Our Disneyland trip was a blast! We went with almost all of my family (Missy and Chad didn't come because they went last April and are due with a baby in a month and my littlest sis, Amy is on her mission). But Granny Annie and Grandpa Harry (my parents), Laurel & Sam and their 5 kids, Karen, Christian, & Nathan, Jenny & Carter and Heidi all came. We met up with my brother Matt and his wife Lauren for a few days too. Matt works in Disneyland doing landscaping.
Anyways, Dan and I flew with the kids on Saturday, February 2nd. Gavin cried and had a fit for about the first hour of the flight. I think he still wasn't feeling good from his strep throat. But about 20 minutes before we landed, he fell asleep - of course! But everyone around us was so nice and didn't give us dirty looks. We checked into our hotel (Best Western Park Place Inn, which is right across the street). We shared a room with Karen and Christian to save money. We went into Disneyland that night, rode a few rides and watched the Electrical Parade. The next day, Sunday, we woke up to pouring rain! We pretty much just layed around the hotel and relaxed. When the rain stopped that afternoon, we went into Disneyland for a couple of hours, then went to Knott's Berry Farm just to eat at their yummy Chicken Restaurant.
After Sunday, the weather got nicer and warmer each day. By the following Saturday, when we left, it was about 81 degrees. It was pretty depressing coming home to about 10 inches of snow in our yard and 20 degree weather. But we were very grateful to get out of this icky stuff and get some sun.
Zane was able to ride the Matterhorn (which he had already ridden last year), Splash Mtn, Space Mtn, Thunder Mtn, Star Tours, Soarin' Over California and Tower of Terror, but only with a certain pair of shoes. He was wearing these brown shoes one of the first days and they wouldn't let him on Splash, so I figured "well, he won't be able to ride any of the big rides then." But the next day, Dan put a pair of tennis shoes on him and while we were getting Fast Passes for Thunder, I thought to my little old self, "maybe we should try measuring Zane again because he has different shoes on." Well, he BARELY was tall enough, so they let him ride. He LOVED it and the rest of the week, he wore those tennis shoes and they let him on all those rides! Lindsay rode all of those rides too, but this year she was also tall enough for the Grizzly Rapids and Mulholland Madness. She loved both of them and rode them both twice. It's so great to have the kids getting big enough for these rides and it's even funner that they love them. After Zane got off of the Tower of Terror he said, "that was so fun! My bum was going up and down!" Pretty funny, huh?
We had annual passes so of course we went into Disneyland every single day we were there (8 days). Some people think we're crazy (including Dan) but we were able to go on every single ride, some several times, see every show and parade we wanted and we did it all at our own pace. So, the next trip is in the planning stages - 2010. Can I really go 2 years without going? I guess we'll see!
Here's some of the pictures - Hope you enjoy!
