Sweet Staycation

Last month, we decided to take a break from the norm of life and go on a little family staycation. We drove for 1 whole hour to Disneyland, checked in at the Grand Californian hotel and enjoyed 3 days of play time together.

Dallin, our funny bug waiting to see "A Bug's Life"


Pink dress + pink teacup = Claire happiness

A happy Spencer... even in line

Dallin is our program-director-in-training

Claire was hating her Minnie shirt that morning until we actually saw the real deal

Hanging Loose

All three kids on the trundle part of the bunk bed that Spencer slept on (turn your head to the right to get the full effect :))

Dallin trying out the kiddie water slide at our hotel pool

Peter and Claire enjoying time together while Dallin and I went down the big water slide in the background. Such a fun hotel and pool! We went swimming a few times while we were there and it was definitely the highlight.

This is the hotel we stayed in (you can see our room from this pic). The entry straight ahead went from the hotel right into California Adventure... it was nice to have everything so close by.

The boys in California Adventure

The first ride we went on (Buzz Lightyear) during our early morning guest admission (played in Disneyland an hour before it opened)

Watching the Disneyland fireworks from our hotel balcony (there was even a TV channel that played the music in sync with the fireworks)

The much-loved bunk bed

Teacups!

Spencer's first time on Small World (and our first time since its renovation)

If you have made it all the way to this point and actually looked at all of those pictures, I know you must really love our little family. I am so thankful to live in such a fun place with so many "staycation" options. Yay for family time!