The Happiest Place on Earth

Before Peter and I started our new jobs, we went to California for a few days. We stayed with my Uncle Alan and Aunt Julie who live in Laguna Niguel, which is just south of the famous Laguna Beach. It is so beautiful there and there are always so nice to let us stay with them. We decided to hit the beach one day and also go to Disneyland and California Adventure since neither of us had been to Disneyland since we were really young or to California Adventure, ever.


We got there on Wednesday evening and headed to Laguna Beach because we couldn't wait to see the ocean!

After sitting on the beach watching the waves for a bit, we headed to Dana Point for some fish and chips. So good. Who would have thought that I would crave fish and chips? It's true. I do.


Thursday morning we went to the most beautiful beach in California. My cousin, Christina, called us in to a friend's private beach and it was amazing! She also hooked us up with a wet suit, surf board and beach chairs. It was so nice!

Check out that water! There just isn't water that pretty and clear in California. It was seriously amazing. We had such a fun day at the beach; reading, boogie boarding and Peter surfed a little bit. 

Here is Peter walking out to surf. I obviously don't know how to flip the pictures.

That evening we headed over to Salt Creek to watch the surfers. It was so amazing to see so many people bobbing out there and so many catch a wave at the same time. It made me want to see a surf competition.

 All those little specks out there are surfers.

One of Peter just because he's cute. I just realized this looks like an Oakley ad. Presenting: the straight jacket

Friday we headed to Disneyland. Cars Land opened in California Adventure that day so Disneyland was pretty much empty. We walked on to so many rides. It was awesome. We even had to get rid of our fastpass to Splash Mountain because we had already walked on to it twice and we wanted to get a different fastpass. 


We did Disneyland super hard core. We were there right as it opened and stayed until about 30 minutes before it closed. We went back to our car for lunch and a nap, no $6 hamburgers for us, and then again for dinner. We were wiped out by the end of the day, but we had so much fun! Even Peter said it was a lot more fun than he expected. 

On Indiana Jones

On the teacups.

I really loved watching the parade. Lame, I know. But, I liked the music and it was even a little fun to see the characters. While we were watching, I was looking down the street looking for the next float. When I turned, the guy pushing Abu from Aladdin was standing right next to me. Apparently he wanted me to kiss him on the cheek, but he startled me so much that I didn't even know what he was doing. Everyone around us had a good laugh at that one.

 These guys were pretty much the only ones in the parade that could actually dance. It was almost shocking.

Saturday morning we got to the park at about 7 am, an hour before it opened, to get in line so we could execute our game plan to get to Cars land. We talked to a couple on Thursday night who said that people waited for Radiator Springs, the main ride in Cars land, for 7 hrs that day. That was definitely not happening, so we made a plan that people would run to the ride and I would run to the fastpass line so we could hopefully ride it twice. Our plan went pretty much perfectly. We only waited about an hour total and we rode it twice! It was awesome. Cars land was pretty incredible. Everything looks exactly like the movie. Radiator Springs was a fun ride, too. 

 Even the line was amazing. We almost moved through it too quickly. I wanted to take more pictures.

 This picture is for my nephew, Dax, who is quite obsessed with Lightning.

Because Cars land was so busy, the rest of the park was pretty empty. We hit all the rides we wanted with little to no lines. We had so much fun!

 We had a dance party with Phineas and Ferb. We were sad that Dad missed it.

 California Screamin'

 Buena Vista Street

 On the Ferris Wheel

Traditional picture with Mickey

We had such a great trip, even though it was quick and involved a lot of travel. We drove all the way on Sunday, our Anniversary! Not the best way to spend our 2nd Anniversary, but we just pretended the other days were our Anniversary and celebrated then. 

And, the gushiness required for an anniversary post: I really am so glad to be married to Peter. We have so much fun together and he makes me so happy. He is such a hard worker and is so intrinsically motivated. I have no doubt that he will accomplish all his dreams, even the wild ones.