Disneyland-Again! Day 5

Riding Splash Mountain

Not much happened on our last Disney day. We had to pack our hotel room that we'd lived in for 5 days! Add in shopping, and exhausted evenings and you get quite the mess. While Joyce cleaned up and bought a few souvenirs, Daisey and Doug swam in the hotel pool with all the cousins. It was a good trip, we were glad that we were able to go, and even happier that we got to spend time with Family in the happiest place on earth-Disneyland!

We've been to Disneyland three times and DisneyWorld once in the last two years! Maybe the next big vacation we take will be to somewhere else. Who knows, we'll have to see how it all rolls out. But for this little family of three, Disneyland has been a wonderful place of magic and memories!

Getting on the airplane to come back to Arizona!

Disneyland-Again! Day 4

This morning we got together with the whole family and had breakfast at Ariel Grotto in Disneyland's California Adventure. It's a character breakfast filled with all your favorite Disney Princesses! Which is really what little girls, at least ours, is all about!

 As a group, we take up a lot of space! There's about 28 of us in all. Quite the  breakfast!

 It wasn't too long after breakfast appeared than all the Princesses started coming out! We met Cinderella, Snow White, Belle, and of course Aurora! We got pictures of Daisey with them all, but none of them brought tears to my eyes but her meeting Aurora. She couldn't get out of her chair fast enough! She was at the head of the table, so she got to meet them all first. It was awesome to see her meet her Princess Hero!

Not sure how many times Daisey hugged her, but it was definitely more than once!

After all the princesses came by, we got to actually eat the food! It was great! Waffles, Eggs, Hashbrowns, Sausage, Bacon, fruit, cheese, rolls, danish. You name it, they had it! Joyce made our little family matching outfits. Daisey had her cute dress, Joyce's shirt was yellow with a Minnie bow, and Doug's shirt was red with a matching Mickey head.

After that, it was off to the rides! Daisey rode with one of her Aunts on the Symphony Swings! They have a ride just like it at Lagoon in Farmington Utah.  It spins around and around to music!

Our little Diva! She was all decked out. Her cute dress, her Minnie Mouse sun glasses, Minnie hair bows, and Minnie mouse shoes. Not to mention all the attitude! We rode all that we could in California, so we went back to Disneyland to ride Winnie the Pooh and a few of our other favorites before we had to get ready to say good-bye to Disneyland for a while.

Disneyland-Again! Day 3

Day 3! We planned the day for California Adventure, and so that's where we started the day! There are so many fun rides over there, it's just like a Pier by the ocean. Daisey's favorite ride is the Jumpin' Jellyfish! Joyce and Doug like the Tower of Terror and California Screamin'. Since the time we first went to Disney's California Daisey has wanted to ride the Ferris Wheel. So we made sure we did that this time.

At first, Daisey wasn't too sure about it, the seat rocks back and forth! We didn't even get a booth that spun or moved anywhere that a normal ferris wheel moved. Once she got used to it, she was happy to be riding up so high in the air! The Ferris Wheel is taller than our hotel!

We found some cousins and went on Toy Story Midway Mania. They had fun pulling faces while waiting in line. This face is a classic for every kid of any age!

Doug and Joyce rode together and had a little bit of competition. Doug didn't end up very happy, he got beat by 700 points!

Joyce always wins! It's just fun to have a little loving competition!

 Lightening McQueen and Mater strolling down the street in Cars Land!

We even saw Red, the firetruck! 

 Daisey and Doug sitting outside of Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. Daisey and Joyce rode it earlier and after, we watched a tiny family member that wasn't old enough to ride. It was fun listening to all the giggles and laughter coming from the ride.

Doug, Daisey, and a cousin rode Luigi's  Flying Tires with a bunch of other family members. It was fun to watch them bash into each other on these huge floating fabric tires on a floor that's like an air hockey table. Lean the direction you want to go and away you fly!

Another fun filled day in Disney! By this time, we were so tired at the end of the day. It's been a lot of walking, a lot of sunshine, and a lot of smiles! Tomorrow, another fun and magic filled day!

Disneyland-Again! Day 2

Day 2! We aren't really morning people when we're on vacation. So we took our time getting up, getting breakfast and getting into the park. Most of the family went to a character breakfast, but we decided that while Doug had the time off, we were going to enjoy lounging in the hotel together for a bit. We all had matching shirts that Doug's Mom had made for everyone that we all wore. It was fun to walk around and have people ask us how many of us were there on vacation! Some people even asked Joyce where she got the shirt, or who made it. One lady even asked to take a picture of our shirts so she could make some like that for their next trip!

We hadn't met up with everyone yet, but we took our picture in front of Aurora's Castle.

