::disneyland::

This post is looooong in coming (just like all my others lately!) We got to go to Disneyland in March--luckily Kris had a conference that was almost important/interesting and of course I thought that would be a good excuse to go out there, have fun and visit Bryce & Nancy. The conference turned out to be less than useless, but the fun was completely present, so it was great. We were planning to stay with Bryce and Nancy for the long weekend, but right before we left I came down with a miserable cold which the boys also got, and then the day before Kris got it. Rather than share we thought we'd spend a few days at a hotel, then join the Randles right at the end. (Sandy in the hotel lobby) The proximity to the parks was awfully nice, and the good news was that everybody ended up feeling better. We had lots of expensive food--some of it tasty. Sandy's fruit/veggie paste had to be the tastiest though. This is the big boys taking a picture of the little boy eating. One night Max and I stayed out a bit late with the Bryce & Derek & Nancy & Gina Randles. I got to ride with Derek in the autopia car and Max drove alone behind me. Is that Bryce in the far background looking so crazy? I have to say, Derek is not the best driver. I'd think he'd have had more autopia experience by now! The next day we had some morning hours with just boys and I. We hit good old Disneyland and did as many rides as we possibly could before it started to get too crowded. Max in line. Sandy was somehow big enough to ride a carousel horse on his own--the big leather belt didn't hurt of course. And of course Max could also ride on his own! I had use of both my hands for the length of one carousel ride. It was amazing. We ran around and did tons of fantasyland rides--ones I never even remembered existed like Pinnochio and Casey Junior. It was great. Sandy spent lots of patient time riding around in our trusty old stroller. And Max did the teacups. I've never braved them, being of a weak spinning constitution myself. He loved them of course. We always love Tomorrowland, though the absence of the people mover there was rather distressing. But there are large and delicious churros readily available there that make everything ok. The Buzz Lightyear ride is the best. Even Sandy liked it. Later that day we met up with Bryce and did a bunch of stuff in the CA adventure too. Max was dying to do the big ferris wheel since we could see it from our room. Sadly Sandy was hungry and tired by then, so he spent at least half the ride bawling. Luckily the other occupants of our compartment was a nice little asian mom and daughters and they didn't mind--or maybe speak enough english to complain! We got to swim and shop and rest and eat and it was a great time. We even tried to take Bryce and Derek to see the new waterslides at the Disneyland hotel--they look like the monorail. But of course we got there right as the slides were closed for the evening! The last night we took Bryce & Nancy and family out to dinner at their favorite burger joint (YUM!) and hung out at their house the rest of the night. It was quite fun and I'd do it again in a second. And here is the photo we took as Bryce left for church and we left for the airport--specifically for the blog. See Bryce, you made the blog, impressed? Thanks for hosting us, Randle family. Let's do it again--it's your turn this time! We don't have Disneyland out here, but we do have some dang good eats.