We decided this year was the best year to go to Disneyland. I had the help of a friend from our ward Janette Childs to plan everything for our trip. Before we knew it the time had come and we were off to California! My heels started hurting me really bad 2 weeks before we left and I was getting really worried how I was going to handle all the walking when it hurt me so bad to just walk around the kitchen. Thankfully I was referred to a different Physical Therapist from RaQuelle Willey. So I decided to go to this new place and I was able to get in 2 times before our trip. Sam my new PT said it was my Sciatic nerve that was causing my pains. So she dry needled along the line of the nerve and that helped a lot. I was able to use some heel lifts she made for me while I was at an appointment and I walked pretty much the whole 2 days. My Dad rented a scooter for the 2 days so he wouldn't have to walk the whole time and have his knees hurt. So he let ride it a couple of times. Thankfully, I didn't need it much.
Anyways, our Disney trip was a lot of fun but also felt really busy. We went from one ride to the next and had to constantly be on the app to look for a fast pass for the next ride. I think we were all exhausted by the time the we were heading home. haha All of the boys were really brave and went on basically everything. Emmett even went on the Incredicoaster! I was super surprised he wanted to go on it. He only went once and then he didn't want to go again. But hey, he went on it at the age of 8! That is better than I would have at his age. Kayden LOVED big thunder mountain. In fact all the boys did. I think I wish we had gone on the Cars ride one more time before we headed home. The lines just got so long so fast. We were able to do all the rides we really wanted to do. Plus the boys had worked really hard to earn some money over the summer by reading books so that they could buy a souvenir at Disney. They were pretty excited to buy something from the stores. It was a fun trip and we had fun going on rides and enjoying time together.
We enjoyed some dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp company our first night there. The weather was just so nice we really enjoyed walking around outside in the warmth surrounded by palm trees. |
All ready for our fun filled first day at Disney! |
We rope dropped both days. So we were up and ready to go nice and early both mornings. We had to wake the kids up to get ready and down to breakfast before walking over to the parks. |
Kayden got to meet Mickey in person! He was pretty excited about that! I think Emmett was pretty excited too! |
The boys first coaster of the day! They LOVED IT!! |
Corn dog lunch break! |
They are totally my children. haha Making silly faces in pictures!! The corn dogs were tasty as always!! |
Kayden complained but, thankfully we got him to eat some and then he ate chips and was happy again. |
The boys really liked the Jungle Cruise too! |
Pirates of the Caribbean was a favorite too. We rode this one twice! The boys really liked it. It is one of my favorites too. |
Thankfully we got a fast pass for the haunted mansion. It was like a 90 minute wait in the standby line. So we were really glad we didn't have to wait in that massive line. |
Our second day was our California adventure day! I was excited for Kayden to see cars land. We were pretty tired from the previous day still. But, excited for the day ahead of us. |
Kayden being all love Dovie with me and Gigi. The line said it was over an hour but it ended up only taking us like 40 minutes. |
The kids LOVED this ride! My only regret is that we only went on it once. |
Emmetts face in this picture is classic! He was terrified!!!! The older boys loved it and went again. Emmett might have been a little small for this ride! I am proud of him for going on it though! |
The boys went on Big Bear Rapids and thought it was super fun. They were all wet when they got off and they liked it. haha Such cuties I have in my life! |