Bryce and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by going to Disneyland. We left the evening of Wednesday the 22nd and got home Sunday morning. We had a blast and had so much fun on all the different rides, eating yummy food, and watching fun parades. I even surprised myself by going on rides like Tower of Terror and California Screamin’ (my first roller coaster that went upside down)–I loved them! Sorry there are so many pictures, but there’s a lot to share!
Calder on our way to Aunt Angela who was awesome enough to tend him for us for our trip. There were several times during our trip when I would ask Bryce to "show me my baby" and he would pull up this picture.
Thursday morning--we were the first ones at the park! We were among the first on Friday as well. Saturday we slept in--I hadn't realized how exhausting this would all be!
It was fun wearing my BYU shirt–I got comments all day long about it. Shouts of, “Go Cougars!” had us laughing. The Disney “cast member” that chatted with us before the gates opened turned out to be an inactive member of the Church (his kids are still active and have served missions for the Church). We had an interesting discussion that never would have happened if I hadn’t been wearing that shirt!
The happy couple by the castle.
I absolutely love Bryce's expression. We rode Splash Mountain 3 times and never got tired of that crazy drop.
You can't really see it, but Bryce got pretty soaked on Splash Mountain.
But not as soaked as I got the next day on Grizzly River Rapids. I was thoroughly drenched--like I had taken a shower fully clothed. I know, I know--should have worn a rain poncho!
We went to the Blue Bayou (a fabulous restaurant that's actually part of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride) on Thursday. The food was delicious--spicy gumbo and amazing Monte Cristo sandwiches. It was fun to watch people on the ride taking pictures of us as we ate our meal!
Later in the day we treated ourselves to Dole Whips--yummy pineapple sherbet stuff that we ate while waiting for our turn in the Enchanted Tiki Room. Thanks for the recommendation, Brad and Michelle!
These guys are Billy Hill and the Hill Billies and they were fantastic! This was one of my favorite parts of the trip. Who can resist terrific music and hilarious comedy?
Bryce and his stolen treasure!
Bryce had to practically drag me on to this ride. If it wasn't for him (and a nice family whose 8 year-old daughter told me that it wasn't scary), I would never have gotten on. I was terrified and so close to running away. But I did it and I loved it!
Having fun on Space Mountain.
Eating our yummy funnel cake. Mine had strawberries (we actually got it for free--long story) and Bryce's had brownie chunks and fudge sauce. Here's the best part. We had 23 people come up and say something like, "Those look so good! Where did you get them?" That's just the people that actually said something. Countless others stared and practically drooled as they walked past us. We thought it was the funniest thing.
This about sums it up for us. We had a fabulous time and can't wait to take the kids back some day. Oh, and Bryce pointed out that my thumb seems to bend at a bizarre angle. Lovely.
Calder the day we got home. I felt the same way each night we got back to our hotel. Disneyland is exhausting! But, oh, so much fun!
Thanks again to Grandma Brenda and Angela who really made this trip possible for us. And Happy 5th Anniversary to us!
