DiSnEyLaNd!!

We decided that this year with our tax return we would go to California and party. We decided to go the week of my birthday. We got there on the 21st of March and came home on the 27th of March. We stayed at this little hotel about 2 or 3 miles from DisneyLand called the Brookhurst Plaza Inn.


It was not the Hilton by any means but it was inexpensive and not to terribly far from DisneyLand.

We got there on the afternoon of the 21st and decided to go spend sometime at Downtown Disney! I slipped on the wedge flipflops and off we went. We walked up and down those stores several times and ate at my favorite place ESPN zone!



The next day we got up early and headed to DisneyLand so we could be there when it opened!

The weather was great! It was funny cuz people were wearing jackets and sometimes coats when we got there in the morning and Aaron and I thought the weather was ideal....especially compared to home.

Pretty sure I dont know how to work pictures on here well! We were looking at the map trying to decide where ot head to next.

We ended up heading out at about 8 that night because due to my intelligence. I was having awful shin splints from wearing my wedge flipflops the day before! I was thankful we drove to DisneyLand instead of walking because I wasnt even sure I was going to make it to the car!

The next morning we got up and headed to California Adventure! This was the most exciting for me because Aaron had never been!  The park was under construction because they were working on Cars Land but we still got to do a lot.

Talking to Crush!

Bugs Life movie :)

Checking out what character he is!

Aarons Disney character.

My Disney Character.

We took full advantage of the fast passes, the wait for the tower of terror was 120 minutes! Screamin broke down for a little while but we were able to get on there twice and the toy story ride broke down when we were about half way through the line :/ We ate Churros, cream cheese stuffed pretzels and delicious bread bowls with soup! I cant wait until we can go back and experience cars land!

The next day we went to Universal Studios! Aarons mom knows someone that works there and so we were able to get one free admission! It was a little cold that day but we still had so much fun. We started with the tour on the little tram thing.

On the tram.

BACK TO THE FUTURE anyone?!

Tricky cars!

Cant go wrong with Desperate Housewives!

CrAzY!

After the tram ride we went out and went on all the rides! Jurassic Park was Aarons favorite....I wasnt sure about getting wet like that on a less warm day but I went anyway!

We got to see Scooby up close!

After we left Universal it was still early enough that we were able to stop by the beach!

We were planning on going the next day but were lucky we decided to go on Saturday! Sunday it rained the entire day. We tried to go to the Orange County Swap meet but there were maybe 10 vendors there due to the rain so after that we headed to some outlet malls! It was raining like crazy and I was wearing TOMS that soaked through almost instantly so of course I had to at least get a pair of new shoes and Aaron got to visit the Under Armour outlet!

The next day Monday was our last full day there! We went to Knotts Berry Farm with Stacy, Arika and Stephanie! I have a ton of pictures because we finally had someone else there to take them and Aaron also listens to others much better then me when it comes to posing for pics!

Before we went in!

Old wood rollercoaster kind of like the white one at Lagoon! It was fun but it jerked me around a little to much for my liking.

Um YUCK! I am not holding those....oh wait....

I think the expression on my face is pretty self explanatory!

 
I am a little distraught because this thing is yucky and I held it but I am missing the pic! I will be hunting that down!

Panning for Gold with Stephanie and Arika!

Happy Birthday to me! Funnel Cakes are DELICIOUS!

Aaron, myself, Arika and Stephanie!

On the log ride!

Aaron was trying to look like a grump!

Awesome rollercoaster!

I went on this ride....I think maybe because I lost my mind for a minute!

And this is what we looked like afterwards! May as well have had a bath!!

 Birthday Girl!!

After Knotts we met up with Aarons family at Vinces! Vicki and her family came, Kimmie and her family, Jason and Tracy, and Chris and Shauna! Way bummed that we dont have any pictures but super grateful that we were able to get together! We spent the night at Vickis and then headed home! It was such an awesome trip :)