Spring Break at Disneyland

We spent the first two days of Spring Break at Disneyland with my brother and my nephew. It was my nephew's first time ever! And my brother hadn't been there since his gradnite 8 years ago! It was pretty warm and pretty packed but all in all we had a fabulous time! We got on quite a few rides, met some characters, took just around 1000 pictures (!!!!!), spent LOTS of money, and made memories that will last a lifetime! We also got the kids their annual passes this trip so we're already counting down the days until next time! Here is a lil slideshow of just a 'few' of the pictures we took. Please forgive me, some are sideways, some are duplicates, and it goes really fast LOL But they are now on the blog and off my back so there ya go. Now I just need to tackle Easter and I'll be somewhat caught up! ENJOY!

Going Backwards, and forwards

Not sure what my deal is these days but I just haven't been in the mood to write about what's been going on in my neck of the woods. Nothing bad has happened, I actually don't have PMS (shocker!), I'm not drowning in a book (but I am getting ready to start this one, am I the last person on earth?). Anyway, nothing has been keepin me from writing. I've been focusing on housework and house projects and a wee bit o' craftiness. Oh and a little thing some people like to call Facebook, but I call the black hole that I get sucked into daily and only come out when my kids need to be picked up or fed!

I finally got the gumption tonight to whip up my first ever video using the pictures I took on our recent anniversary trip. Last weekend, my parents were darling enough to keep our kids so that we could get away together. Our anniversary actually isn't until March 18th but with David's work + school schedule this was our only chance to celebrate. He has class the Saturdays before and after our anniversary, he is working the nights before & after our anniversary, and has class on our actual anniversary :( So we HAD TO GET AWAY when we could hahaha!

Now some of you may think that we are crazy for 1) celebrating our big day at Disneyland and 2) for going without the kiddos. Well ya we're crazy like that :)

We had a blast going on pretty much ALL the grown up rides, something we never get to do! I was trying to be a brave little wifey and accompany my man on all these scary rides but after going on The Tower of Terror I was dunzo! That is THE scariest thing I have EVER done in my ENTIRE life! No, I do not care how dramatic that sounds. I almost crapped my pants! I will never understand why being terrified, dropped a bajillion stories, or jerked around is FUN and entertaining for anyone!!! If you can, pause it when you get to the pic from Tower of Terror. I am gripping my love for dear life and he is laughing hysterically. The other people in the pic are posing, raising their hands, & even whistling! I was CRYING and praying for the welfare of my children after my untimely demise! No joke! Not fun, not fun at all and don't let anyone tell you otherwise!

Something else I have to mention, I forgot my camera charger :( I was able to eek out enough juice for these few pictures but there were so many photo ops that I just couldn't get.

All was made right with the world when my hunny bought us Annual Passes! He said, "Now we can come back when your camera is charged" hahaha he's such a sweetie pie! Seriously how did I get so d*amn lucky!? I have coveted Annual Passes for quite some time now! Did you know that SoCal residents can now use a payment plan for them? For a one income family like us that is a dream come true! Reason #1029383821 why I heart Disney.

Ok enough rambling, here's my wittle slideshow... mute my soundtrack down at the bottom so you can hear my favoritest love song ever while you look at the pics!

Reason # 10928331 Why I Love Disney

Say what you wanna say about this company, but I love 'em. And trust me I've heard some horrible stories! But OMG this new lil gimmick they're pulling out of their sleeves has me GIDDY! Giddy I tell you!
For the entire year of 2009 they are offering free admission to guests over 3 to one of their US theme parks ON THEIR BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I love Disneyland any ole day but I have always, always wanted to go on my birthday! It's on my bucket list people! So now I have the perfect excuse! I am sooooo excited!

You can read more about this fabulous news right here - www.disneyparks.com

It's a Sad World After All

What the heck is Disney thinking!

So I knew that the It's a Small World ride was going to be closed for quite some time. It was my understanding that this closure was so that they could revamp the boats and the track for safety reasons. Bummer that it's closed but totally understandable right? Sure.

Then I get an email. And in this email is an article titled "Save the Rainforest, Save the Small World", so I start reading and my jaw just drops to the floor! I click on link after link praying and praying that what I'm reading is NOT true. But I could find nothing to calm my fears.

Apparently, Disneyland and the powers that be have decided that It's a Small World needs and EXTREME Makeover. They are planning on removing the rainforest section and replacing it with a tribute to America section "a message in commercialism"- this I actually don't have so much of a problem with but then after reading the history of the development of the ride I just don't see why they need to remove the rainforest completely.

The thing that I absolutely can not get over is the fact that they are planning on adding CHARACTERS from Disney movies throughout the ride! Like Aladdin & Jasmine in the Arabia section, and Lilo & Stitch in the hawaii area. WHY!? I had no idea that the ride was built for UNICEF. Now that I know this I think it's really ridiculous to add those characters to the ride.

So apparently there is a whole lot of people with their panties in a twist over this! Of course there are your consistent Disney haters but there are also historians and just plain ole normal people that are upset over this too. And I am now one of them. I just can't imagine taking my kids on the new version of this ride. Just way to weird to me!

So what do YOU think?