Yo Ho Blow the Man Down!

today was free donut day!

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Both Charis and i dressed up and went with Grandma Baysinger to Kripy Kreme and got free dozen donuts! 

whoo hoo!

were excited!  YUM!

Family Vacation - { Part 4.2 }

unfortunately we don't have a ton of pictures from Disneyland. we kinda used up all the memory on the way up... ha ha oh well!  We did get a couple of videos and a few pictures.

{ Day 1 - Thursday }

The first ride of the day was :

Boyd and the girls love this ride. Boyd was the Rebel Spy too! 

Woo Hoo!

after that it was off to:

  

unfortunately, we didn't get our pictures sent to us. SO SAD!

we took a quick ride on the Astro Orbiter  before we headed to FANTASY LAND!

that is where we rode SNOW WHITE, PINOCCHIO, CASEY JR. RAILROAD and ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

we also got to meet RAPUNZEL!

after FANTASY LAND we went to 

this is where we rode GADGET'S GO COASTER and ROGER RABBIT.

after TOON TOWN we headed to NEW ORLEANS SQUARE and caught another ride on PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. 

{ i think this is the girls FAVORITE ride. they wanted to ride it over and over and over.... you get the idea }

Hmm... lets see... what else did we do?

we ate lunch at 

its a tradition. we have to eat here at least once!

we got the girls silhouettes done at the 

 { ive been wanting to get these for a while!}

we also rode WINNIE THE POOH . the park closed at 5 that day  {sad!} so we headed over to CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE. There we went to the 

climbed some scary rope bridges and the girls got to go on a small zip line. Kailey had done the zip line before, but this was Charis' first time. She was finally Tall Enough! Yay!

we rode the LITTLE MERMAID

and 

we had to ride this ride 3 times. lets just say we were all soaked, but it was fun!

after that we headed back to the hotel for showers and a change of clothes. 

Boyd ran to the Target down the street and got some dinner, while the girls and i rested and watched TV. around 9 pm Disney put on the fireworks show for whoever was renting the park. {someone was... they were setting up for shows and closing the park early? yes someone had to have rented the park. stinkers! }

after dinner we went to bed. whew we were tired!

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{ Day 2 - Friday }

we only stayed for a couple of hours because we still needed to drive home. we explored the fantasy fair, the pirate island and had lunch at the Zocalo. { one of Boyd's favorite places to eat at Disney besides the Blue Bayou. }

we got to ride the Haunted Mansion Holiday. they had just opened it the day we were leaving. Jack was out too! got some shots of him as we passed by in the line. 

Boyd and I also got our silhouettes done. i liked the girls so much that i had to have one!

we also rode SPACE MOUNTAIN. normally this is a favorite, but for Halloween they change it up. the girls weren't fans. 

we got a treat after that ride. ;) 

we had a great time! we were sad to have to go. 

we look forward to the time we get to go again!

Family Vacation - { Part 4.1 }

The morning started out with a trip to a nearby beach.  We visited Corona Del Mar beach. { which is part of New Port Beach }  We had a lot of fun, the water was cold!

of course you have to have a taste test right?!

the rocks were gorgeous and so was the water crashing into them. so glad that Boyd found this beach for us to go to. 

* disclaimer... there were more videos i wanted to put up, but blogger is being dumb and is having trouble with them. Apologies!

Family Vacation - {Part 3}

im not sure how long we drove before we took our first stop. the drive from Dayton to Disneyland is beautiful. the mountains are definitely more pretty to look at than desert. we found a little pull out and took a stop! its nice to be able to get out and stretch every now and again. we had fun playing in the almost dry river bed.

  

pretty, isnt it? after maybe 20 mins we get back in the car and continue our scenic drive. 

there is snow in the mountains! crazy!

after a few more hrs we took another stop. this time it was a rest stop, but it had a neat bridge and a cute little stream running through it.

after taking the opportunity for some pictures we hopped back in the car and headed to Disneyland!

we got to Disney around 6/6:30 the first ride we had to ride was:

after the ride we find out that the park is closing at 7! we were lucky to have gotten one ride in. WHEW!

i have to say it was kinda nice because we were tired.