The day finally arrived...we left for Disneyland at 5:20am! We met up with my parents and Jeff and Amber in St. George and then continued on. We ran into traffic after Las Vegas and it took FOREVER to finally reach our destination. It took 2 extra hours to get there. It was a long 12 hours in the car. When we finally got there, we were all ready to go to bed!
Monday, June 22nd
Here we are at the beginning of the day...waiting for the gates to open. We got there early and were surprised at how light the crowds were at first. We walked onto pretty much all the Fantasyland rides. We had a really fun day taking in several rides and characters. Back at the hotel...Ben and Natalie crashed.
They fell asleep while I was reading them stories. They were so tuckered out it left me wondering if we could survive 3 more days!
Tuesday, June 23rd
We spent some time in ToonTown this afternoon and ran into a few charaters. Minnie was signing autographs on her front porch.
Wednesday, June 24th
Everyone was together today...Trent and Jamie arrived Tuesday night. We got to the park early and were lucky enough to be the "opening family". We got into the gates before everyone else and got to help count down to the opening of the park. We took in the Fantasyland rides together and even got Ben and Natalie on the Matternhorn. Later in the evening, we met up for the parade. Disney thinks of everything and had a game patrol for the kids while we waited. Although it was just simple games like Duck Duck Goose and Simon Says, I'll bet my kids remember it over other bigger things.
Thursday, June 25th
We were fortunate to meet Mickey today at California Adventure. This is the first time in our 4 trips to Disneyland with the kids that we have done autograph books. The kids were so glad to add Mickey to their books.
Friday, June 26th
We headed for the beach on our way out of town...so relaxing after the hustle and bustle of Disneyland. It was a bit cool and overcast and we didn't have much time to spend there but the kids loved the sand and Ben and Bryan built a great sandcastle together.
Saturday, June 27th
We almost forgot to take our traditional family photo in front of the flower Mickey at the front gate. This was us leaving after four fun days at the park. It's always nice to go home but a bit sad to leave and not know when you'll make it back. Ben's already talking about next year's trip. For know we've got loads of laundry to conquer and the lawn needs to be baled. Back to everyday life!
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