Disneyland...

We're back from Disneyland... the happiest place on earth. Spence and I didn't tell the kids we were going... we wanted them to figure it out for themselves... just to see how long it would take. Here's how it went...

We waited for the boys to fall asleep Friday night and then Spence and I had a PANIC packing session. We got the trunk of the car totally loaded and went to bed. Saturday morning we got the boys in the car for a long day of 'errands' beginning with a stop at Mimi and Ed's (those are my cute parents) house. What a coincidence! Mimi and Ed had 'errands' to do, too! Why not do them together?

So off we went. We drove and drove and drove and the kids were totally content with the 'errand' explanation. It was about Cedar City when Jack asked if we were going to CABALA'S. "Yup!", we said. We stopped in St George and visited cute Marme and Par (my grand-parents... for those of you who don't know.) They were so cute not to spill the beans about our final destination... even though I think it was pretty hard for them. After a good 45 minutes, we were off again.

We stayed that night at the EXCALIBUR in Las Vegas. The boys loved the whole CASTLE idea. They also loved the Jousting Tournament where they got to eat with their hands. It was a fun night. The next day we had more errands to run... we just had to get to Cabelas. So we drove for a few more hours until we finally made it to our hotel. We stayed about 2 blocks away from Disneyland.

After we got situated in our rooms, we decided to take a walk over to Downtown Disney for dinner. Every bus that passed said DISNEYLAND... every kid we saw had Mickey Ears on... there were Mickey balloons all over..."When You Wish Upon A Star" was playing in the background... the Matterhorn was right in front of us!... still the kids had NO idea what we were doing or where we were. We were walking under a sign that said DISNEYLAND and I finally said, "Jack, we've got to teach you to read." and he said, "Well, I know that (pointing to the side of a bus) says DISNEYLAND." We stopped and looked at him for a second... Nope. Not a clue. It was about 5 minutes after that little conversation that everything finally clicked inside that little head and Jack asked if we were in DISNEYLAND. YAY! Finally. This is the moment of realization... It would only have been more obvious if we were on SMALL WORLD sitting with Mickey himself!

It was such a fun trip... THREE fun-filled days of the park. Here are some pics...

We had few celebrity sitings... Tom Bergeroff (spelling?)... you know, the guy from AFV and Dancing With the Stars. I actually spoke with him! (I feel pretty special.) and this guy...

I was so stealth taking this picture. His name is John Michael Higgins and he's 'Phil Knight' on KATH and KIM and one of the gay guys on BEST IN SHOW and Jennifer Aniston's brother on THE BREAK UP. Pretty exciting.

We tried a few new things this trip... one of them was eating breakfast at GOOFY'S KITCHEN. It was so much fun and the food was delicious. I'd go again in a second. The weather was nice, the rides were fun, we all put on a few pounds and we had a ball... what else can I say? That's our trip in a nutshell. Spence and I joke that we have met our "good parent" quota for a while... we probably won't do anything fun again until 2012. (that's a joke... mostly.)

Thanks to Mimi and Ed for putting up with us and making this trip great!