Disneyland

We went to Disneyland the first part of September with some of my family. We were all so excited because My sister Jenny and her little family had never been before so we were so excited to go with them. It was a really fun and also a stressful trip at the same time. But we always love any part of Disney so we enjoyed ourselves. We headed to California on a Sunday. We all decided to take it easy and drive to Primm, Nevada and finish the drive the next morning. We also wanted to go to the Hoover Dam and spend some time there. It was so HOT there. It was around 110 degrees at the Dam. It was killing me. Some of us stayed in the car and others walked around. I couldnt handle the heat. It was making me sick so I was one that stayed in the car. We saw enough of it as we drove around:) Afterwards we went to the hotal and got some rest. That next morning we all got up bright an early to get an early start to make it to the Disney park when it opened. Well, we got all loaded up in the cars everything ready to go and we get in to start the car...Well our car that is new and doesn't have very many miles on it wouldn't start. We couldn't believe it. We all tried what we could to get it to start but couldn't get anything to work. So we tried Onstar for help and because it was a holiday it was all kind of a joke. So we decided to leave most of the luggage with our car and pack everyone in to the other two cars and head on to Disneyland while my hubby and Dad stayed behind with the car that wouldn't start to get things taken care of. I felt horrible for leaving them. We had to make the best of it. I don't know all that went on because we weren't there but it was just a nightmare for them to get everything done and back on with the trip. We ended up having to rent a car (spending $1400...yeah wasn't planning for that) and leave our car to get fixed and then we had to on the way back pick up our car and return the rent a car. What a mess that was. It really was too bad because it made for everyone all stressed about everything and so the first few days weren't the greatest because of that. Once we got the Disney spirit going we had a wonderful time. It was so fun watching my sister and family experience everything for the first time. We think they loved it. It was also nice because we were able to all stay in a villa together at the Grand California Hotel. We always try and stay there when we go because it is such a beautiful hotel. We also stayed the last night at the Disneyland hotel and that was really nice too. That was the first time I have stayed there. It was really nice. We had a 4 day hopper pass and then we also spent a day at the beach and that was a blast. The guys spent the time in the waves. Brandon said it was really cool because as the wave went over him he would look to the side and see alot of fish in the wave. I am sure that was cool to see. I stayed in the sand with the two kids. Adelynne was terrified of the water but at least she played in the sand a little. She did the best when I had her stand on a towel. She is one that doesn't like that kind of stuff...Bentley on the other had loved it. I dont think he loved how cold the water was but he liked the sand alot. This was his first time at a beach. He also took a really good nap in his car seat under an umbrella. It was just right for him. We all had a great time at the beach. When we were at the park sometimes we split up and did different things. One of the days we did the breakfast with Minnie and Friends in the park. My parents went with us but the other families went on their own. We had a great time at the breakfast. We got to see so many characters. Adelynne of course was scared of most of them. She would occasionally surprise us and say that she wanted to take a picture with some of them. We are not sure why she picked the ones that she did. We were just happy that she wanted to. Bentley loved them all. He was so cute with it. I think his favorite was Minnie. He loved grabbing her nose. It was so cute to watch him. We got a lot of good pictures. After breakfast we spent the rest of the day at the park. We spent most of the time with my sister's family which was fun to show them around. We got all the pictures in that we wanted. For example, in Toon-Town with mickey mouse and Minnie. It was a fun day. This was the first time that Adelynne got to ride all the big rides. We kind of cheated and helped her grow 2 inches. But hey, it got her on the rides. She was so funny to watch. I think my favorite with her was Tower of Terror. Her face was priceless. She tried them all and was such a big girl about it. She didn't cry when waiting in line. You could just really tell how nervous she was because she was shaking like crazy. As long as we were holding her she was just fine! We couldn't have been more proud of her. She LOVED Soarin' over California. I lost count how many times we went on that ride. It was really fun with her. We are glad we spent all the time we did before to find a way to make her tall enough:) We drove home all day saturday. We even watched the BYU game on the road on our laptop. It's amazing how you can do that nowadays. We are just glad we were able to go and have a great time. We can't wait until we get to go again. Enjoy all the pictures....     (they are a little mixed up sorry)    

The Big Chair!

Bentley boy loves the cars movie!

Toy story.

We also did some swimming at the hotel because the parks closed earlier. 

Adelynne's first time on tower of terror. Look at that face she looks white as a ghost, ha.

I was so sad I missed this. I was changing Bentley and Adelynne saw Woody and wanted a picture with him and yes she gave him a big hug. When brandon showed me the picture I was so sad that I missed it. So cute!

Adelynne loved woody!

Our family

All of us together

My mom's dream is to have a picture with all of her children in front of the Disney Castle. This is what she has now:) Hopefully the other 2 will join us sometime:)

Princess Tiana 

Cinderella 

Waiting for the parade to start

picture at the front gate!

Mickey

Minnie (the girls are looking at one camera and the boys the other ha)

Aurora  

On splash mountain. Look how worried Adelynne looks ha.

Pluto's bed

Sitting in Mickeys house

He loved the Fairy God Mother

Tigger

Max

Toy Story again

Super baby!

Sitting with daddy on the submarine ride (finding Nemo)

Star Tours II

The kids

Daisy Duck

It was so HOT while we were there. On one of the days after lunch the kids thought it would be fun to play in the fountain haha. We didn't stop them. We let them have some fun.  It cooled them off:) I am sure the water wasn't the greatest but they enjoyed themselves.:)

The big boys wanted to get cooled off too:)

tough to be a bug

The Fairy God Mother

Rafiki 

Tigger

Chip or Dale... I never know what one is which :)

Now I am not sure who this is...Oh Wait! It is Brer Wolf!

Eeyore we love him!

Captain Hook

Max

Bentley loved Minnie. It was so cute

Minnie

Minnie's bed

Playing in Toon Town

Prince Charming

Princess Adelynne

Dumbo!

I don't know how many times we went on the Merry Go Round's, but it was a lot...

Mickey hands

First time on the beach

We think he likes it!

Our family

Adelynne playing in the sand

Bentley loveing it!

Finally had to put her on the towel

Taking a nice nap

I love this picture of Addi playing in the sand

Family playing in the water

Little feet like warm powdery sand

I love this picture I think it is so sweet of them

one of the nights shopping

Brother and sister

We did the unimaginable. We got Travis to ride the Tower of Terror on the last night. It was great but he hated it. His face says it all haha.

both of them out haha!

we got Adelynne her first set of Mickey ears the first time she went to Disneyland, so we had to do the same for Bentley. We take good care of these ones:)

Waiting to see Tinkerbell

First we met Rosetta 

Tinkerbell

waiting for the parade to start

brother and sister watching the parade together. so cute

Bentley with his sister's mickey:)

two cute little mouses:)

headed home. he bleeds blue:)

watching the game!

WOW that was a lot of pictures and that was just some of the highlights of the trip ha. We had a great week! thanks everyone for the fun time!