A Total Blast

Well we're back from our week of fun and sun, and I am having California withdrawal already! My kids are having withdrawals from being with our great friends that we went with. We spent 8 days together and it wasn't long enough! It was too much fun for words, so I'll let the pictures do the talking. (There are a lot of them, how could I narrow them down?) I love the look of pure happiness on all the kids' faces.

The hotel we stayed at had a Pirates Cove swimming pool that dumped huge buckets of water on your head. It was a big hit with the kids!

Look at baby Mallory in the corner, oblivious to the wave of water all around her!

The grown ups liked it too.

Sea World

The Shamu show always makes me and Dave cry.

Of course we were always in the SOAK ZONE

Avery and Reagan are like twins, they always wanted to dress the same and have the same hairdo. We called this hairdo the "Mickey Mouse ears".

Tyler making a friend . . . .

At the dolphin show, the trainers asked one little girl to pet the dolphin and describe what it felt like. She said "A hot dog". Hee hee!

Bailey looks so solemn, but this is a dream come true for her! She's decided to become a dolphin trainer when she grows up. (Hmmm, I guess we'll have to move to California, dang.)

The Boys . . . . .

DISNEYLAND

The girls . . . . . . .

We had three jam packed days of fun in Disneyland. How did we get so lucky with the week of sunshine? We just went until the kids pooped out, then the adults took turns taking the kids back to the hotel while the other couple got to experience Downtown Disney without the kids. Now that's fun too! Dave and I had a fabulous meal one night at Tortilla Jo's.

The Anderson gang. We love these guys.

Good friends like these share everything, even their suckers!

This is the autograph Bailey wanted. No more princesses for this big girl (sigh). But she did enjoy being called a princess by all the Disney staff!

Our littlest princess. She actually didn't care too much to get the princesses autographs, so that saved us a lot of time not having to wait in THAT line!

"To Cade, from one goofball to another. Love, Goofy"

Avery told me many times "I'm so happy!" She was such a joy to watch and to see everything through her eyes. She would often say "Whoa, look at that! That's a MIRACLE!"

And I was amazed at how BRAVE she was! This picture cracks me up because she looks terrified on the roller coaster, but as soon as it stopped she said "I wanna go AGAIN!!"

L is for "LOVIN IT!"

While the little kids played in Bugs Life, Bailey and I watched this street performance.

Avery loves this place!!!!!

Cade was my ride buddy, we loved to go on all the "big" rides together.

The best ride for me and Cade was hands down, the Tower of Terror!!!
Cade had to psyche himself up to go on it, but once he did, he couldn't get enough. I've lost track of how many times he went! What a great ride.

And Toy Story gets a big Thumbs Up from everyone too. Amazing. I keep saying "How do they DO THAT?!?!?"

Cade just HAD to build his own lightsaber souvenir. Um, don't we already have about 15 other light sabers at home?!?!?

All Avery wanted was a sucker for her souvenir. Okaaaaaaayyy. She's too good to be true!

NEWPORT BEACH
We thought we'd let the kids dip their toes in the water before we headed back, but who were we kidding to think they would stop with just their toes. Before we knew it they were all in their swimsuits and body surfing.

We are all sad it's over, we must do this again soon! We enjoyed every minute of it!