The Magical World of Disney!!

Wow! I've had no energy to blog, not that it really takes any but I just haven't really wanted to, I've been kinda behind on the reading to but I think I'm caught up now on the fun things that have been happening in all your lives. Now to try to catch up on what's been happening around here...

In October we went on a much needed vacation and this one of course we HAD to take the kids along with this one...
Yes we drove all 921 miles to Disneyland!! it was such a long drive but we drove most of it at night so the kids slept most of the way, that made it MUCH better and when they were awake the DVD player was on.

As soon as we got there of course the first thing Chloe wanted to do was to go see the Princesses

A few weeks before we went to Disney Chloe kept asking me if everyone that will be there are the real ones or other people just dressed up in costumes...What was I supposed to say?! so I said Of course they're the real ones!! (I couldn't ruin it she's only 4!) But when she got there as she stood in line she told me all the things she wanted to tell or ask the princesses, but once we got in side after about an hour of waiting I think she was a little star struck and didn't ask anything she just stared and handed them her little autograph book! it was so cute, when she got to Princess Jasmine, she asked Chloe if she liked butterflies, Chloe said yes, and then Jasmine said "oh well sometime you should come to my castle and see all my butterflies, there are lots there" Chloe was very quiet through the whole thing but as soon as we got out she said "WE HAVE TO GO TO JASMINE'S CASTLE SOMETIME!!" I told her it was very far way and I don't think we'd be able to make it anytime soon but maybe someday ;) it was so fun!

After that she wanted to go to Pixie Hollow, but that line was about an hour wait to, so we went on some rides and kept checking back for shorter lines. The lines for the rides were not bad at all, about 10-15 minutes! I think the longest line was the Peter Pan ride, that one was about an hour.

I think Small World was the kids' favorite there was never a line for this one so after all the scary rides we'd go on this one to make up for it,(I eventually recorded he whole ride so they could watch it at home =) ) and yes we took both our children in the Haunted House, (how mean are we?) but they found some of the kid rides scary mostly ones that had doors that swung open with something flashing or something big and scary right as they opened. They really liked the Monsters Inc. ride at California Adventure, that one was pretty cool, I could tell right at first though they both were waiting for something scary to happen. =) They also **LOVED** Turtle Talk with Crush! that was awesome!!! He came out and actually talked to the kids, they got to ask him questions and even played hide and seek with them!

Here are a few of the characters we saw...

Peter pan, with the White Rabbit running up behind.

This lady was a worker at the Bibbity Bobbity Boutique but she was out giving people wishes with her wand and Chloe thought she was the Fairy Godmother. I sure hope Chloe's wish came true
I know not to many pictures had Brayden in them but I do have a good reason...most of them looked like this...

this one was while we were waiting for the Muppets 3d movie to start. Good thing that one was indoor so he could run around alittle bit while we waited. He was always so happy to get out of his stroller and once he was he would not stay still, we almost lost him while we were standing in line for the Nemo Submarine, Vince had to jump the fence to grab Brayden before he got to far! But here is one of him driving Donalds house boat that isn't blurry, to bad he isn't looking at the camera.

We had so much fun and wanted to stay, Chloe actually asked if we could move there, Vince said "work is in Rexburg so that's where we have to live" Chloe's reply was the best she said "well dad if moved down here, I could work decorating peoples rooms with glittler and sparkles" How sweet is that?! she's only 4 and thought about taking a job in california to support us! she's such a sweetie! I wish we could move down there, it's was about 80 degrees the whole time! PERFECT!!!!
we spent 2 days in Disneyland and then drove to San Diego to see Vince's Aunt, she has got the hook up for the San Diego Zoo so we got to go there free and see the animals with a private tour guide =) she was great she knew about all the animals and thier names, they were so cute! I'll have to have another post just for the zoo!