DISNEYLAND

they have no idea what they are in for...

character meal was a hit, the food wasn't so bad either

i think liam has a crush... look at those lovey eyes! 

charlie wanted his head bit off so bad he all but begged him-goofy or pluto, 
whoever that is...

waiting for the shuttle.  kind of lame, a couple times we walked it.  
about 20 min to walk from hotel

the first morning in the park! 
the character meal we did the night before
so we could just focus on the park mayhem the whole next day

the first ride of disney....
DUMBO!
...then tea cups.  

its a small world"  had NOT a single person in line.  what?!

ruby's favorite ride in disney...matterhorn bobsled-you can see it behind her head
tinkerbell was sweet
see that cast on emris leg.  poor thing was in a cast for her 1st disney trip!
it got us all to the front of the line on most rides though
 so maybe she didn't mind it as much
we were pretty spoiled this trip -what with the handicap pass 
and it wasn't as crowded in general

4 dollar icecream cones.  so refreshing though!

liam got to be a jedi in training and fight darth vador,
what's his name?  dark or darth?  oh well, liam did awesome
 he even ducked at the right time.  he thought he was pretty cool

cousin emri got chosen too! 
 she had to fight scary man with the scary makeup and horns coming out of his head.
she was so brave!
 she cried when it was over..lay off scary horn guy!

lame car ride

how the kids felt about the shuttle, but they didn't want to walk either...

way rad cars land, different from lame car ride...
aka: charlie heaven

additional charlie heaven: the long awaited "radiator springs" cars ride.
  the real deal.  it was way awesome
we worked the system and went on probably 4 times. 
 never waiting more than 15 minutes.
normally there was always a 60 minute wait for this ride with out the fast passes

sometimes its tiring waiting for the ride to start.
 poor marty wanted to be on the "big" coaster

monsters inc ride was way cool
so many rides the kids loved.  liams favorites were grizzley river run where you get super wet, bugs land rides, soarin over california, jungle cruise
charlie-soarin over cali and cars land ride -of course
ruby-matterhorn, thunder mtn railroad, grizzley river run-she was def. more on the adventurous side- she would have done california screamin with marty-(not i)
 if she was only 2 inches taller!
i guess i should mention here that we took -well i took- charlie and ruby on tower of terror
what?!
 marty took liam out before we got on the elevator cuz he was crying
 i had no idea what to expect -only that the staff member said it wasn't scary for kids and that charlie was tall enough, so...why not.  
again   what?!?! 
 was i thinking.  poor charlie shook like a leaf and ruby was just 'silent' scared probably trying not to think or move.  liam would have def. passed out. literally.  i'm SO glad he didn't go on that ride and that he listened to his internal spirit telling him he wouldn't like it.  we are awesome parents, huh?
and we took all three of our kids on space mtn which during october is ghost galaxy-super scary satan skull man screaming in your face the whole time-which again, we were clueless
wowsers, we may have ruined our children for life.  

parades were amazing,  we saw two...
had to get that 4$ icecream again! 
 so yum on a hot afternoon when you need a pick me up

pooped out! im so glad the one bed thing worked out for them. 
 good thing they are littles
their treasures.  thanks gpa lee/merry for sending them some $ to buy a special gift. 
 they loved picking one out
charlies choice was easy, he was done in 1 minute-3 cars
  the other two stewed about it forever!

jungle cruise ride.  one of liams favorites

ruby wasn't too crazy to meet characters, 
but emri really wanted to meet frozen ladies so they had fun going with
me and ruby went on thunder mtn railroad like 4 times~! 
 she LOVED it and the line wasn't bad only waiting 10 ish or less min each time

oh is the sun in your eyes? or are you just super duper wiped out 
and tired! cuz its the last day!!!

awesome world of color show, worth waiting for and getting seats for.

ahhhhhh   the beach!!  3 arch beach
a private beach.
we got hooked up thru jami's friend!
soooo relaxing.  no babies to watch
kids in heaven.  even emri braved it in the cast!

do you think charlie is happy?

the best dad ever

there are 3 arches in that rock
the best of the best seashells we have ever collected!
rewards for being on a private beach , not alot of traffice to steal them all!
awesome!

run charlie run!

so beautiful,  don't want to leave....:(

the best, grandparents take care of baby nora
she was in heaven and probably spoiled with their attention
thank you GandG!