Wednesday, May 20, 2009

FAMILY TRIP - APRIL 2009

Around the end of April, we decided to go on vacation and try to get away from all the wind and rain....we decided to make our way to California, again, but try a few different amusement parks this time. Here was our original itinerary: Legoland, Knotts Berry Farm, Beach, Sea World - and a couple extra days to spare. First off.....


LEGOLAND



Here is our "family" getting ready to go....Kenna's lego tower....Harrison making amends with his archenemy, Darth Vader...




I was amazed at all the lego creations...and these are only a few



Family picture moment - Legoland 2009



Next day, just as planned...


KNOTTS BERRY FARM

McKenna and Harrison loved Knotts Berry Farm - Kenna especially loved a rollercoaster called the "Side Winder" she and Adam went on it atleast a dozen time - no kidding! And Harrison's favorite ride had to be the "Snoopy's Air Mail". He would go on that ride everytime Kenna went on the rollercoaster - they were conveniently right next to each other!



Family picture time - Knotts Berry Farm 2009


That evening, Adam took the kids to the beach which was right across the street! When they got back ,they had decided that the beach was not that great - they didn't have any sea shells to collect at the beach! Later that night, as I watched the news, I saw all the reports on the dreaded Swine Flu making its way into California!...so, we decided we needed to revamp our itinerary...we no longer were going to the beach for a day, and I wasn't going any farther South in California ...hhmmm..where could we go?!? Disneyland!! Even though we had planned on venturing out past DL this trip, we all smiled when we came to the decision to go back! Adam went down to the hotel computer and bought 3 day hopper passes - even after going every year since McKenna was born, we still love it!

DISNEYLAND

We usually don't take too many character shots; this is the only one from this trip...

Here is Adam with the kids on the "Thunder Mountain Railroad" - one of their favorites

Toontown - McKenna and Harrison

We stood in line the longest at the new Toy Story ride, but decided to entertain ourselves with the 3-D glasses

The unfortunate part of our trip was the fact that McKenna was sick the whole time! She is usually so excited and energetic, but she had a fever and just wanted to sleep the whole trip; so we missed to fireworks this go round, but still enjoyed spending time together. Harrison was a trooper by walking the whole day, everyday while Kenna and Tyler shared the stroller. All in all, another successful and fun trip together!

1 comment:

Lee Ann said...

What fun! We have yet to do this trip! I know! BAD PARENTS! For some reason I think they should be older. But really we should just do it OFTEN so they will remember :-)