Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Finally Back in Disneyland!


Finally! We got to go back to Disneyland! It had been two and a half months since our last visit and a month since we went to Disney World, so suffice it to say that we were ready for another trip! We know...it's a hard life we lead...


The tea cups were down, so a stationary one had to do. Olivia still made her dizzy, "whoa, whoa whoa" face on it, though!


We did a princess tour of Disneyland. We started off with Aladdin and Jasmine (who was not that impressed that she was on Olivia's t-shirt), but Genie stole the show.


Then off to see Cinderella!


Then Belle. We're glad that she's becoming one of Olivia's favorites. They had a pretty riveting discussion about the Beast, as you can tell.


And Snow White!

But no trip to Disneyland would really be complete for Olivia without seeing her favorite...


...Ariel. Who obviously got the best grin out of Olivia.

We tried to see Rapunzel, but her line was a little long. Mostly because she had five minute conversations with all the grown-ups coming to see her without kids. So, a picture by her maypole tower would have to do instead:


And, after all that excitement, it was time for a little power nap...


...so we could be ready for the parade and fireworks.


But waiting for a parade is hard sometimes...


But it was a pretty successful Disneyland trip in the end. Glad to be back.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Gilliham Wedding!

We just got back from the most wonderful little trip to see one of Becky's best friend's get married in Utah.  It was extra lovely because we got to see both Kathryn and Abby's families along the way - hooray!!

World's sassiest road-tripper.

First stop: Las Vegas.

Olivia was THRILLED to see Calvin!  Calvin...not so much ;)
Lunch with Logan.
Master of the head tilt.


Next we drove on up to American Fork to Abby's house, because the next day was Matthew's wedding in Salt Lake.

Whitney and Matthew are married!!


The Fab Four

Olivia spend lots of time playing with cousins Lindy and Kyla while we were at the wedding.  This was Olivia's first real experience "playing in the front yard".  She was a big fan.

...couldn't quite figure out the bike thing, though...
Beautiful Lindy
Sweet Kyla


We spent one day down in Provo seeing old friends and visiting the good ol' BYU.

We love you, Heidi Blake Jones!


Unfortunately, we had to start making our return journey home.  We stopped in Las Vegas again for one night and played a little bit before getting back in the car. 





 Despite a couple intense melt-downs, Olivia was a decent traveller during our many hours of driving.  But it was worth it - we loved seeing everyone!