Monday night, we flew out to go to California for a family reunion! It was lots of fun. we went to Disneyland! So monday night, after flying in really late, my family all went to Cold stone for some ice cream. Man, do they have AMAZING smoothies. I got the banana and raspberry smoothie... you should try it sometime. Adam got some ice cream flavor with the pie crust in it. I cant remember. but it was good too. All of cold stone is good. Oh, he just reminded me it was peach ice cream. Yum! Peaches!
After a late night, we woke up really early so that we could be to Disneyland by 8. But of course, it got delayed and we all went to eat the continental breakfast. So, there's something about continental breakfasts... they're like buffets. Some of them are good and some of them are bad. If it looks risky, you're better sticking with the fruity pebbles. Should have stuck to the fruty pebbles for ours... I tried the buiscuts and gravy...
bad mistake.
Oh well, you live and learn.
We got to disneyland and we had some competitions! Tuesday and wednesday, we had to make sure we got our fortune told at Esmerelda, try to get as many pictures of the characters as possible, get the highest score in buzz lightyear and the toy story rides, and find these random pictures. Let me tell you these pictures were hard! they were like of random corners of posters, the walls in the Indiana jones ride, and some other obscure things. It took a lot of the trip trying to find the pictures. and we still lost. ha ha.
we rode lots of rides! Space mountain, Splash mountain (that was the best, we finally got all of the kids on one--yes Jameson too-- and most of us got soaked. Adam and I were safe in the back, and we enjoyed it like normal), thunder mountain, indiana jones ride, peter pan, california screamin, tower of terror and more. and they are all as fun as they usually are! but i think after lagoon, we are rollercoaster-ed out for awhile.
Tuesday, during some down time, adam took me to Build-a-Bear and I got to make my very own stuffed monkey! She is ADORABLE. her name is Georgie and she has a jean skirt, a pink backpack, the cutest underwear, and a pink bow. She makes monkey noises when you squeeze her arm and when you hug her real tight, her heart beats. Adam thinks the beating heart is creepy, but I like it. I love her!
Wednesday was the awards night. We didn't win anything... but thats ok. During the award session (at a buffet, mind you. Remember what I said about buffets? Yeah, it was the nasty kind) we were in an earthquake! all of us thought the nasua we were feeling was from the food until someone mentioned we were in an earthquake. Then we could see the ground and lights moving. It was a weird feeling. Apparently the earthquake was in Palm Springs (a 5.4 earthquake) and we felt it 150 miles away. Crazy!
The new hat for the season is the mad hatter from the new alice and wonderland. I think its really really creepy...
You can take some weird pictures while waiting for some of the rides.
we LOVE space mountain!
Family pic in front of Mickey--Classic.
Thursday, our feet were all swollen and we were really tired and didnt want to move. So we stayed inside for a while in the morning. After a nice long nap, my family went to Huntington beach and played in the water! It was ICE COLD, but it was so fun! Salty. I forget the water tastes salty. I'm not used to playing in the ocean. Usually its been pools or lakes.
After playing in the ocean for a while, we came home, got ready and went to the Pirate Adventure dinner! It was so fun! We were in the orange group. Our pirate was the meanest (or so they said. He was kind of skinny) We laughed, sang drinking songs, ate more cafeteria-style and quality food, and were all highly entertained by pirates. It was great!
Here's a video of us playing in the ocean!
Friday morning, we flew home really early in the morning, and then we got our car all nice, drove up to salt lake and sold the car! then we spend the evening in Bountiful talking with family and we drove home in a huge thunder storm. I love thunderstorms. they are so cool!
Well we had quite an exciting week. I'm glad that it will be toning down a little bit. Its been fun, but it's nice to have some downtime again :)
