After spending a little bit of time in San Diego we drove up to Orange County and visited Disneyland and California Adventures. I grew up in Orange County and used to work at Disneyland, but that was nearly 15 years ago now and so much has changed. It doesn't quite feel like home anymore. :( I'm not a local anymore, I'm just a tourist. But I still love Disney and it was so fun to go there with Scott and the kids and our extended family. Here is our gang at the entrance!! Yes, I look super pregnant, but I still have three months to go. Keeping up with the kids and my tired self and taking pictures was hard, so again, my pictures are pretty random...but here are some of adventures.
Matthew pulls the sword from the stone!
Checking out the Nemo subs
Cute Anna in Toontown!
It was a team effort turning the big sphere in Tomorrowland!
We met some storm troopers
Matthew got a photo with him
All the kids outside Mr. Toad
The carousels in both parks were big hits
I didn't get any pics of the kids riding the sea themed carousel in California Adventures, but they loved it.
Anna gets a chance at the sword.
Grant takes a turn, but his efforts seems a little half hearted.
And thanks to Serena and Grandpa Guptill, we got awesome seats to watch the parade.
Thanks for scoping out the great seats.
Anna liked riding on Dumbo. She wanted to pose in the elephant.
We all posed in the elephant outside the ride - Matthew, Lulu and Anna (making a face)
Look, even I got in there
The next day we hit the parks again. By the time we got to the line at the Nemo ride Grant was already taking his first nap.
Matthew in line for Soarin'. A ride I could go on. Hooray!
He was marching through the line and randomly saluting for us. :)
I think he was inspired by all the aviation stuff in there.
We asked him where he learned this. His response: "from daddy."
I like how his lower arm is even locked out.
Matthew also loved playing in the fountains.
Grant had to ride in the stroller a lot, but he was a trooper. Here he is relaxing.
Anna and Lulu in Toontown. Anna wanted to go on the little rollercoaster there since there were so many rides she couldn't go on. She liked the toontown coaster!
Grandma Guptill took Grant on a little walk. He was so happy!
We got some Mickey ears for all the kids.
It was a busy few days. I was tired from all the walking but I got lots of rests 'cause of all the rides I couldn't go on, so that was good. I was happy for the rests. Matthew said his favorite rides were Tower of Terror and Splash Mountain and Thunder Mountain and the Toy Story shooting ride. He loved them all! Anna said her favorite was the little roller coaster and the sea carousel.
It was so fun going and spending time with family!
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