Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Southern California Adventure ~ Grandma Glora & Uncle Scott

Eating Sprinkles Cupcakes for Uncle Scott's birthday!



The kids love their Uncle Scotty!

Looking at one of the many wonderful photo albums


Decorating Great Grandpa Jerry's grave


We want to give a huge THANK YOU to Grandma Glora and Uncle Scott for opening your home to us for the week. We had a wonderful time! We can't wait to do it again someday soon:)

Monday, October 18, 2010

Southern California Adventure ~ Disneyland ~ October 2010

Ivan crashed around 11pm. He slept through Peter Pan and Nemo Submarine. He probably would have slept through Space Mountain too!


She liked meeting Tink and Vidia

We stood in line for an hour so Mila could meet Silvermist

Every time we come I take a picture of Ivan in front of the honey pots:)
We ran into Mila's Fairy Godmother along the way

My kids watched the Sword in the Stone for the first time before the trip. Mila recognized it right away.
Ivan was camera shy so Mila took the picture for him:)

Mila at the castle

Indiana Ivan

The kids partied from 9 -midnight! It was wild. We were able to go on Splash Mountain 3 times in a row without getting off. We loved Haunted Mansion and It's a Small World. The crowd wasn't too bad until the afternoon. We hit almost every ride and some of them several times. Thunder Mountain Railroad was one of Ivan's very favorite. We also watched Captain EO which I hadn't seen since 8th grade! It was totally 80's RAD!!! I still recommend going in January or February.

Southern California Adventure ~ Disneyland *HAUNTED MANSION* ~ October 2010






Everyone who knows our family will know that we LOVE Tim Burton! WE LOVE HIS WORK! This was the first time that we were able to go to Disneyland when the Haunted Mansion was decorated like the Nightmare Before Christmas. They went above and beyond! It was so fun to see our favorite characters at our favorite park. Good job Disneyland. Thank you for doing your job well.

Southern California Adventure ~ LEGOLAND ~ October 2010




















Don't let the pictures fool you. The park was way over priced and the rides are 30 seconds long. It is not worth the drive or the price. The kids were done after a couple hours. We also stayed late to do the Brick or Treat trail and that was a joke. After waiting in line for about an hour, all dressed up in costume, they went to a few houses and received a cliff bar, an apple and a coupon for Chipotle that can only be used in San Diego. They did throw in 1 random duplo type brick that says trick or treat but it doesn't match any other bricks we have so we can't use it. LEGOLAND IS LAME!!!!!!!!!!