Disneyland Day 2

Cristian and Carter by the "C" of the California sign :)
Ava on the "A"
They were selling official Rose Bowl gear, and oh boy did we see a lot of Duck fans while we were there.
Ava by Thunder Mountain
Giving us the thumbs up after her 2nd time on the ride!!
Carter's favorite ride was It's A Small World
Here he is riding with Nannie
Ava getting ready for her first ride on Splash Mountain!!
She LOVED it... she couldn't stop laughing after we went down the big hill!
Still one of Cristian's favorites too!
Cristian and Ava with Pluto
The 5 of us with Pluto
The 8 of us with Pluto
Sleepy Carter
This picture was taken 6 months ago when we went to Disneyland in May. Cristian wasn't quite tall enough for Indiana Jones...
But this time he WAS!!! He even got to drive the jeep
So excited after they measured him and he was tall enough!! Indiana Jones is now his favorite ride!
Cristian in line for Space Mountain
The 8 of us at the Main Entrance. The kids each got a disney gift card in their stockings, and they picked out those Santa Mickey hats, a little stuffed stitch (the ones they're holding) and they also picked out stuffed frogs (Prince Navine (sp?) and Princess Tiana frogs)
Auntie and Kyle with the kids and goofy
Me and the kids with Donald and Pluto
The 5 of us with Mickey
The 8 of us with Christmas Mickey
and Minnie too!
The kids with Minnie

Waiting in line to ride the rockets
Cristian and Nannie
Kyle and I with Carter

Auntie and Ava

Santa and his reindeer were at Disneyland resting after their big day!
All of us at the Big Thunder Ranch/Santa's Round up
Reindeer Pluto
Ava was so excited to watch the show/parade with Princess Tiana
The kids even got some beads
Sunset
All of us eating dinner at the Blue Bayou

Disneyland Day 1

So, we had quite the interesting experience getting TO disneyland on Saturday. First, my dad's airport garage parking pass wouldn't work, so we couldn't park at the airport like planned. So, the guys dropped us my mom, sister, and myself off with the kids and luggage so we could make it through security and still have time to get ourselves a starbucks while they went to a Master Park to park our car. Then we boarded our plane, got the seats all wiped down and sanitized for Ava, and got all settled in on the plane. When it was time to take off, the pilot announced that there was a mechanical problem and that people were working on fixing it, and he estimated we'd be about 30 minutes late taking off. Well, 30 minutes turned into an hour, and they finally decided it was going to take too long to fix the problem, so they had us all get off the airplane and wait to get on another plane. So, we had to go through the whole process again, pre-board, sanitize the area for Ava, and FINALLY, after a long delay, we were on our way to Disneyland. When we landed we were starving (it was 3:00 ish, and we were originally supposed to land at lunch time). So, we made a quick stop at subway, checked into our hotel, and finally made it to the park around 4:00. Here are Ava, Carter and me getting ready to walk to Disneyland.
They did a special Castle lighting ceremony at 5:15 every night while we were there. It looked so pretty!
Reflection in the water

Ava got to go on Star Tours for the first time! She was so excited to be tall enough (thanks to the help of some clogs :)
Getting ready to board
ready for her first Star Tours ride!
She also got to go on Thunder Mt for the first time :) By the end of the trip she was riding with her arms up in the air!
Her new favorite ride is Thunder Mt
It's a Small World all lit up for the Holidays too.
The kids waiting for the Firework Show to start
Carter loved the firework show, and the snow that fell after too!
Look at all those people watching it snow at Disneyland :)
The Main Street Christmas Tree
Carter and his new Light up Lightsaber
All the kids with their lightsabers. Cristian looks like he's ready to fight, LOL :)
Back at the hotel, all the kids wearing their new disney jammies from Nannie. Cristian got Buzz, Carter got Woody, and Ava got Tinker Bell.