We're all in this together: Happiest place on earth!!

Well, Santa Clause came through for us and sent us to Disneyland, just like he promised and we are completely happied out! It was extremely fun, and we can't wait to go again! (Except for maybe Holt, he wasnt' so thrilled about spending so much time in his stroller).

Our first day, we managed to completely avoid FantasyLand, we headed straight for the Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean, which is one of my all time favorites! Then, the kids and dad had to run through Tarzan's Treehouse before our Fast Pass time for Indiana Jones. Unfortunately, Porter wasn't quite tall enough for Indiana, so Korinne got to go twice in a row, which she said was "totally awesome". But, Porter was a very good sport about the whole thing. We had to constantly have our autograph books out and we spent a lot of time in line for autographs, but to the kids, it was worth it.

The weather was great most of the time, high 50's to mid 60's, definitely better than here!

We hit the electric parade that first night, but by the time it was over we were all so exhausted, nobody except Grandma Rolli wanted to stay for the fireworks. Luckily, our hotel was only an 8 minute walk away, so it was very convenient the whole time.

Our second day, we couldn't avoid Fantasy Land, so that's where we headed. The lines can be a little ridiculous, but all in all, we did good getting to everything. Except, much to Korinne's dismay, Small World was closed. I guess we'll catch that next time. We headed to Tomorrow Land and tried to get Porter in the Jedi Training show, but he wasn't chosen. He was heartbroken, (he loves Star Wars!), so we promised him we would try again. When the lines started getting too intense, we headed over to Tom Sawyer's island to run around for a while. Holt loved this and took off as fast as his little legs could go...it was great!

Then, we hit Thunder Mountain, which is awesome, but Porter was asleep in the stroller by now, so we decided we'd have to do it again later, which Korinne was more than happy with because she loved it! Same with Splash Mountain. (Korinne stayed dry the first time, but got soaked the second time)So we headed to the Dreams Come True (or something) parade. It was very joyful! Then, we got to one of Porter's favorites, Buzz Lightyear!

About this time, everyone was getting hungry and Korinne and Porter wanted to swim at the hotel, so we walked to the Cheesecake Factory (yummy!) for dinner and then headed back to the hotel to swim. There was no way I was getting in, but the kids didn't care if it was cold, they jumped right in. Colby and the kids were pretty tired again that night, so after everyone got to bed, me and my mom headed back to the park to watch the fireworks. It was, by far, the best fireworks show I have ever seen! Disney doesn't do anything half-way! After the fireworks, the park was staying open until midnight, but most of the people cleared out, so my mom and I walked onto almost every ride, (we had to wait 15 minutes for Space Mountain), but it was great!

The next morning, we had early morning entry, so we raced over the Finding Nemo ride. Well, everyone else had the same idea and we still ended up spending 45 minutes in line. But the kids, including Holt, got a big kick out of it. We then had our breakfast with the characters at the Plaza Inn. I don't think Korinne and Porter really ate anything, but they got plenty of signatures in their books!

Next, we headed over to California Adventure. Korinne wouldn't have anything to do with the Tower of Terror, (she remembered it from last time), but Porter was all for it. Korinne tried to scare him into not going on it, but it didn't work, and he LOVED it! He's all for the thrill rides! Then we headed to the Turtle encounter with Crush. Crush decided to have a little chat with Porter, but he clammed up a bit. Crush asked him where he was from, and in his very straight forward way, Porter replied "home". It was cute. We watched the High School Musical 2 street production, and Korinne and Porter got to join them and dance through part of the songs, which they were ecstatic about!

We headed over to Soarin' over California next, (which is my other favorite ride!). Most of the rides have a 40 inch requirement, and Porter is 39 3/4 inches, so we weren't worried about him getting on, but they wouldn't let him pass. I told the guy measuring him that Porter had been able to go on it a year ago, but he still wouldn't let him on. A lady behind us had heard our predicament, so she pulled us over to the side and gave us this little tip.... fold some napkins over in his shoes and he'll get right on. Well, it's not the most honest thing, but we did it for the rest of the rides and he had no problem passing the height requirement!! Yeah! (Except for California Screamin, he's not even close for that one). But, Korinne loved Screamin and she went on it twice, once with Colby and once with me and Grandma, it was great!

Our last day, we hit just a few of the things we had missed. Korinne headed to the Princess Fantasy Fair and got her hair done like a Princess and her face painted, and waited in line for almost 2 hours to get Princess signatures, but it was well worth it for her.

Since it was raining some this day, they had cancelled the first few shows of the Jedi Training, so we did a meet and greet with the Star Wars Characters. Darth Mall was kind of scary, but Jedi Porter used the force and kept us safe!

Later in the afternoon, everything finally dried out, so we got our chance for the Jedi Training again. The force must have been pretty strong with us because Porter and Korinne were chosen this time! Yeah!! Porter fought Darth Vader and Korinne fought Darth Mall and the both did fantastic!