Saturday, November 12, 2011

Our Crazy B-day Week

For Jack's 5th B-day/family vacation, we decided to attack SoCal. And I mean ATTACK it head on. We drove down Monday, and then the crazy week began.
Tuesday...Sea World
Wednesday...California Adventures...
the kids ate up every minute of it
Thursday...JACK'S BIRTHDAY...
and official Disneyland day! Grandpa & Grandma Miranda & Uncle Chase hung out with us for the day. Oh, and P.S. Ethan LOVED Mickey Mouse. Loved!!! Jack and I conquered Star Tours, even though Jack's height was checked EVERY time we passed a crew member. Ha! He was perfectly 40 inches. Thank goodness!!!
Birthday dinner break. Met Grandma, Uncle Tanner, and Aunt Becca at Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. Then back to D-Land to finish the night.
Friday... Day 2 of D-land, but no pictures to prove it. Jack and Nate got to live it up on Space Mountain and Splash Mountain. Jack was uber stoked. Are we surprised? Not from our adrenaline junky.
Saturday... San Diego Wild Animal Park...
it was animals presented in a whole new way. Much more personal type of a zoo experience. Very cool to see the animals in herds and not just in small exhibits. The boys loved the gorillas (they had a brand new baby), the lions, the elephants, and the cheetah run (they are crrrrrazy fast). We got to have Grandma & Grandpa Quan meet us for the day.
Sunday...RELAXATION, well kinda...
we could've gone to Universal Studios on the passes we had bought (everything listed was included in our SoCal City Pass...HIGHLY recommend it!), but we decided to hang with the fam instead. We stayed at my Dad's the whole week, but felt like we were so on the go that we didn't really get to hang with them much. We ended up down at the pier enjoying the beachy sunshine. The boys played in the water and had a blast. I just love this picture of Ethan and Uncle Tanner...
Monday...we drove home. It was a whirlwind of absolute awesomeness!

2 comments:

The Trotter Family said...

What a blast! I can't believe you did all of that in one week! Did you need a vacation after your vacation? I think you have more energy than I do. I think I would have been wiped out!

dusty and meag said...

WELCOME BACK...aGaIn! The boys look SO big and grown up and handsome. I love their hair :)Keep it up, it's so nice to see pictures of you since I rarely get to actuall see you!