California Trip 2012

                                           The kids decided to dance to the music.

                                           TRON!!!

                                           ‘A Bug’s Life’ at California Adventure was a huge hit with the kids.

                                                        Lego Darth Vader

                                           Lego Chewie and R2-D2

                                           Luke saw the Legos, need I say more.

                                           We got our feather for Dumbo’s flying elephant ride.

                                           Ahhh, the beach.

                                           Autopia, Lauren at the wheel, she loved driving.

                                           Lauren enjoying a Tigger Tail, they were soooo good.

                                           Lauren dressed as a princess and in Cinderella’s carriage.

                                           On our way home. 

We decided to take the kids to California, specifically Legoland and Disneyland, as birthday presents this year. We had a fantastic time and many people made that possible. A big thank you to my Aunt Melanie and Uncle Bill for opening up their home to us, my cousin Kim for coming with us to Legoland and allowing us to enjoy some time at the beach and the use of her house and Jeff’s cousin Jill and her husband Marv for making a wonderful dinner and letting us stay with them the night before we left. We had a super busy week. We left on a Tuesday, we woke up and asked the kids where they wanted to go if they could go anywhere. They did not disappoint, Luke said Legoland and Lauren said DisneyWorld. She was fine with Disneyland, thank goodness. We packed up and had a long day of travel. On Wednesday we decided to go to California Adventure which turned out to be really great. We wanted to see the Tron exhibit there which was really neat and the park was much better than Jeff and I remembered. Thursday we went to Legoland and had a great time. Luke was so very thankful and couldn’t believe that he was actually there. His favourite part?? the Lego store. On Friday we made it to my happy place, Disneyland. It was rainy and we had to actually leave during the torrential downpour that would make Texas rainstorms jealous and come back later. This worked out well because we met up with a friend of mine from elementary school (who I hadn’t seen since high school) and she was monumental in helping us get through lines faster. Thanks Melissa!!! We stayed at the park until 11:30!! On Saturday we headed down to San Diego, picked up our friend Phil, and went to the San Diego Zoo. What an amazing place! It was a beautiful zoo and we had a great time. Sunday we went to visit cousin Kim in Seal Beach and got some beach time. The kids were thrilled. They LOVE the beach. After we were done there we went and did some American shopping. We miss being American consumers. Monday it was back to Legoland, this time hitting the water park. It was a bit windy but we had a lot of fun. Tuesday it was back to the magic at Disney and even though we had less time there it was still great. We left early so that we could head up to Jeff’s cousin’s place. It was wonderful to visit with family and the kids had a great time meeting new cousins and playing with some they hadn’t seen in a while. Wednesday morning we got up really, really early to come back home. Our vacation was fantastic and we can’t wait to go back to California.