We went WHERE????

We successfully pulled off a surprise trip to DISNEYLAND! Last Saturday the kids found a note in the mailbox with three letters in it. They each got to read one: (missing one that Jenna read that said, "Have fun!")
I think we tease them too much because no one believed the notes at first. When they realized it was REAL--Gavin was convulsing on the ground, Kesley was walking around in a daze and Jenna was a perma-grin! SO FUN! I got it all on video.

The drive up to the airport was hilarious. Gavin was counting the minutes--or counting down the minutes until we got to the airport. Cute for a minute and then I was just REALLY grateful we were flying and I didn't have to hear that for 12 hours of driving. This was the first time the kids can remember flying (we flew into Portland for Gavin's second birthday) and they were E.X.C.I.T.E.D. We got through security and to our gate in 10 minutes and still had 2 hours to wait...and wait...and wait! Kinda took some of the excitement out of the moment.

WAITING for our plane

READY FOR TAKE-OFF!!!

Our two hour layover in Vegas wasn't as exciting as I expected. The kids were "bored" (I seriously wanted to slap them) and I forgot to grab some movies for the DVD player, so they watched Curious George for the KA-ZILLIONTH time. Hey! At least there was something in there!
After the hour drive to the airport, the two hour wait, the hour flight to Vegas, the two hour layover,the hour flight into LAX, the 1/2 hour waiting for baggage, the 1/2 hour drive to the rental car place, the 1/2 hour wait at the rental car place and then the 1/2 hour drive to our hotel.....we figure we could have driven there in less time. LONG DAY!

Tomorrow: THE BEACH! (Were we really mean to make them spend Sunday at the beach and not Disneyland?... I wish I could say it was a "keeping the Sabbath Day holy" kinda thing, but it was more of a "Disneyland will be less crowded on a Monday!" kinda thing...)