Well it started out with getting up and 5 am and driving to California. We made a couple of stops for gas and food. We stopped at In-N-Out Burger for lunch and I forgot that whenever me and my three kids walk in everyone stares, here in Utah it is a little more common to see families with several small kids but the whole restaurant stared and talked about us as we sat and ate. But we made it there about 4 pm where we checked into the hotel we got a Kids Suite which was great. It had one room with two queen beds and then a second room with bunk beds and a pull out couch. The first night we just ordered pizza and then went swimming in the pool and I loved the fact that it had a kiddie pool so my kids could play and run around themselves. That helped to get some energy out from sitting in a car.
The next morning was Disneyland. We did all sorts of rides. It was great because there were tons of rides that we all could do even Logan. If I put him in my snugli then Logan and I only counted as one person then Paul could take one of the other boys and I could take the other. The kids especially loved the Buzz Lightyear ride and Pirates of the Caribbean ride (Kaden was scared at first but then he warmed up to it. So after a day of rides and more rides we ate dinner at The Orleans Restaurant in Disneyland which was okay. Then after dinner it was off to save a spot for the parade. The parade was good but it had alot of the older Disney movies in it that me Boys don't know that well but they still enjoyed it. And that was our night it was back to the hotel and we put on a movie for the boys in there room and they were out.
The next morning we did California Adventure which was fun but doesn't have nearly as many rides for the boys but they did love the new Toy Story Mania. WE first waited in line and when we were almost to the front the ride broke down so we had to go another time. Bu I think by the end of the day we went on it 6 or 7 times. The boys also love the Mickey Mouse clubhouse live on stage show. I really liked the Soarin over California ride probably the closest thing to hang gliding I will ever get. Then we did the parade at California Adventure it was full of all the more recent movies and the boys loved it. After we were done with all the ride and the parade we went and did some shopping and got some souvenirs. We got each of the boys Mickey Mouse ears with their names on the back and my niece a birthday presents and Kaden and Tanner got a transforming Buzz Lightyear. We headed back to the car and up to Ventura to my brother's house which is about 2 hours away. The boys slept most of the way there. But when we got there Kaden woke up and was just crying well it turns out he had a temperature of 103 probably from heat exhaustion but we finally got he back to sleep and he woke up the next morning just fine.
Saturday we did really do much we slept in and played around my brother's house and took the kids to the park. We also went to the Teva outlet were we got shoes for me, Paul, and all the boys. Then we had my Great Uncle and his wife over for dinner it was nice to see them I don' get to see them that often.
Sunday we got up and got ready for church but on the way to church we lost my sister-in-law and had no clue where the church was we drove around for a while trying to find it but no luck so we went back to their house but it was completely locked. So we decided to go to the near by outlets. So we did a little shopping but found nothing. Then we headed back to my brother's house for lunch and for the kids to take a little nap. After they woke up we went to the beach the kids had a lot of fun playing on the playground, trying to out run the waves and walking on the pier.
Then back to my brother's house for all the kids to play.
Monday morning we left California and made a few stops at produce stands and then we stopped in Vegas and stayed a hotel just off the strip called Sam's Town not bad especially since the room was only 25 dollars. Paul and I did a little gambling and broke even and figured we better stop. Then we took the kids to M&M world on the strip. Then to bed to get up in the morning and drive the rest of the way home.
The boys did pretty good in the car the last two hours were a little rough but we survived.
