Disneyland

September 25, 2009 Jake's parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. So, to celebrate in 2008 all of us kids started to put our heads together on what we could do for them to make it special. Well....we tossed around a lot of ideas, but in the end we decided they would LOVE to go to Disneyland with the Grand kids. So....on Oct. 30, 2009 we left Helena for the Sunny State of California. We finally got to our condo on Nov. 1 and the kids were THRILLED to be there. They just couldn't wait to go to Disneyland. We spent 3 total days there and had a BLAST!!! I think 3 days was perfect because we were able to go on EVERY ride and we went on their favorites 2 or 3 times.

Anyhow....here are some pics of the trip.....

The kids after eating dinner at Circus Circus in Las Vegas (We always go here because this is where my family ate when we were in Vegas when I was a kid. My brother and I LOVED it back then and my kids LOVE it today)
After dinner we went upstairs to where the games are and the kids played a few games. They were so excited to show me what they had won!!!

At dinner the next night the kids needed to burn off some energy from all the time they had spent in the car so Jake had them all outside running around.

After we got to the condo my kids couldn't help themselves, the just HAD to go swimming!! So off we went to the pool for just a little bit because we had a full day of Disneyland the next morning.

Saige and Aspynn still just play on the steps. I think they are soooo cute!!

Gotta love those 3 cute little faces. We had such a good time swimming together!!

This is Kaden's idea of a dive. I was laughing my head off!!

Waiting for the bus to come and pick us up to go to Disneyland!!

Before we could even get in the gates of Disneyland Aspynn saw the Tinker Bell car and she was soooooo excited!! We had to get a TON of pics of her with it, with the family with it, with her and Kaden with it....are you getting the picture yet....SHE LOVED IT!!

All of us in front of the Tinker Bell car

Happy 40th Grandpa & Grandma Jenkins!!! We love you!!

Our Family

Our family with Mickey & Pluto

The girls LOVED Minnie

Waiting for the bus to pick us up and take us back to the condo after a long, fun day at Disneyland.
My little Tinker Bell Girl

The happiest boy on the planet!!!

Saigee having a break from all the walking all day.

Day 2 : Our Family with Goofy

Mom, Saige and Aspynn waiting to see Tinker Bell while the boys went on a "Boy Ride"

Still waiting....

The girls with Rosetta

FINALLY.....TINKER BELL

They were soooo excited to finally meet Tinker Bell

Soooooo cute and Soooooo Happy!!

Dad and Aspynn on a Bugs Life Ride

Mom and Saige on A Bug's Life

Kaden & Clayton on Guess what ride = )

Kaden standing in the N in front of California Adventure Park

The kids with Pooh

The kids with Eeyore

The kids with Tigger

Sooooo happy!!!!

Kaden & Dad on the Disneyland Train

Our family in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle

Saige and Aspynn with Minnie at California Adventure Park

The kids LOVED Stitch!! He showed all of them that he wanted them to give him 5 and then when they did he would lightly smack them upside the back of the head. They all thought he was sooooo funny!!

The kids with Goofy at California AdventureThe kids with Mickey at California Adventure.

So....In the end we LOVED Disneyland this year. The kids were old enough that they thought it was AWESOME!! They had a blast!! We loved the fact that they all could go on almost every ride. The only thing we had a problem with is Aspynn wasn't tall enough to ride Indiana Jones so she had to stay with Grandma Jenkins, but other than that we went on everything together. The favorite ride by consensus was Splash Mountain. Second was Big Thunder Mountain Train. Third was the Haunted Mansion. In the words of my kids...."It was AWESOME!!!"