Family Vacation

For a long time Molly and I have been wanting to take our families to Disneyland. This year they are doing the "Give a day, get a day" program. There were lots of different things we could do. Like help at a soup kitchen etc. We chose to make blankets for Haiti. It was easy to do and with "free" tickets, why not go? Richard and I left Saturday and checked into our hotel in Vegas we took the kids swimming and just hung out until John and Molly flew in from Washington that night. The next day all 8 of us crammed into the van and headed for Disneyland. We went to Disneyland on Monday and then on Tuesday we went to California Adventures, Wednesday we made the dreaded trip home. We all had such a good time it just came and went way too fast for everyone.
Days 1 & 2
The wind was blowing so hard it made the pool freezing cold. Maddie's cheeks were purple for hours afterward.

Kaden was already asleep when Alice got there so they had to wait til' morning to see eachother. They were both so happy to be together finally.
Getting ready to go... sporting there new glasses.
All the kids just getting ready to leave for Disneyland.
Kaden was so excited to have his ticket to Disneyland

That morning it was raining pretty good so John decided to get us all ponchos... about the time he did the rain stopped.
Kaden wasn't too sure about getting close to any of the characters.

Kaden in Mickeys chair
Maddie in Toon Town

DAY 3



When we got to California Adventures we headed straight to Bugs Land for the kids and they all loved it. They got to go on 4 different rides in one hour.

Patiently waiting behind the yellow line
Bugs movie 3D...
Kaden loved getting to see these guys ;)
Richard was the only one that wanted to ride the Mala-boomer so he went all by himself.




The Pixar parade was so cute.