Disneyland

The kids had the week of October 5-11 off from school, and as soon as we knew that we decided to make plans to head to Disneyland! We love Disneyland and haven't been in a little over two years, so it was time to head back.

We drove down on Sunday after church, spent five very long and fun days at Disneyland and California Adventure, and drove home Saturday. We stayed at a hotel about a mile from the parks, so we got passes and took the bus each day, which saved us from extra tired legs!

The first bus ride was great because it geared Joe up for the rides. Sound funny? Well, we had season passes to 6 Flags and the only ride Joe would frequent there was the merry-go-round! So the bus ride was good because it was his first experience on one and it got him comfortable with the whole moving vehicle being fun idea. Joe actually rode a number of rides I never expected him to get on, including Star Tours, Space Mountain & Thunder Mountain! Go Joe!

I thought Evie would be the easiest one at the parks, but it was not so! Nearly every time we tried to set her in the stroller she pitched a fit. She was all about walking by herself or having mom carry her everywhere--mom's arms got rather sore and tired by the end of the week!

Lily had fun in her own way. I think the whole Disneyland experience was a bit overwhelming for her, so she refused to ride many rides and wouldn't go on anything without mom. Lily did a lot of waiting around for others, but she still enjoyed herself.

Alexis had a good time and enjoyed all the rides she went on, though we couldn't get her on a few--her nerves got the better of her! I think one of the things Alexis loved the most was getting to have Joe sit by her in the rides--she is our helper that way.

David was in amusement park heaven. He got to ride all the rides he wanted to a number of times. He kind of got to do more than the other kids because he was the one that wanted to do more things! His favorites rides were Tower of Terror and the Mali boomer.

Other "funness" about our week:
-Keri's mom (Grandma Val) came and spent a few days with us, which was a great treat. We don't get to see Keri's parents very much, so it was fun to have her there for the visiting and the extra help!
-Keri celebrated her birthday at Disneyland! What a fun way to have a birthday! We ate at Bubba Gump's for dinner, which was delicious (as always).
-We ate at Goofy's Kitchen, another family favorite at Disneyland.
-One of our trips through the Sourdough Bread tour yielded us 3 great loaves of bread, which we happily snacked on the rest of the day.



Eating the yummy sourdough bread


David and Ez


Joe and Handy Manny


Lily, Joe, and Evelyn with Minnie Mouse


Lily, Alexis, and David hangin' at Tarzan's Treehouse


Mom and Lily flying with Dumbo


Evie's not too sure she want to sit with Grandma Val!


Joe, Lily, Evie, Alexis, David


Lily in her Karaoke moment


Grandma Val and Joe


Keri and Evie (on the one chilly night)


David


Visiting with Minnie and Mickey


Joe, Alexis, Lily, and Grandma Val


Visiting with Cinderella