Surrey time!

I had never rode a surrey before, but thought they looked fun! Saturday afternoon while still on vacation on CA, my mother in law took us to Griffith Park and she rented some for an hour. What a blast! The kids and the adults loved them equally! We raced around the park and got pretty tired! So fun that we barely thought of it as exercise!

Beach Day

Friday was beach day and we ended up at El Segundo beach. It was full of pretty seashells and no one was there. It was beautiful! We had El Tarasco's for lunch on the beach while we saw dolphins jumping right in front of us! Later, more of our family met us there and we played for a couple of hours in the sand. Everyone had a great time being together!

Disneyland & CA Adventure

We went to Disneyland and CA Adventure and had such a fun time together as a family! We rode almost every ride without hardly any wait and the weather was just perfect! Some of our favorite rides are Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Star Tours, Grizzly River Rapids, Small World, CA Screamin', Matterhorn, Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Toy Story Mania, and Tower of Terror. (Okay, that last one may not have been on Dillon's list of favorites).

Once, our family went on Splash Mountain 6 times in a row! With no wait! We were soaking, but it was worth it! We just laughed and laughed! Another day we went on Grizzly River Rapids 3 times in a row without even getting off the ride! So fun! Brian got to be part of a show called "Billy Hill and the Hillbilly's". He had everyone laughing so hard and the kids saying "Come here Pork Chop!" the rest of the day! Also, if you look closely below, Brian's name was right at the top of Santa's nice list in Small World. He just loved that of course! :) Here are my favorite pictures from our trip:

We also celebrated Jacob turning 13 while on vacation! I can hardly believe that he is that old! He is such a sweet kid though, well behaved and making good choices. Love him to pieces!