Disneyland!

By Lesley -
We knew once Isaac got the position at UCM, we had to make one final trip to Disneyland to celebrate all of our hard work! We got to go with Curtis and Sophie's family and Grandpa Steve and Grandma Dana. Curtis and Sophie are pros at Disneyland! I told Isaac the only way we're doing Disney from now on is if we go with season pass holders who know their way around the park. We bought a two day park hopper ticket which was fun because I haven't been to California Adventure since 2004. Using the fast passes we were able to ride all the rides without having to wait in long lines. The longest wait was the Storybook Land ride and that was about 40 minutes since we couldn't use the fast pass for it. William was tall enough for every single ride. Van was too short for Indiana Jones and California Screamin, but was able to ride everything else. It really was a magical experience! We love Disneyland! Ha ha I just remembered as I'm typing this that some of our family got sick with stomach issues near the end so that wasn't fun and we pretty much watched TV all day long the day after to recover from our Disney hangover. We were scheduled to stay with Alex and Jason that day, but stayed in the hotel one more day instead. I'm glad we were able to do that because we definitely needed a day to relax. Hooray for Disneyland! Hope to return sooner than later!
On our way to Disneyland from the hotel

The classic spot for a family pic!

Space Mountain with Sophie and Deacon in the front and William and I behind them. Haha!

Naomi and Gwen were so cute with Minnie Mouse

Naomi giving Mickey a kiss

We were the first ride of the day on Big Thunder Mountain! Yay!

Carousel Ride



This Cars Land Ride was our favorite!

Anna and Elsa with Gwen and Van

Will and Deacon got in on the action too. They were embarrassed but such good sports.

Waiting to ride the Radiator Springs Racers

Aunt Sophie taught Van to say, "You're goin down!" to the other racers. It was too funny!

Woo hoo!

We LOVED the new Guardians of the Galaxy ride (formerly Tower of Terror). It is so much better!

I had the best seat on the end with a bar right next to me to hold on tight.

There's the Guardians of the Galaxy ride!

Disney selfies


Pluto!

There's a picture of us just like this in 2004. We've only gotten better looking with age. Haha!

This Toy Story Ride was a blast

Van was looking forward to Storybook Land and kept asking to go on the "whale ride"

Awww! All together on the boat.

Classic castle pic

On our way out we heard, "The Electrical Parade will begin in 10 minutes." We told the others that we were going to stay and watch. It was exactly the same as I remember in 1987, the last time I saw the parade.

The kids passed out on the way home. 


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