California Trip!!

So we have been back from Anaheim for a little while and I figure it's time to blog about our trip. We had so much fun!! The end.

Ha ha! Just teasing..well we did have so much fun but kidding about the "the end" part. We flew to LA and I was scared that Zoe would be a menace on the airplane. Where she is under 2 we were able to have her sit on our laps which saved us some dinero but we were a little nervous to see if we would have another person sharing our seats who would be mean or grumpy about the baby. Luckily the plane wasn't full and the guy who was supposed to sit by us was able to move to another seat. Zoe was pretty good just a little fussy because she had limited space to move around. I really wanted her to take a nap and she finally fell asleep..when we landed. So she snoozed until we got to the rental car place. We got the car and rode to Anaheim..a funny story about the rental car. We shared a mini van with my sister and her family which meant we were good and squished in. Cory and I sat in the back seat and when I was all situated I noticed that the previous individual who sat in that seat had used the back of the headrest in front of them as a place to wipe boogers!! It was so gross! They had also colored all over the cup holder/arm rest space with crayon. So as we checked out we told the car rental people and they basically told us that they are only worried about dents so no problem with boogers! So gross!

Our first park to visit was California Adventure Park and we loved it so much!! We went to the super cute Bugs Life section and had a blast going on rides with Zoe. She loved all the rides and just giggled and had a blast. Then Cory and I went on Tower of Terror with my brother Matt while everyone else watched the kids. That ride was lots and lots of fun!! Cory was very scared and me, I just loved it all. The story was neat, the ride was scary/ awesome, and the employees were fun. Good ride!My Aunt Sherrie Meeting and loving Woody!
She was so excited to meet him!

Then we found a little play spot and spent most of the day there. Zoe went on slides and played all around. It was the perfect place to let her get down and just play off some energy. I think in all we went on 3 adult rides (Tower of Terror, Soarin over California, and a swing ride in an orange) but we had lots of fun.

The next day we went to Disneyland and loved it! Before going to the park we ate breakfast at Goofy's kitchen at the Disneyland Hotel. There were a few characters roaming around and they did some fun things where kids could come up and bang pots with Goofy. Zoe had fun meeting the characters..and Goofy even enjoyed a sip from her sippy cup! Very fun.
Pammy and Zoe in their adorable matching Minnie dresses.



Then we went to the park and had a day full of fun. Zoe loved every ride she went on. We went on Pirates of the Carribean several times and she wasn't scared at all. I got Cory a really cute Peter Pan hat that came with a cute red feather. He looked very dapper in the hat. One sad thing about Disneyland is that Disney characters don't roam around to meet people! You have to stand in line at a designated spot to get a picture with any of them. We wanted some princess pictures but the line was over 2 hours long!! But we did get a picture of Zoe in her cute Minnie Mouse dress with Miss Minnie!
Zoe fell asleep like this!! What a funny girl!


The next day we went to the Beach with my brother and Zoe LOVED the beach!!! She is such a little beach bum..and she was so darn cute in her alligator swimsuit. She is such a riot! It was a warm day but the water was pretty cold. Despite the water being chilly Zoe just wanted to play play play. It was so much fun watching her laugh and frolic on the beach.

Our last day we went back to Disneyland and played in Fantasyland a lot more. Zoe got to go on more rides this day but it was the hottest day of the trip. We had to go sit in the saloon for an hour and a half which was good cause we got to see the funny Billy Hill and the Hillbillies. We decided to wait in the princess picture line while Zoe was napping which was okay because it was in the shade and by the time we got to the front Zoe had a pretty decent nap. We met Cinderella, Aurora, and Ariel. I really wanted to see Snow White but we didn't get that lucky. It was a fun last day in Cali.

The flight home was really good..Zoe fell asleep about the time the flight took off and woke up just after we landed. Talk about an easy breezy flight.

All in all it was such a great trip!! We can't wait for our next family Vacation!!