Disneyland!

What do you do when you have the end of tax season, 2 birthdays and an anniversary all within a week? If you're the Crockett's you go to DISNEYLAND to celebrate it all! We are having a BLAST! Here's some quick summaries and pics, I'll try to add more later after our trip! There are lots of pictures of the younger boys 'cause the older boys are usually running ahead of us before we can get a picture.
*BEWARE PICTURE OVERLOAD AHEAD!*
Saturday was our anniversary. We drove in the morning and spent the rest of the day in the park. Pirates was the voted on 1st ride of the trip/day!
See this post for more.

Sunday, we went to the beach (after a quick trip to Target 'cause I forgot my swimsuit :P). It was a bit cold in the water, but my boys LOVE the beach so there was no stopping them. Brayden wasn't too fond of the water, but had lots of fun digging in the sand and burying Ryan.

Later that night, we met up with Wes, Linda, Brittany and Ashley (my oldest brother, wife and nieces from Utah) in Downtown Disney for dinner at the House of Blues and played in the Lego store. Good food, fun, and company!
Monday, the park was DEAD! Apparently a heat wave (100+*) has the same effect as a rainy day and scares people away! Not for us hot-blooded Arizonans! We were able to hit Fantasyland and ToonTown with little or NO wait on most rides all day! It was AWESOME! We finally did the Finding Nemo Submarine ride 'cause the wait was only 20 minutes (it's been over 3 hours in past trips!). Brayden totally LOVED it!








Tuesday was Ryan's birthday, See this post for more!

(PS, I decided to just add the rest of the trip to this post and be done!)
Wednesday, we spent most of the day in California Adventures since we didn't spend much time there yet. The kids loved Grizzly River Run. After riding twice, we were all SOAKED!



Thursday, we packed up and checked out of the hotel to spend as much time as possible at the park before we had to drive home in the afternoon. :( Poor Brayden fell out of the stroller and scratched his face, but was smiling again by the time we got to Small World. Mckay LOVED ALL the fast roller coasters! Kenny took a couple pics of him while on Thunder Mountain before we left. Judging from the HUGE grin on his face, I think he liked it!

Ryan's 8th Birthday!

On our tickets, we had one "Magic Morning" where you can get into the park an hour before it opens to everyone else. We went today for Ryan's 8th birthday! We were able to hit many of the Fantasyland rides before it got too busy. In one of the stores, Ryan received a birthday phone call from Goofy. Later Ryan wanted to head over to the Pirate's Lair (which has taken over Tom Sawyers Island). The boys LOVE climbing and running around through all the caves and forts and tree house.

Because we were at the park so early (and it was over 100* in the park) we went back to the hotel in the afternoon so Brayden (and Kenny) could take a nap while I took the other boys to the pool. We went back later and met up with Wes and Family for dinner and more rides and stayed until the park closed.

During the day, Ryan got a birthday pin to wear (and they gave the other boys "Honorary Citizen" pins so they wouldn't feel left out), so all day people kept saying "Happy Birthday, Ryan!" Before long, he was embarrassed and put it in his pocket most of the day. It wasn't until the end of the day he found out he could get free stuff (most importantly a dozen tortillas in California Adventures) if he was wearing it. Now he plans to wear it everyday the rest of the trip.

This year at Disneyland they are giving Free park admission on your birthday. Since we already had a multi-day ticket, they gave us the choice of either a $60 gift card (equal to the cost of a 1 day ticket), a Birthday Fastpass (which we didn't need 'cause the park was so empty), or a 1 day ticket to be used anytime within the next year. Ryan went for the $60! He has LOTS of big plans with his money, so we're making him wait until he REALLY knows what he wants.