Chad took me to Disneyland for MY birthday. Even though my b-day is not till the end of the month, this was the weekend Chad could get off work and we didn't have any conflicting things. We drove out to CA on Fri. and got there at about 3:00pm. We immediately took a nap. I got a little one in the car, but Chad was tired so we slept for about an hour and then headed over to the park. Fist we went to the Big Thunder BBQ for dinner. It was good and the atmosphere was nice. The weather was great and I was sad the kids were not with us because they kept inviting the kids up on to the stage to sing songs. After dinner we walked over to check out the line for the Haunted Mansion which was crazy busy so we looked around at shops till we decided to stake a place out for our seats to watch Fantasmic, one of my favorite shows. Chad went a bought us cards since we had about 2 hours to kill. We played war and gold fish. I beat Chad every time :). I couldn't remember how to play any other games :(
After Fantasmic we headed over toward the castle to check out the fireworks show, but it was crowded so we decided we would come back tomorrow night for that show and we continued on the Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. I killed Chad on this game too! It was night to win!
I wanted some Beignet (like a doughnut, fried dough covered in powdered sugar) so we headed over to down town Disney only to find they had closed minutes before we arrived.
The next day we headed over to CA Adventure and went straight to Toy Story Midway. Everyone headed straight there! I kid you not, everyone!
I was killing Chad again until we got to the end and I thought we were done so I went for my camera to get a pic of our scores and it was the last game, so he pulled ahead and won. I say by default!
We had 1:00 reservations to the Blue Bayou so we still had some hours to kill and the weather was warming up so Chad wanted to get a little wet on the Grizzly River ride. He got sprinkled on a bit and I got drenched! Notice how my shirt that is supposed to be flowy and light is now clinging to me. I literally had a puddle in my lap.
We headed back over to Disneyland and got to see one of my favorite characters!! Oh excitement!!
I was still pretty wet and was not sure I could sit through a lunch at the Blue Bayou without freezing. So with an hour to spare we walked back to our hotel did a quick change and walked back with perfect timing. We enjoyed a oh so yummy lunch of ck gumbo, rolls and split a Monte Cristo sandwich. We were so full! I saved room for my favorite dessert...Creme Brule, but it a huge disappointment. The restaurant had just reopened and was serving a new desert menu and the new Creme Brule was not cooked as it should have been. such disappointment :(
We had such a great time just the two of us. That night we sat for 3 hours to get good seats for the new spooky Halloween fireworks, but it was well worth it, great show. We went back to the park Sun. morning to buy gifts for the kids and do Midway one more time. Chad won again, oh well my winning streak was over. We headed home around noon. Thanks babe for taking me, I know you have had your fill of Disneyland and four trips in one year was a bit much for you.
Here is Casey. He put together this costume with a few random items from the costume box. He named himself Ninja/Batman. The head gear came from a ninja out fit and the cape came from a Batman costume.
Courtney borrowed this lovely Snow White costume from a friend of ours. She loved it and ate up all the compliments and thought she looked Just like Snow White.
Tyler borrowed this helmet and shoulder pads from his cousin and with his jersey from flag football he was a Tackle football player. He got the most comments while we were trick or treating, some for the Chargers and some not for the Chargers.
The first house we went to was a retirement home that Chad designed and was the superintendent through the build this last couple of years. They got their first tenant recently and were worried about not having trick or treaters. After stopping by there we came home and went around our block and called it good.
