Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Dad's Birthday!

My dad turned EIGHTY in December, which sounds much older than he makes it look. They had a big party for him, and it looked like so much fun! I wasn't able to go (hence the October trip), but I am so glad so many people were able to be there celebrating with him. My dad is one of the best people, ever. He is funny, and hard-working, and loyal, and kind, and awesome. We love you Dad! Happy birthday!

Jolie and Liesl both were able to go to the party and surprised him. Can you tell he was excited to see them?

Robin hired a photographer for the event and he got some really great pictures. Here's dad with most of his family (minus the 6 of us, Jolie's kids, and Cris), big family!

Kenz is about to have her baby, which will be my dad's fourth great grandchild! So exciting!

Eighty looks good on you dad! Happy birthday!

Disney - day 3

Our third and final day at Disney and California Adventure was fun! The kids loved all the decorations for Christmas at our hotel and at the parks. We ate all the treats we possibly could, rode all the rides and saw all the characters. This day went by super fast.

Another time on the Guardians ride... The ride picture of Lullaby had us dying laughing!

Sully met Sully! It was so exciting! Kinz was a little more timid.

We saw lots of characters in California Adventure. We had started the day there since we had lunchtime reservations for Ariel's Grotto.

The Cars ride was one of our favorites! It was really fun. During part of the ride you line up with another car and race! The first time we rode the ride, we lost the race, but this time we won, and we happened to be lined up with Kipp and Krystal's car! The kids were SO excited!

We went to Ariel's grotto for lunch, for the most expensive, and totally worth it, meal of my life. It was AWESOME! The food was really yummy, plus the princesses there were the best. It was amazing. I was just as happy as the kids were. Next time, it might just be a Lullaby and mommy thing though...

After lunch we headed back to Disney to meet up with the Kovacs and ride more rides!  Tyson was the spy hiding in our Star Wars ride. He was so surprised!

We let the kids pick out toys and Solace tired himself out playing with his little remote control car.

We stayed until dark and the castle was BEAUTIFUL!

Sully and Kinzlee fell asleep in their strollers and we all took turns on Splash Mountain over and over and over again since there was no line.

We left at closing time, despite our flight the next morning at 5am! We tried to get a pictures of our whole group. Stacey, Steve, Morgan, Alyssa and Declan were with us part of the time, but mostly did their own thing, so this was our group! All 12 of us! (I missed the first picture)
We had the best time at Disneyland, and California Adventure with the Kovacs. They are the BEST people to be around. We love you guys!