Disney Vacation - Day Eight (last day)

On our last day of our vacation we headed to Huntington Beach, it was so nice. The water is blue and the sand is brown. The beaches here in Washington are just grey.

Jordan and Austin are building a sand castle.

Allie trying to decide if she really does want to get wet.

Levi jumping waves!

Levi playing in the sand.

Dallin playing in the sand, he does not like to get wet, the ocean water is COLD!

The boys having fun in the ocean.

We had such a wonderful time. Going to the beach was a great finale to our vacation. Thanks so much for letting me share! I like having all the posts, because then I can come here and reminisce about our vacation and have pictures to go with it.

Disney Vacation - Day Seven

Well, I only have 2 more days of our vacation to cover, so we are getting down to the end.

If you ask the kids what their favorite part of the trip was, all of the boys say meeting "Push". Who is Push you ask? Well, Push is a talking strolling garbage can. He rolled on over to us and said "hi". The kids talked to it for awhile & then Jordan asked for his autograph. Push told him to put his book on the ground, the garbage can rolled over it until it made a mark with it's wheels. Jordan was so proud of the autograph he got. Did I mention Jordan is 15? Well, when Push was done talking to us, he said "Peace ooouuuut". I took a picture and he said "cheese" Too funny! Jordan spent the next 15 minutes trying to figure where it was being controlled from. Now when he grow up he wants to be a talking garbage can operator.

I think this picture is just too cute. We were walking through an area that had water that shot out of the ground, and it got him wet just as we were walking through. I love the expression on his face.

We decided to stay at the water area awhile, and Dallin decided to kick the water.

That is Jordan in the "R", and if you know Jordan that is really all the explaining that needs to be done. This was our last day at the parks, and we asked everyone what they wanted to make sure they did before we went home. Everyone had a special ride they wanted to go on, everyone except for Jordan. He wanted to get his picture taken in the "R" of the word CALIFORNIA, that is the special thing he wanted to do. So, we let him get his picture taken, only thing is, he got stuck. Did I mention he wants to be a talking garbage can operator?

Austin with this pirate hook.

Austin and Levi being goofy with the swords that were stuck on the wall.

I took this photo on our way out of the park, since it was our last day. I want to go back already!

They don't get much cuter than this! Dallin waiting for the tram with his very own backpack that he wore everywhere. Plus, he is sporting his favorite Buzz Lightyear hat.

Disney Vacation - Day Six - Buzz Lightyear

OK, Buzz Lightyear gets his very own post. We were in line for somthing on Tuesday when we noticed Buzz Lightyear, so we couldn't go see him. We checked the schedule and noticed that he came at a certain time 5 times a day, and we missed his last visit that day. Dallin was anxious to see Buzz, it was the only character he was actually looking forward to seeing. So, on Thursday we came to the spot about 5 minutes before his schedule time. We waited - no Buzz! I sent Jordan to check the area and see if maybe he showed up some where else instead. Still, no Buzz! We waited about 15 minutes past the scheduled time, and finally gave up. We talked Dallin into going on the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blaster ride instead. So, we headed out. I turned around, and saw Buzz peeking around the corner. YEAH!!

Here is Buzz peeking around the corner.

Buzz is shaking Dallin's toy Buzz Lightyear's hand. Dallin knew he was planning on meeting Buzz this day, so he just had to bring his toy.

Dallin giving Buzz a "high five". Look at his sweet face, he was so happy and proud.

Allie getting another autograph for her book.

All the kids posing with Buzz. Dallin still holding his Buzz toy. This was such a fun moment. I was concerned that Dallin was going to change his mind about meeting Buzz, but he did so great.

Disney Vacation - Day Six - Part Two

The kids were getting a little tired of the photos, and they went crazy on me.

Here are Daddy and Dallin back at the Toy Story ride.

Levi with his cool souvenier pirate necklace. He loved his Mickey Mouse ears, and pretty much wore them most of the time.

Aww, doesn't Dallin look sweet. He LOVED hanging out with his Daddy. Here they are waiting to ride on the matterhorn. Any ride that Steve went on, Dallin had to ride with him. Everyone would ask "Dallin, do you want to ride with me? " He would reply "No, I am going to ride with my Daddy." I didn't even get to ride with Dallin until the very last day. Also, do you see Steve's new Disneyland hat? That day was super sunny, and originally he was wearing a different hat. Unfortunately, he lost that hat when they took the big dip on the Splash Mountain ride. It flew off his head, and rested on top of the Splash Mountain . The kids came running back asking for the camera, so they could take a picture of Dad's hat. So, Steve bought a new hat, to keep the sun away. It's very cool, but the hat he lost was one of his favorites.

