All that is Disney Part 1

The three days we spent between Disneyland and California Adventure are a blur of exciting moments.  So I will now simply puke a bunch of pictures your way in completely random order and give commentary as I go...

Traditionally my family goes on The Haunted Mansion very first.  We stuck to this tradition, but soon after found ourselves on Pirates of the Caribbean.  My dad had a FANTASTIC idea to hurry out of the boat at the end and snap a picture of everyone before we exited the ride.  We leaped out and promptly fell on his face.  Hilarious no?  He got the picture taken but in all the commotion, and his slight injury, a few people got left out of this epic picture.  (Not pictured, Sam & Brad, Jonathan, Jen, and Anna) (Mary is the bundle you can see on the far left of the picture)

This is a picture Samantha took on the Pirates ride

 The Junge Safari... this is my cousin Christopher as the Safari tour guide.  Fantastic!

 My kiddos were watching a turtle digging its way out of a hole all whilst a bird was trying to attack.  They did a great job at scaring the bird off.

Watching the Disney parade.  We had all the Littles on shoulders.

 The description on the next picture tells the brief story, but let me elaborate a bit.  Oaklee was thrilled to be the driver, but soon decided all of our fate was in her hands and she could not keep the ride in control.  She became very terrified, begged Tyson to take over the steering wheel and then bawled the remainder of the ride.  Poor girl she really believed she was driving that thing!  And for the remainder of the trip she refused to be in the driver seat on any ride.

 A selfie with Captain Hook (Jersi refused to stand by him)
Tea with the Mad Hatter (Again Jersi refused to be near him)
And the Evil Queen who insulted Kyndi's Snow White outfit and then told us to have a wretched day.

Jersi found herself a Prince Charming whilst waiting in line for a ride...

 I. Love. This. Ride.  Dayton, not so much.  I was reassuring him throughout the entire ride that everything was okay.  Being completely in the dark was a bit scary for him. (He LOVED every single other ride he went on) Oaks opted to stay off the ride with Grandma and Grandpa.

 Tate took a lot of selfies

By far my favorite ride of the day, and perhaps even the whole trip.  We went on it early in the day with everybody.  Then later, Kamron was off with the 2 oldest, so I got the chance to have my mom and 5 kids ride with me.  This was hands down Jersi's favorite ride.  She waved to every character in the ride, complimented them on their singing and their outfits, and danced right along with all of them.  

My favorite picture of the entire trip is the one on the left, first notice Jersi and her freaked out face (I zoomed in below) - No worries she still begged to go on the ride again...   Now notice what my Kyndi is doing to my poor mother in the backseat.  Bahahahahahahahahaaaaa!!   Best picture ever!  I am still kicking myself for not purchasing this picture at the park!!!

 When the day was done and we returned to the house we were completely exhausted. And I mean Completely. Exhausted.

Onto the rest of the trip!!