Guess where we've been...

While Young's parents were out here we decided to take a little trip down to Los Angeles. Mom's best friend and her husband moved from Ohio to LA last year to be closer to their two sons. They also happen to be the pastor of the church Mom went to. So we knew it would really bless Mom if she could see her friends again and be able to visit. We made all our plans and were all set to go when Dad came down with pneumonia two days before the trip. After spending a whole day in the ER with him, he was cleared to come home with lots of medications and told to rest. Mom called her friend that night to let her know we might not be coming, only to find out her husband, the Pastor, had just suffered a heart attack that day and was waiting on triple by-pass surgery the next morning! Wow, does the Lord ever work in amazing ways. This sealed our resolve to go to LA just so Mom could be with and comfort her friend during their time of need. We nursed Dad back to health, packed up our rented mini-van and headed south. Now, having said all of that, we know a hospital wasn't the place for kids so we planned a last minute day out with them at Disneyland while Mom and Dad went to visit their friends. (Praise God, the Pastor's surgery went well and he is on the mend)

The children were so excited to go to Disney, they were on their best behavior and we had a blast! We rode as many rides as we could, at as much junk food as possible and even got to meet Mickey, Tinkerbell and Woody!



Cameron brought her Baby Dumbo all the way from home to Disneyland so Baby Dumbo could ride in it's Mommy Dumbo car! Ah, the mind of a child...
Meeting all the characters was a bit of an ordeal. We waited in line 45mins, yes 45min, to meet Tinkerbell. Cameron was so excited, but once we got there, she was too shy to say hello and Timo wouldn't even come close. Then we waited about 15min to meet Mickey...Cameron was a little better but Timo was trying to hide. You can see me trying to pull him from behind the boat prop he was hiding behind.
After waving from afar to Minnie, Goofy and Donald Duck, Cameron was a little more brave and decided she wanted to shake Woody's hand..."just shake his hand Mommy , no hug."
We were able to see a little of the Parade and both Timo and Cameron was so excited to see Peter Pan (we had been looking for him all day) and Captain Hook.
Timo had been asking to ride the Nemo Submarine ride all day but the line had been around a 90mn wait every time we checked(we used our Disney Ride Wait Time app). I thought it might be a shorter wait while the parade was going on and thankfully it was...only 20min. But it was 7:30pm and the wheels were starting to come off the kids, if you know what I mean. It was a very long 20 minutes...
We knew it was time to make our exit after this last ride. Each one got to pick out one toy from the gift shop for being such good listeners all day. Timo picked out a Star Wars Lightsaber (all he talked about after watching a little Star Wars jedi training show) and Cameron picked out a Tinkerbell wand thing that spins. Thankfully the toys got us out of the park, to the bus and to our car without any meltdowns. (Timo tends to have a hard time leaving fun events.) This is the bus from the park to our car...9pm and still smiling!
I knew it they would be tired to I brought their jammies with us to change before we drove back to the hotel. They were asleep before we pulled out of the parking lot! What a day!!
We had to carry them from the car up to the hotel room, trying not to wake them. This pic was so sweet, I had to try and snap it even though I was holding a very sleepy Timo. Then Young had to lay Cameron on the hallway floor so he could open the room door...she wasn't even phased. Guess that's a sign of a good time had by all!