Star Tours Winners!

A while back I entered an online contest for Disneyland Annual Passholders for a chance to preview the new Star Tours attraction before it opened to the general public. Finally after weeks of anticipation, the congratulations email arrived. We won entrance to Disneyland and an opportunity to preview the new Star Tours!
So, we packed up and headed out for a one day adventure since the day to preview was on a blackout day for us, but we won the entrance and parking fees :)
Our time to report at the ride wasn't until 4pm. So we just hung out all morning. We had planned to cruise over to California Park, but realized our free passes were only for Disneyland. So we were able to explore all kinds of new places since we had a ton of time to kill.  We headed over to the new Pirate island. 

The kids and I had been there before, but Ryan needed the experience.  After all the exploring we could do, we finally decided to head to Downtown Disney and watch the new Pirates of the Caribbean Movie until it was time to do Star Tours. 
    After patiently waiting all day, it was finally time to do the ride, but when we arrived at the gate, it was temporrarily closed for technical errors.  Crud! 
Parker was beyond depressed and afraid we would have to leave before it opened.  We hung out a couple hours, shopping and having a snack. 

Finally....it opened!   We were able to ride the attraction twice before we had to leave. 

We were later than we had planned getting away, but it's all worth it!

Spring Break 2011

We headed off to Newport Beach to camp in the trailer again this year.

The kids had a fun time with the surry...not to mention all the exercise they got from peddling

Sophie got to come along this time and did pretty good around the camp. 

Of course the trip to California just wouldn't be complete without a visit to Disneyland!
Enjoy another Disney Slideshow!!!

It was another fabulous weekend hanging out in California...now back to school and work :(

Here we go again!

Yes...we had a little 3 day weekend and decided a little Disneyland trip was in order :)
Mom and Dad were able to go with us this time!
It was a little scary snowy start, but we made it there and enjoyed the beautiful weather!
Enjoy a slideshow of Highlights from our trip!

Howlin' Halloween

We had no choice but to go to Disneyland for Halloween to finish off our Annual Passes. We spent 3 days in Disney and a nice relaxing Sunday at the Beach and Church. It's so much fun to go with so many friends. We even filled the boat on Pirates of the Caribbean with 27 people! Ryan only stayed for 2 days and the kids and I stayed behind to finish up our 5 day holiday.
So much fun...and Soooo many pictures!
Enjoy the Slideshow....