Disney Land... Day two!!

Welcome to Disney Land... Day two! We were not to concerned with waking up early. We got up and got ready and headed out to the park.

Lena was most excited to ride the tea cups. It was one of the first rides of the day.



After the carousel and many other kids rides, I decided that we should ride the Matterhorn!!

I love the Matterhorn and all other scary and crazy rides. Megan loves them too. Grandma could so without... and you can tell by the look on Lena's face that she really did not like it. She said she did not like the scary snow man!

I hate the "It's a small world ride". But I decided that I needed to make up with Lena, so I went. And I have to say, it was more fun with the girls. When we went with our boys they didn't like it either. But the girls loved it. Their little faces just lit up! Lens said "I like the angels" and Megan loved all the little girls! Disney Land is just a different experience with little girls.

Nest up... Toon Town!!! I love Toon town... I just love how every single building and doorknob are blown up! It is just fun to look at! I think for sitting and watching it is my favorite place in Disney Land. The rides are not my favorite... but how it looks is! It did start to rain a bit so we stuck rain poncho's on the girls. Luckily a lot of the rides here were indoors. We had a lot of fun, then we stopped for a snack!!




Jail time! It is a must in toon town!

We had a blast stopping at all the shops trying on hats and taking pictures. Another thing that was different. Brent would have been having heart failure by now shopping and watching them pick things up off the racks and trying them on. The boys would have been bored and on their way to the next big ride. But Grandma, the girls and I really enjoyed the slow pace and really soaking in the little moments! Plus, We just took a picture of every hat that we wanted to buy... and then put it back. Saved us a lot of money.... but we have a lot more pictures of hats and stuff than I put here!




Goofy is always great! Just love him!


The girls were very excited to go to Minnie's house. They had their own tea party there.


Then we went over to Pooh's Corner! We rode the rides there and shopped the shops. I bought a cute purse there, and mom bought herself a fun bracelet and the girls huge lollipops!






Next up! Me and Meg's favorite part! SPLASH MOUNTAIN!!! Meg was nervous the whole time we waited in line. I tried to prepare her.. and still keep her calm. As we were going for the first part of the ride, she was loving it. Then the 50 foot fall was creeping up. Right then I was a little nervous that maybe I should not have brought her. She barely met the height requirement. But it was to late. In the picture I cannot tell who was more scared. Her or me??? When all was said and done, SHE LOVED IT!! She still says it was her favorite ride. I guess she is a lot like me. It does scare her, but we love it anyways!!!

When Katie was so kind to book this vacation for us... We decided to go all out. We decided we would pay the extra money, and let the girls have dinner with the princesses. It wasn't to bad. We paid 35 dollars a person for dinner. My mom and I decided that it was worth it. The line to meet them in Disney Land was 2 hours long. And It was Hi, take a picture and good bye. So we were very excited to go and eat and meet them. This was the part I had been waiting for. To watch my only daughter meet those very special princesses she was so in love with!! Were finally here!


We went down stairs and met Ariel. Then we were seated for dinner. We ordered up some diet coke. That immediately made us feet better. The atmosphere was great. There were jestures that came around and talked with the girls and they told us that soon they would be singing a song to introduce the first princes. They chose Megan and Lena to be the guest princesses that would help them in their song to introduce the first princess. We were so excited. This once in a life time special event... just got even more special. The two girls went up as they sang the song they told of how Princess Megan and Princess Lena were announcing the first princess. And out came Snow White. She went right to Meg and Lena and took their hand and walked with them to our table. Each princess would come to our table first and talk with the girls and then they would have a picture with them. I just kept saying Wow, This is great! I would recommend this to anyone! The food was outstanding. They brought us appetizers, rolls, yummy dinners. I was blown away!







If it couldn't get any better... They brought us this lovely dessert tray. I was on cloud nine! Well, The cloud nine didn't last all day! The blown away part!! Well, I am still blown away to this day... We were just getting ready to go... all full and happy... and the cute jesture... Well, He was so kind to bring me a bill. Well, Why am I supprised? Well, We did pay 35 dollars a person. There were no prices on the menu. I was under the impression that dinner was included. Well, apparently not. Appaparently we paid 35 dollars a person for our reservation??? Our dinner bill was none less than you would expect from Disney... $135 dollars later we left feeling happy, full and sick all at the same time!!!


We decided that we would go back to the hotel, swim, rest, soak it all in and come back for some more fun the next day. Again, The girls were tickled pink with the fun bus ride.

Disney Land!!!

Long story! Lots of pictures! And, Lots of fun!

