Fall Break - Part 2

Wednesday - we headed to Disneyland and had a blast with Grandma and Pop!  I got on most the rides except for the few that were a little too turbulent for my pregnant self.  Maddie was a sport and got on ALL the rides including Space Mountain and Splash Mountain, and actually enjoyed every single one.  By 7 p.m. she had a choice of watching the parade or going in Small World.  She really wanted to watch the parade but decided to go on Small World - and changed her mind again right as we were getting on the boat.  Anyway, what happened next was funny.  About 3/4 of the ride in, she leaned over to me and asked "When is this ride going to be over?  It's boring".  I assured her it was almost to the end.  But then when we got out she realized she missed the parade too.  So she angrily blurted out, "Why did we have to go on that stupid doll ride anyway?!"  After being on all the thrilling rides, Small World didn't cut it for her.  We all laughed so hard.  I think that had to be the highlight of our day, well, aside from the churros and pineapple ice cream too.  Here is how our day went in pictures:

Zane zonked out from all the rides

He and I walked on over to Adventureland while the rest were on Star Tours

Love this picture of Pop and Allie

These three all fit?! Better than waiting in line for another few minutes though.

No trip is complete without someone getting mad at another.  Everyone was cracking up at the look Maddie was giving Collin (over the pineapple ice cream)

One of the very few family shots we got - with Baby #5 poking out.

Poor Zane was super happy when we started out - but totally tripped and fell on our way out from the hotel to our car.  Good thing a bruise was all he got and what a blessing to not have to go to the ER.

But not to worry - of course he was still up on everything!

Picture would have been perfect if not for someone's behind behind.

Churro break

I waited long enough to get this shot of them on Splash Mountain - except I couldnt see Maddie who was sandwiched in between Pop and Grandma

Beautiful California sunset as we winded down.

A perfect ending to an awesome fun filled day!!!

Fall Break - Part 1

Our fall break fell on the first two weeks of October.  We had our primary program on the 30th of September - the kids did well, and I was glad we pulled it off.  With 160 kids - it was no small feat but thanks to the help of teachers, our kids mostly had their parts memorized!  I thought it was pretty impressive.  Anyway...after Sunday meetings, we packed for our fall break trip to California (yes, I am last minute like that), and left the house the next morning.  It was a nice short 6-7 hour drive over, and Zane did pretty well on the drive.  We got there around 3 p.m. and had a relaxing evening!

Allie found it interesting that there was no 13th floor at the DoubleTree hotel.  We stayed on the 16th floor.   This was the view from our window.

Dinner that night was at Red Robin.  Zane was so funny and kept dipping pizza in ketchup.

Another funny - Kevin loves the Orange Whip drink from AM PM.  He and Allie went and sadly they were out.  He was so disappointed (ha!) and Allie took some good video about how he just couldn't believe that every time he'd go they were out.

En route to the beach the next morning, Kevin took us by the Newport Beach Temple. So beautiful!

The next day we went to the beach - Corona del Mar in Newport Beach, our favorite beach to hang out when we are in the area - nice and quiet, and very family friendly.  It was forecasted to be around 100 degrees that day but we had nice perfect weather, until 3 p.m. but of course we were on our way out.  Up til then the breeze was great and we felt neither hot or cold.  The water was warm enough (though not warm enough for what I'm used to), and the kids had so much fun playing in the water and the sand. 

Picture overload:

Zane went to town eating donuts at the beach!

Here he is trying to get another.

 

 It was Zane's first time at the beach and he did not like the movement of the water and sand as the waves crashed on the shore.  He just wanted Kevin to hold him, and as long as he had his Daddy's hand in his, he was fine - the theme of our trip!  Anyway... we packed donuts and Baja Fresh for lunch at the beach - so fun to eat by the ocean.  It was especially relaxing for me - I love the sound of the ocean - I wish I had a book to read while I was there.  Around 3 p.m. the sun started to pelt down, and the kids were done playing so we headed back to the hotel.  They were so tired that they all fell asleep on the drive back.

Helping Allie with her mermaid tail.

Helping Maddie get her tail done.

All fell asleep on the way back to the hotel.

That night we met one of FNF's Vp's for dinner - and Allie was throwing a crazy "hill billy" attitude" - this was how she wanted to act at dinner.  Crazy girl I tell you.  She ended up taking Zane out to the car since he was crazier and watched a movie with him so we could sit and visit with our dinner guests.