I have some major blog catching up to do! I think I'll start back up at the beginning of the month when we spent a great two days at Disneyland and California Adventure. I am a firm believer that Disneyland is magic. No really. Magic. I grew up in California and I have NEVER seen it rain there. I think there is an invisible bubble around it. It truly is the happiest place on Earth. And nothing is better than watching your children experience that magic first hand. It was a perfect trip! It all started last February... Austin and I volunteered to play softball with families who were less fortunate and who were trying to get back on their feet in Phoenix on Valentine's Day. They were families who were living in small apartments maintained by the Salvation Army and it hardly seemed like service spending two hours with such fun people playing a sport we both love! Austin pitched and I played outfield and we had so much fun playing with these sweet humble families.
In return, we received two free passes to Disneyland and held onto them tight for this special up coming trip. My parents treated us as a combined birthday and Christmas present for our family. We stayed at a beautiful place in Carlsbad and spent day one at California Adventure and then one of my sisters family joined us for day two at Disneyland.
Here are just some of the highlights and fun!
Dax LOVED Soarin' Over California and Wyatt was too small. While Dax rode the ride four times, Wyatt didn't mind waiting around in Radiator Springs and making pals with Goofy.
How perfect to sit on Santa's lap at Disneyland! The boys got to tell him what they wanted, a Bat Cave and a Criss Cross Crash Hot Wheels Race Track (more to come on that), and I got to avoid the hundreds of people and the madness at the mall. Plus, I thought he was the best looking Santa I had seen in forever!
This picture cracks me up. What the heck does he think he's gonna find?!
Thankfully my mom and I had my dad and Austin to take the boys on all the crazy, crashin', spinnin', make us puke kinda rides in a Bugs Land. They had a ball!!
We started the morning off at Disneyland with the famous character breakfast. It's a buffet style breakfast with Minnie and 15 of her closets friends and it was FUN! I have no idea where Wyatt was. Oh! Probably stuffing his face with one of three plates of scrambled eggs he made Austin get him!! 
My mom found a old friend, Eeyore. Years and years ago when I was eight our family went on a 4-day Walt Disney cruise to the Bahamas and we have this classic picture of my mom with Eeyore during the last night of fancy dinners on the ship. When we saw Eeyore was eating breakfast with us we had to recreate this picture. Even all these years later my mom still looks the same! One of my favorite pictures from the trip! So cute!
We started the morning off at Disneyland with the famous character breakfast. It's a buffet style breakfast with Minnie and 15 of her closets friends and it was FUN! I have no idea where Wyatt was. Oh! Probably stuffing his face with one of three plates of scrambled eggs he made Austin get him!! My mom found a old friend, Eeyore. Years and years ago when I was eight our family went on a 4-day Walt Disney cruise to the Bahamas and we have this classic picture of my mom with Eeyore during the last night of fancy dinners on the ship. When we saw Eeyore was eating breakfast with us we had to recreate this picture. Even all these years later my mom still looks the same! One of my favorite pictures from the trip! So cute!Another one of my highlights of the trip. It was one of those rare, tender moments when I could actually see the brotherly love between these two funny boys. Dax was being such a great big brother and lovingly introduced Wyatt to one of his heroes, Aladdin. He was a great Aladdin and was so sweet with the boys. I think it was one of their highlights too!
We could not have asked for a better trip or more fun! I love Disneyland at Christmas time and it was a great time spent with loved ones! Thanks again Mom and Dad! We love you!!