California Trip Day 10-Disneyland and Driving

We woke up early today. We didn't realize that the parks open and hour later on Saturday. So we got there about 45 minutes early.

Me and Jaycee went straight to Guardians fo the Galaxy.

 Mike took the rest of them to Bugs Land and rode bumper cars twice, Heimlich's train and Flea Flyer.

Then we met up and went to Carsland.

Mike took all the kids but Vivian. Bensen was scared, but he did it. He didn't love it. Me and Viv went and found some water while we waited.

Then I went with Jaycee and Wesley.

While we were on the ride Mike took Bensen and Vivian to meet some characters from Zootopia.

Then we rode Mater's dancing car ride and took some pictures.

We went to ride Toy Story, but we got halfway through the line and it closed. Jaycee really wanted to ride the Incredicoaster, but it was closed all day as was the Toy Story ride.

So we went and rode the Jumping Jellyfish, and the Swings.

Bensen actually wanted to ride the swings again. While we were on the ride Mike bought us some frozen lemonades. Today was also hot but it stayed closer to 100 degrees. Mike took Bensen and Viv to ride The Little Mermaid while the rest of us did Soaring over California. Then we met up at the Monster's Inc line. He took everyone with him on Monsters, except me and Jaycee. We went and rode Guardians again. 

We love it!

Then we did Monster's Inc again.

Then we were able to talk the kids into leaving, telling them if we left they could swim at the next hotel when we got there.

We left around 3:30. We drove for about an hour and a half to get to our new hotel in Hespira. The first thing we did when we got there was go swimming! Which was fun, and hard at the same time. I forgot to pack the life jackets. Bensen only almost drowned once. Bensen and Vivian are crazy when it comes to water. They take off like they can swim. Neither of them have ever tried swimming without a life jacket before. I don't think they realized they would sink without them.

The Mike went and got us dinner, then we went to bed.

The next morning we were out of there by 7:30. 

I was so ready to go home!

It was a great trip! I love making memory's with my family!

California Trip Day 8-Disneyland

Today was our Magic Morning at Disneyland. So we got up earlier then usual. We waited in line to get into Disneyland. Once we got in Me and the older kids Pretty much ran to the Matterhorn. When we got there it wasn't open. So we got fast passes (I thought) and went to Autotopia, which also wasn't open! We didn't realize that only Tomorrowland and Fanstasyland would be open. So the rides the kids wanted to ride weren't open! So we went and rode Pinocchio and Toads Wild Ride.

By the time we rode a couple of the Fantasyland rides our Magic Morning was over, so we headed over to Splash Mountain and Winnie the Pooh.

The line was so short that Jaycee got to ride it twice, once with me and once with Mike.

Then we went over to the Haunted Mansion. We were about on the ride and they closed it down.

So we ran over to use our fast passes for the Matterhorn. But apparently I got fast passes for It's a Small World! 

Luckily the lady that works there took pity on me and let us go through. While we had been running around Mike took Viv and Bensen and bought bubble makers, and rode It's a Small World.

So we headed that way, and both Jaycee and Wesley wanted to ride it.

They sure loved their bubble makers, and they were pretty cute with them.

Then we headed over to Autotopia and Buzz Lightyear.

Then we left.

We were out of there by noon.

We went back to our hotel and had lunch, then we went to meet Mikes family at Huntington Beach.

The kids loved the beach.

Bensen and Viv played in the sand.

Mike, Jaycee, and Wesley played in the ocean with Grandpa Randy and Sarah's family.

After the beach we went to dinner to celebrate Emily's birthday at La Sirena, a Mexican restaurant. It was pretty good.

To end the day me and Sarah went and did laundry at a laundry mat for an hour. By the time we got back it was 11 and everyone was asleep. Which is a good thing because we are getting up really early for Universal.

California Trip Day 7-California Adventure

We woke up early and had breakfast and headed to California Adventure. We hurried to the Cars Ride. Halfway through the line Bensen was crying and was pretty upset, he didn't want to ride, so Mike met us at the end of the line and took him. I think he would have liked it. It was pretty fun.

We used the line swap, so while Mike went on Cars with Jaycee and Wesley I took the littles over to a dancing car ride.

Then we went to go on Guardians of the Galaxy, Mike took the older kids, Wesley really didn't want to go, but I talked him into it. I took the little ones over to Bugs Land and rode some rides. Wesley hated the ride! So it was just me and Jaycee went again. I loved it!

We all loved Toy Story.

Me and Jaycee rode the Incredicoaster and loved it. 

We couldn't talk Wesley into going on that one.

We all like Ariel (we had a little scare and lost Bensen for a minute, he decide to get in line without the rest of us), Monsters Inc, and Soaring California.

While Bensen and Vivian took a little nap Mike took Jaycee and Wesley on the Grizzle River run. They liked it.

When we got back to the hotel Mike took Jaycee and Wesley swimming. I tried to get Vivian and Bensen to go to sleep, but then fireworks started. It wasn't even dark yet. They started around 8. It was pretty amazing. We watched them from our room on the 9th floor. They were everywhere! And didn't stop. We ended up putting everyone in bed and we all fell asleep watching the fireworks.