The next day we drove to California. We stayed in a hotel near Newport Beach. We took the kids to see the beach for their first time ever. The weather was a little cool but as you can see they jumped right in. It was so fun. We hoped to make it back before the end of our trip but never found the time.
The next day we went to Disneyland. Woohoo! We had such a good time. So much to see and do it took us awhile to get a system down with four kids. The weather was great and the crowds were not too bad. All the kids did great. Jacob loved the California Screamer roller coaster and Tower of Terror. Colton liked Splash Mountain. Clara says she liked Tower of Terror the best, but I think she just says that to show everyone how brave she is. She was so brave she went on anything she was tall enough for and would get off laughing and say "that was soo fun". I think her favorite part of Disneyland was getting her face painted. She wanted to get it done so bad. We finally gave in the last day. Levi liked Pirates of the Caribbean and the 3-D Woodie shooting game. He did so good the whole trip. He was so excited to see all the characters until they got too close. Clara got to see Snow White, her current favorite princess and of course Minnie Mouse. Colton's favorite character is Goofy and we ran into him a few times. But Jacob never got to see his favorite--Donald Duck.
the Haunted Mansion
It's a Small World
The Parade
Splash Mountain- Jacob got very daring and put his hands up.
getting ready to go down the big falls
Splash Mountain from outside
Colton and Clara in Sleeping Beauty's Castle
The river ride. Very fascinating to Levi because all the animals were real to him
The shuttle ride to the park from the parking structure. We rode it many a time.
On the second day the kids all woke up to find Disney characters in their beds
On the first day after about two hours in the park Clara stoped dead in her tracks and refused to walk anymore. So we had to buy her a princess carriage. As you can see we wore the two little ones out.
Rocky and Levi the 3-D Woodie ride.
The only picture we could get with Levi and a character.
The Merry Go Round we could not go past it without Levi screaming fishy
Tower of Terror
Notice Clara's death grip on Rocky. Still She went on it twice.
All of Disneyland was decorated for Halloween. These candcorn cornstalks were so cute.
We stayed at Embassy Suites. It was so nice. They had a big atrium with fish, turtles and a big lion on top of a big rock that woke up and roared every hour or so. They also had a nice hot breakfast each morning and free drinks and snacks and pizza at night. It was so nice to not to have to go out for food with tiered kids
Boys with their souviners. Colton chose a hat and Jacob got some trading pins that he was soo proud of.
Our last picture before we left the park on our last night. It was such a great vacation. I don't think it could have gone any better. We made lots of wonderful memories at the happiest place on earth.
The next day we went to Disneyland. Woohoo! We had such a good time. So much to see and do it took us awhile to get a system down with four kids. The weather was great and the crowds were not too bad. All the kids did great. Jacob loved the California Screamer roller coaster and Tower of Terror. Colton liked Splash Mountain. Clara says she liked Tower of Terror the best, but I think she just says that to show everyone how brave she is. She was so brave she went on anything she was tall enough for and would get off laughing and say "that was soo fun". I think her favorite part of Disneyland was getting her face painted. She wanted to get it done so bad. We finally gave in the last day. Levi liked Pirates of the Caribbean and the 3-D Woodie shooting game. He did so good the whole trip. He was so excited to see all the characters until they got too close. Clara got to see Snow White, her current favorite princess and of course Minnie Mouse. Colton's favorite character is Goofy and we ran into him a few times. But Jacob never got to see his favorite--Donald Duck.
the Haunted Mansion
It's a Small World
The Parade
Splash Mountain- Jacob got very daring and put his hands up.
getting ready to go down the big falls
Splash Mountain from outside
Colton and Clara in Sleeping Beauty's Castle
The river ride. Very fascinating to Levi because all the animals were real to him
The shuttle ride to the park from the parking structure. We rode it many a time.
On the second day the kids all woke up to find Disney characters in their beds
On the first day after about two hours in the park Clara stoped dead in her tracks and refused to walk anymore. So we had to buy her a princess carriage. As you can see we wore the two little ones out.
Rocky and Levi the 3-D Woodie ride.
The only picture we could get with Levi and a character.
The Merry Go Round we could not go past it without Levi screaming fishy
Tower of Terror All of Disneyland was decorated for Halloween. These candcorn cornstalks were so cute.
Clara's face painting--So beautiful. So loved it.
We stayed at Embassy Suites. It was so nice. They had a big atrium with fish, turtles and a big lion on top of a big rock that woke up and roared every hour or so. They also had a nice hot breakfast each morning and free drinks and snacks and pizza at night. It was so nice to not to have to go out for food with tiered kids
Boys with their souviners. Colton chose a hat and Jacob got some trading pins that he was soo proud of.
Our last picture before we left the park on our last night. It was such a great vacation. I don't think it could have gone any better. We made lots of wonderful memories at the happiest place on earth.
