California Vacation-Day 1

This was on the train at the airport. It was the 1st time for the kids to fly and the airport was very exciting. The best parts of the airport were of coarse the escalators and the train. They loved it. Larke had a little bit of a hard time mastering the escalators. She would get unbalanced by the movement and would have to sit down. She did finally master it though.

This was waiting to get off the plane. The kids were all very good on the flight.

Rush sat with me for the most part. He loved looking out the window, shutting the window, opening the window, pressing his face to the window, etc. There was a cute little boy that sat in front of us that kept peeking over and that kept him somewhat entertained as well. My sister LeAnn took him for a little while so that I could help Larke make some paper dolls. I really enjoyed playing with Rush and Larke on the plane.

We finally got settled in our hotel around 10pm California time. We really liked our hotel. We had a king bed for Matt and me, then sliding doors to separate us from the kids area. They had bunk beds for the girls, a pull-out bed for Gideon, and a crib for Rush. The kids used the little table a lot during the week.

We started bright and early the next morning. We got to Disneyland a little after 8am and played the day away.

This is the Jedi Training. Gideon wore his cape and brought a light-saber in hopes that they would choose him from the crowd. We were so excited when they didn't only choose Gideon, but Eden and Spencer also. We really enjoyed the show and watching the kids learn to be real Jedis.

Gideon and Eden got to try their skills on Darth Vader.Spencer fought off Darth Maul very valiantly!

Darth Vader tried to turn the kids to the dark side but they were all withstood all his persuasion and passed their Jedi Training, they even received diplomas.

Gideon was just a little excited by the experience. Spencer and Gideon were great friends the whole trip and even came up with a handshake they named the California Idiot.

Matt playing around in Gideon's cape while waiting in line for the Finding Nemo Submarine ride.

Enjoying all the Classics. Eden's favorite was the Peter Pan ride which is very magical.

Even though Star Tours was supposed to be closed while we were there they we doing some research on line flow so we were all very excited to try it out. Gideon loved that he was chosen as the rebel spy. LeAnn closed her eyes the whole time and I have to say that it the ride that almost put me out of my seat. I loved it.

Our first character meeting as we left the park to go get some dinner.

We came back after dinner but did not take any more pictures. The other rides we did that day were the Indiana Jones ride, Space Mountain, the Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain, and almost everything in Fantasy Land. We also really enjoyed the Fantasmic Show and the fireworks at night. It was a great tiring day.