We are home! A few weeks ago Randy “accidently” bought a trailer from an online auction. We debated whether or not he would go alone to pick it up or make a family trip out of it. Thursday, October 25th we decide to make it a family trip and take the kids to Disneyland. We left early Saturday the 27th so it didn’t leave us very much time to get ready so of course I forgot much needed items.
Saturday night we made it to San Marcos (in the San Diego area) and stayed with Fred and Valerie. We spent Sunday with them eating out at different places and hanging at the beach. The kids loved the beach and although the water was freezing they managed to get very wet. Fred and Valerie took us to some of the fire burned areas near their home. It was awful to see how the fire devastated neighborhoods. It would burn one house to the ground and the home next door was untouched and you could see where the fire jumped to three houses down. So sad.
Monday morning we drove to Anaheim and Disneyland. Randy bought us a 3 day park hopper pass so we could go between Disneyland and California Adventure Park. We started at California Adventure Park and walked on almost every ride. The kids loved Bug’s Land although Sarah didn’t like the interactive movie in Bug’s Land, it really freaked her out, especially when the spiders came down from the ceiling. The kids also loved the Monsters Inc. ride and we went on this several times. We had pictures with characters and ate lots of food. At the end of the day we finally bought autograph books for the kids to get autographs and pictures with the characters. When the park closed at 5:00pm we went to Disneyland and thought about standing in the Finding Nemo Ride line but it was sooo LONG so they went on a few other rides and then we watched the parade. We finally left the park just before closing and went to IHOP for dinner where the kids barely stayed awake.
Tuesday we spent the day in Disneyland and had so much fun. Again we walked on or only had to wait no longer then 15 minutes for every ride except Nemo where the wait was an hour. I think we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride like 8 time throughout our visit. We rode many rides a couple of times and got a lot of signatures and pictures in their autograph books. This time when the park closed, we when to dinner again at IHOP and the kids fell asleep before their food arrived, they were so tired.
Wednesday was Halloween and my birthday. We spent the early part of the day in both parks going on favorite rides and looking for characters we wanted to see. We left the park early because Randy planned a special surprise for me. The kids put the costumes on and we took them the Anaheim Stake President’s wife who Randy made arrangements to watch them and take them trick or treating. We drove into Hollywood and saw the musical Wicked. It was the best gift the show was incredible. I loved it!
Thursday we got a late start because we had such a late night. We picked up the LONG trailer and started our long drive home. We finally pulled in about 3:45am Friday morning. Randy and the kids went to bed while I ran into work to do payroll, which was the whole reason we had to be back by Friday morning. Now I am still doing laundry and putting everything away. It was such a fun trip.
Saturday night we made it to San Marcos (in the San Diego area) and stayed with Fred and Valerie. We spent Sunday with them eating out at different places and hanging at the beach. The kids loved the beach and although the water was freezing they managed to get very wet. Fred and Valerie took us to some of the fire burned areas near their home. It was awful to see how the fire devastated neighborhoods. It would burn one house to the ground and the home next door was untouched and you could see where the fire jumped to three houses down. So sad.
Monday morning we drove to Anaheim and Disneyland. Randy bought us a 3 day park hopper pass so we could go between Disneyland and California Adventure Park. We started at California Adventure Park and walked on almost every ride. The kids loved Bug’s Land although Sarah didn’t like the interactive movie in Bug’s Land, it really freaked her out, especially when the spiders came down from the ceiling. The kids also loved the Monsters Inc. ride and we went on this several times. We had pictures with characters and ate lots of food. At the end of the day we finally bought autograph books for the kids to get autographs and pictures with the characters. When the park closed at 5:00pm we went to Disneyland and thought about standing in the Finding Nemo Ride line but it was sooo LONG so they went on a few other rides and then we watched the parade. We finally left the park just before closing and went to IHOP for dinner where the kids barely stayed awake.
Tuesday we spent the day in Disneyland and had so much fun. Again we walked on or only had to wait no longer then 15 minutes for every ride except Nemo where the wait was an hour. I think we went on the Buzz Lightyear ride like 8 time throughout our visit. We rode many rides a couple of times and got a lot of signatures and pictures in their autograph books. This time when the park closed, we when to dinner again at IHOP and the kids fell asleep before their food arrived, they were so tired.
Wednesday was Halloween and my birthday. We spent the early part of the day in both parks going on favorite rides and looking for characters we wanted to see. We left the park early because Randy planned a special surprise for me. The kids put the costumes on and we took them the Anaheim Stake President’s wife who Randy made arrangements to watch them and take them trick or treating. We drove into Hollywood and saw the musical Wicked. It was the best gift the show was incredible. I loved it!
Thursday we got a late start because we had such a late night. We picked up the LONG trailer and started our long drive home. We finally pulled in about 3:45am Friday morning. Randy and the kids went to bed while I ran into work to do payroll, which was the whole reason we had to be back by Friday morning. Now I am still doing laundry and putting everything away. It was such a fun trip.
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