I have wanted to take Megan to Disney Land for over a year! We were planning to go with Robyn, Scott and their family in the spring. Well, Scott lost his job in the fall of last year and that put them unable to go. We still planned to go in March. That is when Brent lost his job, and that made it so we could not go. Well, I put away the money that we had saved to go.. and held on to it! We tried not to use this money while Brent was out of work so that we could go to Disney Land as soon as he got a job. This was very important to me. Megan has been in that magical dreamy stage where she loves the Disney princesses and thinks that they are wonderful, and real. I wanted to watch my only daughter experience this magic that I felt would leave us if we waited to long.
Well, toward the end of summer when Brent found out that he would be getting a job, he and the boys really wanted to buy a camping trailer. It was not that I didn't want a camper. I didn't want to spend that money and miss out on taking Megan to Disney Land. Well, The boys won out. Due to the nature that our boys had already gone to Disney Land and they really did not care to go again. Don't get me wrong. We have had some wonderful trips as a family in the camper. But I was feeling sad.
One day I was walking with my friend, neighbor and co-worker (all the same person) and telling her that I was just going to go and take Meg all alone. Just me and her! It was the only way that I could afford to go at this point. She thought this sounded like a great idea, and thought it sounded so good... that she would join my with her daughter who is Megs very good friend.
Well, Katie got right on it. She looked at pricing, flights, rooms and all the fun extra things that we could do. She got everything all lined up. All I had to do was pay the money and we were all set to go.
The week before we were scheduled to leave, Katie got really sick. Day by day we would do everything we could think of to get her better. I even started an IV on her at her home. Very sadly, Katie was sick right up until we were supposed to leave.
In a panic I searched for a partner to go in her spot!!
My mother came to the rescue! If Katie could not have gone... my mom! I couldn't have asked for a better playing partner! My mom decided that she would like to find out if Drew and Rachel would allow her to take Lena. Rae was a bit nervous about sending her baby that far away from her. And was a bit sad about Lena experiencing Disney Land for the first time without her... but felt it was a great opportunity for Lena and grandma to bond.
Well, on October 12, 2009 at 3:00 AM. We finally were in the car... and on our way!!!

Mom, and I drove to California. We Left or house at 3AM. We finally left the valley at 4:30AM due to my wonderful brain, I forgot my purse, and had to turn around and drive back to Smithfield before we picked up Lena in Hyrum. The girls slept until about 9am that day. We were glad we had a good portion of the drive underway! We made our first stop in Beaver. No we did not have to pee, or get a drink. We were hailed down by a big black vehicle. For some reason it had these very annoying red and white lights flashing with a noisy siren. Yes, I was pulled over by a cop!!! As drove passed already slowing I took a quick look down at the speedometer. It then said I was going about 87. Well, That's not so bad I thought. I was sick to my stomach as I pulled off to the side of the road with my heart racing. My mother and I were saying "We will just tell the cop we know Travis." Travis is my cousin who works for the police department in Beaver. I said "Do you think that will work?" As we were talking I looked in the rear view mirror and burst out with joy!!! "It is Travis!!! I sang out! We could not believe the luck. As he walked up to the window I said out loud... before he had a chance to say a word.. and before he could even see who I was. "You can't give me a ticket!!!"
As he leaned through the window he said, "Why not, you deserve one" I think this was about when he recognized who we were, as my mom leaned over to say hello. Well, We talked a minute about his mothers up coming wedding, and he told me how lucky I was, and how disappointed he has. He said "You were the fastest one of the morning, and It has been a slow morning! Then we continued on our way!! (At his moms wedding he told me that I was going 98 miles an hour and the ticket would have been $240) I am so grateful to you Travis!!

We arrived to our hotel in Anahiem at about 4:30 PM. The girls were sooooo good in the car. They colored and visited with each other. Mom and I visited and really had a nice time for a 12 hour car ride. We checked in and plotted out or evening. The girls thought the elevator, and the cart we carried our bags in on were great fun. The really had a great time riding on the bus. The enjoyed that so much mom and I said... We should have just taken them on the bus in Logan.
We finally made it! We entered the gates of Disney!!! It was so great to be there!
That evening we rode one ride. The air planes. The girls really enjoyed it. After that it was time for the night parades and fireworks to start. When Brent and I took the boys we never got to see the fireworks. They were canceled due to bad weather. The weather report was not great for the next couple days... so we decided to make sure and see them the first night. The parade was fun... but the firework show was one of the best I have ever seen. It was probably about a half hour long. There were Halloween decorations everywhere. The trees were lit with orange lights, pumpkins everywhere. The Disney Characters were dressing in fun orange and black clothes, and the fireworks were themed Halloween! This I Halloween!!

Here are some pictures from Day one!! Stay tuned for the continuation of our wonderful trip!
BTW: Because Blogger is stupid the pictures are in the wrong order. Start at the bottom and scroll up!