Disneyland!

Last week the kids and I had an amazing time at Disneyland! We drove to my parent's home on Thanksgiving and arrived just in time for dinner. Black Friday was spent doing a little shopping, went to see Tangled (LOVED IT) and got to see my awesome friend Amy. Saturday we were off! My two sisters, my sister in law, my mom, all 7 grand kids and myself in a 15 passenger van. After a stop for sleep in Mesquite Saturday night and lots of traffic to Anaheim, we finally arrived at Disney's Paradise Pier hotel. We were greeted by an amazing gift basket in the hotel room with enough goodies for all the grand kids. Savannah was so excited to get an autograph book and new Minnie Mouse.

Monday we played at Disneyland and my kids had so much fun.

One of our main reasons for tagging along on this trip was to finally see the Haunted Mansion Nightmare before Christmas transformation. My kids and I love that movie and we were so excited to find Jack and Sally. Savannah was SO excited and you can tell from her face. No princesses got smiles like this one.

We rode lots of rides, watched the parade and the fireworks and had a great time. Savannah loved the thrill rides and was so excited to ride the Matterhorn and Space Mountain. Jaxon held onto his Woody doll almost the whole day and loved Small World.

Tuesday we all went to California Adventure. I finally rode Toy Story Mania for the first time and loved it. I took the little ones to see Woody across from California Screaming and with only two people in front of us Jesse came and Woody left for a break. Funny thing is Savannah stopped Jesse and the Army Man while they walked through the line to get to the front. They got a good laugh about that. Savannah has the asking for autographs thing down!

All the kids loved the ferris wheel and I got a good shot of the three older cousins in front of our hotel.

Jaxon enjoyed the occasional out of stroller moments. This is outside the Tower of Terror.

The Pixar parade was a big hit and Savannah even decided to join another family while watching it. She sat in between a mother and daughter.

After World of Color. A great show!! The kids were very ready to get some sleep after.

Wednesday we all went to a character breakfast at the hotel. There were hardly any people so the kids got lots of running around and dancing time with Pluto, Mickey, Minnie, Goofy and Stitch. It was a very fun little birthday party for my nephew Ty who turned 3.

After breakfast I took the kids back to Disneyland. It was just my little Jaxon, Savannah and I. We met lots of characters and had a very slow paced and happy day. There are a lot more character pictures, but here is a sample. My favorite moment was when Savannah was the last to visit the princesses before they took a break. Each princess took their time to visit with her and Snow White actually asked Savannah to walk out with her.

Jaxon liked my stop for popcorn. I couldn't pass up a Nightmare Before Christmas bucket.

Thursday I drove my sisters and their kids to Legoland and then took the kids down to La Mesa to visit Noah's parents, Grandparents and his brother. We had a lot of fun and Savannah still talks about playing with her uncle Spencer. I wish I had taken pictures, but for some reason I completely forgot to get out my camera (I was chatting too much).

Friday was another day at Disneyland and we had some time all together and split up. Jaxon showed off his "cheese" face for some pictures while I waited to meet up for lunch. He is a smile pro now and I love that he says "cheese."

Exploring at Toon Town.

Cute hug even though their eyes are shut! This was right before we left the park for some shopping, dinner and then back to the hotel.

We were just going to put on warmer clothes and go back to the park, but Savannah really wanted to put on her new Tiana nightgown and watch cartoons in the sandcastle room. This one of my favorite spots in the hotel.

Jaxon randomly fell asleep most every night. This was our final night and I think he looks so precious.

We had a great time and headed back to Utah on Saturday. After some traffic, sickness, late nights lack of sleep we finally made it home. Savannah and Jaxon both have croup and Jaxon's case is pretty bad. We visited the Dr Tuesday morning and he was having trouble breathing in addition to another ear infection. Luckily he waited until after we left Disneyland.