Or rather, this is us skipping Halloween. When Shawn and Melissa invited us to join them and the Boydens at Disneyland for the weekend, no one was more surprised than I was that Rob agreed on such short notice. I mean, it took him FIVE YEARS to pick out and buy his road bike. We're not exactly spontaneous. But as Melissa said
here, we "clearly underestimated Rob's hatred of all things Halloween. He was more than happy to leave costumes and trick-or-treating behind." We had a great trip—thanks Stringhams and Boydens! Here are some highlights:
Alright, this isn't really a highlight, but I can't document this trip without mentioning our three hour stop north of Beaver. What's sad is that we actually got out of the house at 6:00 a.m., which is a record for us, only to be delayed by a nasty snowstorm.
While we were waiting for the gates to open our first day there, a cast member (Bob, pictured here with us) said he was looking for a family of six to open the park. Several families raised their hands until he added "from Utah." That's us! It was fun to be the first ones in.
Both of the boys were picked for Jedi training, another first for us. I wish I had a photo of Ainsley hiding behind my back every time Darth Maul came near us.
We didn't see as many characters this visit, but it was fun to see a few in costume.
We loved Toy Story, the latest ride at California Adventure.
The decorations everywhere were great. The Haunted House was completely redone in "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
We got several shots with Mickey though, all in different outfits—he must have been busy changing his clothes every five minutes. :)
Joey was picked to be in one of the shows. Too bad he's not very dramatic.
It was three times the fun on days two and three, since the Stringhams and Boydens were there too.
Rob thinks this photo sums up the whole trip pretty well.
The whole group.
No costumes this year, so we settled for shots in their Halloween shirts.
Alright, this isn't really a highlight, but I can't document this trip without mentioning our three hour stop north of Beaver. What's sad is that we actually got out of the house at 6:00 a.m., which is a record for us, only to be delayed by a nasty snowstorm.
While we were waiting for the gates to open our first day there, a cast member (Bob, pictured here with us) said he was looking for a family of six to open the park. Several families raised their hands until he added "from Utah." That's us! It was fun to be the first ones in.
Both of the boys were picked for Jedi training, another first for us. I wish I had a photo of Ainsley hiding behind my back every time Darth Maul came near us.
We didn't see as many characters this visit, but it was fun to see a few in costume.
We loved Toy Story, the latest ride at California Adventure.
The decorations everywhere were great. The Haunted House was completely redone in "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
We got several shots with Mickey though, all in different outfits—he must have been busy changing his clothes every five minutes. :)
It was three times the fun on days two and three, since the Stringhams and Boydens were there too. 
Rob thinks this photo sums up the whole trip pretty well.
The whole group.
No costumes this year, so we settled for shots in their Halloween shirts.
2 comments:
It's about time, I was getting a little tired of your last post!
You're blogging again!! It looked like you all had a wonderful time on vacation - so fun!
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