California Road Trip

* I can't get all the pictures to center.  I have tried for way too long.  Does anyone know how to fix this?  It is making me insane**

On our way to Disneyland we made a stop for one night in St. George and a very fun night and day stay with my sister, Rebecca, and her family in California.  We hadn't seen their amazing new home, and love her cooking, but best of all we got to spend quality time with them.  Macy was slow to warm up but loved the girls, especially the dance parties in the family room.  Brookelyn and Katelyn loved Julia and held her all day.  

Macy slept half the night in Maddie's room but ended up with us.  Maddie woke up and told Rebecca,"you know that girl that was sleeping in my room. . . I lost her."  They are very funny girls and kept us laughing the whole time.

And then we were off to California Adventure and Disneyland.

We spent the first day at California Adventure.  Macy was a little sick but just kept going, even after throwing up.  Our favorite part of the day was the Pixar parade.  Macy kept saying "wow!"

On day two, we were lucky to meet the my sister and her girls at Disneyland.  That day it rained and rained and rained.  We put on our ponchos and stayed until closing and had a good time despite being completely soaked.  It took two days for my shoes to dry out.  That night JD snuck off to the Jazz/Lakers game.  

The third day we did a mix of the two parks and everything was perfect.  No rain, healthy kiddos and not much of a crowd.  We made sure to see the Pixar parade again and stayed for the Color Wonder show.

We bought three day park hopper passes but after a mix up with our pass they comped us a day and we squeezed in several hours on the fourth day before driving back.  We were so happy to have more time there and were completely worn out by the time we made it to the car.

Macy is the perfect age to catch the magic and we thoroughly enjoyed watching her soak it all in. Julia was perfect and I was very surprised by how many rides we could take her on.  

JD's favorite ride was the California Adventures Toy Story ride, Macy's was the huge Ferris Wheel and my favorite part was the Dumbo ride with Macy in the rain. It was freezing and wet and Macy and I were just laughing and laughing. 

We made sure to get a picture of Julia's chipmunk cheeks with Chip