Really, I don't think it could have worked out better if I had planned it!

It wasn't too crowded and we just walked on to the rides!  

We rode "The Little Mermaid" ride 5 times and didn't even have to get off the last two times!

 Bug's Life ride.

And I was there too!

Andrew enjoying the water features.  

Lindsay, Andrew, and I went on the Monster's Inc ride while Darin and Matt rode Tower of Terror!

I couldn't believe Matt did that ride!  It scares ME and I couldn't believe he didn't scream or cry!

Lindsay has always reminded me of "Boo" from Monster's Inc so it seemed fitting to get a picture by Boo's door.

Darin and I are both pretty frugal, so it surprised me when he bought these glasses for Lindsay.

They are honestly more expensive than ANY glasses I have ever owned!

But, she does look pretty cute in them--even thought I'm not sure what is going on with this face!

I LOVE Sully!  (I don't particularly like this picture of me, but I LOVE Andrew's curious face and I just get happy seeing my family with James P. Sulivan aka Kitty).

We were going to go home for lunch and naps, but decided to stick it out at the park.

We got the most DELICIOUS lunch...but I can never get over the prices at Disneyland!  Yikes!

Lindsay said that her favorite ride was the Ferris wheel.

Matt was pretty nervous the whole time, so it is amazing that I got this picture of him with his hands in the air.

Andrew doesn't look too happy about being on this ride.  Ha ha!  This picture makes me laugh!

We had the BEST seats for the parade!

We were on the front row, under a bubble machine, in the shade, and surrounded by adults.

So, ALL the characters waved, gave kisses and high fived Matt and Lindsay the whole parade!

This picture pretty much sums up how this two felt about this ride.

Lindsay LOVED it and Matt cried--a little too scary for him.

After the parade we we debating going home or sticking around for "World of Color."  I asked a worker if he could tell me a little about the show and if it was worth going to.  He asked if we had a "fast pass" and I said no.  He said it probably wouldn't be worth going with little kids without a fast pass because there are so many people and they wouldn't be able to see anything.  But, he said, he just happened to have 5 fast passes for us!  We ended up getting the BEST SEATS!!  Honestly, I don't think there was one seat ANYWHERE that was better than ours!  We had the best view and we LOVED the show!!

The kids were SOO tired they fell asleep on the way out of the park.

Instead of waking them up to get them on the bus, we just walked home carrying and pushing sleeping children.  Our hotel was so nice--it was closer that the parking lots!!

Part 1: Disneyland

Oh my!  Disneyland was so fun!

I wish I was there right now.  It was the most wonderful trip!

Monday morning we started at Disneyland!

Lindsay giving her ticket to the lady.

(I have a very similar picture of me at that age doing the same thing--I'm pretty sure my hair was done the same way too).

Meeting Snow White.

My brother, Rick, gave us the tip of going to the princesses first.

BEST ADVICE EVER!!!

There was NO ONE there!

Lindsay got about 8 minutes visiting with Cinderella.  Pure happiness!

Attempting to pull out the sword.  No luck.

Waiting to go on Dumbo.

Lindsay saw a youtube video of the tea cups and she couldn't wait to try them out.

They did not disappoint!

Lindsay liked it a lot more than this picture shows.

The kids thought it was so funny that Pluto signed the book on his nose.

Meeting Minnie Mouse!!

I loved all the rides, but the shows were AWESOME!!

Aladin, was the BEST show I've EVER seen!  I'm serious!  I would have paid a whole ticket JUST to go to that show!  It really was incredible.

Matt got picked for Jedi Training!  I was so happy!  I knew he'd love it, and he did!

Darth Vader rises out of the ground and Matt got to fight him!  (Matthew won of course).

And we HAD to get a picture or two by the castle!

After hearing about Dole Whips for years, we finally tried one!

DELICIOUS!!

Matt loved getting to be right in the front of the boat for the Jungle Cruise.

That night we went to dinner with Geoff, Jadi, and family.

The kids LOVED being with their cousins!

The first day was a HUGE success!!

Part 3: Disneyland

Thursday morning we headed back to Disneyland.

First stop: Pixie Hollow.

The fairies were so cute and so nice to the kids!

We had a magic morning so there was no line and we had plenty of time to sit and visit.

Magical!

Don't let Matt's face fool you!  He LOVED Tinkerbell too!!

We randomly ran into Alice and the Mad Hatter.

Lindsay and Alice had similar shoes.

Right after we visited with them a line instantly formed to meet them!  Lucky us!

Every time Darin took the kids on a ride that Andrew was too small for, you would find us here.

Andrew's favorite spot in the park--the water ball.

Can I just tell you how much I love the stroller pass/driver switch program at Disneyland?

What could have had potential for hours of waiting, we rode Autopia 3 times in 20 minutes!

It ended up getting really crowded this day, so we left around noon and said goodbye to Disneyland!