Disneyland.....or Bust?

So I decided (very spontaneously) that we should take a trip to Disneyland. The kids had a couple days off from school and my sister, Koriann was taking her family, so we decided to join them, last minute. Little did any of us know what adventures lay ahead: First stop: St. George. We stayed at Mom and Papa's house on the way down and Joel and Kally's house on the way back. My parents have a golf course in their back yard and my dad always takes the grandkids out to go look for stray golfballs. Here is a picture of Maddie and Amber on some cool looking bridge by the golf course.

My sweet Mom holding my sweet baby!


We had some good guitar hero goin' on....

My sister Val on vocals.
My brother, Joel on guitar.

My sister Koriann on drums and Kody helping out!


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Our hotel was right across the street from Disneyland and was within walking distance. We really loved how conveniently located it was, which ended up being a really good thing because of the need to run back to the hotel periodically and change clothes. Of all the days at Disney, what you see in this picture was as good as it got when it came to the rain. Every hour and day after this, got wetter and soggier!

Here are the kids in front of the big 'Mickey Mouse' made of flowers just as you walk into the park.  Little did we know that of all our vacation days, this day was the mildest!

Jaden was in heaven just outside the Star Wars ride...


The lines were so great! Because of all the rain, we didn't have to wait longer than just a few minutes for each ride. That was a total plus!

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My baby all safe from the rain!

Me and Maddie playing in makeup at the Sephora store in Downtown Disney.


Jaden and his cousin, Bridger flirting with the ladies!

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Brikenna, Brooklyn and Maddie hanging out in Downtown Disney.


If you look closely, you can see Amber but because of the SUNSHINE that decided to peek through (hooray!) she is a shadow! She is in front of California Screamin' rollercoaster. She was so terrified of going on this but she did it! Again and again....!

Look at my sweet baby! His first time meeting Mickey Mouse!

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And then the rains came down. We tried waiting out the rainstorm but there was no waiting about it. It was relentless and before long, it was coming down in torrents!





So we headed back to the hotel to paint our fingernails....

...and to dry off....


The trip had many good points and many bad. Colton and Matt both got sick and threw up. Amber lost all her spending money in Disneyland, they closed down both parks EARLY each day because of the rain so we missed out on parades and fireworks, Universal Studios was cancelled altogether and I received a speeding ticket! Whoopsie!
But because of the rain, Anaheim and Las Angeles had nothing but flood warnings, mudslide warnings, tornadoes touching down, evacuations, and theme parks closing so we found some indoor fun to end our trip! We played arcades, lasertag and bowling! Looking back on these pictures, all you can do is laugh! It ended up being a crazy trip, but still worth going.