Disneyland!

On Monday morning, we were up bright and early and made it to Disneyland before they opened.

Ah, Disneyland.  We've missed you.

 Meeting Mickey.  

We're missing a few in this picture...some of us are afraid of mice, I guess.

We learned in a Disney trivia book that the lavender teacup spins the fastest,

so of course my boys, their cousin Sam, and Uncle Jon had to test it.

 Well, most most of my boys.  Dillon was perfectly happy in the orange teacup.

Justin loved meeting the characters this year, and gave Tigger a high five.

 Caleb and his cousin Josh were chosen to fight Darth Maul at the Jedi training academy.  His cousins Sam and Jacob got to fight Darth Vader. It was fun to have four different Padowans to cheer for.

Splash Mountain is still my favorite ride. Between these three pictures, you can find all of the original six.  Mom, Dad, Me, Tyler, Ben, and Charlotte.

 After playing hard all day, we went to the Downtown Disney District for dinner at Tortilla Jo's.  All the kids got balloons from a balloon artist.

 Brayden got this monkey in a banana tree, and my niece Alivia got Ariel!  Who woulda thunk you could make a mermaid out of balloons?

A huge thanks to Uncle Ben for collecting our tickets and running around to get fast passes throughout the day.  Because of him, we were able to do as much in one day as we got done in two days last summer.