The Happiest Place on Earth...no really!!

We had a awesome trip down to CA! Warning: picture overload of the ZoBells. But I need to capture the fun of it all. We drove to San Francisco first and I can't think of a better way to kick off our trip than with a trip to the Ghiradelli chocolate factory. Yum!!! Tasty!! The weather was rainy and windy. I started to think that maybe the WA weather followed us down there.

We went down to the water to get a picture of Alcatraz. (It's to the left of the boat.) I love how Dallin is trying to cover his head from the rain.

Our wet little family. The Golden Gate Bridge was awesome! We were pretty wet but glad that we stopped to walk across some of it. What a neat bridge.

On to Disneyland!!! It was rainy in Disney our first day. But rain makes for less crowds. And since it's been raining in Olympia for 5 straight years, what's a little Disney drizzle? :) We went on some rides, Nemo, Autotopia, It's a Small World. And then wandered over to Toon Town.

The kids seemed to like it and we only had to wait 10 minutes to see Minnie Mouse.

On to more rides. And then we saw the line to see Rapunzel. 60 minutes??! Hmm maybe not. So we went on Pinocchio and Snow White's scary adventure next.

When those rides were done the wait line for Rapunzel 5 minutes. Yep I can do that. Her hair was all over the whole room!! This wig honestly was incredible. It looked so real and boy was it long!!

The rain started to pick up a bit so we headed for some indoor rides. We walked right into the Haunted Mansion. Now that's my kind of line! I went with Mason and Nat, Dal rode with Tyler. He didn't fuss or cry at all, but he pointed at some things and said," No, no." After that we walked into the Pirates of the Caribbean. I have always loved this ride. Tyler sat by himself in front of the rest of us for this reason...

Mason's face in this picture is PRICELESS!! It's the first fall on the ride. Hahaha I love it! Ahhhh good times. We decided to call it a day because we were wet to the bone and we had been there for quite awhile for 1 day. We went back to our hotel and after warm tubs and jams we all slept pretty hard. Ready to go again tomorrow.

My parents showed up for the rest of our time at Disneyland. It was so wonderful to have some help. There were a few rides that we were unable to do the day before, but we really hit it hard when they came. It was so much fun to have them there!! We did Big Thunder Train (not Nat's favorite) and we discovered that Mason is a thrill ride seeker. He loved Space Mountain and all the fast roller coaster, in the dark rides. Tower of Terror? He loved it. We did that 4 times. California Screamin? Couldn't get enough of that one. So that was fun for him and for Tyler. And either Space Mountain has gotten faster or I'm getting older, because it was fast and awesome! And that needs to be all for today. Tune in tomorrow for part 2. Yeah!!!