Savor the Moment - Day 3

Well here is the last day that we were at Disneyland. We were all up early and ready to hit the park and get as many rides and do as much as we could before everyone had to head for the airport or for us start our 5 1/2 hour drive home.
First here is a picture of the whole family in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle. I wanted this picture at the top of the post cause it is so cute...Well we didn't know that the "early entry" days were Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Since our last day was Wednesday we got into the park early but only as far as the shops. They had it roped off so you couldn't get to any of the rides... Hence the huge mob we were standing in for 20 minutes until it was 10am. Jovin didn't want to wait... He wanted in right away as you can see.



Oh here is one of the only pictures of Cory and I together in the same photo...



As soon as it was 10am wonderful music plays and they FINALLY let you into the rest of the park. We did Small World and other fun rides in Fantasyland. We didn't count on it being hot so I had put Jovin in a long sleeve shirt and well it was about in the 80's. Since everything was packed already and in the car we had to buy him a shirt. We got him a Pirates of the Caribbean shirt that he will be able to grow into for the next couple of years... :^) On our way to find him a shirt we came across Woody and Jesse from Toy Story 2... Jovin was SO excited that he couldn't decide on which one to look at.We caught up with the whole family and had lunch at the Orleans Cafe. I highly recommend the Monte' Cristo Sandwich!! (I'm pretty sure that is what it was called.) We then headed over to Tomorrowland and the adults did Space Mountain or Star Tours. Cory took Jovin on Astro Orbitor which he LOVED!Jovin FINALLY took a nap in the stroller and Cory, and I got to do Splash Mountain again with Tyler, Jenny, Tasha, and Orson. In the picture you only see Orson, Tasha and Me... Cory is behind me, then Jenny, then Tyler. Mom, Tash, Chad, Angie, Kip Kristin and their kids had to bolt off to the airport to make their flight. We had bought Jovin Mickey ears and we then bought some Santa Mickey ears for us and had our picture taken in front of the huge Christmas Tree they had up near the front of the park. We then went to Downtown Disney and did some souvenir shopping and got some dinner and headed on our long trip home. It was a lot of fun to 1) go to Disneyland FINALLY, but 2) to share that experience with the Killpack family. Those are memories that we can all share together forever.

Oh, and if you ask Cory, I am already bugging him TO GO BACK TO DISNEYLAND! :^)

Disney Day 2

With Day 1 under our belts, we crashed hard that night at the hotel... well I did, Ang still couldn't sleep from the excitement and Jovin woke up early (as if it were Christmas) but as he was sneaking a peak to see if mommy and daddy were awake, I snapped this one and caught him by surprise -

We headed off to DCA which we had never been to. We liked the Soaring over California, and tried Bugs Land (which put Jovin to sleep)

so we went to the rapids which turned out to be a hit. After lunch be broke up and I did the screamer roller coaster and Ang and Jovin went to Toon Town with the rest of the family.

Then we closed off the day with a few more rides in Fantasy Land and Tomorrow land and Dinner at Naples Italian in Downtown Disney.

It Does Exist!! - Day 1

Well we just had a wonderful 3 days with the Killpack side of the family. We had the first annual D & T Killpack Reunion. We went to wonderful and exciting DISNEYLAND!!! Those of you who know me really well know that I am a HUGE Disney fan and even though I am almost 26 I had NOT been to Disneyland yet. Well I am here to tell you that I've finally been and "It Does Exist"!

Cory, Jovin and I drove Sunday morning to Anaheim, California which only took 5 1/2 hours. We also decided that California drivers are the worst in the country so far! The rest of the family caught up with us by flights from Utah and Oregon. I was so excited to go to Disneyland that Sunday night I didn't sleep much. I was too excited.
We got to the park and once we were actually in Disneyland I saw the Mickey face on the grass and heard the band playing Disney music and I started to cry. I was so happy to be there. We went and hit some rides, like the Haunted Mansion, and Splash Mountain then we had lunch all together as a family.

Since I am prego there are some rides I can't go on so I went with those who couldn't/didn't want to do the wild rides. We took the kids and went to the not so wild rides. Along the way we saw Woody from Toy Story. Now those of you who know Jovin, KNOW that he is a HUGE Toy Story fan. He was so excited to meet Woody that he wouldn't look at the camera. I actually got kissed on the hand three times by Woody. :^) The rest of the family caught up with us and we did a bunch of rides together. Cory and I really enjoyed Pirates of the Caribbean. Jovin seemed to like it too.
Disney started their holiday season already so the park was decked out in Christmas decorations and attire.
The firework show was spectacular! Jovin's response was "WOW" to pretty much all of them. At the end of the fireworks we got snowed on by bubbles. We were lucky to have a hotel right across from the entrance to the park so the walk to the hotel was not so bad. We were all pretty tired from the day so we crashed pretty hard.
And that was Day 1...

"Well, it's pretty obvious..."