Thursday, July 3, 2008

Disneyland!

We recently went to Disneyland with my parents, my siblings and their families.  It was so wonderful to be able to spend time with my family and to see Brayden and Emma spend time with their cousins and grandparents.  We had such a wonderful time!  My sister spent many hours formulating a plan for us using a software program called "Ridemax" (which I highly recommend to anyone who will be visiting Disneyland.)  Even though we went during the middle of summer, were able to minimize our wait-time and maximize our fun-time!  Thanks also to Mike and Brian who ran around the park and got FastPass tickets for everyone.  Brayden's favorite part was, by far, the Star Tours ride, as well as the Jedi Training Academy show.  We tried to get him to go on some of the bigger rides like Space Mountain, but as it was kind of like trying to get a cat in a bathtub.    Mike got waved off of Space Mountain, as he was physically trying to force hysterical Brayden to sit in the ride.  Emma's favorite part was all the characters, especially Minnie Mouse.  She LOVED Minnie!   We went to a character dinner at Goofy's Diner and loved and kissed Snow White, Goofy, Minnie, Chip, Pluto, and Fairy Godmother.  The highlights of the trip for me were seeing the kids faces at the character dinner and at the parades, and a really great Broadway-quality performance of Aladin, and couple really great rides at California Adventure, Soaring over California and California Screaming. After my brothers and parents had to leave, we went with Ashlee and Brian to Newport Beach for a day.  We went to the beach and visited the beautiful Newport Beach Temple, which was paid for by the members in the area.







3 comments:

Ashlee said...

Cute! I love all those pictures. Emma looks so cute with Minnie. Does she love her new purse and doll? That was a fun trip. You'll have to see the picture of Mike and Brian on Space Mountain. I'll put it on our blog!

Ashlee said...

Where are you Mandy??? Cyberspace misses you!

Lisa said...

Hey Mike, it's your cousin Lisa. I asked Marsha if anyone in your family had blog sites. Glad to see that you do. Ours is http://www.keepingupwiththeallens.blogspot.com/ Your kids are so cute.