Day Four... Final day of Disney.

Since on our first day of Disneyland we were able

to ride all the rides we took it easy on our last day...

partly because we were all exhausted! ;)

 Playing in the water waiting for Ryan and Blake to 

ride Space Mountain.

 Then Kenzie and I rode it using another baby pass!

This picture cracked me up of Kenzie!! :)

 For some reason I barely took any pictures on this day...

The kids and Ryan rode Nemo ride

we took the Monorail around the park

Blake and Ryan did the Star Wars training and Star Tours

The girls and I went to the Beauty and the Beast Show

While Blake and Ryan did Autopia

Then we got a call from the Galovich's who had just drove 

6 hours with their five kids saying they were on their way

to pick up Kendyl and Peyton so that we could enjoy our last

few hours at the park! Who does that?! Seriously they are some

amazing friends! So we met them at our hotel and gave them Kendyl.

Peyton was too shy to go with them and I wasn't about to give them TWO

fussy children!! ;)

So we decided to eat dinner next door at Ihop before returning

back into the park!

 Here we are with our load a lot lighter... and easier ;)

back at the Haunted Mansion.

We repeated a lot of the rides again and then 

went to watch Fantasmic!

After the show we watched the fireworks again, 

then went back on Space Mountain! :)

On our way out of the park the kids stopped at a few

stores to pick out their souvenirs!

We were all able to sleep in the next day before we had

to check out of our hotel.

We packed up the car and walked back over to

Downtown Disney so Blake could spend his

souvenir money at the Lego Store!

We all had such a GREAT time!

Our favorite parts of the trip...

Ryan: Radiator Racers, World of Color, & Disneyland in General ;)

Mine: Goofy's Kitchen

Blake's: California Screaming & Tower of Terror

Kenzies: California Screaming

Peyton: The Parade & Small World

Kendyl: Riding in the Bjorn & Stroller ;)

Day 3... California Adventure!!

Our next day on our trip was spent at California Adventure!

Ryan took the babies to get fast passes while the two older kids and I 

ran to CarsLand to get on the new Radiator Springs Racers ride!!

We only had to wait 30 min which was great considering the rest of the day it was

a hour and half plus wait time!! We were able to get a baby swap pass so Ryan and 

Blake could ride on it with no wait time!

We all of course LOVED IT!

 Blake and I...

he was our "driver"

 Kenzie and I.

 Our car after we got it all ready to race! :)

 Our picture :)

 We then went and rode Luigis tires...

luckily there was no line because it was a LAME ride!

(maybe because we just got done riding radiator racers?!)

 ToyStory Mania!!

 Hard to see...

but Kenzie and I on Tower of Terror!

(I'm the cheap one who takes a picture of the picture ;)

 Blake also LOVED this ride too! 

 Peyton dancing while waiting for the Pixar Parade to start!

We went back to Cars Land so Ryan and Blake 

could use their baby swap pass...

 Its so neat how they made everything look just like the movie!

 Both babies asleep at the same time!!! :) :)

 Kenzie rode California Screaming THREE times 

and LOVED it every time!! 

We finally talked Blake into riding it and he OF COURSE 

LOVED it!! 

 Waiting for World of Color to start!

We ended the night after the show and walked back to

the hotel... to get some sleep before our final day

at Disneyland.

Disneyland trip Day 2...

Disneyland!! 

This was Peyton and Kendyl's first trip to Disneyland!

We got there right when the park opened and of course the

ever so popular photo op in front of the Disney flowers was crazy with

people so we found our own little spot. ;)

 We then stopped to take a family picture in front of the

castle... I guess everyone was still entering the park because

there was no one in front of the castle!!

 Since it still wasn't busy we decided to do all of Fantasy Land!

After about an hour we were able to ride all the rides

in Fantasy Land!! :)

 DUMBO!!

 Disney Carousel! 

 Peyton loving her new Minnie glasses.

Ryan called her Elton John any time she had them on! ;)

 NO line at the Haunted Mansion?!?!! 

 One of my all time favorite things about Disneyland...

eating a corndog on Main St. 

(I have WAY too many pictures just like this one?! :/ )

 The older two kids were able to ride every big ride a few times

with Ryan and I taking turns with the babies! 

We then went over to Toon Town 

(worst part of Disneyland if you ask me ;)

to meet Mickey!!

Peyton was not a fan of SteamBoat Mickey...

neither was I.

I like the good ol' classic red and yellow Mickey. :) 

 We ended the night watching the fireworks and

riding a few more "big kid" rides before walking back to the

hotel.

DISNEYLAND Vacation!! ... day 1

Eleven years ago Ryan purposed to me at Disneyland, so for

our 11th anniversary we decided to take a family trip to Disneyland!

 CRAZY that 11 years ago tickets were only $45.00?! 

They are now more than DOUBLE that price!!!

Our road trip started with lots of treats and new movies!!

The kids did GREAT!

Peyton making the older kids laugh with her donuts! 

 Once we arrived in California we unpacked our car and

headed to Downtown Disney!! 

The kids had fun trying on different hats in the Disney Store...

We then walked over to the Lego Store.

Blake with the Incredible Hulk. 

 Kenzie with Belle and the Beast.

At the Disneyland Hotel waiting for our dinner reservations...

In front of Goofy's Kitchen

 Meeting the chef, GOOFY!

...and his assistant Pluto! 

 The girls LOVE Minnie, and since it wasn't very busy she

kept coming back to our table for more pictures! :)

 Peyton was a little shy at first and wanted Ryan to hold her.

 Pluto LOVED teasing with Blake and would lead him over to 

the dessert buffet for more dessert?! ;)

his dessert plate!

The kids also LOVED Goofy's famous peanut butter and jelly pizza!

 We also got to sit and talk to Belle

 Poor Kendyl slept through most of dinner and

missed most of the characters. :(

 Minnie came back around to us...

 and Peyton warmed up to her! :)

 I guess Ryan loves Minnie just as much as the girls! ;)

Kendyl woke up just in time to meet Mulan!

 Pluto came back around... Peyton was now a pro at

meeting all the characters!!

 They brought Ryan and I a cupcake and Disney pin for

celebrating our anniversary! 

 Once we started to pack up to leave Minnie came by one more 

time to get a picture with Kendyl and say bye to the kids...

and probably Ryan!! ;)

"Bye, Minnie!!"

 We then took the kids over the ESPN Zone to play some

games...

 Then it was time to head back to the hotel to get some

sleep before our first day at DISNEYLAND! :)