So back in the day, Disney was offering a FREE DISNEY DAY PASS if you did a day of service! It was pretty much an amazing deal, why wouldn't anyone take it!? SO we followed in Royce and Heather's footsteps and we gave service at the Aquarium here in Utah (I think it may be the only one). IT WAS SOO FASCINATING! Actually...we just folded booklets and cut out pretty pictures, but it was SO worth it and we had a good time :) From the pictures you can tell we had a blast! We then got a free tour of the aquarium--so cute!
Look at that cute little moose I'm about to cut out
This is Randall folding pamphlets, such a good little worker!
Our next step was to plan the trip! We planned for a weekend in October and we were on our way! Right when we got in, Natty and John picked us up and they took us to the condo. We got to hang out with them that night and then they had to be on there way later that night :( We wished they could have stayed but they were going to use their Disney Service Pass in Florida. We had a fun little time with them and Hyrum! He's getting so big! We were saddened by their leave but we headed to bed once they left because we had a big day ahead of us! Woo hoo! I was so excited! Oh, also my fab mom also got us matching shirts as you will see in the pictures to come! We were so cool, someone even asked to get their picture with us!
Little Hyrum is walking now! Well..with help, but he's doing so good!
This is such a cute pic of Daddy and son!
Mother and daughters! My mom just LOVES smiling that big, I think she wanted to be like Patty
Anyway, we headed out that day to California Adventure and had SUCH a good time! We got on almost every ride and hardly had to wait in any lines because it was a Friday and in the middle of the school year. The weather was also gorgeous! Couldn't be any betta! We actually went to Disneyland in the morning since Adventure didn't open until 10. I think my favorite rides at California were Soarin, Screamin, and the Buzz Lightyear Ride--OH so fun! We kept busy riding all the rides, even though I did get sick on Mickey's Fun Wheel (not so fun) and then we headed out for dinner.
This was the happiest Chinese man I've ever seen!! He must REALLY love the materhorn!
Matterhorn was so awesome, the line was so short that morning, we went twice!
Nothin but incredible..so muscular and his face was twice as big as mine
Pluto is such a cutie pie
We all LOVED the safari ride!
Who's gonna buy us? We are SOO popular and fun (we're posing as toys if you can't notice)
Woody is running away because I punched him in the face..jk, I would never do that!
YAY Mickey!
Randall is so sneaky
Ah look at us, Mickey and Minny Mouse couple! We should have been in the Mickey Mouse Club with Christina and Brittany!
Aladdin's Palace!
Stocker Photo!
This pic is hilar because it shows exactly how mom was feeling--FREAKED out, I don't know how she was so scared when the rest of us were just plain nauseous
After a fun day at Adventureland, we headed to Hunington Beach to see Sergio! I had never met Sergio before but my mom and dad had met him on a cruise they took earlier this year, and when he found out we would be in town, he offered to make us a true Brazilian meal! We made it to his awesomely modern and cute home (full of Brazilian culture) where we got to meet this fabulous man! He seriously is like a cute little Martin Short but Brazilian! He cooked beef stroganoff (Brazilian Style of course) and it was delish beyond means--I was talking about it for days on end afterward. He also made this really good potato salad that was out of this world! After dinner he showed us some pictures of his homeland in Brazil and promised he would be our tour guide if we ever made it down to Brazil--I, of course, was already thinking of the next available time we could go to Brazil..hahaha, afterward, we walked along the beach since he lives right on the beach and it was breathtaking! After we said our goodbyes to Sergio, we headed back to California Adventure to see the light show! It was sooo good! I think its called World of Color? Pretty much amazing since all the pictures were being reflected off water!! SOO beautiful! We slept really well that night since we didn't get to bed until about 1 in the morning and we were exhausted, but still ready and excited for the next day at Disneyland!!
Us with our amazing Brazilian friend-Sergio! Look at that awesome tapestry on his wall!! It's 3D! This home was definitely not child-proof as you could tell..not that we had children there..I really don't know what the point of saying that was..
Mickey's Fun Wheel! Except it isn't very fun, it just makes you sick if you ride it, BUT it does look pretty here :)
Look, that's water!!
We got up pretty early on Saturday so we can get on as many rides that morning before the crowd showed up. We got on almost every ride that day and some of them we got to ride twice such as like Indiana Jones!! Pretty much my fav (and it freaked me out) We also got to see the Disney Parade and it was waaay cute. All the Disney characters were dancin! We got as many pictures we could with characters-even the Disney Princesses! We had a fun filled day and I could barely walk by the end of it because it was soo jam packed full of rides, but we were so pleased and happy this trip could turn out so well. We left early that next morning and headed back to Salt Lake. YAY FOR DISNEY!!!
We loved this pumpkin..Mickey was winking at me
We are ALL princesses, ....or princes..whats with this weird pose?
Yay-Castle! Way smaller than Disney World...
SO Everyone dressed up that weekend and OMG this couple looked as if Jack and his girlfriend came right out of Nightmare before Christmas and went to Disneyland-amazing!
Haunted Mansion! they dressed it all up Halloween style and it it had the theme Nightmare Before Christmas--one of my fav rides!
Can't wait until next time!
