California! Part 1

Almost two years ago, our little family started planning a trip to Disneyland! We saved and planned, and saved and planned. The kids worked hard to earn extra spending money too.

We planned the trip for the end of September (yes we took the kids out of school for a week), hoping to avoid as much crowds as possible (thank you Cars Land for making that impossible!). We got to the airport first thing in the morning so we had plenty of time to get checked in and eat breakfast.

I was definitely concerned about flying with a 2 year old (even if she is cute). And thanks to every electronic item we own, she did pretty well.

The first thing I will say about California is that it was so hot and so humid! I have definitely gotten used to Idaho weather. We went straight to lunch at Slaters 50/50. And we met up there with Rik and Adell King (so sad we didn’t get pictures there).

I had never been there before. But their specialty is a hamburger that is 50% beef and 50% bacon – so good! But now that I have been there, I highly recommend the PB&J burger (yes, peanut butter and jelly)! That was the best! I think it might be a new quest of mine learning how to make that at home.

We stayed the first two nights with Rik and Adell (they welcomed us in, only two weeks after their wedding)! We weren’t in camera mode yet on the trip, so we didn’t get many pictures. Unfortunately Adell had already gone to work when we took this one.

It was so nice of them to let us come and invade their space (we’re not a small group). Rik was like a second dad to Adam while he was a teenager. We had such a nice time visiting with them!

We were all so grateful to have a pool to play and cool off in! I think the kids could have stayed there the whole trip and been happy.

Driving around Yorba Linda again it seemed exactly the same. We’ve been gone seven years now, but it seemed just like we hadn’t left. Though I was surprised that I couldn’t quite remember street names, and where things were.

We went to our old Ward (YL 4th) on Sunday, and had such a great time seeing all our friends there! I love being in Boise, and I really feel like it’s where we are supposed to be, but a little piece of my heart ached to be back with all those good people!

We had so much fun visiting everyone! But Monday morning it was time to really get moving! We left Rik’s and went straight to Disneyland. Hopefully I’ll get those pictures posted soon. :)