California!

This year for Christmas and our birthdays my parents gave each of us a trip to Disneyland! YEAH! I was needing a Disney fix. We spent 3 days in Disneyland and then Ryan and I stayed an extra day to spend time in San Diego enjoying the beaches.
Disneyland was incredible. It was a great time of year to go----even though we did get some rain the first day. The longest we waited in line was 20 minutes---once for the new Toy Story ride and once for the improved Submarine ride. All the other rides the average wait was 5 minutes. It was seriously awesome. California was apparently having a cold spell, but it was still warmer than Utah and nice to see and feel the sun.
We made sure to ride some rides with everyone. Tanner's favorite ride is the Haunted Mansion--even though he covers his eyes.Anytime someone would ask what ride we should go on he would say "I know! The Haunted Mansion!" I loved taking Emily, Tanner and Cannon on the Winnie the Pooh ride. Joshua and Lindsay were fun to take on the roller coasters and Pirates of the Carribean.
We went on Peter Pan with Cameron and Bethany and it broke. The lights came on and we were stuck on the little boats for about 15 minutes. It was kind of an exciting twist on the ride. I thought for sure Ryan and I were going to have to shimmy down Captain Hook's pirate ship to get out.
The beaches were fun and I'm glad Ryan and I decided to stay the extra time. We stopped and watched the sunset in La Jolla, how romantic. We spent time in the gardens at Balboa Park. We ate mexican food in Old Town. Walked and shopped at Seaport Village, and ate lunch at Anthony's on the wharf---it reminded us of eating at Ray's Boathouse in Seattle. Boy am I lucky my husband love seafood as much as me.
Thanks mom and dad for the great trip!