November 5-11, 2018

Disneyland and California Adventure Finale

California Adventure May 6, 2015

Disneyland 2015

Pool day and Newport Beach

Laguna Beach May 3, 2015

It was a fun day to just chill at the beach.  We found a cool wall that Elsie had to get her picture by.  I am certain Elsie loves the beach the most.  Every picture of her is full of wonder.  The girls had a great time taking pictures in the Palm Trees posing as models. There of course was the crazy mermaid lady.   And we cant forget the moment where  and I were trying to take a picture and JJ came over and scared Emma  In fact I think it is only fitting that I add the pics in order.

California or Bust 2015

California relaxing day

Part one of our Awesome day

The Pool

This was such a perfect day.  First we went to the pool and enjoyed some fun in the sun.  The weather was amazing.  The kids played in the pool, JJ met a girl..., Emry napped.  Perfect.  Except for all the fighting that JJ and Emma did.  UGH  Emry looking so cute in her suit made up for all the fighting.

 Ellie still hung pool side.  She is so funny.The other kids were fishy's all day long.  

You can see that Emma is getting beyond frustrated in these fights.  It got so bad that she got out sulking.  Ellie was right on it.  She went over to Emma and consoled her.  She then laid out by her.  It was the sweetest thing.   

Part two of our awesome day

The Crab Cooker

If the name doesn't say enough the taste will.  This place is heaven.  Apparently my grandma was the one that found this place for our family and we all enjoy the benefits of this.  When we got there, there was a family next to us that looked "Utahish".  We found out that they were not only from Utah but they were also staying at the Marriott.  They were super nice.  Fun to see faces from home.

 I think the littles were not as impressed as the older peeps but it was delish! to say the least.

 The picture on the end is our pic we get every time we go.  I can't wait to see this pic when JJ is 18 haha.  That shark was what was right above us on the ceiling.  Pretty awesome.

This is my favorite pic from the trip.  Love these peeps.

 Sure do love these kiddos.  Especially the goofy one in the goggles.

 More fabulous pics.

 Me and my hottie.

Part Three of our Awesome day.

Newport Beach

After the Crab Cooker we went to Newport beach.  This beach was fabulous.  I wish we had found it sooner.  The kids loved it.  There was no rocks just perfect sand.  

 JJ is not in any pics because he was in the ocean the entire time.  

 The kids LOVE the beach.  This is my most favorite part of our trip to Cali.  

 The sunset was stunning.  I really can't wait to move here.  (It will happen...someday.)

Disneyland and California Adventure Day 3

We got up early and got to the most magical place on earth before it even opened.  We were on a mission today.  We were doing Toon Town, characters, and then California Adventure the rest of  the time.  The one thing we did not plan on was HEAT!  It was almost 100 degrees that day.  We were so hot.  We were also tired from all the fun we had the two prior days.  Heat and exhaustion do not mix well for kids or parents.

We headed straight into the park and got held up by the ropes.  They hold people back until the park officially opens.  We waited and then ran to Toon Town.  Toon Town doesn't open until noon.  NOON!  It was already so hot.  Noon would be even that much hotter.  Toon Town is my favorite picture spot which means my favorite spot.    Once we realized it would be a little while before we could go there we headed over to Small World for one last go around.  Before we headed over we got side tracked by a red head.  The girls were so excited to meet Brave.  I don't even think they know her name is Merida.  She is Brave to them..  Ellie was cute.  At one point she showed Merida her hair and held hers and said "Same"  It was so cute.

How could she stand the heat in all that hair.

It was time to feed the baby so we headed over to Small World.  

Next was Toon Town and my suspicions were correct.  It was too blasted hot.  I was pretty bummed about this.  But through all of that I got my favorite family pic of Disneyland.

Love this family.

We went on the Rodger Rabbit ride and my kids didn't even know who/what that was.  Hmmmm

Love these silly pics

Love this face...  So tough

This picture is beautiful.  I love that Ellie is looking at Daisy.

Toon Town is such a goofy place, I really wish that I hadn't let the heat get to me.  I had the worst attitude there.  

This is a pic we took years ago.  JJ was up on top waiting for us and he got in trouble and told to get down.  It was kind of  bummer.  

After waiting in line for awhile we got to meet Minnie Mouse.  She is a doll.  The girls loved her.  JJ was cute he took tons of pics for me. 

Not only is it fun to meet Minnie but it is also fun to see her adorable house.  We love the photo bomber in the pic.  

Next it is off to Mickey's house.  Aren't these two married already???  Why do they have separate houses.  

Here is Mickey picture overload but each kid needs a special cameo with the guy.  

Emry loved his face it was so adorable.  JJ loved being the one to introduce her to Mickey.

Elsie was worried about seeing Mickey again.  She asked me if she should go and say hi or if that was rude because she already met him.  I thought that was adorable.  

Now the moment that Mickey and Ellie had was priceless.  Mickey LOVED Ellie.  It was the sweetest thing.  They touched noses at one point.  It just made us smile.  

Emma was her adorable self.  Big hugs from Mickey

The whole gang with the big Cheese

Riding the toon town roller coaster.

Before we even came to Disneyland people told us we had to get a Turkey leg.  I think this was the thing that Jeron was most looking forward to.  You can smell them all through the park and they smell amazing.  On day three Jeron decided today was the day.  So he didn't want to share so he got two.  One for him and one for us.  We couldn't believe the size of these things.  So we all took a bite and we ALL thought it was disgusting.  It didn't even taste like turkey it tasted like ham.  It was not good at all.  We ended up throwing most of them away.  I felt kind of bad for Jeron because he really was excited about it.  Crazy thing though, if you saw other people eating them they would lick the bone clean.  I don't know what our problem was.

What is Disneyland without a little ear actoin.

We were just headed over to pirates because Emry needed to nurse and we ran right into Tiana.  She was the only character that we saw that wasn't surrounded by "secret service agents"  It was so nice to just walk up to her and ask her for her pic.  She was beautiful.

I  thought about not putting this in the mega load of pictures but since it was our very last pic at Disnyland I felt I should.  Plus, she is adorable.  

We went back to California Adventure for the rest of the day.  Our first stop was Little Mermaid and then we went to Toy Story.  After we sat in some shade and ate some yummy Mickey suckers.  That man in the background shows just how exhausting three days of this is.  Haha.

We found this lady and figured even though we didn't know who she was we would get our pic.  We would hate to see a movie and go "oh shoot, we should have gotten a pic with her because she is someone."  Turns out she isn't anyone.  She is "a citizen of California Adventure"  what ever that means.

Thank goodness for water!!!  It wasa nice little breather to take.  The girls got soaked and loved every minute.  They kept begging JJ to come but he was not feeling it.  

|But they sure made sure he did "feel" it.  

We decided to go to the play Aladdin.   This gave the boys an opportunity to go on the bigger rides.

The play was amazing.  I would recommend you go to it if you get the chance.  We then went around and got fun pics of all the places we had been.

We also went on the Monsters Inc. ride.  It was cute like Little Mermaid.

One of the funniest moments from the trip was Ellie eating her cotton candy.  She had been begging us for one the entire time.  We finally got her one and she enjoyed every moment of it.  

Jeron insisted that I go on the cars ride.  It was such an awesome ride.  But even cooler than the ride is the scenery.  They have done an amazing job of making it look just like you were in Radiator Springs.  

We really had such a great time in Disneyland and California Adventure.  It is always fun to take little kids and see how they light up at all the magic.  I guess we will need to come back in about four to five years for Emry.  Until then Snows OUT!