Our California Adventure

So we've had 4 and a half months with Chris home to play with us and we only have a few weeks left...but they are going to be some of the best weeks because we are finally going on our big vacation!!!

We woke up on a Sunday morning and headed to the airport. The kids were so excited and couldn't believe by that night we'd be at Disneyland. We got to the airport early and just hung out looking at the stores and had some lunch and then got on our airplane. The kids just loved every minute. Giving their tickets to the lady to get on the plane, getting their seats, looking out the window, etc. It was a good flight and then we were in LA......at LAX to be exact. Brooklyn was excited to be at LAX because Miley Cyrus sings about LAX in her song. We got our luggage and headed to get our rental car. Everything was a fun adventure for the kids, they loved the shuttle and loved getting our sweet rental car, they were so animated about everything!

We went from there to our friend's condo in Newport Beach. The Newport Coast Villas. They were amazing! Our friends, Dave and Kiersten had arrived from Utah and we were all excited to see each other. Their kids, Avery and Emma are Brooklyn and Beckham's ages and they had a blast together.

While we were getting settled in, the kids opened up a present. We had gotten the girls matching princess shirts and Beckham a Mickey shirt. They were so excited and put them on and danced around.

After getting settled, Chris, the kids and I went to my friend, Rich's house. It was huge and so "California" with an amazingly landscaped yard that the kids loved to run around in. Rich and his girlfriend and his two kids were going with us to Disneyland to help us get our annual pass (long story) but it was really fun. We had a good visit with our friends and came to find out it was a smaller world than we thought when we thought that only Rich and I knew each other, but his girlfriend knew some people from my home ward in Montana that Chris also knew so it was a really funny coincidence that we all connected in some way.

We went to downtown Disney and got our tickets and went on a ride and just took it all in. It was already late so we didn't stay long but the kids were excited to go back the next day. It had been a long and exciting day.....the rest of the week was going to be so much fun!!!

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