Day 1: Disneyland!

Its been so fun for me to look through these pictures of our trip!!  Makes me miss it and want to go back which is funny because while we were there I thought maybe we could do our next trip somewhere with less crowds!  :)  We did have a grand time and I'm glad we went!  Even Michael had fun!  Our travel agent gave us kind of an itinerary to follow with some tips and suggestions.  First off we went to Adventure land to get a fast pass for Indiana Jones which is really popular and lines fill up fast, so after we got our fast passes we went on the jungle safari which was our first ride of our trip and it was awesome!  It was one of the kids' favorites and we actually went back and rode this one 3 times over the course of our trip.  After that we went on Tarzan's tree house and when it was time for our fast pass, I took the 3 oldest on the Indian Jones ride which was kind of scary and intense for them.  When it was all over they were all crying!  Surprisingly, Stetson and Kandace rode it again with Michael with his switch pass.  Having Stahle was really an advantage because the kiddos ended up getting to ride a lot of rides twice in a row if it was a ride Stahle was too short for because whoever had to stay with Stahle got a switch pass to basically walk on the ride after the other party returns.  Later we went to the castle which was actually smaller to me than it looked in pictures.  There was a band playing which was fun and we kind of just soaked everything in. We ended up at a the carousel because it was something Stahle could ride and she loved it.  It was definitely her favorite ride of the trip.

Thunder mtn railroad was really fun.  We went on it about 3 times.

 

This is right after splash mountain, the kids were kind of mad at me for taking their picture and maybe for making them get wet! Kandace was sitting right behind me so I covered her up.  Michael says I took the kids on the haunted mansion too but I thought that was Saturday.

Michael took the 2 younger girls back to the hotel in the afternoon to take a break and because we were having groceries delivered to our hotel that afternoon.  During that we paid way too much for a soup bowl and mac and cheese then I took the kiddos to tomorrow land but it was so late in the day the lines were all super long so we kind of explored.  We did go on a Winnie the Pooh ride which was perfect for the 2 younger ones so when they got back we took them on that.

When Michael and the girls got back we did a boat ride in Fantasy Land and its a small world while we waited for the main street electrical parade to start.  That ride was really long but the kids liked it.  I think its one of the original rides and a lot of it is original so thats cool.  I actually remembered going on that one when I was younger.  That night we watched the Main Street Electrical Parade which was late and we were all pooped but we felt like we had to take advantage of everything while we were there!  Stahle was so cute to watch.  She waved to all the people in the parade with a look of awe on her face at everything she saw.  Then we caught our shuttle back to the hotel and hit the hay! ! Everyone slept really well which was great.