DisneyLand Dec 6 to12 2009 Family trip

Well we decided for part of our Christmas this year we would take the kids to Disneyland, we were so exited and we have been talking about it with the kids almost all year so on December 6th we left the cold of Utah and headed to Nevada where we spent the first night in mesquite in a Best Western it was really fun. All i have to say though is it was so good that before we left i went to Toy R Us and got Gabriel a Super Y Movie that saved my beacon because this was his first road trip and he is a very active child so i was wondering how it was all going to pan out. So i do have to admit i was sick of children's movies especially the ones they watched over and over again. When we arrived in Mesquite Alexis was disappointed because she thought that first day we would already be at Disneyland so trying to explain to her that we would be there in a couple of days was a little hard because for the last year we had be saying that day we were going to Disneyland. Then the next morning on the 7th we left and as we went through Las Vegas we had to make a stop at the Shelby Shop (Cayleb has been want to go for so long) it was like a little kid in a candy store he was in aha we spent some time there looking at all of the amazing cars. I would love to take him back on a Monday apparently they do like a walk through of the shop and take you back where they work on the cars and we just missed it i didn't even know about it so i might have to save some money and take him for like a birthday or something. I am not a huge car fan but these were some beautiful cars. We then headed to California we arrived in L.A. and to our Super 8 hotel we were just 1 mile away from Disneyland so we just settled in and went to bed and the kids were so excited to go to bed because the knew the next morning we would finally be at Disneyland. Oh i have to add for Christmas Cayleb got a GPS and man it save us we didn't take the right exit and it rerouted us there would have been no way we would have found it that quick with out it. And for Christmas he got me a Video Camera to take on the trip so i got it before Christmas which was awesome i was so excited and i got some cute video this was defiantly an important part of the trip to tape it all. We woke up on December 8th and went to Disneyland all day that first day we spent most of our time at disneyland and we went on so many rides we also waited an hour to see the princesses and i will tell you i didn't think it was worth it but seeing the looks on Lexi and Gabe's faces made it all worth it the loved the Princesses Cayleb bought Lexi a signature book so she was so excited to get their autographs i do have to admit the Princess that i liked the best was the girl that was Belle she asked Lexi what here name was and when she signed her book she make it out to Princess Alexis love Belle and it was so much more personal. Alexis and Gabe loved all of them i don't think they cared but i did. We went on so many fun rides and the kids just loved it. The only bummer was that Disneyland closed at 6pm because it was their employee Christmas party so we went over to Disney California for the rest of that night until 9pm when they were closing we went on the Toy Story ride which the kids loved Lexi said that was her favorite ride and rode a ton of other rides in the Bugs life part the kids we so cute and loved every part of it so we decide to go get Pizza for dinner and get back to the hotel. That night i didn't get much sleep because Gabe sleep ed with me and man he kicked me all night so i was way tied going into the second day of Disneyland. we woke up December 9th we went to breakfast at Denny's just down from Disneyland and head to Disney California to go to Show of Micky Mouse Club house and i do have to say it was so cute how much they loved it. then we spent the whole day going between Disneyland and Disney California we watched the Pixar parade which was fun and we got our picture with Lightning McQueen and Gabe loved that he was a sleep right before we got to them and he woke up to seeing Mat or and Lightning McQueen and he was in shock he said wow mommy they are so big. We stayed at the park until 11pm that night then we went back to the hotel to prepare for bed for the next day at sea world. December 10th we went and spent the day at sea world which the kids loved the Shamus show they thought it was so neat they love the dolphins to now Lexi want to swim with the dolphins. Sea world was nice then it closes at 5 i think it was so we just headed home we did get to go past the San Diego Temple all light up and that was really neat becuase that is caylebs favorite Temple it was beautiful then we went home and just had dinner and again the GPS got us back to the hotel i don't know how we ever traveled without it is a blessing. Then we decided to come home one day early so we could spend a whole day with Cayleb without anyone calling and bothering Cayleb for help which was nice we went to lunch and rented movies and just spent the day just playing. I hated coming home i have to admit it was not the best but what can you do I hope this didn't bore you to much it was an awesome vacation and we loved every minute.