Disneyland 2009!

So for Christmas we gave the kids a trip to Disneyland. We flew out on Wednesday night, picked up our car, and went straight to the hotel. We were all exhausted so we went to sleep. The next morning we woke up bright and early. We went to IHOP to eat breakfast, then decided we had enough time we could walk to Disneyland. When we got there, we figured out the price at the gate was not the same price as online. So thanks to my wonderful best friend Christy, we got in for the online price. We called her and she hurried and bought them and we picked them up at will call. The rest of the day we spent wandering around Disneyland. The second day my parents flew in and came with us to California Adventure. We spent half the day there, then went back to Disneyland. My parents took the kids to a show in California Adventure while Trent and I rode the Roller Coaster. Then they took the kids on all the kid rides, while Trent and I utilized the fastpasses and went on Space Mountain, Splash Mountain, Big Thunder, and Indiana Jones. When I was a kid, we went to Disneyland and while on the Alice in Wonderland ride, we had to evacuate the ride due to a fire. It was rather unnerving to have someone come up to your car in the pitch black part of the ride. Anyway, I kept joking about this the whole time we were there. Then when Trent and I went on Splash Mountain, we went down the giant hill and then went in the part with the Ferry boat. Then the ride stopped. I could not believe it was happening again. I said "If we have to evacuate, I am jinxed". Well we DID have to evacuate and ended up going through the bowels of splash mountain. How can this happen to the same person twice in their life? By day three, we were all so tired, we only spent half the day in Disney. Ethan's favorite ride was the Matterhorn and Alivia's favorite ride was the Tea Cups. We then went and found a Long John Silvers to eat dinner. My mom and Dad drove to San Diego to stay, and we ended up going to Newport Beach to eat our dinner. We then crashed at the hotel. The next day we drove down to Camp Pendelton where my parents were staying. They had a cottage right on the beach. We spent the whole day out on the beach. I think the kids liked this even more than Disneyland! We had a great trip but are glad to be home in our own comfy beds!