Disneyland 2009

This past week Chris and I went to Disneyland with his brother, sister-in-law, their two kids, and his parents. It was so fun! The weather was so nice and we had such a great time. We spent five days there and got to go to both Disneyland and California Adventure. Chris and I had never been to California Adventure and we hadn't been to Disneyland since we were little kids. They had so many more rides and we went on all of them!!

Day 1:

The first day we got there we had such a good time, we went to the castle and took all the famous pictures :)

Nobody is in this picture...I just thought it was really cool with Walt Disney, Mickey and the castle in the background.

We went to toontown and had fun playing around and being silly.

Later that night we went out to ice cream!!! It's a good thing I married into a family that loves ice cream as much as I do!

At night Disneyland is so magical! Everyone has cool light up toys and balloons, and everynight they have an awesome firework show.

We watched fantasmic our first night there, it is such an amazing show. If you haven't seen it, it's a light show on the water front with lots of famous Disney characters. So magical and fairytale like.

Day 2:

Before we left to Disneyland all three families decided to make matching t-shirts that we could wear one day. Chris and I brainstormed forever about what we should do. Finally I had this great idea that we should put our faces on Mickey and Minnie Mouse! We had them made before we left and this is how they turned out! I thought they looked so cute and we got alot of compliments on them :)

Even though Chris and I don't have any kids, it was so fun watching Scot and Traci's sons Mason and Chace and seeing their eyes light up to everything they saw! It made Disneyland that much better

Indiana Jones is one of my favorite rides, we went on it probably three times. I never really liked the movies, but the ride is awesome!

We rode the train all wearing our family shirts. We have such a cute family :)

It got so hot at Disneyland toward the middle of the day, so everyday around 2 we would go back to the hotel and swim and layout. Two of my favorite things to do!

Later that night we went pack to the park and rode more rides! We were a little too cheap to buy the pictures they take on the rides, but we took pictures of them. On the Splash Mountain picture Chris and I are in the back and some guys hand is over my face :(

Day 3:

On the third day we went to California Adventure. It is such a fun park. It has lots of big rides, and they made it kind of a carnival theme.

California, or.... Chris and Amber :)

While Chris' parents and brother and sister-in-law went on a ride we watched the kids. We took them to this little show they were having and afterward out came Woody and Mickey Mouse. Mason was so excited! It was so cute, we had to snap a few pictures and video.

Look how cute we are...

We watched so many 3-D movies! I normally don't like watching them cause they make me sick, but they were so well done and so interesting that I didn't! We saw Honey I Shrunk the Audience, Muppet show, and It's Tough to be a Bug. Which was so cool cause they had a stink bug that sprayed smoke, and another bug that sprayed water, then they had huge fake bugs come down through the ceiling! It was so cool!

One of the scariest rides we went on was Hollywood Tower of Terror. It was so crazy! I had been on rides that drop you before, but this one dropped you 12 stories. Not just once, but like five times it kept doing it over and over! And at the top they would open the doors and you could see all over the amusment park! It was a really fun ride, but once was enough...you can tell by my face in the picture. We're in the top left corner.

They had so many cute photo stops, and since I love pictures we had to stop at all of them. Thanks to Chris for being patient and letting me take so many pictures.

Later that night we watched the Electrical Parade. It was one of my favorites, the lights were so pretty, especially at night!

Mason and I watching the parade.

Day 4:

In this picture you can see how California Adventure is set up like a carnival, this ferris wheel was so cool. It had stationary booths and other booths that would loop around inside the ferris wheel. Kinda hard to explain... but it was cool.



Just showing off a little skin.... and Traci showing off her awesome cast!

She had to wear a walking cast the whole time we were there, but don't worry it actually was great that she did because she got a wheelchair and we got to go to the front of all the lines since she was "handicaped," hehe. Love you Traci!

We're still kids at heart.

Right inside California Adventure they have a huge Golden Gate bridge.

We got to watch the Pixar Play Parade and they had some pretty cool floats. With water squirting and bubbles!

Mason loves the Cars movie, need less to say he was so excited when Lightning McQueen came out.

Chris just hanging out with some bears

We all went on this river rapids ride. It was so fun, but we did get a little wet!

One of the last nights we were there we went to this rodeo roundup ranch for dinner. The food was so good, and the entertainment was great!

Don't we have such a happy family?!

All the girls had to show off the pictures on their camera to eachother!

Mmm homemade lemonade and ribs!! We got a little messy... I had to wear a cloth bib tucked in my shirt!

This was the amazing dessert we got! It was almost too pretty to eat!


Day 5:

The last day we went to Downtown Disney. We went to Lego Land and got all our shopping done!

We ate so good while we were there, and the last day we ate at the Rainforest Cafe and then got ice cream. What more could you ask for?!

We all had such a good time and were sad to leave!

Thanks Mike and Barb for taking us all on this great family trip! We had so much fun and made some great memories! We are so greatful for all that you do for us, we love you!!

Good-bye Disneyland we'll miss you, can't wait to visit again!