Wednesday, December 10, 2008

A great way to start the Christmas season.....

Disneyland, the week after Thanksgiving, was fabulous! The Christmas trimmings were spectacular. The people in the park were sparse, and the lines were short! The weather was just right, and the rides were, as always, out of this world! We had an awesome trip, minus a few melt downs from our terrible two yr. old, and out of control four year old, but one thing was for sure.........Disneyland was magical, and we were so happy to be there!



I took over 400 pics. so, this is just a short view, or some highlights of our trip in no particular order!


Visits with Santa!


We were amazed at all the Christmas decor!The Chapmans came the day before we left, so we were lucky to have an afternoon in the park with our good friends!We brought the double stroller, but Owen wanted Robert to hold him at all times. By the end of the week, Robert's back was ACHING!
The girls and their painted faces!It's a Small World.......all lit up at night!Owen, happy?!


Breakfast with Lilo!
Lunch with the princesses.


Candy store!


Snuggling with Minnie! Swimming in the pirate ship pool.


Riding the roller coasters!


Screaming down slides!

Showing Minnie the mini -babies.
Riding fun rides!
Laughing at their crazy dad!
Playing in Mickey's Toon Town!
Being a good big sister!



Riding the Madahorn, again, and again, and again!

Doing a little jive with Brother Bear!
Building at the Lego store!
Hugging Minnie.....again!
Watching 3D shows!
Pictures by the enormous Christmas tree!
Owen, loving seeing his buddies, Hunter and Tanner!

Avery and Owen each chose a baby Minnie and Mickey and loved them the whole trip!

Admiring Snow White! Avery and Owen were a little nervous!
Having fun in Minnie's kitchen!
Wishing Mickey a Merry Christmas!

Dancing along to the High School Musical presentation!


Riding the old fire truck through Disney's Main St.Enjoying the views while riding the Monorail!Dancing with Goofy at his kitchen!
Admiring the spectacular, nightly, Christmas parade.
Ahhhhh........the castle at night!
More parade action...... Enjoying the view at night from our hotel room!
Owen, crushing on Ariel!
Me, loving the candy store......and going back every night for a bag of candy!

Stitch, stopping by our table for a photo! Owen, loving the candy store too!
Payton, cruising down the water slide.


Us, leaving the Boise airport.......ready for our adventure!
Avery, swimming so hard, she ended up puking and shutting down the pool for an hour!
Robert surprised us with a limo ride from the airport to Disneyland! Woo hoo! We loved the view of California Adventure, from our hotel room window.

I am grateful we were able to take the kids to Disneyland this year. It is such an amazing place. I think Robert and I enjoy it more than the kids! I am sad that the trip is over, but will enjoy viewing the pictures and remembering all the fun things we were able to do and see together.