Disneyland!

We had such a great time at Disneyland! The girls had a blast. We left our little LJ home and we missed him, but we were able to cram a lot more into 3 short days without him. We had fun meeting the characters, and trading pins, which we had never done before, but Mikayla got a nice collection of princess pins and Gweny kept trading for Minnie Mouse pins. She ended up with 8 Minnie Mouse pins.

Gweny was fun to go on rides with. She LOVED the Dumbo ride and the Merry-Go-Rounds. She tentatively rode the Matterhorn with Josh and was terrified, but then tried it again and loved it. She also loved Thunder Mountain Railroad. She felt brave for not holding on and screaming as loud as she could. She got to wear a birthday badge with her name on it and people kept saying, "Happy Birthday, Gweny!" She would smile huge and say, "Thank you!"

Mikayla was our brave little discoverer. She wanted to try ALL the rides, even if she thought they were scary. I took her on the Tower of Terror and she was really, really terrified. She just sat there shaking. She didn't cry until we got off the ride. I felt bad. But she loved Space Mountain and the other roller coasters.

Our favorite ones to ride together were Soaring Over California and Toy Story Mania. Josh and I each even sneaked one last ride on California Screamin' before we left. We had perfect seats for Fantasmic, which was my very favorite thing.

We had a great time. It was the perfect way to celebrate our 10th anniversary! We can't wait to go back (someday)!

Here are lots and lots and lots of pictures.

This Ariel was sweet to Gweny. She bent down and whispered "I hope you have a special birthday and remember that this is a magical place."