Disneyland Girls Trip

  You know you've always wanted to, and somehow, dreams do come true!  Brett had a work conference in Anaheim, so we thought it was the perfect opportunity to take our girls to Disneyland and California Adventure!  We arrived Monday and stayed at the Great Wolf Lodge.  We enjoyed the flow rider and all the tube rides as a family!  Then it was off to Brett's hotel the next day at the Hilton!  I didn't realize how expensive it would be to buy tickets to Disneyland, but we didn't fly all that way for nothing!  I would say the lines weren't too crowded in the morning. This is a week or two after Utah's spring break.  We got lucky and got right on Peter Pan!  Hannah LOVED the fast train ride, although she almost backed out, but it ended up being the last ride we rode of the day as well!  Some other highlights was "It's a Small World" and Shopping in Toon town!  We didn't have any agenda, so it was surprising to fall into "The Rise of the Resistance" line.  Hannah wasn't so sure about this ride either, and although her own resistance was rising, we made it through the line and we all really enjoyed it!  We missed Brett and the boys like crazy though!!  

Day 1

We did one day of Disney and one Day of California Adventure.  I'd say we waited two hours in the line for cars, but we made a new friend from Mexico in line.  We had so much fun.  We also enjoyed driving the cars at Disneyland.  I would do it again, but dang some of those lines!  We also waited a long time in line for The Rise of the Resistance, but we made some friends in that line as well, I can't remember if they were from Canada, or London, but I remember she was a big fan of Donny Osmond, and so I shared about my missionary and hopefully a positive light about the Church.  It's funny how you can find something in common with almost everyone you talk to.  I enjoy talking and observing people and their relationships.  I feel bad, but we also waited forever in line to ride Gaurdians of the Galaxy.  Hannah didn't want to ride this ride, but she waited for us and also made a new friend.  It's stressful when we don't all ride the rides together, but somehow, we make it work.  

It was like heaven on earth when we finally met up with Brett that night in Downtown Disney :-).  It truly was the happiest place on earth in that moment.  Sure made me not take him for granted being on my own for two days!  I hope the boys felt that way too with us being gone.  I truly am grateful!  We walked a ton, our feet were tired, but we eventually made it home.