Balboa Island

Going to Balba Island I had some anxiety with the water and the kids. But I had nothing to worry about. Cameron wouldn't go near the water. Brooklynn loves water and loved the sand. We all had a blast. Even McKenna had fun in the sand.


The kids were so cute. We went to Target before hand to buy buckets and shovels and they just kept on building sand castles and more. Bailey had a little run-in with some waves. She probably had 10 pounds of sand in her swimming suit. For her sake I won't post those pictures, but they sure were funny!


All in all it was a good day at the beach. We cleaned up and walked around Balboa, got a few souveniors and took the ferry back.

Out with Princesses

Nanci and I took the girls to lunch at Ariel's Grotto. (Except the baby girls)

Brooklynn and Gracie were so excited! They transformed into Ariel and Belle.

Belle was a favorite of the girls!

My favorite was and always will be Cinderella. That is how I got my nickname Yellie. (Since two years old watching Cinderella over and over again. Now I have aunts, uncles and cousins that still call me Yellie!

It was so fun and the girls loved meeting all the princesses. It was so neat. Our lunch was spendy, but AMAZING!

And our dessert platters, no words could describe! Delish.

Disney Characters

On the airplane I had a gift for the kids. They also got a gift each day and a new shirt. On the first day they got an autograph book to fill in the pages with their favorites. McKenna really didn't get pictures with them except this one with Mickey. She didn't know what the heck was going on. She was either asleep or just cozy in the stroller.


We saw a lot of characters and always kept the books handy.


Brooklynn's favorite (aside from the princesses- which I will post soon) was Tinkerbell, Minnie Mouse and Vidia.Brooklynn loved it. It was better than she imagined. "I loved being there and can't wait to go back."


Cameron loved them all. The first time he saw Woody, I was on a ride, but Ryan said it was priceless. He went running to him and almost fell down. He gave him a big hug,even though Woody was with another child. He loved every minute of it. And of course he LOVED the girls...



He gave lots and lots of kisses. Sometimes he gave them kisses on their cheeks and sometimes just blew a kiss. But he didn't miss one girl. Such a cutie!

Day 3 Disneyland and California Adventure

Jeff and Nanci spent the day with her brother. On our 3rd day we wanted just one last day to enjoy everything. Let the kids go on their favorite rides or rides that we didn't make it on. Go around and see characters that we didn't see before. It was going to be a fun relaxed day. Well it was just that, but by the 3rd day Cameron was tired and worn out. He got pretty grouchy. After we saw pretty much all the shows and other stuff we had wanted to see we decided to make it an early day. It was hard to me to want to leave, but I did it anyways. We made it to the hotel around 6:30pm.


Overall it was a good day. The kids got to go on their favorite rides and so did we. Brooklynn went to the Playhouse Disney show. It was so dang cute. I really wanted Cam to go, but he had fallen asleep. She loved it and I thought it was just adorable.


We got one the the famous Mickey Flower pictures. And that was our fun exciting time at Disneyland and California Adventure. Before the trip I think both Ryan and his parents weren't as excited as I was. Ryan shares with his dad a hatred of crowds. But I think everyone was pleasantly surprised at how much fun we all had. It was a good trip.

PS I still have pictures of them with the characters and then I will do our day at the beach.