Monday, August 20, 2012

Even thought it was promised....Disneyland was NOT the happiest place on earth for my family.


Yes, there are smiles in these pics and there was some fun being experienced. But on the first and second day.... I really just wanted to smack some kids. My sister and her family joined us and that was the best part for me and my whole family. But everyone was not on board when it came to having fun. Joey couldn't handle his upset about not being on a snowboard at Brian Head with all his friends (which by the way had no snow to snowboard on). My nephew Hamilton hates amusement parks, Nifae decided at the age of 7 that he wanted to act like the big boys and cop an attitude the whole time and thought everything was "boring". All 3 of my kids asked multiple times a day for 3 day, "Can we just say at the hotel? Can we go back to the hotel now? can we leave and go swimming at the hotel? When are we going to Aunty Tonya's house? Why do we have to stay here and not at Aunty Tonya's house? etc" It blew my mind. Aunty Tonya's house would have been SOOOOO much cheaper. Why why why do we do this to ourselves? Lilia had to use every bathroom in the park. Then Joey got his 17 year old self lost in the part so all Tommy and his mom could think about was him and spent the whole night looking for him and worrying about him while I took all 4 kids around DL by myself. Oh, did I mention the park was at capacity on these days? One ray of sunshine was that my niece Kennedy got to stay with us for the rest of the days and she was so great to have around. She kept my kids happy and positive. By day 3 we all got our act together and had a ball. We got to ride every single ride that we wanted to (in both parks) saw about 22 Characters. Also, World of Color made us all feel the love again.  All 5 kids were happy and made some great memories after all.
Betcha didn't see that coming, did ya?
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These two.


I'm pretty sure these two could have gone by themselves to DL and never once thought about the kids. Hahah.
Jan 2012
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The day we split up...


Tommy took  Owen, Nifae and Kennedy to California adventure, Joey was at DL riding Single Rider like a mad man. I was in DL with Lilia doing all the princess stuff and Tommy's mom was resting at the hotel. Everyone enjoyed that day the most. What does that tell you about us? :/
Jan 2012
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Disney Christmas Parade



It was 2 days after Christmas but you would have thought it was Christmas Eve. The kids were pooped an getting onery but when this parade started everyone, Young and Old, got so excited. My sister Tonya found us a spot where the parade turns and no one was across from us. So all the characters looked our way the whole time and interacted with us. The kids were so mesmerized but Tommy takes the cake because he compleatly fell in love with Belle. Hahah!
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Toon Town


When we got there is was Ca-RazY! Way too busy and hot.
We came back at night and had the place to ourselves. The kids rode over and over and ran all over like they owned the place. We met Micky at his house but I will ahve to find the pics from my cel phone.
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So Tommy waited in this CRAZY line with all the kids.... just to get to the front of the line to have Lilia say, I have to use the bathroom NOW.


He was not a happy camper! Poor Daddy!
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California Adventure.

The boys like CA the most (the girls like DL the most)  
The kids all surprise me and loved all the shows more than the rides. They loved this little group so much and we tried to pry them away but we ended up staying for the whole show.
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We had A Bug's Land all to ourselves.


This was probably the most fun that we had as a family inside a bugs life.

Lills got her dad, and everyone else to ride this ride over and over and over...cause she could.

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Tommy, Kennedy, Joey and Nifae rode this ride 6 times in a row. And got crazy wet just before we headed home for the night.



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Joey and the kids getting their fortunes from Fortune Red.


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Headed out. Just before the snow fell. It was so cool.

 

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Lills and I stumbled upon Pocahontas

It was magical to say the least. She is my favorite Princess.

Jan 2012
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All the cuddly characters

 
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