Cali Trip Part 2: Disneyland

As you might remember from my last California post, Jared & I have been wanting to visit Disneyland since we got married 7 1/2 years ago.

We did get a couple days of Disneyland. The day after we ventured Sea World, we headed off to Disneyland. Jared & I, his parents, and his two youngest brothers all went for a day without the kids to ride all the big-people rides. (thanks to Aunt Jenny, Aunt Ann Marie & Uncle Jason who stayed home to watch all the kids!)

After our day-long Disneyland adventure we plopped in bed around midnight and then got up 7 hours later to take all the kiddies to Disneyland. Disneyland was so fun with Megan. I can't wait to take her back when she's older and she thinks it is magical.

Here is a picture of Megan on the carousel with Jared. She screamed her little heart out each time she got off. She sure knows how to make a scene.


Here she is on the "It's a Small World" ride. We were riding in the front of the boat and she was in awe the whole time. She doesn't look very excited in this picture, but, trust me, she loved this ride. I wish we could have gone on it a second time.


While we were in Disneyland we took a little side-trip to New Orleans. So convenient that Megan's roots were within walking distance!


And, here we are in front of the Disneyland castle. This picture is extremely unflattering but we have to have one in front of the castle, right? So, it will do.


After a long day of riding kiddie rides & walking around the park, we got back to my brother-in-law's house (where we were staying) and I laid Megan down on our bed. Before I could even get out a diaper to change her, she was out like a light. I think her body position here is hilarious. And, no, I didn't stage it at all. She's just funny like that.


And, that was Disneyland in a nutshell.

Cali Trip Part 1- Sea World

For the past 7.5 years Jared & I have been wanting to go to Disneyland. Maybe it's ridiculous that it took us so long to get there, but at least we finally did.

We drove 10 hours in our van with the three of us, Jared's parents, and his two teenage brothers. We stopped to eat dinner at my sis-in-law's house in St. George. Here is a pic of Megan with Uncle Tyler & her cousin Oriana with Papa:


Megan slept for about one hour the entire way to California because she was very excited to have so many of her favotire people surrounding her. She was quite good until the last hour or so.

We were lucky enough to stay with Jared's brother & his his wife, who live just 20 minutes from Disneyland. We left Utah on a Saturday, relaxed & went to church on Sunday, and went to Sea World on Monday. This post, obviously, is all about Sea World.

Here is a picture of Megan & I before the Dolphin Show began.


And, a picture of Megan & Jared before they got soaked by the dophins. Megan did not want to be covered with plastic and kept trying to get out- until the first soaking. Then she only wanted to be under the poncho. She was not a happy wet girl.


One very cool thing at Sea World was the tide pool where you could touch starfish and other sea animals. Of course, I was too scared to touch anything, but Megan didn't hold back. Here she is touching a starfish:

And, lastly, we took the kiddos on some rides at the park. Megan was apprehensive at first, but the apprehensiveness turned into anger every time a ride was finished. There was some definite "weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth" every time we took her off a ride. Here is Megan and Jared & Uncle Tyler:


That's it for my Sea World post. Honestly, I wasn't all the impresed with Sea World. I thought that the price of admission was really steep for what the park had to offer. In my head I imagined it to be this wonderul, awe-inspiring place. It probably is awesome to kids, though. I'm glad we went because now I know not to go again unless we can get cheaper tickets!

Stay tuned for my next post: Disneyland.
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