Disneyland!

We took our kiddos to St. George and Disneyland this past week and I think this was one of my favorite family trips yet. We left to go to St. George and stayed a few days.. went swimming, played at the parks, Jared and I played some golf, etc. and then headed on down the road to Disneyland for 4 days. Those 4 days were just packed with roller coaster rides, race cars, meeting Mickey Mouse and the whole crew, lollipops and ice-cream, you name it.
Jared and Jordan were buddies most of the trip (yes, most of the rides won't let pregnant ladies on, and Austin is not old enough).. so we got to walk around and check out the kiddie rides while Jared and Jordan hit all of the roller-coaster rides. He got to ride everything at the park except the Indiana Jones ride, so we'll check that out next time we're there.

We got to meet Mickey Mouse...
The whole family got to go on the Jungle Cruise; here's a picture of Jared and Austin checking things out.
And someone left these cute Mickey Mouse cookies in our room, milk and all!







Tom Sawyer's Island - this was such a cool place; I think we could have stayed on this little island all day long. There were tunnels, caves, and bridges everywhere.

The CA Adventures Pixar Parade: the kids got to see lightning mcqueen, mater, the incredibles, all of the pixar films characters up close and personal.
We did a "Meet the Characters Breakfast" one morning and Jordan got to meet some of the Disney characters at our table. Captain Hook was a little too spooky for Austin... so we had to fight off a few tears on that one. But the food was yummy and Jordan loved it.




Jared and Jordan on the Grizzly River Run; they were soaked!
Jordan and Austin going down the slides; we stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and they had a great pool so we spent our last day just soaking up some sun.

We met up with the Kooymans in St. George and had lunch at Red Robbin; Jared and Danny got to play golf a few times while we were in St. George and we had fun spending some time with them.
And... we were so lucky to have Todd and Wendy come and stay with us and hang out for just a little while; Jared and Todd played some golf and Wendy and I took the kids to the park and the pool. My kids are so very lucky to have such a sweet and loving aunt so close by. She's so good to my boys.
Here's a very pregnant shot of me and my two monkeys; yes, I have a big basketball belly (one little boy at the pool came up to me and asked, "why is your belly so fat?") Don't you just love how kids are so honest? I sure do; kids just say the funniest things.

I LOVE this picture. Jared loves his kids more than anything and it shows; he's just the best daddy.
Tiffany and her family were in St. George and we tried to meet up at this cute place called Pirate Island (very cool pizza place with a great arcade); we ended up getting together for some frozen custard later that night. But here's a cute picture of Jordan with his pirate hat on.
And more golf.. this time I got to play! We had a great time.



Wow... we had a ton of fun and it was a busy, busy trip. I just love spending time with my family and creating these memories with them. I'm pretty sure we're staying close to home until this new little boy is here so it was great to get away one last time before we have a new baby in the house. 7 more weeks to go!!