This is all of us standing by Mickey and Walt, with sleeping beauty's castle in the back. The weather was perfect. 80 degrees the entire week. It was so nice to wear short sleeves again. I didn't pack any shorts though and boy did I hear about that the whole week!
As we enter the park who do we run into?!?! The one and only Goofy. I don't know if you can see it but Troy has his goofy shirt on. The kids loved to meet the characters, we didn't do too much character meeting though. We focused mostly on the rides.
And speaking of rides. . . This is us on Splash Mountain. So fun but I was sitting in the back with Owen who you can't really see but as I am sure you know there aren't any seat belts so I was positive that he was going to fly out of the log. I was holding on to him so tight I am not sure he was able to breath.
This is us on Space Mountain. Not Owens favorite. As you can see I am holding him in here too. I was afraid that he was hitting his head on the side. By the 3rd time we went on it he was a lot better and I didn't feel like I had to hold him in. I think that he has a new found love of roller coasters after this trip. He came off of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad saying "That was wicked awesome!!"
This picture best shows Owens driving skill on Mr. Toad's wild ride. I think we should change it now to Mr. Owen's wild ride.
We met Mickey Mouse
And Minnie Mouse.
The kids went to jail. (you do not want to know what they did to get in there! Lets just say that Donald Duck has an alarm system!)
We then headed over to California Adventure
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This is us by their version of the "Golden Gate Bridge"
It really is a great park. They have the best roller coaster, the California Screamin'. That one was Morgan and Mikayla's favorite Mine and Troy's too if I was being honest. We went on that a bunch of times. Owen's favorite ride is a "Wild Mouse" like roller coaster called Mulholland Madness. He went on that one at least 8 times.
Our favorite ride as a family was the Grizzly River Run. We got so wet but laughed the whole time. On one of our runs Troy laughed at Mikayla because she got soaked by a big wave of water, then only seconds later got drenched himself. Now that was funny.
At California Adventure we got to meet Lightning McQueen
And Mater.
All in all we had the best time at Disneyland and California Adventure.
The last two days of our trip we went to Universal Studios and Sea World. Both were lacking compared to Disneyland, but we still had a great time.
This is us by the universal globe
This is a picture of the Beluga Whale.
They really are beautiful. And they are enormous!! You really can't tell from this picture. This one kept bobbing his head out of the water. It was so funny to watch.
I also love the Manatee's! They were huge. We don't have any pictures though because we went to see the Manatee's just after we had been on Sea World's rapid ride which takes you (slowly I might add) under a water fall. Just after that the sun set and being the most wet of the group I was FREEZING!!! We didn't stay long after that.
We really had the best time and I am so excited (if we can save up again) to take Samuel when he is big enough to go on all the rides. Thanks again to Kara!!! Love ya sister!!
I think the kids have learned what happens when you hit daddy with a snow ball. I am positive that they will try it again.
Just a side note this is how much snow we have in our back yard, also the driveway still has snow on it. But there have been fewer kids as happy as mine were that day.
Mikayla was born in dramatic fashion as she does everything else. Broken water, Mess all over the place, and then nothing nothing nothing for hours and then almost faster then the Dr. could get there she was here. 
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I know that someday she is going to be a wonderful adult with a very steady head on her shoulders. (she is very strict with rules, she never lets me forget it, unless it benefits her)
