Cali Trip - Day 3 - DISNEYLAND!!!!

Monday morning we checked out of our hotel in Escondido and headed North to Anaheim.  We dropped our luggage off at our new hotel, returned our rental car and got dropped off in Downtown Disney.  After getting our free AAA lanyards and pins, we went straight to Disneyland!!  We first went to Tomorrowland, where the ride wait times were less than 20 minutes, even for Space Mountain!  We then went over to Frontierland, Adventureland and New Orleans Square, where the lines were again amazing.  We ended the day with a parade down Main Street. 

Too bad he isn't excited at all!

I see it!!

Outside the Lego Store in Downtown Disney

Outside the front gates!

We're THERE!!

Main Street, USA

First ride - Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters!!

 Second ride - Star Tours! (We did this ride 5 times during the week, it was definitely the favorite!!)

 The Jedi Training Academy is totally cool.  Zack was bummed that he wasn't chosen to fight.  

Maybe next time...

My Autopia partner!

 On the Disney train

 Tarzan's Treehouse

Arrrrgh!!

The fam in line for Splash Mountain

 Mickey's Soundsational Parade!

Now THAT was a fun day!!

Cali Trip - Day 2 - LEGOLAND!!

On Sunday morning we picked up Aunt Jeanie and off we went to Legoland!  We have heard many mixed reviews about it, so weren't sure what to expect.  But we ended up having a great day and really enjoyed it!

Here we are!

Everything is made of Legos.  Amazing!!

Knights!

Zack thought this Coke machine was really cool

They made some new friends

Tony did too!

 The kids got to drive for real!  Awesome!

 Miniland, USA has a bunch of cities built out of Legos.  It was seriously amazing!

New York

Las Vegas

The Ladies

The guys

Mt. Rushmore.  Notice the giant Q-tip??  Ha!

 The kids LOVED Star Wars Miniland!  It is mind blowing how these sets were put together and how much they look like scenes from the movies!!

What a fun day!  And we were so happy to have spent it with Aunt Jeanie!  When we were finished at Legoland, we headed back to Escondido, picked up Kellen and ate dinner at one of their favorite Mexican restaurants, Anejo. Yum!

California Trip - Day 1

It had been 4 years since we took an actual family vacation, so this year, we decided it was a must.  We planned, booked and I worked extra to pay for a trip to San Diego and Disneyland!  It was SO much fun, and I know we will all remember this trip forever!

It's 5:30AM.  Who wants to go to California??

Having a delicious, healthy Wendy's breakfast at the airport!

That's our plane!!

Daddy and Drew

Sadie and Zack

As soon as we landed in San Diego, we got our rental car and headed off.  First stop?  In-N-Out for lunch!

Then we drove up to Escondido, where my Aunt Jeanie and cousin Kellen live.  Sammy lives there, too. :)

Enjoying the WARM sun on Aunt Jeanie's patio

She had the whole patio redone, it is beautiful and so relaxing!

Awwwww :)

Kellen got his old Transformers out.  He had a captive audience for a long time!

Dinner!

Sweet doggie and sweet girl

Then off we went for some sleep at our hotel to gear up for our next day's trip... LEGOLAND!!