Disneyland at Dawn

Disneyland at Dawn

Due to leap year, Disneyland stayed open to the public all night (24 hours) on Feb. 29th. I think it was a first, but I'm not sure. I know they have special events that go all night, like Grad night, but this is the first time it was open to everyone for 24 hours. Katie and Delaney decided to give it a go with the goal being to see the sun rise over the Castle. As they were leaving (both had full schedules at school today) they saw these characters lined up in their pajamas. So cute!

At one in the morning, Disneyland was full to capacity and had to close its doors for a few hours. Can you imagine?

Disneyland and California Adventure

Last night we went to California Adventure and Disneyland. It was really crowded, but we made the most of it.

The castle looked so magical all lit up.

Had to be there moment!

So your asking yourself, why are these kids laughing so hard?

Because of this unfortunate situation! When we were all jumping into the "Doom Buggies" at the haunted house, there were three adults left. I said, "I'll sit by myself" and the kid directing everyone said, "Three can fit". "Okay" I said, and preceeded to get into the buggy with Lance and Cindy. Needless to say, we did not fit comfortably. I was practically sitting on top of Cindy and Lance was smooshed in the corner. Oh my goodness, we laughed hysterically through the whole thing. Wow! Talk about the third wheel, just like high school all over again! hehe!

Other than that, we had a great day at Disneyland. Sunny and cool and the best of all - NO LINES!!!

Happy Birthday, Emma!

Emma turned 17 yesterday and we celebrated by meeting her and her mom, Cindy, at Disneyland for the day. It was a great day and we had sooo much fun. Emma is pretty, smart, self-motivated, mature and fun to be with. She is looking forward to graduating and going to Europe next summer. She loves horses (like her mom).
Looking through the scrapbooks, I came across these two cute photos of her when she was little.
I've always loved this photo of the kids eating ice cream at Grandma Katie and Papa's house.

We went on every ride (the park was empty) and laughed til we cried!

Happy Birthday, Emma!

Alyssa's birthday

Sunday was Alyssa's 23rd birthday. Her and Greg came over for dinner and a quick trip to Disneyland. Alyssa now lives in Irvine and is only about 10 minutes from our house-YEAH!!! We bought Alyssa a Disneyland pass for her birthday and here is the hot tip-buy it at Costco! At Costco you save $70 overall.

We had creamcheese chicken enchiladas and yummy chocolate cake.

We then headed to Disneyland. D-land is doing construction at California Adventure, so the parking was unreal. We were herded down Harbor Blvd. and parked over by the employee parking lot in the old strawberry field now conveniently paved over into a parking lot. We were then BUSED, not shuttled, over to the park. Above is Katie, Delaney and making his Janie's World debut: Levi (Delaney's new boyfriend).
Greg and Alyssa in front of the castle. Churros were in order after waiting over an hour to process our passes.

Levi and Delaney in front of the castle.

Katie