Disneyland, Soccer and the Beach

Lexi's soccer team travelled to Laguna Beach for a soccer tournament last week so we made a family mini vacation out of the trip. Originally it was going to be just Lexi, Grandma and I but then I found a great deal on tickets to Disneyland so we decided that we had to take the boys because I would be too guilty without them and then at the last minute, Daddy was able to get the time off from work and go with us too. We did not tell the boys about Disneyland, we wanted to surprise them. We left home at 5:30 in the morning and headed to California. I had been watching the weather and it said that it was supposed to be cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning but boy were they wrong!! The sky was clear until we started to drop down into the LA valley. The boys did not figure out we where we were going until we were almost there. Here is a picture of them finding out.

We got to the park around 10:15 and the longest wait we would have all day was the tram from the parking to the parks.

Here are the boys as we headed to Disney's California Adventure.

After getting into the parks, Grandma went to find rain ponchos, umbrellas and hats (thank you Grandma!!!) because the clouds had opened up and dropped a downpour, the rest of us headed to ride Tower of Terror. It was a great ride and there was no lines for any of the rides. We would wait a few minutes and then get right on. Fastpasses were not necessary and we had a fantastic day. After spending a couple of hours in DCA and having ridden all the rides there, we headed to Disneyland. Here are some pictures from the day.

this is on the pier at DCA.

We ran into Tigger just as he was coming out to say hello so we didn't have to wait for him either.

Kids in Jail in Toontown

After a long day and riding everything, we decided to call it a day. We were all sore, cold, wet and hungry but had a fantastic day. I was a little sad walking down Mainstreet because I had looked all day but had not found Mickey. Just before the exit, Tyler had to go potty and as he and Grandma walked down the alley, I heard him yell, he had finally found Mickey and Minnie for me.

It was the perfect ending to a perfect day.

Next to come is the tournament.