Having a "Sand-Sational" Time

We took one day of our Disneyland trip to spend at the beach, and I have to admit, we chose THE best day of the week to be at the beach! The weather was incredibly beautiful and gorgeous. We had a blast!  I'm pretty sure that shows in these pictures:

 

I, personally, thought the water was absolutely freezing cold!  But, Tyler and Aaron and Ellie and Tanner stayed in the ocean most of the day.  They're crazy! 

The littles were more than happy to play in the sand and jump over waves without getting too wet.  Aaron, on the other hand, was continually soaked.  :)

 

Carly and I had such a great time relaxing in the sun and watching the kiddos have fun.  We couldn't stop chuckling (and inserting dialogue) at Krystal and Aeryn as they pranced through the water.

These two are building the Matterhorn out of beach sand.  :)

I couldn't get enough of the cute braids flipping everywhere while these cute girlies danced over the waves:

 

If this pic isn't convincing enough of the pure happiness and fun they experienced - I don't know what is!  

Cutie-pa-too-ties!

Outta the ocean ... for just a moment!

Ahhhhhhh!  Nothin' like relaxin' on the beach with my BFF!

Huh.  I guess Aaron played in the sand for a bit - this picture proves it!  ;)

 Busy busy busy ...

Krystal and Aeryn started building a "Hot Tub" and enlisted more help.  Of course - they ended up calling it their "Cold Tub"!

Soakin' up the sun and getting warm:

I'm so glad these guys are bestestestestest buddies!  (Aaron and Ellie rolled down a hill of sand and got COVERED in dirt!)

 

Somehow they think this is fun:

Taking a snack break:

Heaven - I tell ya!!

Ha!  Buried at the beach!

Seriously. Perfect. Day!!

Disneyland 2012

Here we are our very first day - on the tram that takes us into the park - the kids are so excited they can barely stand it!  (Ty and I are tooooo!)

So happy to be here!!  We went on The Pirates of the Caribbean ride very first - and stayed in New Orleans Square to see Princess Tiana:

 

 They gave us all mardi gras beads - so cute!  Then we headed over to The Haunted Mansion:

 

 Splash Mountain!!!!  This one was a favorite!  Love my Carly-girl in the back!  :)

Krystal really had a rough first day - and didn't feel too great (and after carrying her around all that day - we wised up and bought a stroller ;)) - but, she LOVED the Winnie the Pooh ride!  She says it's her "#1 favorite!"

Thunder Mountain Railroad - the kids' LOVED this one (minus Krystal)!

 

 

 We got stuck on "It's a Small World" - but only for like 15 minutes - and they stopped the music just as we were about to go crazy hahaha!  It was an answer to my prayers - because it gave Krystal a chance to re-coup after all the big rides - and she started feeling better.

 Krystal held her breath when we went into the part of "It's a Small World" that goes "under the sea"!  Here is the spot we got stuck ... in the country:

Going on a trip this cool with your BFF is really great memory making! 

 I LOVED the Buzz Light Year ride!!!!  We get to shoot targets and spin your own car around - and keep score!  Of course - when you're competing against the Mr. Travis Peterson (who scored over 500,000 points) - winning is impossible.  ;)  

 

Tarzan's Tree House: 

 I love this picture of Marissa going to town on the pots and pans!  And here's Krystal pushing an "air blower" that made all of the dishes rattle: 

We took a quick jaunt into Tune Town:

 

And we made sure we got great spots for the "Fantasmic" show - which was so absolutely jaw dropping incredible!

We had a pretty full first day - and just literally had the time of our lives!  Many more pics to come!