Tavern Family Vacation

We spent 10 days in Southern California and boy did we pack as much fun as possible into those 10 days!! The first day there we visited our favorite place:

DISNEYLAND!!!!

Leila with the Mouse! And one with Mickey and Mommy (my favorite Disney character!).

The Tangled tower. You could meet Rapunzel inside, but we chose not to. The line was SUPER long!

Crazy flyin' on Dumbo.
Storybook Boats
Toon Town - Gadget's Coaster
One of Leila's favorites!




Small World with Aunt Chris
Then we headed to CA Adventure and rode Monters Inc.
We spent a lot of time in A Bug's Land...






Waiting for the Disney Junior Live stage show. Chris is giving me a bad time here about taking one more picture.


Not a good picture, but a great ride! It is the new Little Mermaid ride in CA Adventure. I think it is Leila's favorite now!
Another new ride for Leila. She LOVED this!!!! I think we rode this about 15 times.


Chris walked laps until Leila finally dozed off for a late afternoon nap.

Waiting for the fireworks with my hubby. Love him!

East Coast Visitors

The Sunday before we left for our California vacation, we had the opportunity to host our friends for brunch. The O'Hanlons were in town from the East Coast. We were thrilled to meet their sweet, little Emerson and catch up with Brian and Jill. It had been way too long!! Jill and I both love snapping photos, so it is pretty shocking that we each only took ONE photo of the visit! What!!??!! I guess we were just too busy chatting and laughing with each other. Thanks for the visit O'Hanlon clan!

Aladdin's Premiere

Yesterday the family headed to the 5th Avenue Theater to see the new stage version of Aladdin! We have season tickets to The 5th, but this was Leila's first visit. Some 25 years ago Chris was introduced to live theater at The 5th, so having Leila join us for the show was very special! Aladdin did not disappoint! We were very proud of Leila as she was a perfect audience member!!

Outside the rehearsal space under the stage.



After the show...Leila is singing here. She has been Aladdin ever since leaving.

Northwest Trek

Thursday we braved the storm clouds and rain! We met up with some new friends at Northwest Trek. Leila has become good friends with Ian at swim lessons. His Mom is also a first grade teacher, so we have loads to talk about. They invited us and we were thrilled with the play date! This was Leila's first trip to NW Trek. She LOVED the tram ride! Since the weather was on the colder side, ALL the animals were out! We lucked out, as it didn't start raining until we were headed to the exit gates. Notice the winter coats and hats the kids had on...in the middle of JULY! While we were eating in the cafe, the employees started a fire in the huge, stone fireplace. It truly felt like October!

Another tram photo.

This bison was sitting RIGHT next to the tram's path.
I loved seeing all the elk!

Taking a rest in the Discovery Center.

One of our favorite things to do when we visit new places is to check for squashed penny machines. We were in luck! The kids each got two.
Fun! We can't wait to get together with Ian and Colleen again!