Joy of JOYS!

WOW, it WAS easy to move my pictures from the wrong blog over to this one. I tried and tried, but was missing one simple thing. So now I can move on with my blog. Here are the much anticipated (?) Disney pictures!



Overcome with joy, Lizzy requests a picture as we wait for the gates to open.


Mapping out our course for the day.

See that excitement?

With her notebook in hand, Anna gets brave to meet some characters.

We thought it was pretty funny that Pluto held the paper up to his "eyes".

After James was picked to be a Jedi in Training, Lizzy and Anna thought

they wanted to try, too! Sure enough, Elizabeth was also chosen, and there they are- near each other on the floor.

Yeah, Lizzy spent most of the time facing the wrong way...

And needed assistance with her saber...

But boy did she beat Darth Vader!

(with only a few wise cracks from her trainer...)

James got to defeat Darth Mal (?)

Joseph gets a treat

The hour and 1/2 line to meet these 3 princesses was worth the wait, as Elizabeth deemed that her favorite part of the day.

The train was Anna's favorite.

In line for the Matterhorn

James' 2nd favorite ride (but it didn't quite rank on Anna's top 10)

Dang- we tried and tried, but were unsuccessful at pulling out the sword in the stone.

I love the contrast of faces below...

The girls were intrigued by Minnie's house. And couldn't figure out why everything was plastic (not very useful to her...)

My less-than-cooperative group at the end of the day. Note Mickey's Santa cap. This was such a perfect time of year to go to Disneyland. The weather was great, music and atmosphere festive, and the lines were minimal. Usually no more than a 12 minute wait.