Wednesday, June 20, 2012

♫ We are a Disney Fam-a-lee ♪

Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought we'd become of a Disney family. But here we are--absolutely loving our access to Disneyland these days.

* We have matching shirts for the kids (from our local Disney outlet):
* We visit Princesses,
and we chase Storm Troopers.
* We enjoy the kid rides
 And the Lego store!!!
Have you seen this place?! I've never been to Legoland, but I'd guess this store is the next best thing. It was incredible!

* Tyler rides the rides so bravely!
 Just try to beat this score, Annie!!
Best picture ever:
Maybe this pic will be our 2012 Christmas card pic; I love it that much. Tyler, of course, planned the shocked look. And he wasn't riding the ride alone--one of the kids was riding with him--they're just too short to see. I crack up every time I look at this. Ha ha!

What great memories we've made in the short time we've had these passes! I'll never forget going on Thunder Mountain Railroad with the 3 oldest kids and then having Cole sacrifice his 2nd chance to ride so kindly (even though I know he really wanted to go again) because he said he wanted "ladies first".

Another fun memory was when we walked inside the Little Mermaid ride. Shannon saw Ariel on the wall, and she started shouting "Eliel! Eliel!!" Shannon hasn't seen the movie, but I'm guessing maybe she heard the girls talking about it as we walked toward the ride? Seeing her little chubby hand point with glee as she recognized Ariel with no promptings from us was such a fun moment.

Tyler also reports that he loves the Happiest Place on Earth. He has loved going on rides while holding two kids under his arms and helping Cole brave some scarier rides (Indiana Jones!!). Tyler even told me that our passes were worth every penny--and that's saying a lot from someone who (while working in San Diego) loads up on hotel continental breakfasts and then waits until the next morning to eat his next free meal.

Till next time(s) Disneyland!! :)

3 comments:

Phil and Ashlee said...

Looks like so much fun! I am in love with the face Annie is making in the first picture, it just cracks me up. Miss these cute kids!

Danica said...

Oh man, that's awesome. What great memories!

Annie said...

Yay for Disney and for Tyler's awesome face in the space mountain pic. Love it. Instagram is just another Facebook-esque time waster. It's an iphone app where You just upload a picture and share it with your followers.
And let's be honest: you do NOT need a single bit of patenting advice from me. You are the best mom/teacher. I didn't do anything really special to help Lizie with her r sounds. We has a list of words with r's in different spots and combined with different sounds and we practiced them a few times a week. She could make the sounds pretty quickly but it just took some practice and reminding to get her to use the correct sounds in her everyday vocabulary. It was like one day it just clicked. Anyway. That's what we did.

I heard there may be some changes coming your way? Anxious to hear about it. (Brynnie is in mourning. She loves you and your fam.)

Lots of love!