A DAY AT DISNEYLAND

We went to Disneyland on Sunday for the first time since moving to California! We surprised the kids Sunday morning and told them that we were going to celebrate Maleah's birthday at Disneyland. It was a FUN day......

Our first ride was the merry-go-round.........Maleah, Grandpa Steve and Cameron.

Of course, the kids had to ride Dumbo!

And then it was on to the tea cups.

We made a short stop in Toon Town........but didn't stay long because we HAD to get over to the Jedi Training Academy in Tomorrowland before the show started!

We luckily got to Jedi training a few minutes early and everyone was able to sit down and rest for a few minutes. It was a much needed break!!

After our short rest (and some light saber skill training) we headed over to The California Adventure Park.

We rode another merry-go-round --this time with fish instead of horses!

We went on a very HIGH (but slow) ferris wheel.

And we rode on the California Screamin' roller coaster. It was a very fast, twisty roller coaster that even looped upside (that's Jeff & I in the 2nd row from the front).

Cameron surprised us on this one and said that he wanted to give it a try. He didn't like any of the rides in Fantasyland (because they were inside in the dark), but I think he actually liked this one. I was really nervous about him riding it (and was actually secretly hoping that he wouldn't be tall enough to even try it) because I thought it'd get going and he would HATE it, but he made it through it and he even gave me a high-five after it. He and Jeff are in the 6th row back......you can barely even see Cameron's head in the seat.

At the end of the night we let each of the kids pick out a special toy to take home......

Cameron chose this light-up shooter thing (that makes a very loud obnoxious noise).

Rena chose Minnie Mouse (after looking through the gift shop for a good 15 minutes and changing her mind at least 15 times)!

And Maleah chose this Minnie Mouse that has a little balloon that says "It's my birthday".