Disneyland!

A couple of months ago, my mom said she wanted to go to Disneyland for her birthday and she wanted to fly us out there. We didn't want to miss out on this opportunity so we accepted. Our kids have never been before so we surprised them with the news on Reagan's birthday. They were very excited! So, after what seemed like a long day of traveling, we made it to our room just in time for bed. But first we chatted with my brother Tim, his wife Rachel, and my nephew Wyatt, who was already there. The kids played around until we realized it was so late and went to bed. Tim and his family live in Utah so we don't get to see them very much but it's amazing how the cousins instantly get along. Family is good for that, I guess. We spent the first day at Disneyland. The second day we started out at Disney, then went over to California Adventure, then back to Disneyland in the evening. We didn't get back to our room until after midnight on both nights. Our feet were soar and we were tired, but it was fun! Here's all of us on the train. Tim took these pictures so he's not in them.

This is our Splash Mountain picture. I was screaming because that drop was steep! Tim and Wyatt are also on this ride but apparently Matt didn't want them in the picture. They are right behind him.
Here's just some random pictures:

My mom with Reagan and Wyatt
Thunder Mountain
Toon Town
We got to see Mickey at Mickey's house. We didn't even know he was there. Minnie was standing in front of her house and the line was huge to get to see her. We went to Mickey's house and at the end there were some people waiting in a line. We asked what the line was for and they said to see Mickey. We waited about 5 minutes and it was our turn. Gwyn was excited to see "Icky House."

Here's the 3 amigos. It was a lot of fun going to Disneyland with my mom and my brother and his family. We spent the whole time with my brother's family except a couple of hours on the last day. It made it easier to be at two places at once like someone would run to get fast passes and someone would stand in the food line or save a table or take the kids on another ride, etc, etc. It was also great to have more people watch Gwyn while some of us were in lines and stuff. Rachel, Tim, and Wyatt were very generous in letting us get the front row of every ride, since they had been before, and this was our first time. Thanks guys! You are so nice!
Reagan and Kelsey got an art lesson from Brian. He only gives out free lessons to a couple of people each day. They were really excited about that but I think Matt was jealous that he didn't get one. He was fascinated by it. That has something to do with him being an artist.
Matt was taking a lot of these close up shots. They are cute, but I had to tell him to take some pictures with the background in them so we can tell where they are.


We made it home Monday evening and were completely exhausted! Gwyn even took a four hour nap the next day! I'm so glad we went and go to spend time with our family. Thanks Mom!