Jordan on Autopia, notice he has moved on from the "thumbs up" to the "peace" sign. Very cool Jordan!

Austin took Dallin on the Dumbo ride. The older kids were such good sports about taken the younger ones on rides they wanted to go on. Love that!

Dallin with his brand new Buzz Lightyear hat. He officially loves Buzz Lightyear. He wore his hat alot, and would ask for it all the time, which is amazing, because he is usually not a hat person.

Jordan taking Allie and Dallin on the tea cups, another sweet big brother moment.

Disney Vacation - Day Six - Part One

I took TONS (over 150) of photos on this day, so I am going to split this day into 3 posts. We started the day with a character breakfast at Goofy's kitchen. Then we headed back to California Adventure and Disneyland.

Four of our kids with Pluto, Steve is missing, because he ran back to the car to get Allie's autograph book that she forgot. I am missing, because I was holding Dallin. He still got a little freaked out at some of the characters, so he did not want to get close to Pluto.

Levi and Chip. I think Levi liked the characters more than anybody else.

Allie is dancing with Chip.

Jordan and Austin with Ballou the Bear. I just noticed that Jordan gives the "thumbs up" in every photo that he poses with a character. I think he is trying to tell us that is is a-ok to be a teenager and pose with Disney characters.

Levi, Steve and Dallin at breakfast. We all received "Goofy's Kitchen" buttons. The words "Goofy's Kitchen were straight, but Goofy was pictured sideways, because he is "goofy". Dallin had a problem with his button, he wanted Goofy to be straight, he kept trying to fix it.

Dallin is taking lessons from his big brother Jordan with the "thumbs up". In this case Dallin is telling us it is a-ok to have ice cream cones with sprinkles for breakfast.

All of the kids posing by the large Mickey Mouse at the Disneyland Hotel where we had breakfast.

Disney Vacation - Day Five

We took a break from the amusement parks, and spent some time at Downtown Disney and watching movies. Steve and the older boys went to the movie theater in the evening, and me and the younger ones went and bought the Toy Story 2 DVD to watch in our hotel room. After all of the Toy Story rides, Buzz Lightyear has become one of Dallin's favorite characters.



All of the kids at Downtown Disney.

Alllie went to Build-A-Bear to spend some of her souvenier money.

Dallin loved the life-size Darth Vader at the Lego Store.

Allie and Dallin posing by R2-D2, he is more Dallin's size.

Levi on a giant Lego.

Disney Vacation - Day Four

We divided our day between California Adventure and Disneyland.

Daddy and Dallin on the Merry-go-round.

This was the Toy Story ride at California adventure, it was such a fun ride. It was a 4-D interactive game/ride. We loved this one! Allie and Austin lookin' good in their glasses.

Levi and Jordan on the Astro Blasters ride at Disneyland. This is the ride we went on the most. You use the lazer gun to shoot targets and it gives you a score at the end of the ride. Steve & Dallin went on this ride once when the rest of us were on Star Tours. The ride stopped in the middle, but they could keep shooting the targets, so Steve ended up with a score of 964,400. They take a picture of you during the ride & then you can email the photo and your score to anyone. When Jordan found out about Steve's score, he made it his job to try and beat it. Steve didn't tell him about his little secret that the ride stopped. So, everytime we passed the ride and there was only a 5 minute wait we would go on it. Poor Jordan, he got no where near his Dad's score. Austin, wasn't about the score, he was all about getting a "cool" picture. He would pose for the camera, he always came up with new a creative poses.

Jessie was Allie's first autograph. We tried on several occasions to get autographs, but we always got there too late. Allie was excited to finally get an autograph and pose for a photo

Woody and the 3 older boys.

All of the kids at a fall photo scene they had.

Disney Vacation - Day Three

Day two was spend at church, and just hanging out at the hotel. No exciting pictures from that day, so we will skip right to day three. We spent the day at Disneyland. It was super windy in the morning, but things cleared up by the afternoon.

The family by the Walt Disney/Mickey Mouse statue. I love that statue, makes me smile.

Somebody is a little goofy!

Waiting in line for the Matterhorn. This ride was one of the faster rides that we could do as an entire family. We weren't real sure how much Dallin was going to like it, but we gave it a try, and he LOVED it! He loved the roller coaster type rides. So fun!

Dad and the younger ones riding a rocket. Us older people don't really like to go around in circles, but we did it for the kids.

Allie singing karoake to a High School Musical song. She was cute!