California Adventure, March 10th 2009

Last week we had the opportunity to go to California with most of the Heileson family to visit Madeline, Brytton and Evie. We had so much fun. We had the chance to go to Disneyland and California adventure, and Huntington beach. It was such a blast. I have separated the trip based on the big days. I took so many pictures and so I wanted to show them all based on the days that they were taken. The weather while we were in California was perfect. It was warm enough but not too hot. The lines were not the long either. We actually had it really good because of Jacob. We were able to get a handicap pass for Jacob that took him on a lot of the rides right up to the front of them. If the ride was not wheel chair accessible the whole time you took the pass up to the front of the line. We never waited more than 10 minutes when we could use it. It was so nice. We were able to get 6 of us on with the pass. We also had Madeline and Brytton who were so awesome about watching the smaller kids so we could ride the rides. They have season passes to the parks and so they have been many times and they wanted us to ride all the rides that we wanted to. It was so nice.

Walking to the parks.

Jacob and Kaelen in the stroller. That stroller saved us because we used it all the time. Not for Kaelen though but for all the other kids and Jacob.

Rachel in line for Toy Story Mania. It was a really fun ride. It was 3D and so it made it really fun.

The kids waiting to watch "It's Tough Being a Bug." I wish that I had pictures of the kids after wards. Hallie and Jacob hated it and screamed and cried during the show. They absolutely hated it. It was kind of funny.

Rachel and Aunt Rachael in line for California Screamin. It was an amazing roller coaster that goes upside down. Rachel LOVED it. I was so proud of her.

Picture of us on California Screamin. I love Rachel's face. She looks pretty scared.

Jacob in line for Grizzly River Run. The kids LOVED it. They loved getting wet.

Jakson, Rachel and Hallie on Grizzly River Run.

Rachael and Jacob on Grizzly river run.

Kids so excited about the ride so far.

I love the kids faces. They were about to go down a waterfall.

I love this picture of Gloria. I had to post it. Angie took it just as they were heading down the waterfall. I love her screaming.

Kaelen and Enoch.

Grandpa Heileson and Kaelen.

Kaelen on Monster Inc. ride. He loves the rides that he could go on. He would sit watching everything and would have the biggest eyes. I loved the Kaelen could go on tons of rides with us.

Elasta Girl. She was tall.

Handy Manny.

We tried to go on Tower of Terror but the three kids totally freaked out at the introduction of the ride and so I took them off the ride and we ran into goofy. The kids were extastic to see him. Jacob told goofy all about being scared to go on it. Goofy told him that he was afraid to ride on it too. That made Jacob feel a little better because even after we got off the ride he was crying that Dad was on the ride right then. The introduction to the ride really scared him.

Rachel and Hallie watching the Pixtar Parade. Enoch and I didn't watch it because we were riding Tower of Terror at the time. The kids really loved it though.

We couldn't leave without getting a picture of Rachel in front of the "R". They have the word CALIFORNIA spelled out. It is really cool.

Rachel, Hallie and Jakson infront of the "R".