California Adventure Park

Here are a few more photos of our trip.....I'm not through yet. These were taken just after we did the Grizzly Rapids ride. Poor Keller got soaked on that ride. But it sure was a fun one. They went to the Brother Bear adventure hike and rode a tire swing and just played on a giant jungle gym. Here are some pictures of them doing just that.

Mrs. Claus thanks to Erin!

I know Christmas is over but this picture is a classic. Remember when we went on the train ride in Boise back in December. This is the great picture that Erin captured of Mrs. Claus. I am sure that the rest of you are not going to appreciate it like me and Erin so Erin it is now immortalized on my blog for us forever. If you ever need a good laugh you know where to go! Love you Erin you made my night!

Medival Knights

When I worked at Melaleuca I was able to go to Medieval Knights for work and I thought it was fun. So I took the fam. Jaren thought it was silly, Keller got bored but Sawyer loved it! We were rooting for the red knight....and ours won. They serve you dinner without any silverware which Soy thought was great. Keller didn't like any of the food of course except for the Texas toast (which was invented back in Medieval times) They showcase their riding skills and the skills of the horses and then they have a big battle. Our knight won!!! Soy thought it was alot of fun. He waved his little red flag every time our knight came around. The knight would toss flowers out to the crowd and my little knight was trying to get one to give to me. He is such a sweet boy. We would yell "Red Knight" when it was his turn to show his skills and Keller would yell "Go red guy" Here are some pictures of how much fun we were having.

Still Disney

Here are a few more pics. The first ride we went on was autopia. What crazy drivers those boys are. I don't think we are ever going to get them their drivers licenses. They the Disney steam train that goes around the entire park was right next to this car ride so of course we had to ride it (around 2 dz times by the end of the trip) It was a great way to get from one end of the park to another. And when you have people with you that love trains you are really killing 2 birds with one stone. Then we went to toontown. I have been to Disney at least 5 times and never been to toontown. The boys love to play toontown on the computer so this was of course a hit.

Splash Mountain

Here is the splash mountain picture. Love the faces. Keller loves to see his face. He wanted to go again right after we got off. Sawyer and I needed a break! The one to California Screamin also went through so here is Jaren and Sawyer also. Remember Sawyer is relaxing so it isnt as scary. Cant you tell that is what he is doing?

Disneyland

Now for the good stuff. Thursday was our first full day in California. Keller woke up at 6:30 a.m. normal time 5:30 a.m. California time wanting to get up and go to Disneyland. I told him that they are not open yet. He kept bugging us to get going. So finally I said, "No one is there do you want me to drop you off at the gate so you can just wait for the Disneyland people to come?" Yep lets go he said. So we walked over to the Disneyland Hotel for our character breakfast at Goofy's kitchen. What fun! I recommend that to anyone going. Keller ate bacon, pancakes (in the shape of Mickey) and a hot dog bun. They had every thing imaginable to eat. Mac and cheese to waffles. The characters walked around all the tables so you could get pictures with them at your table. They boys were all smiles. At one point Dale from Chip and Dale came to our table. He pointed to Kellers plate and then to Kellers mouth telling him to eat his food. Keller gave him a look like "not you too!" We took some great pictures of Jaren in a Grumpy dwarf hat and beard. That sure was a fitting hat. That man fought Disneyland from day one. "lets just take them to the Grand Canyon" He didn't want to go at all. But the second we got home he started planing next years trip! We all loved it. Sawyer went on the big California Screamer roller coaster and survived. He said that that was his favorite. Keller loved the train coaster (big thunder mountain) but who doesn't! I bet we rode that one at least 12-14 times. The crowds weren't to awful especially on Thursday. California Adventure was great. Some cool rides there also. Here are a few pics. Jaren scanned in a couple of pics that we bought from Disney after a ride. The one is from Slash Mountain and the other is Jaren and Sawyer on the big coaster. Sawyer is relaxing on the big coaster so it wasn't as scary. Jaren had bugged him for 2 days about being a wanny and not riding the coaster and the Sawyer said Okay Dad, lets go. Jaren was back pedaling after that. But they went and liked it. Keller and I look like it is our last few moments on earth in the splash mountain ride but it sure was fun! Thanks for looking and I will keep adding random photos over the next little while.

Here are the sunset pictures and a few others.

California!!!

Okay okay, I know that it has been a month since I have posted but as you will see from all of the many pictures we have been busy! We just got home from Disnyland and San Diego this week and man did we have fun! I think we (Jaren included) are all pouting because we are home. These first few pics are in San Diego. When we first got there it was around 4:30 p.m. and we wanted to miss "rush hour" So we hit the beach. It was the first time the boys had been on a beach at the ocean. As you can see they had a blast. I think they thought that this was part of Disneyland. They were all smiles. The sunset was beautiful. I thought of my bro Chad when I was taking them. He is always taking neat scenery pictures so I hope he approves of these. They boys had fun running from the water and teasing the seagulls. Next off to Disneyland....Yipee!