More Disneyland

Jon found Tinkerbell!

We were soaking wet after having just gone on Grizzly River Run

Yay!

Awwwww!

Cars Land

Back to Disneyland

The End. For now. 

Disneyland 2013

Disneyland has always held a special place in my heart. My Mom is from Los Angeles, where my Grandparents still live, which gave us a perfect excuse to go to Disneyland and visit California and all of our relatives once every few years growing up. I love Disneyland because when I am there, I feel like a kid again. My siblings and I have had long discussions on this topic and they all feel the same way. It feels like things are as magical and special as they were when we were just little kids, and it always makes me want to cry because I feel so happy! Jon has only been to Disneyland a couple times, but now that we are married he is going to get to go a lot more because I couldn't live without going to Disneyland once every few years! Back in December, my whole family decided it was time to go again. So we planned the date for late April, early May, and everyone adjusted their schedules to come. Only one person, my brother-in-law, Chance, wasn't able to make it. We drove to California on Monday, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Disneyland and California Adventure, and drove back on Thursday. Since our family has grown so much, most of us stayed at a hotel close to Disneyland so we didn't overcrowd my Grandma's house. Okay, now for the good stuff: Pictures!!!

Britian helping us get settled into the hotel

This is how we keep all 3 nephews entertained while waiting in line for the rides!

Peter Pan and Britian just hanging out

Jon, Jasmine and I on the Cars ride in California Adventure

Us! Yes, Jon is blinking. :(

<3

Kannon and Britian exploring the white rabbit's house

Jasmine and Aladdin

So happy to be in the happiest place on earth!

Teacup Fun! I had to go in a different teacup than Jon. He likes spinning too much!

Jon on the Tower of Terror. No one else wanted to go on that ride. I was pretty sad that the girl in front of Jon covered his face.

Jon, Jasmine and I on the cars ride again

The first Splash Mountain Group-Travis, Jasmine, Jon and I. Yes, I am there, hiding and clinging onto Jon for dear life

The Second Splash Mountain Group-Dad, Brigham, and Mom

The Ferris Wheel at California Adventure

Jon and I in on the Ferris Wheel at California Adventure. The poor old ladies who sat with us didn't know how to take a picture with a smart phone, so you have a nice view of her finger right next to my head

The most delicious thing to eat in the whole park-cream cheese pretzels!  We were hooked on these!

Jon reading his Disney Trivia Book that he bought on the ride home

The most beautiful Sunset EVER that we got to see while driving home

No really, it was AMAZING.

Seriously though. It was perfect.

BEST VACATION EVER!!!

We took SOOO many pictures, it was hard to narrow it down (I might just have to share more later)! 

Now that we are home and going back to work, it is so hard to get back in the swing of things after having spent so much time being kids again. We can't wait until we get to go back next time!

Phone Pictures

I've decided that I am going to start posting some of the pictures I take with my phone. It will keep me blogging more about the things that we are up to, even if it isn't about big stuff. And I need to be better at keeping our family record! I already started with my last blog post, as you might have noticed. I uploaded them onto the blog directly from my phone. Obviously doing that makes them extra big so you will just have to ignore how big those ones are because I don't want to go back and upload them all again. So here we go:

Jon and I went up to Riverton the other day to do laundry (our washer is broken) and visit the family. We drove up just as the sun was setting and, as usual, it was BEAUTIFUL!

Yes, I know this is a horrid picture of me, but Jon looks hilarious and adorable in this picture so I just had to share it. 

Tonight we were both off from work so we went out and enjoyed a lovely spring evening rollerblading.

( No, I don't have the abnormally large midsection that my shadow would depict in this picture. I was twisting around in an awkward position to take this picture of Jon.)

 I have been rollerblading all my life, and I love it! Some summers I would roller blade every single day. I love going as fast as I can and attempting to do little tricks. I didn't even stop after I tripped on the hose while rollerblading once and landed on my face and bled everywhere several years ago (To my family: no wise cracks about how my face looked--Ha ha). Jon is still trying to catch up to my speed but he is doing better every time we go! I'm so proud of him.

Jon trying to adjust the camera so you can see our faces AND the roller blades and me looking all sweaty. This is not the best blog post for decent pictures of me...

Us on our roller blades. YAY US!

Happy springtime!

It has been a very busy last couple of months so this weekend we took a little break by going on a walk and enjoying a beautiful spring sunset!

We enjoyed it so much and we can't wait to spend more time in the warming weather.