California Dreamin'

Waiting at the airport for our plane to arrive. The kids were SOOO excited to fly and we were SOOO excited not to drive all day!

Our first stop was to the beach. Spencer has wanted to go to the ocean for a long time now, so we rented a nice Jeep and headed there.

It was rather cold for the beach, but we made the best of it. We even got to see some long lost cousins that were nice enough to meet us there! (No pictures though, what was I thinking?)

The family shivering on the beach

The next day we went to Disneyland. Here's a pic of us waiting for one of the parades to start.

Toon Town

Mater and Lightening McQueen

When we asked Carly who she wanted to meet the most at Disneyland, she said Cinderella. Well, as luck would have it, she was the only princess we saw (without having to wait in a huge, long line to see them) She was SOOO excited and was jumping up and down with joy! She gave Cinderella a big hug and wanted to talk forever. SO fun!

And here's Woody with the fam

We went to Mickeys house and met Mickey.

The classic shot at the entrance of Disneyland.

It's a small world. It was nice because they played a little bit of that song and then Christmas Carols. Yay!

This poor kid! We hope we don't scar him too much!

Spencer got chosen to be a Jedi at the Star Wars Show. Doesn't he look threatening in those Mickey ears?

He got to fight Darth Vader on stage! This is a shot moments after Darth hit Spencer's light saber out of his hands and to the ground! Spencer was the perfect Jedi and ran after his light saber and came back and defeated Darth Vader. We were so excited he had the force with him and got chosen!

Great shot of the kids cooperating to get a picture in front of the castle...

Cute Carly on Mark Twains island.

Okay, and seriously, is this not the cutest kid in the world? He was such a trooper the whole time (until the flight coming home).

At our hotel. I don't know if we'll ever be able to stay off of the Disney property again. It was sure nice being so close and getting to get into the park early!

Swimming at the hotel.













We had SO much fun, but it's sure great to be home! We're excited for our next trip there (in about 5 or 6 years) when everyone can walk and we don't have to worry about diapers!