I think that if I were to think of one phrase to describe our most recent trip to Disneyland it would have to be... NAILED IT. Not only was this said probably over a million times this trip, but it literally is the perfect description of Disney 2k14. Let me start from the beginning... If you feel the need to just skip the nonsense words and look strictly at the pictures now would be the time to skip ahead, but otherwise let me begin...
05/04/2014
We started out the trip Sunday morning getting picked up by my cousin, Allison, from my parents house, then we were dropped off by my other cousin, Liz, at the Provo Airport. Deal Alert: If ever needing to fly to California, first check Allegiant Air! We got a steal of a deal flying out of there! Seriously. We will never make the 10 hour drive to California
E V E R A G A I N !
Anyway, after a quick flight to LAX airport, we rented a car from the airport and headed down to Hunnington Beach for the day! We met up with one of Allison's friends for lunch and then spent the day lounging around at the beach! It's a tough life, I know!
After a couple of hours spent at Hunnington, we decided to make the drive up the the Los Angeles Temple and spent some time hanging out on the grounds! My brother and his wife were sealed in this Temple, so it was so fun to be able to go back and spend some time there!
Then, it was back to the airport to return the car and catch the shuttle to our hotel. Deal Alert: If ever looking for a hotel, check Groupon! Seriously, we were able to stay in a fancy hotel for cheaper than we would have for a Motel 8, I swear it! It turned out to be like $52 a night!
B L E S S I N G S ! I'm not going to lie, we were a little nervous that the Groupon wouldn't work out, but they didn't even question us. We were checked right in and sent up to the executive level to settle in!
Since Allison & Jordan aren't married yet, I shared a room with Allison while Michael & Jordan shared. Poor Allison probably got so sick of me snuggling up next to her! I couldn't help it! I'm used to having Michael next to me!
05/05/2014
On Day 2 of this extravaganza, we decided to sleep in a little bit before catching the shuttle from our Hotel to Disneyland! Allison had asked me to do her hair for her Birdals, so it was pretty fun for us to get up and practice curling her hair on this trip! Not to toot my own horn or anything but it looked
A M A Z I N G ! I was pretty proud of myself! We spent this day wandering around both parks attempting to fit in every bit of happiness that Disney has to offer! This was Jordan's first time going to Disneyland, so we had to make sure he got a taste of everything!
Our first ride of the trip was Space Mountain. We waited in line for an hour, mad it all the way through the ride and then at the last corner, the ride got shut down. It was our first time being on a ride while it shut down! Definitely a cool experience! Most would be upset, but we
L O V E D it!
This right here is genuine excitement to meet Mickey! This may have been the highlight of our entire trip! I think it made Mickey pretty happy too...
If you have not visited the Animation Building in California Adventure, it's a must! We got to make our own animations, although only Michael's actually worked... Then we went to another room and got to hear which Disney character we are most like! We did both genders and Michael got Jessie for a girl and I got Woody! How crazy is that!?
05/06/2014
Same as above basically... Lots of Joy! Add on the Rain Forest Cafe for lunch.
We started out in Cars Land on this tire ride. We have never done it before, and it was pretty fun! Allison & I thought it was funny I caught these 2 taking a selfie!
This picture will speak for itself. All I'm gonna say is it's on California Screamin!
The picture on the left is just perfect. He is my Happily Ever After!
The picture on the right I took just because I couldn't get over how stinking handsome this man is! I am so blessed to have this super attractive man as my husband!
This is us working it at the parade! Basically, every character in the parade loved us... Not to mention the kids around us loved that we made all the characters look at us! I can't help that I whoop and holler when I see my favorites!
05/07/2014
Same as above but we ate at a Cafe in Disneyland and we went to see the Aladin show in CAlifornia Adventure! Seriously, if you haven't seen it,
Y O U N E E D T O S T O P W H A T Y O U A R E D O I N G A N D G O S E E I T N O W ! Okay so maybe not ths second, but make sure you make it to the show when you visit! Not only did we get to see it, but we were able to become VIP! We had this brilliant idea that while Allison & Jordan waited in line, we would run over to a store and get some Icecream for everyone! Good thinking right? Well turns out we weren't allowed to get in line unless our entire party was there. So the were left waiting on the outside while they watched many a person pass them in line. Finally, we return with our icecream and they tell us that we can't get in with our icecream! Obviously we were so beyond bummed about this! Lucky for us, the worker told us if we could finish our icecream in 10 minutes, we would recieve VIP seating! How amazing is that!? Basically the next 10 minutes was spent stuffin gour faces full of so much sugar we almost made ourselves sick... B U T W E D I D I T !
This is us downing all of our ice cream! I can't believe we did it!
Haha all these suckers had to wait until we picked our seats before they could get in! I realize now that the picture doesn't really show the joy on my face but try to imagine a crazy low laughter coming from my face...
This is Princess Aurora.
Funny story... So it was getting darker and colder at Disneyland our last day. I didn't want to be freezing so I tried to put my leggings on under my shorts while standing in line... I thought it was a brilliant idea... Apparently not because I was stuck like this for a good half hour...
Michael jumped each of these thingys... There were
A L O T !
And this is in case you wanted a close up of that top picture... Prepare for the nightmares!
Thanks to my cousin Emily for putting this one together!
Almost every night we were there, we spent our time in the hottub attempting to relax our muscles for the next day of fun. A Tip: Book a hotel with a hottub. It really does help!
05/08/2014
We flew out of the LAX airport and back to Provo. It was so sad to leave behind the beautiful sunshine for the rain, but it feels good to be home and back in our own routines! We actually got to see Air Force One take off! It actually delayed us, but not everyone can say they've seen President Obama take off!
After all that fun, Michael headed out to Idaho Saturday morning to Drill with the Marine Corps until Thursday. If you need me, I'll be stuffing my face, reading, and watching way to many movies he can't stand.
# N A I L E D I T !
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