Friday, September 18, 2009

Dinseyland and Beach- Summer 2009

THE DRIVE-


And We're Off ... I HIGHLY recommend letting each child having and packing their own activity bag with a treat bag in it - a lot less fighting and arguing


Say Cheese!




1 hour into the drive.... all is well




Three hours ... not so well



AAAHHHH- peace and quiet




The drive was actually pretty uneventful and we even stopped and ate our picninc lunch


At Stacie's house with all the girls - belive it or not the two girls in front are sister from the same mom and dad



THE BEACH -
First impression - not so great


Right before a gigantic wave took out our camp spot and made us move back 15 feet - Funny!


Making sand castles


Here it comes - ready,set, .........




RRRRUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!!!


Raden had SO much fun with his cousins Houston and Elijah - he is used to being outnumbered by girls and was very glad there was other boys around.







Testing out the waters with Grammie


Bailee and Elijah playing in the waves


Helplessly watching the waves destroy their hard work -


Run Away!


Jadie loved the sand much more than the water



Playing in the sand - and yes there was sand in the swimsuits - alot!


AAAAAHHHHH Cute!



THE HOTEL -

Jadie and Porter talking to eachother on the phone -



This was the kids first time at a hotel - so of course we had to get a picture of them jumping on the beds






DISNEYLAND -
I didnt get alot of pictures because I kept forgetting my camera in my bag. We didnt see any characters accept for Jadie when she was with Aunt Gina but I guess she FREAKED out - really wish I had a picture of that :) The day was beautiful, no lines for the rides and the kids had so much fun. They went on everything that they could and Lexi even wanted to go on Splash Mountain again. Bailee, Jared, Elijah, Ta-ta and Raden went over the California Adventure and rode "Screamin" , except for Raden - he wasnt tall enough, and loved it. We ran them ragged for 11 hours and decided that next time we will get a three day pass - that place is just too big to do in one day!





















We had to wait a little while for the Matterhorn (sp) because they had to reset it - but got more passes to other rides so it was worth it.


Jadie after going on the Rocket ride with Aunt Gina, Uncle Kameron and Porter while the others went on Star Tours again


Having too much fun!





Raden and Elijah on It's a Small World - they pretended to shoot the toys the whole ride

Dancing during the parade and eating our favorite Disneyland treat- CHURROS!!!!!


The cousins with Grammie and Ta-ta




Walking across the street to our hotel after a long but fun day




































































































































































































































6 comments:

Gates Family said...

What a fun trip. I didn't know you went to California. It looks like it was a great time!!

Gina Lee said...

This was such a fun trip!! And a few of the pictures you got were better than mine...I'm stealing them. haha. Thanks for everything, planning the hotel/finding tickets...etc! Love you guys!!

Giselle said...

Looks like you guys had a great time! That is so funny that Raden and Elijah shot the Small World figurines the whole times. Only boys do things like that! The last two times we went to Disneyland Small World was closed, so I'm glad they got to go on that this time! :) Thanks for emailing me the pictures by the way!

Lynette said...

What a great trip. We love Disneyland. Glad you had fun!

Emily said...

How fun!! Your kids are going to remember that for the rest of their lives. So glad you were able to go.

Happy (late) birthday Bailee!

The Gooding Family said...

Looks like the Gonzalez family has been having a lot of fun lately! Glad you got to go to CA and have a fun, memorable time!