California, Baby!

We surprised the girls with a trip to Disneyland. (Remember that post forever ago about saving money for vacations? Me too.) I guess surprise is an exaggeration. We just didn't tell them until about a week before so that we wouldn't be answering 'how many days until we go to Disneyland' forever. We really talked up Disneyland leading up to this, and the ocean. By the time we left they were so excited to go to the ocean and see all the princesses and Jessy from Toy Story.
Here are the girls, all ready to go. We were just walking out the door. They had their carry-on backpacks all ready with their goods.

Our first stop was the ocean, Gwens first time to see it. We did swim in it, it was pretty cold but the farmers family only ever travels when it's cold, y'all. We have made a great traditions of cold oceans. It a good tradition, you should try it.

Next stop, Aquarium of The Pacific. Love this picture of Gwen with the sharks behind her.

Our first night in California, after dinner. Some nice folks took our picture.

Love this picture, because this guy in the background is about to ask us if he could take our picture and then if we would take his families.

Glad he did, cause I love this picture. Isn't it perfect? Minus the kids not smiling of course, no biggie. Notice his wife and kids in the back, waiting for their turn.

Teacups! We were good old regulars on this ride.

We saw all the princesses except for Jasmine. The girls were most excited to see Belle, and she was so nice! She even had Derek enchanted under her spell. I have since thrown away Beauty and the Beast.

Here are the girls waiting in line to meet Mickey Mouse. Ya know how some pictures just turn out great? This is one of them.

Meeting Mickey Mouse was pretty cool. This picture is a little blurry, but it was a lot of fun to meet him.

This is No-Neck-Jessy. Luckily, the girls couldn't tell the difference.

We had so much fun and all of our dreams came true!