Disneyland was fun for all!

We had a great trip to Disneyland with Trent's brother, Brock, wife Chelsey, and their 2 cute girls, Paytin and Presley.  Here's 3 of them totally excited to start another fun day.

This is how real men do Disney--carting around 110 lbs. of kids.  Go Daddy!  And me with a very tired Kendra.  Disney just wears you out!

The beloved Ariel ride we rode again.  And again.  And again.  And then a little more.

Our Disney tradition--a Cold Stone bucket of ice cream for dinner one night at the hotel.  The girls remembered it from a year and a half ago and we had to do it again. 

Only at Disneyland can you start everyday with a donut or a danish!  We kept them munching on apples and oranges all day to balance it out though!

Ah, the Mad Hatter.  He cracked us up joking with Mikayla and putting her hood over her eyes, pretty funny.

I know it's blurry, but it's the best I could get of Megan "driving" her Autopia car.  It's more like, Megan purposely trying to whack us back and forth on the track just to hear me scream!

Chillin' wit my apple yo.

Ready for Star Tours--they really like this ride too.

Auntie Chelsey made these super cute skirts for the girls--again we got so many comments and compliments and characters stopping to say hi to the cute matching girls.

Megan's favorite!

They each picked something out from the store on Main Street.  Presley got a Lion King baby animal, Paytin got suckers, a necklace and rings, Mikayka got a Lady and the Tramp doggy with a blanket, Megan got a big Minnie Mouse...

and Kendra got Boo, from Monsters Inc.  She ran to it in the store and said, "Boo!  Boo has gigi! "  Gigi means blanket in Kendra-ese.  She started patting her back, "Shh, go ni-night Boo, shh, shh, shh."  It was so cute I couldn't resist and she has not put Boo down yet!

Right after we got our picture with Woody, 3 Japanese girls came over and motioned and asked if they could get a picture with Kendra.  One crouched down by her and gave a peace sign.  "Cute American girl!" they said.  It was so funny that they wanted a picture of her, I was cracking up!

Stopping to play a little poker with pumpkins.

All of us together!  We had such a great trip and had so much fun with Brock and Chelsey.  The girls had a blast with their cousins and I'm glad we were able to make the trip to see each other. 

Back from Disneyland!

 Tinker Fairies!

 I love watching Megan on the rides.  She showed every emotion from jubilation to excited anticipation to pure fear.  Who knew Snow White could be so scary for her?!

 Lovin the carousel

 All our Minnie's on a teacup.  I made these shirts before our trip and they were a hit!  Everyone kept asking where we bought them.

 Daddy with Kendra

 Kendra never wanted to stand near a character, but was fine if we held her.  She liked to give the characters kisses on the nose, too cute!

 Again, love watching her emotions!  This was her first time on the new Ariel ride!  She was MOST excited about this ride above all others and I'm pretty sure we went on it 9 times!

 Trying to figure out the 3-d glasses for the Toy Story ride.  Mikayla has to cop a cool pose in every pic.

 Had to document the fact that she was so worn out she actually fell asleep in my arms.  NEVER happens!

 Oh yeah, look, we're on the Ariel ride again.

 Trent gets pretty intense on the Buzz Lightyear ride!

 Mikayla loved driving her own car in Autopia--I think I'll be recovering from whiplash for quite awhile.

 I have no words...  :)

Ah Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, very cool new additions to Disneyland.  We thoroughly exhausted ourselves and the children and enjoyed the hot tub at the hotel each night to relax.  The kids couldn't even stay awake during the 8pm World of Color, we couldn't believe how tired they got!

The girls were excited to get these shirts from Grandma before school started and more excited to wear them TO school!  So cute!

Another benefit to a 2-story house

The kids look forward to laundry time, when mom says it's actually okay to throw stuff over the railing.  Saves me from making trips up the stairs, the girls think it's fabulously fun, and it gets the job done.  Winning!

Grandparent Visit

 We took the girls to a pumpkin patch

 A random goat walking around, just wanting to be petted

 They enjoyed the seesaw

 Kendra wasn't afraid of the animals at all

 Kendra and Grandma

 Up on the big horse

 The girls love riding horses, which was one of the main reasons we went here

 Another highlight: the 6 week old puppies!  Megan couldn't get enough of them!

 We took a little train ride

 Later, we went to the fish hatchery in Oroville.  The salmon are jumping the ladders right now and it's spawning season.  There were way more fish than I anticipated and they were MUCH larger than we thought they'd be too.  It was really neat and I enjoyed watching the fish struggle to make the climb up the ladder.  Definitely on the to-do list next fall too.

 We played some Wii dance and it was fun watching the girls rock out!

Go Kendra, go Kendra!

We also took bike rides, tried a local restaurant, took a tour of Trent's work, played lots of games, went to Olive Garden with my parents in Chico, took lots of walks, and enjoyed spending time with the grandparents.  Thanks for visiting!