2013 Tour of California: days 14,15,16,17 Disneyland, themepark and Resort

Wednesday, June 5th. We were so excited to see the new Cars-land in Disney's California Adventure. It did not disappoint. The builders did an amazing job and as we were waiting to ride the big cars ride I looked up and felt as if I could have been hiking in Southern Utah with the amazing striations of the rock and mountains they build around the Cars-land.

We had so much fun on the new rides. Angela even joined the rest of the family on California Screaming and has now become a roller coaster enthusiast like the rest of the family.

We rode all the rides and had the most amazing spot for the World of Color show. We got there about an hour before the show and decided to take the risk and sit in the wet zone. We sat right at the front railing to the lagoon and were front and center for the show. It is AMAZING! Worth getting wet for, and we were in luck and most of the water did not spray onto us because the wind helped us out. We had seen the show in the past and knew it was cool, but if you ever get a chance to see it, just go and prepare to get wet and be amazed! :) After the show we weren't too cold to stop by the ghiradelli's shop and pick up ice cream to eat on our walk back to the hotel. Perfect end to the day.

Thursday, June 6th. Today was our "day off" where we sleep in a little bit, take our time and just visit a few rides or shows. We talked everyone in the family into brushing hair, teeth and clean clothes and went and got our first entirely happy family photo in years! lol! the only thing that would have made it better is if the sun wasn't in our eyes. :)

After that we went back to the hotel and played in the pool and went to dinner at Goofy's kitchen, yum and fun!

We also went and got Angela's early birthday present and she made a special build a bear at downtown Disney- and named it appropriately- Minnie. Welcome to the family Minnie.

Friday, June 7th. Today was Disneyland day. As many times as we have been there, we still love it. Space Mountain, dumbo, Matterhorn, star tours, splash mountain! Everyone rode every ride! Angie even went on Indiana jones... :)

Saturday, June 8th. We had to say farewell to our time at Disney for this trip. We squeezed in a breakfast at the hotel before we left. Some smiles and goofy pictures, good food and then we said goodbye until the next time...

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Rocky Mountains and Idaho

We left Rich's sister and brother and their families in Keystone and headed on to Julie's family reunion in Island Park Idaho. The drive was gorgeous. I can't get enough of the views as we drove through the mountains. I was surprised at the quality of pictures I was able to get through the windshield of the car while we were speeding along at 60+ mph! (sorry for the wierd formatting of pictures... trying different options of hosting sites here! :)) Upon arrival at the cabin in Idaho we wasted no time and started the games and fun. Grandma (my mom) had some things she shouted out and everyone that fit in the group would go and sit by the fireplace for a group picture... "A" names, Born in Utah, Born east of the missisippi, etc... it ended with all the girls and all the guys taking group pictures. The next day we went on a gorgeous hike. The kids surprised us and just took off on the hike. We had to send Rich off to catch up with them instead of tagging bac...

House projects

After a few weeks of Rich working from home, we decided that we needed to do some moving around of stuff in the house. The exercise equipment needed to be taken out of the office, and we made the decision to dismantle Alex's room since it's downstairs and that would become the new exercise room. His stuff got packed up, and the room was painted and the treadmill was put into that room (which was a feat of it's own! It won't come out of that room until we move away, and maybe not even then! lol! The office got a coat of paint as well and two of the bathrooms. Now the entire house (except for closets) has been painted since we had moved in 3 years before. But then the biggest house project was thought of, and debated and decided on. We had always said that we would like to redo the kitchen in this house, and decided to tackle the project. We found cabinets online we liked and worked with a company to decide on our cabinet layout, and we ordered them....

Magical Magic Kingdom

We got to the park for the opening, and almost made it through to closing at 1am (we left about 12:30). We did take a break in the afternoon to go check into our second hotel and settle in and grab a bite of dinner. The magic kingdom is the magical park- fairy tales and wonder. The seven dwarfs train ride- we went to first- and managed to get into the line fast enough to not have an hour + wait like everyone else later in the day had. It's so fun now that the whole family can ride most of the rides together. And the parade.... So much fantasy and I love the costumes- so much fun to see! Angela was very happy with her souvenir of choice....it's hot this week!! It's just my magical park- I love it lit up late at night. :)

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