Another trip to Disneyland! This year Marc's parents came with us. This was the first vacation where they spent the entire time with us. 6 kids sounds like a lot. 6 kids is a lot. They knew that before we even left but this vacation would remind them that 6 kids is A LOT!
The drive out the kids bounced between the two vehicles when we would stop for gas. All I'll say is, that the fun began the moment we were on the road! We booked 2 rooms which were adjoining so that we wouldn't all be squished in one room. The younger 3 kids were in our room while the older 3 slept in Papa and Grandma's room. It worked out nicely minus Dillon's coughing spells in the middle of the night. The poor boy has bad allergy issues already and he's only 8!
The first day we met up with Marc's cousin Carlos, his wife, and two little boys. It was a fun filled but LONG day. We enjoyed a group dinner at Goofy's Kitchen and stayed until the park closed at 9pm! The second day we jumped between Disneyland and California Adventure trying to meet up with Carlos and his family again but kept missing them. Rosalia shocked us with her desire to ride on the rides after having several meltdowns the day before. She wasn't scared of the characters so that was good at least! The third day we made it onto the main ride in Cars Land (which had just opened up in June of this year). The line to ride the attraction was always no less than 2 hours wait. The line for the fast pass was no less than an hour long wait. We got lucky, snatched fast pass tickets in under 5 minutes, stood in line for 10 minutes and enjoyed the ride! The older 2 kids rode it twice since we swapped adult passes with Grandma and Papa. The only negative I have about that ride is that Garrison was not tall enough to ride it. Little boys LOVE cars. To make a main attraction ride that little boys can't ride on until they are over 42 inches tall (usually when they are 4-5 yrs of age) is just cruel! Lucky for Garrison he was content with all the other rides in Cars Land. The kids were very sad to say good bye to Disney but were excited to drive up and visit our friend's the Yegge's to end out our California vacation.
Enjoy some of the many pictures we took...
Once again, while traveling to California, we invaded Annette and her family. This visit was a little different since Annette had just moved into her new home. Her old home was fun to visit but her new home was definitely more accommodating for our size family. Yes, she is a brave friend by letting all 8 of us stay with her while visiting. Annette is probably the closest friend I have. She and I have pretty much the same opinions on everything and anything. Parenting, politics, religious beliefs, ect.! Our kids are all the same age except she doesn't have an Ava or a Maia. (so yes she has 4 kids) The kids play incredibly well together. It makes for great visiting! It's always fun to think about how and when we first met and how we both only had 2 kids with no immediate plans to have any more. Now 6 kids later (2 for her and 4 for me), we have a total of 10 kids! It's amazing how fast 2 1/2 days goes by when you're in great company! We are hoping to make another trip back out to Cali in November. If we do, we hope to invade their house a second time in one year!! Thank you Yegge's for having us... all 8 of us!
