California

The last week of January while Tay was off track, we were able to go to out to California and play in Disneyland, check out Cort's bachelor pad, (as my neighbor calls it) and spend a lot of time in the car together! There was a huge storm while we were there and it made driving anywhere a NIGHTMARE! But, regardless we had A LOt of fun, especially in Disneyland. Thanks Grandpa and Grandma! Here's some pics from our big trip.
The first day in Disneyland it rained hard in the morning for about 2 hours, we got drenched, but then it was clear for the rest of the day and we had the park to ourselves. It was AWESOME!
Us in front of Cinderella's castle. The classic Disneyland shot, not the best shot however. I left the camera in Manual mode and didn't adjust it. Oops.

Doesn't matter where we are Taylor loves to tumble. She does it everywhere. I love her passion for it.

Getting ready to go in the Haunted Mansion

Chase would follow Taylor off a bridge. I swear. It's always "Tay what are you going to eat?" "Tay what do you want to do?" And it was no different in Disneyland. Taylor wanted to get some autographs, not something I would of thought Chase would of been into, but since Taylor was....here they are with their books posing for a picture, getting one of the many autographs we got.

Just along for the ride

Tomorrowland. Cort, Easton, and Talan.

Buzz light year a favorite for everyone!

We had to get one of Chase on the C outside of California Adventureland.

Me, Taylor and Chase on Tower of Terror. I was so excited to have them both go with me. It is one of my favorite rides by far. I thought I would have to talk to them into it, but they actually said "ya let's do it." They did however both grab my hand once the ride started to go up. I love that Chase is smiling in the picture though. He is sooo my son.

Taylor in Fairyland meeting the fairies.

I didn't get as many pictures as I wanted because we were just to busy riding rides. Chase LOVED the Soarin over California ride, Stars Wars, and the Mattahorn. Talan HATED Snow White, but LOVED Peter Pan, Monsters Inc., Dumbo, and Winnie the Pooh. Taylor's favorite was Spalsh Mountain, and Easton was a trooper in the pack and slept through the whole thing expect to wake up to eat.
I have a picture of Chase and Talan in this very pouch when they were babies too, sleeping the day away. Such a great way to do Disneyland with a baby.

After our two day stay in Disneyland, we started to head up north so Cort could attend something for school. It took us 10+ hours to get from Anaheim to Monterey. It was out of control. They had highways closed from snow, and those that were open were like car lots. It was very frustrating. The kids did pretty good, they just slept and watched their shows. Me and Cort on the other hand, were at our wits end by the time we finally made it up north. What should of been a 5 hour drive took 10!

We decided to check out the Monterey Aquariuam, the kids loved it. Talan was especially in awe of the sharks.

Hanging out while Cort was at school.


On our drive home you will never guess what we ran into.....that's right traffic! Bumper to bumper non-stop for two hours trying to get up the road to Lake Tahoe. There was a grip of snow. They wouldn't let anyone through without 4 wheel drive or chains on their tires. There were all these guys lined up ready to put chains on your tires for 30 bucks. We thought it was hilarious, maybe because we had been in the car for close to 2 hours at this point and only moved like maybe 15 miles, it was like nothing I'd ever seen.


Once we finally got through all we wanted to do was to get home. But by this time it was about 11:00 at night and we still had a 8-9 hour drive ahead of us. That didn't stop us though, we drove all the way through the night and made it home around 8 am the next morning. I use to be able to pull an all-nighter no problem ten years ago. This about KILLED me! I guess I am now officially old. Regardless though, we had a great time.