Monday, April 6, 2009

Disneyland- Seaworld- and Cousins




This is Edgar, with Miley and Mckenna

Aidan, Liam and Caden at Liams play


Mckennas favorite fairy is Faun, because
she loves animals too.


Visiting Mickey at his house. You can tell
how excited Coleman was. He wouldn't
stop covering his eys.

Caden- looking out at the docked
boats, near our hotel by seaworld.
I liked the name of the boat.



Coleman being carried by my sister Kristi into
Seaworld. He was fine once we got there, he just
didn't want it to be like Disneyland.




Our favorite- Shamu! Chad and Mckenna got
splased by Shamu 3 times on the 3rd row. They
were drenched and it was not the warmest day.





Kristi, Haliegh, and Miley



Mckenna with her new little
Shamu in a purse.


ALL the boys went on the river boat ride.
Even Coleman was okay with it.





Coleman, Haliegh and Liam waiting for the
dolphins to swim back by them.




Coleman, Jeff and Haliegh...waiting.






Mileys first real ride! Elmos Flying Fish!!



I'm telling this a little out of order, but oh well. To make a long story short, lets just say Disneyland wasn't the best place on earth for Coleman. He acted excited to go when we would talk about and show him stuff on the computer, but once we got there, I can't count the number of times he asked to go back home. Because of our sweet little boy we got the fast pass for all the rides and thankgoodness we did, he would have never made it waiting in line for hours for each ride. He did go on about all the rides he could, but during and after each ride, he seemed very stressed and wanted to go home. At about 4pm we were done with what we wanted and went out for dinner. I went back to the hotel with the boys and Miley and Chad took Mckenna back to Disneyland until 11pm. We told Caden to go with them, but he was just excited to stay at the hotel and play with his starwars ship he got after the star tours ride.


Everyone was very happy to get to my sisters house the next day and just play with cousins and relax. To say that my sister and her family are busy, is an understatement. They are very involved with this cool community theater and they do wonders for it!! It was a lot of fun to see Jeff in "Leading Ladies" and Liam was in "Treasure Island" the next day. Plus my sister does most of the costumes. And Jeff is not only in one play, but helping direct Treasure Island. We just sat back in awe of all they take on, but it looks a ton of fun and well worth it for them in the end.

I don't think I even talked to Caden the whole time we were there. He and his cousin Aiden were constantly playing something and kept them selves busy day after day. Mckenna had a great time with Haleigh. There is an age difference, but you would almost not even know it with how well they got along and Haleigh is so funny and mature for her age.
Miley was pretty obsessed with their HUGE dog Edger, who stayed in the backyard the whole time, but she wanted to see him at the door or she would say over and over again, "dog, dog, dog, dog, ..."

Coleman was as happy as ever just playing with all their starwars toys and watching Phineas and Ferb on the disney channel.

SeaWorld was probably the best for everyone since they were with their cousins and it was much more relaxed and less people. As you can see in a picture, Coleman was not happy as we were walking into Seaworld since he thought it was like Disneyland. What kid screams and cries going into Seaworld? But once we got in and he got a map, he was just fine. Now he loves to talk about the killer whales and dolphins.

Thank you Kristi and Jeff for having us, we had a lot of fun. Can't wait to see you in Denver soon!

6 comments:

littlest said...

looks like a blast kendra! your kids are beautiful and have grown up so much!

Lynette said...

Kendra
You guys ROCK. It's a fun, but tiring task I know, to take the family on such a great adventure. They will never forget that though. I'm glad you also had Hawaii to enjoy. That would be so fun. The picture are great - especially the one of you and Chad in Hawaii. You look fantastic.

THE GARN FAMILY said...

I'm so glad you guys had a great time in CA. Whitney just asked "Could I invite McKenna and Coleman and their family to my birthday party?" Wouldn't that be fun! I left a comment below, so I won't go on and on again on how fun it was to see you guys! Thanks again!

Cannon Clan said...

fun, your kids are so cute and grown up! you look as beautiful as ever. fun to see what you are up to.

Nicole said...

Way to get the Fast Pass! Clad you could go and I'm with Coleman...not into crowds and lines. Looks like Sea World was fun. AND...I can't believe how big Miley is! Although I guess I shouldn't because she's Luke's age, but it all just makes me sad!

Sarah said...

I miss Southern California! It's such a fun place...to visit.