November

This November we went to Disneyland for Mikayla's birthday! Of course, it was awesome. We got there on Saturday night. We were planning on going to the beach on Sunday and then go to our hotel that night (Grand California) so she could wake up, walk a few steps and we'd surprise her with Disneyland! No waiting, no fuss, just "Happy Birthday! We're in Disneyland!". Well, Joel and I had a little miscommunication when it came to packing. I packed everything, he loaded it...but well, unfortunately, one of the bags got left behind...the bag with all of the kids clothes in it...oops! So, we went shopping, then to the beach, then to the mall, and then to our hotel.

While we were at the beach they were having a memorial of sorts for a surfer who had passed away. It was called a paddle out. It was actually quite touching, I sort of felt as though I were intruding on something sacred.

Then, of course, we went to Wahoo's!

The morning of Mikayla's birthday I went and got some balloons, a cupcake and her presents from the car. It was so fun to see her face light up! Then we walked out to the park. This trip she was actually able to go on Splash Mountain (which she loved!) and Space mountain (which she did not love...at all), rocky mountain railroad, and of course we all went on Pirate's...a few times. She met Mickey, Pluto, Rose, Tinkerbell, and my favorite: Goofy!