Where the Clock Never Strikes Midnight!

So after my adventure in Vegas, my brother, sister, brother-in-law and niece headed off to Anaheim, California to meet up with Aaron and our sister Lauren for the greatest adventure of all. This was an adventure that I had to convince Aaron that he was excited for! DISNEYLAND!!!

Growing up in my family, Disney World was an almost every year experience! My family loves Disney, but this was our first trip to Disneyland! Jeff was so excited that the second we got into the hotel he ran to hug Mickey!

Even baby Kate was excited! She got dressed up in her princess outfit! The whole gang was off to enjoy the most magical place a kid could ever go to(or an adult who still wishes they were a kid... Aaron saw a whole new side of me during this trip. Even though I had warned him before hand, he was still in shock to see my inner 10 year old come to life for two days.)

We ran to Space mountain anticipating an hour long line but to our surprise we walked right on! Always go to Disneyland in October!

Next we headed over to Buzz Light Year, I think we had to actually wait 5 minutes to get on this one. So fun!

Next was Autopia, yay Whitney and Phil passed their driving test!

Our next adventure was Pirates of the Caribbean! Baby Kate loved it! Afterwards, I tried to convince Aaron that we should dress up like pirates for Halloween but he refused to do anything Disney related. Someday I will get him to dress up like the beast!

There is always time to stop for Disney treats! Turkey legs and Mickey mouse shaped ice cream sandwiches are my favorite treats every time!!!!!

After a quick lunch, we headed to the Haunted Mansion and SPLASH MOUNTAIN! We were so lucky all day, I kid you not that every time there happened to be a long line someone would randomly give us their fast pass! Awesome!

Jungle Cruise... Gotta love those baby Kate approved rides!

Thunder Mountain! A headache waiting to happen... but I still can't resist!

And the best part of all... The Disney Princess store. I think this was the biggest shock of all for Aaron. He honestly cannot believe that a 24 year old girl would still dream of being a princess... oh but I do! I am not sure Aaron had seen excitement like this from me before. I couldn't decide what souvenirs to buy. Even though my selection was limited because I already had half of the Belle items in the store, it still took 45 minutes to decide. Too bad most of them are just sitting in a closet... I can't wait until we have a little girl than there will be no excuse to hide them away! My sister Whitney is a huge Cinderella fan!

Well on Day two we headed across the way to the California Adventure park!!!

We rode Tower of Terror. This ride is so much cooler at Disney World. It was still fun though!

Toy story ride rocks!!!

And of course we rode California Screamin 3 times! Amazing!

And finally at night we took a break to watch the fireworks show! It too was amazing!!!

We loved every second of Disneyland! It fulfilled my disney craving... for now! I am now dying for an entire week where I am completely encompassed in a world of Disney. Florida here we come!

What happens in Vegas...

One of the many perks of being a teacher is fall break! This year we decided to head to Paris... I wish!

Instead my brother and I headed to the place where you can get a little taste of it all... VEGAS!

Yes it was just a quick stop on our way to our final destination... which you will learn about sometime in the next few days. It was your typical touristy Vegas vacation even the gambling... not really;)

Upon our arrival we headed off to do some mini-golfing! We lost a few balls in the water... Even baby Kate got in on the action.

Next we headed off to check out my sister's sweet new house! We then decided to take a few minutes to workout so we busted out the Wii fit. I even gave it a try. Sadly it told me that I have terrible posture and that I have the body of a 36 year old woman. Neither are a surprise to me seeing how I haven't worked out in the memorable past. Good thing we invested in that $400 gym membership :)

My brother was all about the hoola-hoop!

After our workout we were off to eat a healthy snack of dippin-dots! Can you believe they have an entire store dedicated to this fabulous treat! Only in Vegas! I am seriously considering moving there just for this store!



Next we headed to the strip. Our first stop was New York! New York! where we let the good times roll as we hopped aboard the roller coaster. What a rush!


Next we headed over to Coke World to try different Cokes from around the world. Italy, your coke is sick!!! We ended up doing a combo of all 16 flavors and it wasn't half bad! My favorite was a pina coloda tasting one from I forget where.

Then we went next door to M&M world. I was so disappointed when I discovered that they did not have flavored M&M's. They just had different colored M&M's... so not as cool as the one in the real New York.

That was it for our day in Vegas. We did take a stop the next day on our way out of town to check out the fountain at the Belagio. Let's just say that baby Kate was not a fan! Yikes!

I loved being in Vegas... well I mostly enjoyed being there with my family. Thanks Whitney for the good times! If only my sister and I lived closer to each other then life would be perfect!