The kids were so excited to fly in an airplane because it has been about 7 years since they have flown. This was Shaleea's first time in a plane so she was ecstatic!!
Our flight was delayed because of the bad weather here and by the time we arrived in LA, got our rental car and drove to the hotel it was after midnight. The kids were exhausted but almost too excited to sleep. We let them sleep in a little but I was too excited so I got them all up and we were off to Disneyland! We tried to take one section of Disney at a time and do everything in the area but later found out that we didn't have time for everything so we had to start to pick and choose what we were going to do.
I had budgeted for eating out one meal a day and I was going to try and have that one meal not be in the park so I didn't pay an arm and a leg for it. Well I blew that theory the first night. It was worth it but CRAZY expensive! We were getting ready to leave the park to go back to the hotel to rest and then go to dinner. I noticed that the Celebration parade was getting ready to start so we decided to just stay and watch the parade and eat dinner there. Cody and I went searching for something to eat while Wes and the girls stayed to save us a spot on Main Street. Twenty minutes later I came back with 6 hotdogs, 6 small bags of chips and 3 small sodas. Guess how much that cost??? If you guessed $53 then you were right!! I told you....CRAZY expensive!!! I had a friend tell me that I should have taken a picture of my $53 dollar hotdog to scrapbook it!
We were able to do most of the rides together as a family which was really fun. I opted out on going on the tea cups because I am a wimp and get sick on rides that spin you around endlessly! One of the best rides that the whole family went on was Soarin' over California in California Adventure. That was awesome! That was the ride with longest wait time and it was only 30 minutes. The rest of the rides were no more than 15. Perfect time of year to go.
This is a video of Shaleea on a ride called Fliks Flyers in "A Bugs Land". We went on this about three times while everyone else went on the Tower of Terror. She loved it! In the video she kept digging in her pocket for her lucky two sided penny that she found on the ground because she was afraid of loosing it. The girls got to meet Cinderella, Snow White and Aurora. We all met Goofy, Mickey, Minnie, Jesse from Toy Story, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger and Eeyore. 
Our last night at Disney we went to the fireworks show and I had the biggest "mom"moment then. I am a big baby and I almost cried at how awesome it was to be in such a magical place with my beautiful family sharing some of the best memories of their lives. I have always felt that family trips were a necessity to bring your family closer but this just confirmed it. The fireworks show was absolutely unreal! Tinker Bell flying over the castle with a million beautiful fireworks going off all around her, was just the icing on the cake!The next day we decided to go to the beach before we flew home. We found a really nice beach in New Port Beach to stop at and let the kids play. By kids, I mean all of us. The water was a chilly but that didn't stop my children and husband.
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Looks like fun! There is no way you would have caught me in that water! When we went in November of '08 the water was freezing for all of us so we opted out! Glad you guys had a good time though!
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