We actually got to meet Silvermist Fairy in Pixie Hollow! Daisey hadn't met any of the Fairys before and it was so fun to watch her interact with them. 

Tinkerbell was very impressed with Daisey and all her pins and buttons on her lanyard. Daisey loves to collect little pins and things and was even more excited because Grandma made it! Daisey loved to tell Tink all about the things she had collected and all the Tinkerbell movies she's watched.

 We went up to Toon Town and met Minnie Mouse! Daisey had Minnie Mouse bows in her hair and on her lanyard. It was fun for the whole family.

One of Daisey's favorite rides in Disneyland is Gadget's Go Coaster. She'll ride it as many times as we'll let her. This time she rode with Joyce. She screamed and held her arms in the air for almost the whole time! Such a little adventurer.

 Daisey and Doug rode together on Autopia. She got to steer the car and Doug said it was quite the ride. Joyce followed them in the next car and had a rough time keeping up with Doug and his lead foot! They have so much fun together and bring laughter into our home all the time.

One of our favorite parts of this trip was that Doug's Grandpa G was able to come with us. The last time Grandpa G had been to Disneyland was when his wife was alive with Doug and all his family. This time she wasn't with us, she passed into heaven 3 years ago and it was special that Grandpa G was able to come with us. Daisey had many fun times with him, riding on rides with him and holding hands walking through the park. It was special to see them together and know that even though we don't get up to Utah very often, Daisey and Grandpa G have a bond that can't be replaced.

We got most of the family together to ride Pirates of the Caribbean. It was awesome! We took up the entire boat all on our own! 

 Four Generations! Grandpa G (Daisey's great grandpa), Grandpa, Grandma, Doug, and Daisey! All in line to ride Peter Pan.

 We met up with Doug's brother and his family right next to the Mad Hatters Tea Party. It's Joyce's favorite ride! No one wanted to ride it but her and the little girls. So all of us ladies climbed in and spun ourselves silly! Daisey loves to play and be with her cousins! Joyce likes to see the smiles on their faces and be able to make them laugh and giggle riding a ride that she loves!

 Not many women can say that they have two mothers. But Joyce can. She get's along wonderfully with her Mother-in-Law, Doug's Mom. On a previous trip to DisneyWorld, Joyce made her, Daisey, and Mom matching Minnie Mouse bows.

Of course we saw Princess Tiana again, so we went and said Hi for the second time. Tiana even remembered that she had seen Daisey the day before and this time, we had Daisey's autograph book for her to sign!

We went over to California Adventure to spend the evening and meet up with more family. 

Daisey loves any carrousel and this was even more fun because she got to ride it with some awesome cousins! 

Doug, Joyce, Grandpa G, and Dougs Dad riding California Screamin'! It's Dougs favorite ride in Disneys California. Grandpa G even had to take off his cowboy hat and hold on tight. The roller coaster goes from 0 to 60 in 4 seconds (or something like that- it's really fast!) It's a lot of fun and leaves your stomach behind!

We had a great day at Disneyland and went back to the hotel to get ready for another fun day filled with magic and memories!

Disneyland-Again! Day 1

We had the awesome chance to go to Disneyland with all of Doug's family. He is the second oldest of 5 children, everyone is married. Of those that are married, all of them have children. That makes Daisey one of 15 grandkids. Besides his siblings that came, his parents were there as well as one grandpa and one grandma. It was quite the sight to see! Everyone got to fly in from Utah, we were the only ones that didn't get to be on their flight because we came from Arizona.

We stayed at the Paradise Pier Hotel, it was really nice and wasn't too far from the park. We were able to walk to and from without much issue. Daisey loved to pose with the statue of Goofy!

We had a fun time, we walked on just about every ride we went on.

Daisey and Joyce got to go on Dumbo, the Flying Elephant. Joyce loves any ride that spins. 

We've been to Disneyland many times, but this one was the only time that we were able to see and actually meet Princess Tiana! She was so nice to Daisey and spent a lot of time talking with her because there were only a few little girls that had noticed she was there, right in New Orleans Square. 

We caught the parade once while we were there. Daisey got to see her favorite Princess, Princess Aurora. She clapped so hard and waved her little arm right off! It was so cute to see her get so excited

The park closed after the parade was over, so we went over to Disney's California Adventure (it stayed open an hour longer). Joyce loves Chocolate, so of course we had to stop to get Ghirardelli chocolate shakes and hot fudge sundaes. It was the best! We sent the picture to Joyce's Mom, who loves chocolate just as much as she does!

Our first day was filled with fun and adventures. We spent time with siblings and cousins, grandpa's and grandma's and just us three. It was such a day!