Disneyland Fun part 2

(I decided to do this in more than one post because when I was putting it together earlier today, something happened and EVERYTHING disappeared!)





I think this one is such a cute picture...maybe because there aren't any other people in it!



Although we saw lots of characters, the kids didn't really want pictures with all of them. We wanted to see Belle from Beauty and the Beast, but she never was around while we were.






Suckers...one of the highlights!





I have goofy kids...



I think this is one of my favorite pictures from this trip...only cuz it's cool!



By this time of the night we were tired and ready to go back to the hotel...with the exception of BayLea who really wanted to stay for the fireworks display! I'm so glad we did. What a cool thing! She really was lit like a firework herself!






And we got to see Tinkerbell fly, and that was so thrilling for her! Breccan by this time was exhausted...I'm not sure whether he cared at all for the fireworks.

Disneyland fun!

We took the kids on spring break for a short little Disneyland vacation...(who said vacations are relaxing??? NOT!). We had a great, although tiring time! Disneyland is an amazing feat of engineering and detail. Loved it.

We pulled BayLea out of school early (again! BAD mom!). Our plane left at 2:55 and arrived in LA just in time for rush hour! Fun fun!!!!! A 30 minute drive to the hotel turned into nearly 2 hours of fun times, stressing out about traffic, and listening to the fighting in the backseat! (We rented a van...and I'm almost ashamed to say...I might just like owning a van some day!)




At the airport in GJ waiting to leave.



Day 1


We're here! We're here! It cost us about a car payment to get into Disneyland and California Adventures for four of us for two days. Holy COW!


The jungle ride.



The roller coaster rides are a favorite of my kids!








The kids are keeping out of the "hot lava" as we stood in line.




I really wanted to ride the teacups because I remember the teacups from when I was a kid! But I had a touch of food poisoning and after standing in line and finally getting up there to ride, I knew I wasn't getting on those!



Another coaster ride...


Another memory of Disneyland for me as a kid was It's a Small World. It was still cool.




At gymnastics, there is a bulletin board called Handstands Around the World. We wanted to take one at Disneyland, but when we decided to take it, it was on a slope. She still did it, but it was hard to get completely vertical.

What Teachers Make Final Movie

Josh shared this on facebook and I had to put it here. I'm obsessed with listening to it. It gives me chills and makes me tear up. Fantastic video!!!!!!

Play Date

I ordered the new movie, Megamind, for the kids (which, by the way is SUPER cute!). I decided that they should each invite a friend over after school and we would play for a while, then eat pizza, watch the movie and have popcorn and m&m's. We had a fun evening!


This is Ryland, and he and Breccan play together a lot. They are in pre-k together!




This Sarah, a friend of BayLea's from school.









It really was a fun evening.

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Ski Lesson Fun!

We took the kids skiing this last Wednesday. I pulled BayLea out of school early (which I felt a little guilty for...but hey, we're a family first!) and we headed up for lessons. They both took about 30 minutes before they both found their 'ski legs' but then they just flew through their lessons!






Mimi and Pa came up to watch too.























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