DISNEYLAND!!!!

We went to Disneyland! We left right after Kamarin's award night on Thursday (I will blog about that in a bit.)With a car full of sleeping kids, we rolled into the hotel about midnight. We unloaded and got a pretty good night sleep. The kids were up bright (Kamarin not so bright) and early ready to head to the park! Everett was dieing to go on the Dumbo ride, so after a quick stop at the Matterhorn....no lines yet...he got his wish! He took turns riding with Branden and I. We gave a little more freedom to the older two. As long as they stayed together and called to check in, then they got to run around the park on their own. This was much simpler than trying to constantly wait for each other. They had a blast...and got along most of the time!



We can not go on a vacation with out some kind of challenge. The second morning Branden got up to go buy milk at the store. The dome light had been left on in the car and the battery was dead. Thank goodness for roadside assistance!! They were there in about 30 minutes. I took the kids into the park and he waited for the battery to charge. We all met up a bit later and had a great time. I hate to buy food in the park...it isn't very good and is very expensive. We took snacks and lots of fruit. But, strangely enough my family still got hungry. We did pretty good though and everyone ate surprisingly well!



My kids are a bit spoiled when it comes to waiting in lines. If the line was longer than 10 minutes long, all we heard was complaining. By getting there early in the morning, right when Disneyland opened, we could jump on any ride with out waiting. By lunch time, the park really starts to fill up. We learned to Fastpass and when Disneyland got too busy, we went over to California Adventure. We walked and walked and walked! Our soles are bruised and a few of us have blisters, but it was worth it!