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Yup, we went to Disneyland!

We have been living in Bishop for a year now. One of Samuel's aunts (Margi) lives down by L.A., so, we FINALLY went down there! It is about a 5 hour drive in good traffic (which we got on the way down) and more like a 6-7 hour drive in bad traffic (which was the way home). Not too, far, but far enough that it is a very special trip.

The night we got there we actually went to the airport to meet up with one of Margi's cousins. They had a layover in L.A. on their way to Malaysia. They took us out to dinner at Red Lobster (haven't been there forever...which is a good thing because their biscuits are REALLY good!). It was fun to meet more of the extended family and hear about some of their adventures.

The next day, Thurs., we went to the "most magical place on Earth". It was Abel and my first time to Disneyland. I was really excited! We were blessed to go on a school day in the middle of the week right before a holiday. We only had to stand in line for about 20-30min. which meant we got to go on a lot more rides. Abel was pretty excited as well and had a great time on all the rides. He is a lot braver then I ever gave him credit for!

 

This was our first ride."Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters" Abel and I went on it twice. It is Samuel's Aunts favorite ride...and Abel's now too. He is still talking about "shooting Zurg".

 This is on the "Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage". Abel thought this was pretty neat as well...there were a couple parts that made him a "little nervous" (his words).

 Abel is the one that asked to go on "Dumbo the Flying Elephant". Like I said, he is a lot braver than I gave him credit for!

 Meeting Mickey Mouse! Not sure what Abel thought of him really, he wasn't scared, so that was a plus!

T-I-double G-ER! One of Abel's favorites, though you can't tell from the picture...He was a little bummed that Pooh wasn't there, but he was super excited to meet Tigger and Rabbit. He went right up to both of them and shook their hand (paw?)!
 We stayed for the parade and I'm glad we did. The whole day Abel was asking to see Donald Duck. He finally got to see him in the parade and boy was he excited! Another exciting thing that happened was that Abel got to meet Cinderella and she even gave him a kiss. I was probably more excited to meet Cinderella (she's my favorite princess!) then Abel was, so I didn't think to get the camera out...:)
It was a really fun trip. We also went to Costco and Walmart (Fun stuff:)!) for some stock up items.
We enjoyed visiting with Margi and it was good to get away for a bit. We don't often leave Bishop (not much to go to that's close) so it is always fun to go on a trip.