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!

DISNEY TRIP { MARCH 2013 }

back in march Boyd, Brenda, Tyler and I all went to Disneyland for spring break.

 we all had a good time and made some memories.

i could only find a couple of pictures.... ill have to have Boyd find some more later.

Disney Trip 2!

 DAY ONE

Here we are! we are on our way!

the girls were all geared up watching movies to make the trip seem not so long. Thank goodness for technology!

When we first arrived we headed strait to TOONTOWN! Roger Rabbits Wild Ride was the first of many rides at disney.

then after a ride on GADGETS GO COASTER we stoped for a visit to Chip and Dales tree house.

then off to MICKEY MOUSES' HOUSE we went!

had to take a few messages...

and help mop up before we got to see the big cheese!

after a quick hello to mr. mouse we headed of to see MINNIE MOUSE!

after TOON TOWN we ran in to MERIDA. she was super cute and not to metion her little bear cub brothers!

SPACE MOUNTAIN!! yes charis was tall enough!! yay!

then SPLASH MOUNTAIN! i just love charis' face, she is so cute! and kailey too!

our {charis and kailey} first ride!

second...

and third in a row!! yep thats right, didnt have to get off once! yehaw!!

DAY 2

off and on our way to CALIFORNIA ADVENTURE.

please let us in!

please?

let us in! let us in!

here we are waiting for the park to be "offically opened." we got right up front next to the rope! woo go us! the girls and i were waiting to get in while boyd was in line for the fast pass for cars land racers. let me tell ya if you dont want to end up waiting 90 mins to get on get in line for the fast pass asap! first thing otherwise you wont get one. they run out of fastpasses by 1030 and the park doesnt open until 10! i mean it! fast passes are gone for the WHOLE DAY!

a quick stop at cars land for a quick picture.

here we are waiting for the TOWER OF TERROR! Chairs was a little nervous, but kailey got to ride it last time so she knew what was coming.

super fun! the TOWER OF TERROR is my absoslute favorite ride!!

CARS LAND RACERS! isnt it beautiful??! they did a great job, dont you think?

too bad you cant see the girls, next time we will have to make them sit in the back so they can be seen in the picture.

then after we rode cars, we went to lunch at the STORY TELLERS CAFE.

after lunch off to see the ALADDIN play in the HYPERION THEATRE

we had tons of fun at cali adventure!

DAY 3

we spent the third and final day at DISNEYLAND. we rode the MARK TWAIN for the first time. i know its crazy considering how many times i have been to disney that i havent been on the mark twain... oh well get over it. ;)

then boyd and the girls went over to TOM SAWYER ISLAND. { i dont enjoy the island like boyd so i went off and got a yummy treat!}

after the island we met up at the HAUNTED MANSION!

they were nice enough to let us sneak in the back to get these awesome pictures!

at the end of the day we rode splash mountain a few more times :)

to end the day we ate at boyd's favorite resturant the BLUE BAYOU!

charis was too tired to even eat! it had been a long day full of fun!

THANK YOU DISNEYLAND for all the fun times and wonderful memories! we cant wait to come again!