DISNEYLAND

We went to Disneyland Dec 3rd - 6th & had a BLAST! How could you not? It's Disneyland! It's no secret that I absolutely love this place. I could live their & be just fine. We met some friends their which made it all the more fun. The Paez family & the Wallis family. It was great to see them again. The girls love Tinkerbell & all of her friends. One of the highlights for them was getting to meet Rosetta....

The classic castle shot...

I love this castle. I could stare at it all day. Did you know it was patterned after the Noschweinstein castle in Germany? That castle is also one of my favorites. Erik & I on the Peter Pan ride....

All the times I've been to Disneyland I have to say that this was the first time I remember going on this ride & it was cool. Even Erik loved it.

I have to tell about my Grizzly Rapids adventure. Have you been on this ride? Well, I have not, until now. It's the Wallis kids favorite ride, so we went. I got drenched! When we got off I rubbed my hands down my jeans & water flowed like I was wringing them out. But, I just touched them. That's how drenched I was. Not to mention that it's FREEZING outside. A nice worker told me that the first aid stations have dryers. So, I went & spent 30 min or so trying to dry off. I never completely dried off, but it was better than the alternative. And I was not about to walk back to the hotel to change & miss out. It was an adventure.

Our girls were awesome! We had prepped them for months that they needed to be tough & try all the rides. They did have a couple of nervous times, but all in all they did pretty good. They even rode Space Mountain a few times. Jadyn rode the Tower of Terror with Erik & loved it. She's crazy - I hate that one. I was happy to sit out with Kylie for that one. I hate that pit in your stomache feeling.

This picture just makes me happy - I LOVE IT!!!!

Thanks to my job (Disney Store) we were able to go. Free tickets is not too shabby!! Not to mention I got our group into a special store for employees called "Company D" which has park merchandise at good discounted prices. Then, I discovered that they were running a special that week that even store employees got 50% off all park merchandise!! How lucky is that? It was pretty sweet! Especially considering I only work once every couple of months or so!