esterday was such a long day at Disney, I didn't have time to reserve the date to blog, so these next two days will be mushed together. I'm glad we got a chance to go back to Disneyland after our first day. There was so much we didn't get a chance to see. We bought park hopper tickets which allow you to go from Disney's California Adventure to Disneyland on the same day. So, we started with DCA. As we were walking up 
with our tickets Presley said, "Are these good tickets? I don't want you to cry again, Auntie." She's so thoughtful. I had no doubt they were good considering they came from one of the most trustworthy gal I know!We decided to work the FastPass magic today and ran to get tickets to Soaring over California first, then Hollywood tower of Terror, a trip through A Bugs' Life, Cars characters, and a Mickey's Clubhouse show! Presley was jumping, clapping, singing, and enjoying during the whole 
performance. Finally it was time to cash in our FastPasses at SOC. What a ride! You sit in a chair with your feet hanging and literally fly over the major sights of California. All while feeling breeze, smelling the ocean, oranges, wow...props to the inventor of that one! Two tasty treats for the day. Cotton candy of course, and the latest thing: a moon shaped rice krispy bar! YUM!
performance. Finally it was time to cash in our FastPasses at SOC. What a ride! You sit in a chair with your feet hanging and literally fly over the major sights of California. All while feeling breeze, smelling the ocean, oranges, wow...props to the inventor of that one! Two tasty treats for the day. Cotton candy of course, and the latest thing: a moon shaped rice krispy bar! YUM!Early in the afternoon we made our way back over to Disneyland. Kevin & Jason got out the maps and tried to figure out a plan of attack. The first item on the agenda, was to go inside Sleeping Beauty's
Castle and look around. Presley loved it. Presley went on Pirates of the Caribbean last night while Holly and Madison waited. So, we went on it again with the whole family. Presley was telling Holly all the details so she wouldn't get scared. "Now mommy, they're gonna shoot guns, but don't worry mommy, they're not shooting at you." There are two small roller coaster-like drops on this ride. Madison didn't dig them to well, or the guns, or the darkness. Ah well, she's gotta toughen up sometime! :)I'd say the coolest part of the day was watching the Fantasmic show at the end of the night. A f
ew thousand people crowded around to watch it, and since we got there late, we stood no chance of seeing it, so we went and rode a few rides. I tell you, riding a roller coaster while two sets of fireworks are going off is pretty awesome. We went and nabbed front row seats for the later show, we had to wait 45 minutes for it to start, but the good seats were worth 
it. Live acting, a pirate ship, princesses dancing on boats, a cruise ship filled with every Disney character imaginable, and lots and lots of fireworks. It was awesome. Presley and Madison slept through the whole thing, because they were so tired. Presley would open her eyes for a second, but immediately zonked back out. All the princesses in one place and she missed it! Grr! By the time we got out of the Disneyland parking lot, it was midnight. What a day! We definitely got our monies worth there, but with a 5:00 wake up call to get them to the Burbank airport in time, it made for a short night.
ew thousand people crowded around to watch it, and since we got there late, we stood no chance of seeing it, so we went and rode a few rides. I tell you, riding a roller coaster while two sets of fireworks are going off is pretty awesome. We went and nabbed front row seats for the later show, we had to wait 45 minutes for it to start, but the good seats were worth 
it. Live acting, a pirate ship, princesses dancing on boats, a cruise ship filled with every Disney character imaginable, and lots and lots of fireworks. It was awesome. Presley and Madison slept through the whole thing, because they were so tired. Presley would open her eyes for a second, but immediately zonked back out. All the princesses in one place and she missed it! Grr! By the time we got out of the Disneyland parking lot, it was midnight. What a day! We definitely got our monies worth there, but with a 5:00 wake up call to get them to the Burbank airport in time, it made for a short night. I dropped them off in Burbank at 8:30 a.m. and rushed home so I could lead 
a growth group at 9:30. Their plane was scheduled to leave at 10. At 10:40 I got a text from Kevin, "Still sitting on the tarmac, engine trouble." When my group was done at 11:20, I called him. They were still sitting there. By noon, they let them off the plane and because Burbank is such a small airport, had to try to figure out another means to get them to MSP. There were none. So they shuttled them to LAX late in the afternoon and put them on the red-eye flight out of LAX. Lucky for me, I got to drive up 
(thanks to Linda Luhmann for the short notice use of her SUV) and get them and spend a few more hours with the whole crew! They weren't too excited about the long night of travel ahead of them, but I was sure glad to get to spend 6 more hours with them! Poor Kevin still hadn't completed his sermon, so he worked on it for about an hour, and said he'd have to finish it in the morning.
a growth group at 9:30. Their plane was scheduled to leave at 10. At 10:40 I got a text from Kevin, "Still sitting on the tarmac, engine trouble." When my group was done at 11:20, I called him. They were still sitting there. By noon, they let them off the plane and because Burbank is such a small airport, had to try to figure out another means to get them to MSP. There were none. So they shuttled them to LAX late in the afternoon and put them on the red-eye flight out of LAX. Lucky for me, I got to drive up 
(thanks to Linda Luhmann for the short notice use of her SUV) and get them and spend a few more hours with the whole crew! They weren't too excited about the long night of travel ahead of them, but I was sure glad to get to spend 6 more hours with them! Poor Kevin still hadn't completed his sermon, so he worked on it for about an hour, and said he'd have to finish it in the morning. 
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