The big reveal!!!

I think Devanie beat me to the punch but yes, we went to Disneyland for 3 days, Universal Studios, Sea World and the San diego Zoo. We got a fantastic at Costco for the southern California City Pass. $200 for and adult pass-Kylee was considered an adult at 10. A 3 day pass to Dineyland by itself was $170. The trip was exhausting. But great fun. I need to clean out the bad pictures on the camera but we took about 1000 pictures. But I know there are bad ones.

We didn't tell the kids until they were all in the car and we had dropped Lee Joe's car off to get fixed. And it was cooler there than here. But humid.

We started off going to San Francisco to make the trip interesting. We walked around pier 39. Drove through downtown and found our motel. The next day we drove down the coastline. It was beautiful. We saw elephant seals and some were "fighting" in the water. We got to LA late. Found our motel within walking distance of Disneyland. Bright and early we hit the park. Did you know there are not enough places to sit in Disneyland? We went on the worst ride to start out our Disneyland experience. We went on the Indiana Jones ride. Hannah was traumatized somewhat and we were all really jumpy after that. But it was a really fun ride. Hannah struggled a little bit after that. I made Lee Joe go to some little kid rides. We all went on the small world ride. Hannah loved it. All the rest of them went nuts.
We got two more days at Disneyland and California adventure. We had to rent a wheelchair for Kylee. There is something really wrong with her feet and they got really swollen and put her in tears. She has a high pain tolerance. It helped a lot.

Day 4 was Universal studios. We liked the tour ride and the Waterworld stunt show but really it is geared more towards older kids. There were rides and things we didn't see and we were fine with that. We saw the Hollywood sign and drove down Hollywood Blvd and Sunset Blvd. We saw the Kodak theatre and weren't impressed with the area around the most famous parts.

Day 5 was Sea World. We all loved it. Most of us got to touch a dolphin and starfish and rays. We loved the shows. That was the day we got toasted. Kylee's feet recovered and she walked fine that day.

Day 6 was the San diego Zoo. We liked that too but didn't even see it all. But we saw Pandas and Koalas. We liked that too.

We did all the parks and we wanted to check out the ocean before we went home. The kids and Lee Joe all plyed in the water until each of them got a mouth full of salt water and it made them sick and killed the fun but they enjoyed it still. The temperature was perfect and the water was warm.

We thought since we were so close to border that we would check it out. I really didn't want to cross the border but Lee Joe always wants to do more than I want to do. We crossed, walked a little in Tijuana, about got seriously overcharged for souvenirs. The girls weren't impressed, I had an anxiety attack. Then we got in line to get back across the border. It was an hour wait. I didn't have my regular wallet with me and had nothing on me for ID for the girls and border guard was a grumpy guy. He acted like we weren't going to be able to cross and got offended by something Lee Joe said. I had to talk our way through and told him I would go to the car and get our pictures and their medical cards then he finally let us through. Lee Joe thought it was a great experience. Weirdo. I could have done without it all. It was the only sour note on the trip besides Lee Joe's do it all grumpy impatience we dealt with at Disneyland. Part of why we walked too much the first day. He didn't want to wait 2 hours for the finding nemo submarine ride on our 3rd day. But we waited and all the girls liked it a lot. He had a hard time waiting for the rides that were the best for Hannah. I was able to do a few things for just her an I on the last day at Disneyland. The 4 oldest girls went on the Tower of Terror and Lee Joe felt he had to it even though he didn't want to. He said it was awful and the 4 older girls loved it.

But it was the first real long family vacation we have had and we sure packed a lot in the time we had. Now I have to do all the laundry and do a hundred other things today I have to send Amber abd Kelsea off early tomorrow morning. So the pictures will come a little later this week.

I really liked Disneyland.