Friday, September 21, 2012

Disneyland 2012

We had the BEST trip ever to Disneyland!!  Thanks Mom and Dad for EVERYTHING!!!  We are truly blessed to have such generous parents!!!  We spent 6 nights at Disneyland this year and loved every moment of the trip.  My entire side of the family went this time and we were able to spend one day at my grandparent's house as well.  Aunt Sara made all the outfits for each day and the kids were ADORABLE!!!  We had lots of people ask if they were twins, triplets or quads...
We had good weather too.  The first two days were a little hot. (108 degrees the first day was a bit much!!)  The last few days were much more comfortable and we spent every morning and early afternoon at the parks and then went back to the hotel to rest and swim and usually went back for more rides after dinner.  The kids LOVE spending time with their cousins and I LOVE spending time with my family.  I uploaded TONS of pictures!!  Probably too many but definitely wanted to remember all the great memories!!!

   




Grandpa Doug even sat at the kids end of the table for dinner!!!

Radiator Springs Racing was their FAVORITE.  
Best Grandparents in the World!!
A morning spent with Great-Grandpa Harvey and Great-Grandma Joyce.

When I was little we usually spent two weeks each summer at my grandparent's house.  They have a door in their garage where they marked our growth as we grew each year.  Here are pictures comparing where I was at each age of my kids.
The finger in the picture is my height at their age!!!
All three kids are taller than I was!!!!  They thought that was pretty cool!!!





I only went on this FAST roller coaster once but the kids LOVED it!!!
A quick picture with Mickey who was on his way to a show...
Aunt Kelly with baby in the tummy.  Cousin number eight will be here in January!!!

One late night the kids were starting to "shove" in line and I announced that if anyone touched anyone else they were going back to the room.  Scott and David wanted to go back to their beers and started shoving each other.  It was super funny!!!
We caught two parades this year and the kids LOVED them!!!




 All the kids with Uncle Mark!!!
 Jake didn't want to "pose" with Minnie but it is a great picture with all the others!!!
 Molly loved going on the rides too!!!

 The pool was super fun and a great break from the heat!!!






 They all LOVED Cars Land!!!

 Breakfast with Mark, Kelly, and my mom and dad


Cousins are the BEST!!!
California Adventure had a Dance Party room that was air-conditioned.  The kids LOVED dancing with the characters!!
 Molly was nearly PERFECT the entire trip but this picture proves that not every minute was fun for her!!!


 Jake LOVES Pluto!!!!

 More parades!!!!
 Grandpa Doug with Molly on Alice and Wonderland!!!

Our hotel let us in one hour early to either park... and one day the kids were able to go on the Matterhorn five times in a row!!!


Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for a GREAT trip!!  We LOVE YOU!!!!


...and then the laundry began...


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