Things I will remember about our trip:
Disneyland and California Adventure were just as much fun the second time around but since Ryan didn't remember a single thing from our first trip it was like experiencing it for the first time with him, so fun!
The kids were so easy to travel with.
We met up with Heath's mom, brother Brent, sister-in-law Tammy and nephew Landon and vacationed with them.
Luke had a caricature drawn of him holding a pokemon ball with his two favorite pokemon. The look on his face when he first saw his picture was priceless, he looked at it a million times during our trip.
Heath and Cody got drenched on Splash Mountain and Grizzly River Run, just a little bit funny.
It's a fact that I can carry or give Ryan a piggy back ride for a longer distance than Heath.
Luke and Ryan would often be heard saying, "Can we just go home now?" Crazy I know but they would be ready to go back to the hotel at times during the day.
Cody got to shop at the Lego store, but sadly it was being remodeled so not all of the cool Lego displays were out.
Ryan's all time favorite ride on our first trip was The Winnie the Pooh ride so it was funny riding it again with him, he didn't understand why he had liked it so much.
Nobody rode the California Screamin roller coaster this time.
Ryan loved flying again, that's another thing he didn't remember doing before. When we were landing into Oakland he loudly said, "Now, that is what I call a city!"
At the parks Luke would constantly have to be touching anything and everything including laying all over the garbage cans and on the ground, it was disgusting I'm sure he was covered in germs.
Ryan's favorite ride was Indiana Jones.
Brent was the high scorer both times when we rode Toy Story Mania.
Eating the breakfast at IHOP is a complete rip off.
Cody's favorite treat at the park was a churro, Luke's a pretzel with cheese and Ryan's everything.
The Matterhorn was closed for remodel just like the first time we went so nobody has had a chance to ever ride it.
Cody told me he had to keep his mind busy thinking of things while on the ride It's a Small World to keep the song from getting stuck in his head.
This was only the second time the kids have met Landon (the first time he was a baby) it didn't take long and they were all best buddies, especially Ryan and him.
Heath and Luke were the only ones to ride on Space Mountain.
Ryan rode all the rides with us, it helped that he didn't really no what to expect but he was a little more cautious the next time we would go on it because he knew what would be happening. After convincing forcing him to ride Big Thunder Mountain with us again he said once it was over, "I didn't just like it, I LOVED it, I guess I just had to man up mom!"
After riding Indiana Jones Luke said that he barfed in his mouth and then just had to swallow it back down. If it was a ride that he thought could make him sick he would just leave his cheeks puffed up so the barf had a place to go he told me. Lovely isn't it?
My favorite ride was Splash Mountain.
On the scary rides Ryan told us that he would just close his eyes, hold onto us tight and hide in his safe place.
Cody and Teresia never complained on vacation, they were awesome. Teresia is amazing on vacation, she kept up with us and her four grandsons all day long and went on every ride with us.
Landon's favorite thing to do was to ride the train around the park, he could do that all day long.
Luke had to crowd his way to the front and be first out of our group on every ride, I guess he thought he was going to miss out on something.
We ran into some classmates of Luke and Ryan's at Disneyland on our last day there.
Cody was obsessed with finding the hidden Mickey's at the park once he bought a book about them. He would walk around reading the book and even be reading the book on the rides trying to find them.
As we were heading up the last big climb on Splash Mountain before the drop Ryan said, "oh no" he didn't even know what was coming but could feel that it was going to be something big.
Luke says that The Tower or Terror would of been his favorite ride if he rode it but otherwise it was Space Mountain.
Walking to Disneyland everyday the boys would play a nonsense game that they made up. They would look for the character buses and call out a certain name for each one. If it had Lady and the Tramp on it eating spaghetti they would say, (uh oh spaghetti-o), if it was a Donald Duck bus they would say, (uh oh Donali-o) or if it was a Toy Story bus they would say, (uh-oh Ta-Stori-o). Crazy game but it kept them busy.
Heath's favorite ride was California Soarin.
Ryan got to do the Jedi Training and fight Darth Vader. Once again I helped do what I could for him to be chosen and he was so excited, he got to be right up on stage next to Mace Windu the whole time.
The boys loved having bunk beds in our hotel room. Luke was messing around swinging from the top bunk to the bottom bunk and fell. Apparently his shorts got hung up on the ladder because they were ripped up the side about four inches and had to be thrown away.
We told the kids that they better behave because we could still spank them in the happiest place on earth, they were good though so it never happened.
Cody's favorite ride was Star Tours, he went on it three times.
Ryan got his hand stuck in the elevator door when it was opening, thankfully he just bruised it.
I'm sure there were more things to remember from this trip but this is my list for now.
It was a wonderful family vacation something the boys are even still talking about today!
