Tuesday:
We woke bright and early to fly out. The kids were so excited for their first plane ride. Kendal was all questions and Peter all smiles. When we arrived at Long Beach we picked up our rentals for the day and headed to the hotel to check in. After lunch we headed out to Newport Beach. Peter and Campbell spent most of their time digging in the sand, my dad observed from the beach, and the rest of us went into the water and hunted for cool shells. After the beach the kids were more than happy for more water time at the hotel so we ate some dinner there and swam.
Wednesday:
We hit up Disneyland Wednesday. We got to wear our family shirts Anica made. It made it nice to spot each other so easily, and we got many sweet comments on them. We started out in fantasy land. Our first ride was Peter Pan's flight. We hit up a few more around fantasy land then went up to Toon Town before lunch. The kids met Mickey and Minnie. Kendal was grinning ear to ear, and Peter was shy with them. The kids got to watch a storytelling of Rupunzel. Andy got Dad a dole whip which brought a huge smile to his face. After that the kids met some Princesses. We spent the rest of the day between Tomorrowland and Frontier land doing a variety of rides. Kendal got to ride her much anticipated Tea Cups, which she loved and made Mommy dizzy on! Elliot loved all of the rides! He just hated getting off the rides and sometimes wasn't loving the lines, but I don't think anybody likes the lines. We stayed later for the nighttime parade; however they cancelled fireworks that night.
Thursday:
We started our second day of Disneyland in Tomorrowland. The "big kids" hit the adult rides. We did some more time in frontier land and also Adventureland. Peter got to meet Woody which was a highlight that day. The kids loved the Buzz Lightyear ride. Since Peter's just a bit short for the big rides he got to explore the train, meet extra characters, and ride the spinning rockets. We got to see the Jedi Training show. (Unfortunately the kids didn't get to participate. We arrived early, but missed getting any spots out of the 150 available slots for kids each day : / We spent the afternoon bouncing around to different areas and hitting up favorite rides. Kendal, Peter, and Elliot met Tinkerbell and Silvermist. The kids got to be sworn in as honorary pirates to end our night. Peter loved calling himself a pirate.
Friday:
We went over to California Adventures. We started out in Car's land. Sadly Peter was an inch shy of the awesome cars ride, but got to see Lightning, Mater, and go on a couple of smaller rides there. We went over to bugs land and the kids enjoyed rides there. We watched the 3D show "It's tough to be a bug". After lunch the kids hit the Nature area to do obstical courses. Elliot got to get down, play, and enjoy not being held! We got to go see the new Frozen (Broadway style) show. It was very well done and the special effects were amazing. Kendal was captivated and Peter enjoyed everything. After that we did some more rides in Hollywood land and a few in the other areas on our way to the pier. The kids loved the carousel again and we got to ride Toy Story Mania. Casey took the kids to meet Anna and Elsa (Hair styles and dreams were discussed : ). My parents and I held spots for the water show! It was very good, but the loud elements around us and fire scared the kids.
We got to sleep in and have a lazy morning. The kids went swimming with Daddy and their Aunt's and Uncle David (No one else swam because it was rainy). After a lunch of Pizza at the hotel we headed over to Downtown Disney for some souvenir shopping. We hit up the big Disney store with an insane amount of choices. We also stopped at the Lego store were the kids built their own mini figures and played around with legos. We had a late flight that got pushed later making our arrival in Salt Lake just after midnight. Peter got sick on the plane and both kids did not want to get up to go home, but we made it home finnaly at 4:30 this morning. We slept past ten and will need the week to help our tired and sore bodies recover.
This trip was beyond amazing. We had our moments but overall it was great. The kids' reactions were priceless and they had non stop enjoyment and delight. Thank you Mom and Dad for a wonderful vacation!!
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