We went to Disneyland!
We decided about a 1 1/2 years ago that we wanted to save up our money and go to Disneyland. So we saved our coins, U.S. birthday money, and our stall cleaning money so we could fly to California.
During spring break, we drove to Great Falls and flew to Los Angeles. We changed planes in Salt Lake, and we had just sat down and this young man stopped and handed us a small wad of money and said, "I am headed to boot camp and I can't take this with me." He gave us $43.
This was the first time Lucy and Carly had ever flown in an airplane. Jill did when she was 2 and Hanna and I had a few months ago when we went to Vancouver. They were all as excited to fly as they were to go to Disneyland. It was fun to watch them on our first take off and landing.
We landed in LA and were walking to the curb to find our shuttle, and Carly said, "This is like a city." We weren't in rural Alberta anymore:)
Our hotel was about a mile from the entrance to Disneyland, so the next morning we walked down to begin our adventure. Our favorite ride was Splash Mountain. There were really a lot of people there. The lines were pretty long, but we had a really fun day.
Carly had bought some new pens at Target in Great Falls so she could get autographs. On our first ride, they must have fallen out of Austin's pockets. This is Carly feeling very sad about the lost pens.
The first day we stayed from opening to closing. The parade and fireworks are such a great way to end the day.
Day two we went to the California Adventure side of Disneyland. During the day, each kid said to me separately how much more they liked this park more than the Disneyland side.
Lucy was not impressed with the tower of terror. We offered her $100 to go on it again, and she refused.
We did go back to our hotel in the afternoon for a swim and for dinner. Then we went back to watch the night water show.
Our adventure was short but fun!
Our shuttle driver back to the airport was from Jerusalem. Our flight from Salt Lake back to Great Falls was a little bumpy from stormy weather. We were glad to land. Going on vacation and visiting big cities is so fun, but we really love our small town life!
