Surprise!!

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After seeing all the Disney "surprise" commercials, we asked the kids around Jan.  if we were to go this year, how would they like to find out?  They both said they'd like to be surprised, so we planned a trip May 13th to the 21st.  We kept it a surprise by telling them we were going to Vegas (for our anniversary) and they were going to stay at Nana and Papa's house (hence the reason for all the luggage).  I had secretly been buying them summer clothes for a trip and packed them without them knowing.  It was alot of fun to plan such a huge surprise, but Kaylyn ended up not liking the surprise so much.  She doesn't take change well, so next time we'll have to give her plenty of notice.  Hayden's reaction was priceless.

Stay with me

It has been a LONG time since I last posted....in fact about 14 months.  I will be posting our 2011 Disneyland trip soon and continue from there.  Hopefully it won't take me too long to get all caught up.

Random Pictures

This is now my Wallpaper on computer and possibly for our Christmas Cards.

Whenever she was in Daddy's arms she would fall asleep.

I think this is the one picture we have of the two of us.

Hayden and his balloon animal shark from Tortilla Joes.

Kaylyn and her crown.

Brynley infront of Poohs Corner.
Look at my Little Honey!

Before the Fireworks. The Fireworks are the BEST I've ever seen. The way Disney cordinates the music and shapes and lights up the castle is amazing. To think they do this every night!!

Even Bryn loved the fireworks. She wasn't scared my their loud noise.

At the park entrance our first day.

Welcome to Disneyland kids. Off to ride Jungle Cruise. Always our first ride.

On Monsters Inc.

They're all ears!

They picked the best ears this trip.

I love this picture. Something so cute about seeing how big the ears are on her and her little hand!

Hayden and his pet snake he named Indy. (He bought it in the Indiana Jones gift shop).

Kaylyn eyed this light-up bubble gun for a few days before we finally gave in and let her get one as one of her suvineers. It is pretty cool.

All the Rides!!

Oh the Rides!!

Kaylyn and I on Splash Mountain. She loved it the first time, not the second time.

Inside Splash Mountain after the BIG drop.

Kaylyn, Daddy and Bryn at the Playhouse Disney show. Brynley LOVED it and danced the entire show.

It's a Small World After All.One of Kaylyn and Brynley's Favorite Rides.

The Train Captain. The Train was one of the original rides at the park on opening day. Walt Disney was obsessed with trains.

Hayden was my driver on Autopia. After we got off he said

"Since I did such a good job driving, can I take the van out when we get home?"

Kaylyn was so happy while riding this. This was the ride she choose to ride again for her last ride on our last night! Geoff was glad he was able to experience this with her. She only wanted to ride the rides with me.

Hayden waiting in line for Thunder Mountain.

Tarzans Tree house....or shall I see Geoff's tree house. LOL

(See posting below!)

Awww......Tarzans tree house again.

Mr. Toads Wild Ride!

Geoff and Bryn on dumbo!

Hayden wasn't able to get a Dumbo next to us.

Look at Kaylyn's nervous face. She didn't open her eyes or take her head off my lap until we rode this for the 3rd time. The is one of our favorite rides!

Disney's California Adventure

Here's our Disney California Pictures.

Woody scared Bryn, but the kids loved him.

Kaylyn loved this hat and wanted me take her picture. She's the Mad Hatter.

Our family on our last night.

Oh the rain. It ended up raining 3 of the 5 days.

FYI: They're opening a new 12 acre "Cars" land come 2012, with 3 new rides.

Our first day was nice, sunny and warm. They had to hold on to Bryn, so tight. I was a little panicked to do this, but they did good.

They played in the water for a few minutes to cool off.

Brynley loved the Merry-Go-Round.

Hayden's first time on Tower of Terror. They're on the bottom left!

This was Hayden's first time on a Roller Coaster (which also means his first time on Screamin'). He wanted to sit in the front seats! It's now his favorite ride.

Maliboomer!

This was as it was cranking up. Hayden looks like he's going to puke. He liked it, but didn't want to get back on right away.

Who do you think you are??

I love to find out which Disney character we're most like. I think it gets it right everytime!

Ofcourse Kaylyn is TinkerBell a fiesty, cute, spit fire.

Hayden was Flik from Bugs Life. Flik is adventurous, fun and inventive....just like my Hayden.

I was hoping I would be Cinderella. She was my fav. princess growing up. I think this fits me well also. Nurturing and sweet. Too bad I don't have her singing voice.

Geoff was Tarzan. LOL....need I say more?

Goofy's Kitchen

We LOVE Goofy's kitchen! It's worth every penny (and trust me it's quite a few pennies!), but it is an all you can eat buffet!

The benefit to dining here is that you get one on one personal time with each character and your family. No lines or waiting. They come to you!

I think Mulan was Brynley's favorite character throughout our entire visit.

I don't believe my kids have ever watched Jungle Book, so they had no idea who Baloo was. We had to keep reminding them of his name and he kinda scared Kaylyn and Bryn, because of how big he was.

Cinderella had Kaylyn stand like a perfect little princess and Hayden like a gentlemen prince.

Our family with the Host.....Goofy!

(My favorite Character)

It was so important for Kaylyn to meet Dale, and even though he was there, he never made it over to our table, but Chip did twice and he signed our table!!