California Adventure and the Beach!

California Adventure was not nearly as good as Disneyland but we still got to ride almost everything we wanted to. They just had a lot of rides shut down and insane waits but we made it through!

Soarin was amazing!

Got some yummy ice cream parfaits!

This was the day of our 20th anniversary!

Toy Story is always so much fun.

We waited for the longest time for Guardians. Jackson hated it. But we got fast passes because our pictures didn't come through, so 5 of us went and rode it again.

Rode Monsters Inc and waited forever for it. The wait for Ariel was long. All the waits were long.

We paid to skip the line for Cars and still waited in somewhat of a line and then got in the single rider line after that to ride it again.

The next day we swam at the pool, Mckinley went for a run, and then we went to Hungtington Beach.

Brandon bought oysters out on the pier. Won't do that next time ha ha but fun to try.

The waves were insanely huge and scary so we didn't do a lot of swimming but we still had a good time playing in the sand and catching a million sand crabs.

Pizza by the pool for dinner was a great idea!

Made a quick stop to Downtown Disney to look around. A fun day!

 

Disneyland for our 20th Anniversary!

All year long we've been talking about planning a trip with our kids for our 20th anniversary. But we could never decide on what to do or find a good time. Finally the week before our anniversary on Wednesday we just booked flights to California. Then a few days later we finally booked a hotel and decided we would go to Disneyland and California Adventure. It felt like our first time because it had been over 7 years since the last time we went.

The trip was a blast! First day we drove straight to the beach and just found this most gorgeous area! It was Corona Del Mar Beach in the Newport Beach area.

The views were to die for and the houses along the street were gorgeous.

Next we drove down the street to little corona beach to see the tide pools.

Then to the hotel to swim at the pool!

Walked across the street to eat at Cheesecake Factory for dinner.

The next morning we got up bright and early to Rope Drop Disneyland.

We went straight to Indiana Jones where I lost my phone on the ride! It fell out of my back pocket. Luckily the workers found it for me really quickly and we moved on to Haunted Mansion and then Tiana's Bayou.

Got beignets, saw Winnie the Pooh for Kallie, and then headed to the new Star Wars Land.

We had a lady take this picture and then she asked me to take theirs, and the family left to go ride Millenium Falcon. Jackson got lost in the mix for about 60 seconds and was very upset!

Rode the carousel and Peter Pan and some of the Fantasy Land rides.

Headed to Toon Town for flip flop pizzas and tried to ride Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway but it didn't work out.

Got a picture by the castle and then went and rode Rise of the Resistance and had our minds blown! So fun!

Brandon and the kids rode Rise again and I took Jackson and Ava to ride Dumbo and see a little of the parade.

Such a long full busy day and our feet were killing us! We went home during the fireworks at 10 and crashed.

Start of Summer

We started off summer with a family hike on memorial day but didn't get too far because Tyler had a bad injury on his knee. Of course we have to start off the summer with an injury. Last year it was Kallie's burn. This year it was Tyler cutting his knee on an outdoor fireplace. We tried hiking up Rock Canyon instead of the Y.

Went to Dallin and Shellee's for a BBQ for Memorial Day and headed over to the splash pad where a couple brought a handful of these tiny super cute puppies!

Started the summer off with a bang with a canyon day with friends! It's one of my favorite things to do in the summer.

Vineyard Days went all out this year and we had fun seeing all the carnival rides whenever we went to the park.

Jackson was really in to going and playing at Grove Park so we did it several times.

The girls got beads in their hair for activity days!

Kallie and I were able to go watch Mia in her dance performance. It was so fun!

Ava and Paige having a picnic out on the lawn.

We already got in a pond day with Kristen and my mom as well which was super fun.

Drone show for Vineyard days!

Agents United hosted their summer party at Splash Summit so we went but man was it crowded. The lines were so long!