Happiest Place on Earth (?)

This past week was spent in California with Robert's family.  We got there on Sunday before everyone else because Albuquerque has limited flights going in and out, so we left here at around 4:30 and got to California at around 7 their time.  We barely made our flight because we didn't think the airport would be so busy at 5 in the morning, but the lines were crazy!  We landed and found a church building close by, so we went to the first hour of church then went to Robert's friend's house where we stayed, and we got some food then took some much needed naps.  Afterward, Robert took us to Forest Lawn, which is a funeral home where a bunch of famous people are buried, such as Michael Jackson.  There were a bunch of cool stain glass windows and famous statue replicas, and it was just a good Sunday activity.  We even saw the biggest painting ever of Christ's crucifixion (195 ft long and 45 ft tall)!

On Monday, we headed over to Santa Monica Pier to meet up with Tina and Emmali. As always, the water was freezing, and so was the breeze coming off the ocean.  But Myla loved playing in the water and sand, and Aria loved eating it.

On Tuesday, we headed over to the Disneyland Hotel and checked out parts of the Disneyland Hotel, Downtown Disney, and spent the afternoon at the pool.

She got a cool balloon crown made at dinner

Myla was loving the music as you can see.

Wednesday: California Adventure Day.

Ready to start our Disney adventure!

As you can see, the Guardians of the Galaxy ride is not my fav.

The kids did so good!  We were constantly on the go and it was sweltering hot in that humidity, and the kids were champs!  Plus Myla was kind of bummed because a lot of the rides she wasn't tall enough to ride on, so it was just a day with a lot of sitting around and waiting while the adults went on rides.

Thursday: Disneyland Day.
The kids were super tired from the day before, so there was a lot of crying and whining, but it was still a super fun day!

Myla was in heaven when she got to meet a lot of her favorite characters!  Every time she saw a character, she would put her hands out and say, "I want to give him/her a hug!"  Aria was also a fan of the characters (the stuffed looking ones).  She was so fascinated with them and kept grabbing their noses.

Rabbit gave Myla the longest hug ever.  It was beginning to get a little awkward hahaha.  The video didn't even capture the entire hug.

Myla was a little scared to see Darth Vader because "he's a bad guy". 

You can see part of the "tired and whiny kids" in this picture.  Myla was excited to see Chewbacca, but Weston started crying because he was scared, so she started crying and getting scared. 

And then she had a meltdown because she couldn't find R2D2 anywhere in that museum.

Myla really wanted to see the princesses as well, but she was not as excited when she could tell they were real people too.

When we turned the next corner, Myla saw Snow White standing there and she put her hand over her mouth in excitement!  She was fangirling from afar, but when she got close, she got shy.

Waiting for the Electric Parade

Myla loved the Electric Parade!  She kept waving at all her favorite characters.  And I love how Weston's face is the exact same in all the pictures I took.

On Friday our flight wasn't until 10:30 p.m. (then delayed to 11), so we got all checked out, and then we walked out of the park to find some lunch with Jan, Tina and Emmali.  Afterwards we walked through Downtown Disney and hung out for a bit before they had to start driving back to Utah.  We got the kids to sleep in the stroller and we took little naps in the hotel lobby, then we spent more time at the pool.  Then we went back to Downtown Disney and scored some free pretzels, which was awesome because nothing is free and everything is overpriced at Disneyland.  We then had to kill a lot of time at the airport.  It actually wasn't too bad by the time we went through security and everything.  So yeah, got home at like 3 in the morning, and luckily the girls slept in until about 9.  Now back to real life.