DISNEYLAND!!

We went to Disneyland for 2 days this week and just had so much fun. We managed to go on all the rides and still have time for a couple shows and parades and fireworks. One thing that was crazy was the CROWDS!! They were awful, next time we will go in the winter. We never had to wait in line more than 40 minutes though. We were smart and used fast passes for everything that we could.

If you ask my children what they loved most about disneyland they will tell you hands down, "meet the princesses." Goodness gracious, we stood in line for 40 mintues to meet these 3 and I was wondering what all the fuss was, when we finally got in there I understood. Each family gets a personal meeting with 3 different princesses and you don't know who they are going to be until you get there. It was so so cute. Maysa just loved holding Belles' pretty fingers, she wouldn't let go of them. Sierra wished she had worn her princess dress and Elena told me afterwards that "maybe Princesses are for 5 year olds." But she still liked it. The princesses would ask them questions and my kids would just stare at them, I wish my kids weren't so shy. One princess asked Maysa what her name was and Maysa just looked up at her and said "I na know". Kinda funny.

The scantily dressed Jasmine.....

When I first saw Ariel I said "oh, Snow white". And Dan says- thats the Little Mermaid!" What was I thinking??? Jonathon got a picture with Ariel too. I think he has a secret crush.

We stood in line 30 minutes to go on flying Dumbo. I didn't know till halfway thru that you could make Dumbo go up or down with your controller. I have a picture just like this when I was 10 with my sister on this same ride.


Maysa is full of expressions, she was so cute on all the rides. She would either have a happy face or a scary face. I was suprised at how many rides they let us take her on. She even got to go on the matterhorn!



I have to say how lucky we were to have Dan's little brother Jonathon with us at Disneyland. He was so helpful and the kids just love him to death. He was always running and getting fast passes for us and helping with the kids. We were lucky because we had 3 adults to 3 kids. One time I left my diaper bag clear across the park and Jon ran the whole way around the park to get it for me and then caught up with the train that we were on. He's the best, I wish we could take him with us everywhere we go!

I had to add in these pictures of the buzz lightyear ride because it was so fun and even Maysa racked up a bunch of points. I kept thinking of how much my little nephew Owen would have gone nuts over this.

I love this picture of Maysa watching the parade, it was so well done and so much fun.

Jungle River Cruise.....




The jungle river cruise was one of my favorite rides. I laughed so hard at the tour guides jokes, but no one else did... SIerra had a scared face on for most of the ride because everything at disney gets a little scary in the middle....

We were so lucky to have brought our chariot stroller so Elena and Sierra could rest and ride and Maysa went on Dan's shoulders. This is our last day and Sierra was just totally tuckered out.

Up, up and away. This is my favorite ride always. Shoot me up 1000 feet and then drop me back down. I LOVE IT! There's me and Jon getting reading to be blasted. I was selfish and did this one 3 times!



We didn't really take a whole lot of pictures because we were having too much fun and running around to all the different rides. If you ask me what my favorite ride was at Disneyland I would have to say Splash mountain, oh and the haunted mansion and pirates of the carribean was also super fun. My favorite ride at Adventure park was probably "soarin over California", that was awesome!!! Well I wish we were still there, it was so charming and so fun. Did I mention it was fun....

We were also very sad that Grandma Brinton could not come with us even though she was planning too. She had to go home for emergency surgery the night before. But she didn't end up getting the surgery because her problem was much better once she got home. :( We miss you Grandma, come back very soon! :( :(

California Waves!

After two days at Disney we ended up at Huntington Beach. Miles of beautiful sand with no one on it but 1 lady suntanning, an older gentleman doing tai chi and us! Although after lunch, it did start to get busier. The water was definetly too cold for me but I enjoyed watching Dan and Jon boogie board the waves and the kids making sand castles. Sierra had a collection of beautiful shells, we stayed for two hours and then headed home on the busy freeways so Dan could go to work at 2am the next morning. We got home at midnight so he only got about 2 hours of sleep :(
but we had a very successful journey and Dan slept all afternoon when he came home from work.

Sierra and Kamryn's birthday Party!!

It was a successful day. The girls had a blast together. Sierra and her best friend Kamryn Bradshaw turned 6 this week so we celebrated with a birthday princess bash!! We played games, busted a pinata, made a craft and ate enough cake to send us into a dancing sugar frenzy! It was so much fun.

It took me two hours, 5 cake mixes and 4 pounds of icing sugar to make and decorate the princess castle cake. But it was so much fun, I loved doing it! It did start to lean which really bugged me but we ate it soon enough and I am glad it didn't have a chance to turn into the leaning tower of princess castle cake.

Dan suprised Sierra this morning with a fish for her birthday gift. Mom was quite suprised as well. Poor thing, I hope it stands a chance in our crazy house. Sierra was a bit upset that it was male so we changed it into a girl. Sierra named "her" Tulip. Love the picture, so I posted it at the top!

Picacho picacho!

Elena and Dan hiked Picacho peak at 6am the other morning. They hiked up in 1 hour and 15 minutes!! So impressive. Elena is quite the rock climber, Dan said she did just great. Wish I could have gone too~