Southern California Vacation

Thanks to my wonderful in laws Jeff, the girls and I were able to take a great vacation down to Newport Beach and to Disneyland. We stayed in a great resort near the beach and had two wonderful days at Disneyland. We also visited the Discovery Museum in Santa Ana and had a great beach party with my sister and her brood at Huntington Beach.

On our way into town we had a nice Mother's day lunch at my parent's house and were joined by Connie, Dale, Chelsea and Beau.

Our hotel was lovely and Alison was so excited, she said, "All we have to do is put Sold in front of our house and we can live here now!" The girls loved to pool and we swam almost every day. We also got to spend a little time at the beach. The girls loved playing in the sand and surf but did not like the clean up of the sand from their bodies so we really only played on the beach one day.

We did go down the the Huntington Beach pier where Alison got close enough to touch a pelican! Lily was a little nervous to be standing over the water like that.

Both girls really loved the Koi Fish in front of our hotel and the fish just followed them around probably expecting to be fed.

Disneyland was great! The girls totally loved it and so did I, Jeff, however, did not due to the crowds of people and manufactured happiness. I love happiness even if it's manufactured!!! In any case, my sister and nephew and my friend Susie and her kids met up with us while we were there and we enjoyed their company.

We went to a restaurant called Ariel's Grotto at Disney California Adventure where Lily and Alison got to meet the princesses. It was our one big spurge and the girls were so excited! Alison got the meet Snow White, her favorite princess due to their mutual love of animals. They also go to meet Belle, Mulan, Cinderella and of course Ariel. Lily told Cinderella that Ariel is her favorite and Cinderella said that she would pass on a "Hello" from Lily at their next tea party together.

Our family favorite ride was Soaring over California, we did it twice! Lily's favorite ride was Toy Story and Alison can't seem to choose just one favorite but she did like the Monster's Inc. ride. She did not like Pirates of the Caribbean and made me pinkie promise that I would never make her go on it again.

We wrapped the whole trip up with a weenie roast with my sister and nieces and nephews at Huntington Beach. We sang with the guitar, toasted hot dogs and made smores. It was lots of fun!!! I'm so excited to do it again some time soon.