Disneyland!

Last Tuesday Broc, Kris's mom and I took off to Disneyland for a couple days. Christine (Kris's mom) hadn't been in years and was excited to go. Probably still not as much as me, but it sure was fun to go with her.



We left Tuesday morning and arrived in Long Beach by 10:30, rented our car and didnt know what to do next. While driving out of the airport we saw the sign for Knotts Berry Farm. I havent been there since I was knee high to a grasshopper so we went there the rest of the day. Broc had a blast in Snoppy Land, it felt like Lagoon to me, just a smigin better. They had a lot of rollar coasters that I dont rememember seeing, and I went on a couple (solo). We rode on the train there and they had these cute cowboys and they robbed the train. They were really funny, one said to a couple, "give me all your money," then he looked at them closely and said, "4 kids, you probably all ready spent it at Disneyland". They have a real stage coach and I remember riding on that when I was younger and my parents have the cutest pic of me sitting with the drivers when I was probably 3, but we didnt get to ride on the top we had to ride inside, Broc was a little disappointed. The lines were short and the weather was pleasant. Not too Hot and not too CoLd.


That night I couldnt sleep at all, Kris said it was because I was so excited and that is why I couldnt sleep. But nope, I found something out about my mother in law that night...She SNORES just like Kris. Except she only snores for about the first hour and half. I tried kicking the bed with my foot but that didnt phase her. I almost got a pillow and threw it at her but come on she's my mother in law.


We were ready and out the door by 9 but Christine wanted to see if they had any suvineer shops outside of Disneyland to buy shirts for all her grandkids, she has 16 plus some adopted ones. We found a store, found some shirts and of course some shoes. Luckily she didnt try them on (if you know my mother in law she has like over 600 pairs of shoes all in plastic clear plastic containers). Bless her heart or mine, we were there for what seemed like eternity! Finally we made it do to Disneyland at 11:30, yep you read it right 11:30. I thought we were never going to make it there. Our first ride that Broc wanted to take Grandma on was the Buzz Light Year. We had a great day and I was really excited to see Captin EO again! For those Die Hard Disney fans isnt it great that it is back. Christine thought it was cute but I dont think she appreicated it as much as I did. ;) She was amazed at how much things had changed and how much there was to do. And of course how many shops there were. We probably should have spent 4 days there just so we could spend a day looking at all the store with her and watching all the parades.


Wednesday we went to California Adventure for most of the day. She loved Sorin Over California and we all loved the new Toy Story ride. Broc was bumed he still wasnt tall enough to go on California Screamer, but next year or maybe in 6 months. (Much to Kris's dismay I am sure). Broc and I rode on the Bear River Rapids and didnt get too wet, but I bought a poncho because I really didnt want either of us to get too wet as it was overcast and kinda chilly out.
Later that day we literly draged Christine on Splash Mountain. (she is affraid of heights and or rollar coasters) when we got ready to get on Broc said he had to go to the bathroom and so she was like "oh we better hurry and take him you go ahead" I said nope he can wait, nice try you are going on this ride! She was so funny she started to pace. The picture was so funny that she bought it, I will scan it tomorrow and post it, it is priceless! She vowed never to go on it again, but I think that if any of her Grandkids asked her to go she would do it.


Later that night they played Fantasmic twice, we caught the end of the first show and as people were leaving from the first show we hurried and staked our claim on the hard floor for the next one that started 45 mins later. While we were waiting Broc got really cold so I wraped him up in my sweatshirt, then I got cold! So I went to get me a sweatshirt and was gone probably ten mins, when I got back Broc was sound asleep on the concrete floor, well half on the floor and half on Grandma's lap. He missed the whole show, nothing was going to wake this kid up! I pretty much recorded the whole thing. Some of it is blurry but hope you enjoy it. For those that havent seen it I will give you a quick discription on what it is about. Mickey has a dream and Maliphicent interupts his dream and tries to control his mind and make it bad, but of course love and beauty prevail and thats it. After the show we tried to wake him up but he wouldnt budge. So I carried him from Frontier Land all most all the way back to to hotel. It was when he said, "mom am I getting heavy, I am slipping." That I realized he was awake and could walk the rest of the way. My arms hurt so bad that night, he is one heavy kid!

We had such a wonderful time with Grandma that we cant wait to do it again. We hope she had just as much fun as we did. And I must say "we bonded"