Disneyland

Well we survived our first trip to Disneyland as a family. It was definitely something we will remember. Here are the pictures I took. They are in a pretty random order. I had this bff in jr. high named Stephanie Tomlinson and these are her parents Jill and Todd. They were at Disneyland with Steph's kids. It was super fun to see them. I was so sad that Steph wasn't with them. It would have been nice to see her. I don't think I have seen her in over 10 years.

Jake said he was so excited to meet the real live Mickey Mouse. A few days before we left for Disneyland we were eating dinner and talking about the rides. I told my kids to remember everything at Disneyland was just pretend. ( I really didn't want Jake to get scared of things, he can be really sensitive) He looked up at Mark and me and asked is Mickey Mouse pretend. I didn't really know what to say. Mark was quick and said when we get to Disneyland and you see Mickey Mouse you tell us what you think.

Jake rode this with my dad. My dad told me he kept saying you take the wheel now grandpa. He loved the cars.

Ethan was pretty excited to meed Mickey mouse as well.

We went on the train ride all the way around the park so we could figure out what we wanted to do next.

Jake and Ryan waiting to go on the ladybug ride in CA adventure park.

Ethan, Jake, Me and my parents waiting for the celebration parade to begin.

Jake, Ryan and Grandma going to the Island.

Here are some funny things or not so funny things about our trip.

-Ryan and Andrew were pretty sick the entire time.

-Our hotel was "going green" which meant they were no longer going to be washing our sheets every day, due to Ryan and Andrew being sick they had to wash our sheets every day.

Ethan's favorite ride: Indiana Jones

Jake's favorite ride: Pirates

Ryan's favorite ride: Buzz lightyear 3D in CA adventure

Mark's favorite ride: CA screamer with Ethan

JanaRae's favorite ride: CA screamer

-Ethan's first time on the CA screamer "this is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me, can we go again" all before the ride finishes.

-On Saturday I went to the park with just my dad at 8:00AM we rode space mountain and then went and rode the Matterhorn. We had to share a seat. It was pretty crowded. My knees kept hitting the front.

-One night we were in the hotel eating ice cream my parents were in our room. Ethan was on my bed watching TV. He was calling to everyone, "come here" finally my dad went in. Ethan said "can you do me a favor and watch this cartoon while I go to the bathroom and then tell me what happened" Grandpa said "no" and left the room. I haven't stopped laughing about this still.

-Jake going on Splash mountain with out being forced. After the ride my dad telling him when Spencer was 6 he went on this ride and it made him cry. Jake responding, "it made me cry too"

-We were driving home and got to Spanish Fork when Andrew threw up all over himself. We had to pull over and clean him up the best we could and all the cold air woke up Ryan and Andrew who then started screaming all the while Ethan was pretending to gag because of the smell.