{Disneyland '10}

Last week we headed to Sunny CA to go to Disneyland.

The Holtby and Our Chazen clan flew on Buddy Pass on Sunday morning. It was a FABULOUS first ever flight for Bentley and the rest of us. The plane was empty so we had 4 rows between the 7 of us. Greg sat in the row in front of me and Alexa and Gav went back and forth (several times) between the two rows. Benny got to sit in her car seat for the flight.

We took a shuttle to the PARADISE PIER HOTEL which was Disney-afied. We took a swim in the FREEZING pool which lasted about 15 min and then headed back to the room to rest and get ready for dinner. Dinner at El Torito's (the "older" one) was SO yummy, thank you Dave!

Monday was day 1 at the parks. We headed right for Nemo and took off from there. Kellie & Brad are season pass holders and know how to get around and on every right fast. Alexa was brave and went on Pirates even though she says she will NEVER go on it again. Gav was even scared on it but was tough. Pretty much all of the rides are dark at some point but Alexa, although scared of the dark went on them all.

DUMBO - was the big hit with both kids and Alexa even got PURPLE two times! SCORE!  They also really liked toon town. They met Minnie there and both really liked her. I thought Gav would be nervous with the characters but he was great. Alexa wanted to take her home.

That night we had Ihop next to Kellie's hotel and we celebrated Gav's bday with eggs, his favorite!

Tuesday was a little more Disney but mostly Cali adventure. We spent a long time in "Bug's" land and both kids really liked that.

Greg, generally nicknamed "grumpy" when it comes to all things Disney, even went on "SMALL WORLD". He swore he never would but I think he really liked it. As you can tell from the boys shirts, he was really in the Disney Spirit! He and Michael planned this BIG shirt and Mickey ear unveiling on day 1 to prove how excited they were. They are dorks.

The highlight was just spending 2 good days with the family. The kids really love their cousins and have so much fun being smothered by their grandparents, aunts and uncles. It was really such a great trip.