Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Most Magical Place on Earth

Disneyland!!!

What a blast! It was our first family trip to Disneyland and MY first time as well! And it really was amazing. I loved it way more than I thought I would. Everything was just so well done and clean and just magical! Did I mention I loved it? My kids did too!

We went with my brother & sister-in-law, Greg and Whitney, and their 3 kids. We couldn't have asked for better guides! We enjoyed all the best rides, got fast passes, stroller passes, and really got to see as much as we could in the 2 days we were there. We partied as long as we could and then crashed every night!

Jane got glasses. Isn't she cute! Actually, these are my niece, Marlee's glasses. I just thought jane was cute!

I wasn't sure how it would be with an 18 month old at Disneyland but it was actually awesome! We got stroller passes at every ride so after Tom took them, I got to go and take them again since I waited with Jane! She was a trooper, napping in the stroller, waiting in lines. She really just loved all the attention from cousins and had a blast! Our favorite ride (it was 80 degrees that day) in California Adventure...Grizzly rapids. Here is a before...
And here is the after...


My favorite rides were the Pirates of the Carribean, and this one...Indiana Jones! They were AMAZING! All the animated people. The kids kept asking me if they were real people. (Just a note on the Indiana Jones ride...Braden tried to get on but they measured him right before. He even got on his tippy toes and they ALMOST let him on till another worker came over and said "Hey, I think he's on his toes". It was SO funny! Poor kid really wanted to go. I guess there's next time!


We all loved the Bugs life movie and activities!
Can you believe it? I couldn't come all the way to disneyland and not get at least 1 picture with a character. So I did it. I waited in line for at least 25 minutes with braden and Jane while the others were waiting for a ride and I got my Mickey picture.

You had better believe this will be a tradition in our family... Disneyland at least every other year!

After Disneyland we visited the beach and the kids loved it! Who doesn't love the beach? It was 75 and sunny. Absolute heaven if you ask me!


After the beach we drove to Las Vegas where we visited with my family for 6 days. It was one of the best times I've ever had visiting vegas. My kids just bonded with their cousins, Jane LOVED the little girl cousins! We had 2 birthday parties, 1 baby blessing, 1 baby shower...it was just a big party! I'll have to post other pictures later. My mom took a bunch and I have to get them. I love my sisters (& brothers) & in-laws and really just wish they'd all move to Coeur d'Alene by me!!! Thanks guys, it was an amazing trip!

7 comments:

Jen Baxter said...

Looks like such a fun trip! We are going to disney in two weeks. I was worried about how it would go, but I am glad that all of the kids had such a great time. It makes me think that we will be okay! What a fun post.

David and Jenny said...

Looks fun...the weather sounds like it was perfect! I don't know if we could do it with 5 kids...but your post is making me consider it.:)

Anonymous said...

OK, now I am even more excited about OUR upcoming Disneyland trip in May. Are there any rides that Jane was able to go on, we will have Isaac with us as well and I was just wondering if there would be any for him?

Love all the pictures!!

Colleen said...

We just did that same trip three weeks ago! So fun! It looks like it was a perfect visit, and it is fun to see Greg and Whitney's family! I am glad you loved your first visit to Disney, hope there are many more!

Logan said...

Can't wait until Brennan is old enough to appreciate a trip...

Tom are you still digging that J.Crew hat out of the garbage each time Kim throws it away?

Whitney said...

That was a blast! We're so glad that we got to go with you. It's a good thing you had your camera so that you could do this great blog post. Oh wait, you didn't have your camera. Good thing I brought mine! (And thanks for leaving out the part about getting lost on the way to the beach and lunch after)

Susan May said...

It sounds like you had so much fun!
Have you ever been to Disney World? I got the impression that this was your first "Disney Experience". I love Disney too! Marisol has already been 3 times (just one day to one park each time... but still she is lucky :-) Glad you got to see the whole family too.