Disneyland, here we come!

We made it to Disneyland. We were going to go for the morning, go home for naps, and come back, but the girls did so well we stayed the whole day and saw everything the girls would have been able to see.

Amber loved the carousal.

Hannah didn't.

Mr Toad's Wild Ride. Probably not the best choice for the first ride to take the girls on.

Ralph and Hannah waited while Amber and I went on the Dumbo ride. Amber kept us soaring up high the whole time.

I have to share all of these pictures, because we waited almost one and a half hours to see the princesses! But it was all worth it to see Amber's face when she first saw Cinderella, her absolute favorite princess. It was almost a sacred experience for Amber. (Hannah cried when I took her in too close.)

We decided to have ice cream for dinner and wait to watch the parade. Amber's face is priceless, watching her favorite character coming her way.

The second day we took Amber by herself and spoiled her a bit. We tried out California Adventure, had never been there before. We decided we would rather spend our time at Disneyland, but the Toy Story ride was really fun!

Amber LOVES Playhouse Disney. I was really excited for her to get to see it live on stage. Probably more excited then she was!

If you have little girls who are Princess crazy and don't mind spending money for some good food, I would suggest Arial's Grotto in California Adventure. It's a set price for a three corse meal with a drink, and five princesses come around to every table to greet the mini-princesses. But lucky us did this, and waited an hour and a half to see three princesses.

Amber loved the Carrousels/Merry go rounds. We rode on them four times!

On the big Mickey ferris wheel.

Amber got an after lunch treat.

We completely wore her out. Within a few minutes in the car, she was fast asleep. We went home for a rest.

Then went back in the evening to met Tinkerbell and see the night shows.

The third day, Ralph and I went by ourselves, from 9 am to 10 pm!

Cousin Kendra joined us for the afternoon/evening.

We had a great/exhausting time, would go back in a minute, but hopefully next time without a double stroller in tow.

Hannah getting her Sand Legs.

And then we drove South, to San Diego

We played at the park.

We went out to eat.

We went shopping.

We went to the beach.

Hannah couldn't figure out how to get off of the boogie board!

And then we went to Sea World!

Amber and her best friend/cousin, Rebekah.

The whole crew, all of my sister, six kids, and Ralph.

Great California Adventure

On the road, to Northern California. So far so good, everyone was happy. These were taken in the middle of Nevada somewhere...

Overlooking the North Bay, on the way to Muir Woods.

Hannah was hugging my neck tight. It was really cute...

Amber came down with what Hannah had in Florida, so she laid in the stroller most of the time.

We ate at this great place on the bay in Berkeley. Amber laid on the bench asleep most of the dinner. Very enjoyable.

We got to Ocean Beach a few days later, and Amber was asleep. We let her sleep so as to not have a replay of two years earlier...

When we woke her up for the picture.

Hannah was happy at the beach.

And so was Ralph.

And those are all of the pictures because I got strep throat, spent a morning at Kaiser, and was miserable the rest of the trip.

Florida, here we come.

Hannah is ready to visit the South.

We went to a Children's Museum in Ft Meyers. Here's Amber on the news.

Ralph often looks like this in pictures.

Out to lunch. Hannah started getting sick, and fell asleep minutes after this picture was taken. She never falls asleep while being held.

Great Grandma Louise and Amber Louise.

We went to a place to see Florida wild life.

And to the beach. Hannah fell asleep twice while sitting with waves crashing while on the trip.

The water was so warm! I loved it!

She woke up.

Hannah saying hi to the cat. Seconds later the cat swatted her.

The girls with Great Grandma Louise.