California Adventure and our last day

We had a great time at California Adventure.  The car's ride was a lot of fun.  We got fast passes right when we got into the park.  We had to wait in line about 30 minutes to get the fast passes and we weren't scheduled to get on the ride until about 5 that night.  It's crazy how fast they go.  I think Easton's favorite ride was the tower of terror which I find funny because that was the only ride I really didn't want to go on.  I waited with Blair and Dyer while Nate and Easton went.  While they were gone the shuttle flew really low right over our heads.  I think Nathan's favorite was the bugs life 4D Show.  It was a bit intense for our kids.  

Blair and Daddy

Easton and Mommy

Blair and Mommy

Blair with Flick

Easton with Flick

We went and saw a lot of shows while there and one of them was Aladdin.

Blair and Dyer on the Little Mermaid ride.  Blair loved every moment of this ride.  Not sure I can say the same about Dyer.  

Us with Lightning

Blair Bear

The camera's battery finally gave out and Nathan's phone was low on battery so there wasn't a whole lot of pictures.


On our last day (Saturday) we first went to Disneyland in hopes of riding the Indiana Jones ride (it's closed for construction) and then we headed back over to California Adventure.  Even though we went during the off season we found out quickly that it was not a good idea to go on a Saturday.  It felt like we wasted a lot of our day doing nothing because we had to wait in line forever and a day.  It was crazy!

Here's my Cinderella Princess for the day.

Side shot of her hair.

Pirates Island

Snow White and Blair

We had a great vacation and the kids can't wait to go back to Disneyland!

Disneyland!

We had such a great time at Disneyland!  My absolute favorite parts were watching my kids have a blast:  Blair meeting the princesses, Easton doing the Jedi training, and all the kids (Blair especially) during the parade!

Meeting Mickey!

Easton was a scary driver!  

Blair meeting Sleeping Beauty!  Blair was soooooo excited!  It was so cute to watch her with the princesses.  We were supposed to meet Cinderella, Belle, and Snow White but about half way through the line they switched them out with Aurora, Mulan, and Tiana.  

Mulan and Blair.  

Blair was a little shy and nervous at first but then she warmed up quickly and loved talking with the princesses.  

Tiana and Blair

All in jail.  I remember taking a picture here with my siblings when my family came here when I was younger.

Driving the car

Dyer! 

 If you look inside the pumpkin you can see Easton.  Blair was supposed to be in the other eye but she left!

Easton getting picked for Jedi training!

He was so excited to get his lightsaber and start practicing. 

Video of Easton practicing:

Darth Vader and Darth Maul show up to fight the Jedi's

Darth Maul!  He was creepy and Blair was terrified of him.

Easton battling Darth Vader.

Video of Easton battling Darth Vader:

Easton did such a great job!

All the Jedi's (Easton is fourth one from the left).

Easton's Jedi certificate!

Blair meeting Cinderella and the Fairy Godmother!

Aurora again!

While Blair was meeting the princesses with Nathan and Dyer, Easton and I stood in line to ride the matterhorn.  We waited in line for over 30 minutes and it wasn't until we got to the front of the line that they measured Easton and told us he couldn't ride the ride.  He was maybe an 1/8 of an inch from the sign and it was because he wouldn't stand up straight!  The people in front of us kept chanting, "Let him go!  Let him go!"  Even with that the lady still wouldn't let Easton go!  I was slightly irritated because I know he was tall enough but also because the guy who separates the lines should have measured Easton so if Easton wasn't tall enough we wouldn't have had to stand in line as long as we did.

Dumbo

Blair

Video of the parade:

This is definitely a must see video!

Mickey Mouse!

Ariel!

Princesses: Snow White, Aurora, and Rapunzel. 

Princesses: Cinderella and Belle

I would have taken a lot more pictures but my camera battery kept flashing and I wanted to make sure and take some pictures the next day at California Adventure.

San Diego Safari Zoo Park

Wow I've been a huge slacker when it comes to this blog!  Back to our vacation...After the zoo we headed to the Safari Zoo Park.  It was nice but the zoo, in my opinion, was a lot better.  If you have to choose between the two the zoo would definitely be my pick.  I'm sure the safari would have seemed better if we would have done this first or if we did only this and not the zoo.  It was too much of the same thing as we did the day before.  I love the zoo and animals but two days back to back I've found is too much for me.

Elephants

There was a baby elephant that was only about three weeks old when we went there.  

Easton took a picture of Nathan and I.

Dyer and Daddy taking a look at the elephants.

The kids cooled off a little at a splash pad in the park.  

I'm pretty sure this was Dyer's favorite part of the day.  He got drenched and loved it!

Blair

She pulled out most of her hair so she looked like a crazy girl!

Lion

Giraffes

Cheetahs

They have them run everyday around 3:30.  It would have been neat to see them run but we were all hot and tired and didn't really want to stick around for the run.

Safari tram ride.

Rhinos

gorilla

Blair and Easton

Easton