Back from the Happiest Place on Earth!!!

So I said I'd tell you about the trip to California and show you pictures, so here is my summary of our trip!

We had such a great weekend (well 6 days) - the only downfall is - I hate flying. My poor body just does not enjoy it at all! And now I'm feeling very tired and sickly. But hopefully I'll be over that soon.

Thursday Mom and Dad met us (me & Bonnie) at LAX, where we headed off to visit some family - 3 hours north.It was really beautiful there, lots of vineyards and orchards...Trees blooming - it was lovely. This is a picture from the front door of where we were staying - we were basically in the foothills - beautiful! just beautiful!


Here is me and Bonnie in front of an orange tree...






Then Friday we drove to Fresno/Clovis and looked around town. We found a really neat Antique store - spent a good hour there - soo many cool things!! We went to our cousins wedding rehearsel and dinner that evening.

Saturday was the big day, so we got all dressed up
and headed for the wedding.
It was such a beautiful ceremony. Here is a picture of my family - well minus Andrew (he was in Mexico).

By 3 that afternoon we were pretty much ready to head to Disneyland!!! We were sooo excited! It was a good 4 hour drive - a stressful drive - thank goodness for my dad - he did all the driving (basically b/c he had to) - but he's such a good driver!!! Even if he doesn't enjoy doing it! Thank goodness also to Monty - our GPS that dad rented for their trip! - thee best invention in the world! (We named him Monty b/c we were driving a Monte Carlo.) Awh, he became part of the family.

So when we arrived in Anaheim - we got settled in the hotel and Bonnie and I were off to Downtown Disney. We checked out the stores and that kind of thing.

Sunday morning came - Bonnie and I were up with the birds! We were out of the hotel room by 7:15!!! We went and had breafast at McDonald's!! HAHA! I know - go all the way to LA just to have breakfast at McDonald's! It was very good.


And we made it - even in the rain - to the Disneyland park gates before 8! The above picture is us just inside the gates!!! The first ride we did was the Buzzlightyear ride! It was tons of fun. I had never done it before! I really enjoyed it! I beat Bonnie good that time! We also did the Matterhorn Bobsled ride for the first time - did it once, never have to do it again...But i can totally understand how people have died on that ride - lol, *sigh* - it was sooo bumpy and rough! But at least we can say we've done it! We got lots of other rides done before the crowds picked up. We met Mom & Dad for lunch (who had already spent 2 days at the park only 4 days earlier - WE WERE SHOCKED AND DISMAYED - LOL) and did some more rides with them. That afternoon we also saw the "Parade of Dreams" parade. It was really nice...And the cotton candy was delish! Below are a few pics of the parade.




That evening we saw the "Remember...Dreams Come True" fireworks display. It was really quite wonderful.



We did a couple more rides and were back in our glorious
hotel room at the Disneyland Hotel by 11:15.

We all had an amazing night's sleep and we were all out of the house and in front of "It's A Small World" (which to my dismay I did ride - LOL - and I almost enjoyed it) before 8 AM. We went to Toontown where we met Mickey Mouse, Dale & Chip. Chip was soo cute - he came up to me and gave me a big kiss and hug! Here's Mickey's house -
We rode Gadget's Go Coaster - it was fun. And then walked all the way to California Adventure by 10 for opening of the rides! We wanted to get to the new Monster's Inc. ride before the park got busy! It was really cute and fun!
Here's a pic of me with Sully and Boo from the movie!! lol...She is sooooo cute I could just eat her with a spoon!!!

Then we went on the Tower of Terror - me, Bonnie & Dad! I was soo nervous about going on it! SO AFRAID! But it was AWESOME!!!! I wish we would of had the time to have done it again! When we got up to the top, me and Dad were waving, Bonnie was supposed to be too - but she was terrified! She was trembling in her seat when it was over!

We saw the "It's a Bug Life" 3d show. These were the 3d glasses we had to wear. It was a cute show...And fun glasses, eh??? lol

We also saw the "Block Party Bash" parade that morning. It was fun! GOOD MUSIC! And the worst part of all - Bonnie and I got pulled into it and we had to dance!!! It was sooo embarrasing! It's all Bonnie's fault, she admitted, she looked the dancer guy in the eye!! STUPID BONNIE!

So right before lunch, Bonnie and I rode the California Screamin Rollercoaster! It was AWESOME!!!! Very, very enjoyable! And then we walked back to New Orleans Square in Disneyland to meet Mom & Dad at the Blue Bayou for lunch! (Our Valentine's gift to them!) It was good! We also attended the Aladdin show - IT WAS PHENOMENAL!!! Well worth the trip alone! Disney is amazing at what they do! We were all BLOWN AWAY! That afternoon Bonnie & I got our hairwraps done and I headed back to the hotel, while Bonnie went back to the parks to do MORE shopping. I was sooooo sore! I now have muscles in my legs I never knew I had!!! AMAZING!

Bonnie and I headed back to the park later on that afternoon and rode a few more rides - we did 'Big Thunder Mountain' Rollercoaster 3 times in a row!!! IT WAS SOOO MUCH FUN! I could ride that coaster all day - Word of Advice - It's much more enjoyable riding in the back! REMEMBER THAT!

That evening we saw the Fantasmic show with Mom and Dad. It was wonderful - but it was soo cold outside!

We left Mom & Dad and headed back to California Adventure to ride Soarin - a ride that was okay. I didn't want to go on it, but Bonnie wanted to go on it really bad.

After that me and Bonnie road Pinocchio, Snow White, Peter Pan, and Mr. Toad's Wild Ride again. We also did Buzzlightyear again where Bonnie whipped my butt!!! We also road the Indiana Jones ride again - I really enjoyed that one!! Gets your blood pumping!!!


Bonnie also really wanted to ride Splash Mountain - which frightens me to no end - I didn't want to do it, so we walked across the park to get there - at 11:30 and it was CLOSED! Well I called it a night! But we HAD to make our last stop - King Arthur's Carosel...It was a great way to finish the night. Bonnie pretty much had to drag me back to the hotel!!! I could only feel my legs from the pains shooting up them!

So Tuesday morning we had a lovely breakfast at Hook's Pointe and we were off to the airport! We arrived home at 11 PM. Boy - that 2 hour time difference really sucks!!! But it's good to be home!!! And it's fun to relive all the memories looking at souveniers and pictures!!! It really is the happiest place on earth!

I can still smell the churros!! lol...mmmmmmmmm SOO GOOD! And an interesting tid bit we learned - Coca Cola has less calories in the states - b/c it has less sugar - But you know what? I don't like it - tastes too much like Pepsi without that bit of sugar!! lol...Who would have thought!?




Oh yah - to see more pictures of the trip - please check out Bonnie's blog. Here link is there on the right!