11.21.08
Disneyland
Sorry for the short hiatus. Lance and I just got back from vacation. We spent a week at Disneyland.
There were ten of us from Hawaii… Lance and I, my parents, Jen, Hugh, Dana, Megan, Sandy, and Mika. Like our last trip to Disney, we stayed in the Grand Californian Hotel . . . NICE!! 
  A huge perk to staying there is having your own entrance to California Adventure and Downtown Disney. Believe it or not, we crammed all ten of us into two rooms! The girls were excited because their room had a bunk bed in it . . . of course they had to take turns sleeping on the top bunk!
Our Disney trip this year was very different from our trip two years ago. This time around, Dana and Megan were both old enough (and tall enough!) to ride the “big kid” rides! No more Dumbo for Meggy! The girls were both soo proud of themselves after their first time on each “big kid” ride! They went on everything . . . Matterhorn (2 million thumbs UP from Meggy), Splash Mountain, Grizzly River Run (Meggy’s favorite), Tower of Terror (Meggy gave this one 2 million thumbs DOWN), Big Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Star Tours, and California Screamin’ (Meggy wasn’t tall enough, but this was Dana’s favorite). Meggy said she would have chosen the Matterhorn as her favorite, if it didn’t have the “snow abominal” (aka the “abdominal snowman” according to Mika).Â
Our real reason for going to Disneyland was to trick-or-treat with Mickey and friends on Halloween night. Joining us at Mickey’s Trick-or-Treat party were lots of our mainland family . . . Aunty Gail, cousins Tracey (and her husband Brian and their 3 boys Caleb, Nate, & Kai), Lynn (and her daughter Sydney), and Laurie (and her 2 boys Jacob & Kyle) . . . this brought our total to 21! We had 11 dalmatians (me, Lance, Jen, Hugh, Dana, Meggy, Sandy, Mika, Laurie, Jacob, & Kyle), Cruella de Vil (my mom!), Jasper the henchman (my dad!), Indiana Jones (Caleb), a storm trooper (Nate), a baseball player (Kai), and a super-cute ladybug (baby Sydney). What a sight to see! As we walked through the park, you wouldn’t believe how many people asked to take our picture! We had a blast!
During our week in California, we also got to celebrate Sydney’s 1st birthday (just a little early!) at Brian and Tracey’s house in Anaheim Hills. Brian cooked up a mean Mexican dinner of margaritas, guacamole dip, enchiladas, & soft tacos . . . YUM! We celebrated Sydney’s 1st birthday with a delicious chocolate dobash cake (made by a friend of Tracey’s) . . . DOUBLE YUM!
It was great to see everyone (our first time meeting Sydney!) again. It was also nice to get away and leave our worries behind for a little while. You can check out some pictures of our trip on our photo website.
Lynn said,
December 1, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Hi Kim and Lance! It was so fun seeing you all =D Thanks for posting the pictures — they’re so much fun! Hey, would you mind sending me a CD of the pictures of Sydney and the ones from Halloween and her party? I was so busy with her stuck to my hip all night (both nights) that I didn’t get much =P Thanks!