The biggest Christmas Gift of all....Disneyland with the Family!

After saving all year long, we made the dream vacation of a Disney Christmas happen!

Our whole family has been working hard for this trip, so it made it extra special.
 Here are a just few highlights of the trip:

waking up early to get to the parks at rope drop

the magic of the beautiful decorations

the kids faces lighting up at, well, everything!

doing the penny press machines for our collection

riding the rollercoasters with our daredevil, Amelia

Felicity wanting to do the Pooh Bear ride over and over

eating all the good food, but especially treats at the Jolly Holiday Bakery

Grandpa going on the roller coasters

the girls becoming Jedi's in Trials of the Temple- fighting Darth Vadar!

Bryttin, Patricia and Grammy getting an evening out to ourselves

drawing Goofy with a real Disney animator

our family getting to talk with Crush

seeing Small World all lit up for the holidays

Paul being the best tour guide/event planner in the world

meeting Mary Poppins, Nick & Judy from Zootopia, Tinkerbell, Mickey & the whole gang

playing in Toon Town

searching for pins for Larsen's and Grammy & Grandpa (and trading pins, too)

Paint the Night parade and World of Color- incredible!

being together with our family at the Happiest Place on Earth

 A little break in the long drive for a picnic just outside of Vegas...

 Checking out the Lego Store in Downtown Disney the first night...getting excited for tomorrow!

 Waiting in line to get into DISNEYLAND!!!

 Felicity loved all of Critter Country, but Pooh Bear was her favorite ride for sure.  She even liked all the hidden honeypots around the ride and kept pretending to taste them!

The wettest, bravest girl on Splash Mountain!

 Off to Tarzan's Treehouse, Small World, Mickey and the Magical Map show and seeing the Christmas parade!

Grammy bought a Mickey glowing bubble wand for the girls to use and use it they did!  It was a big hit, especially for Felicity. 

 First up on Day two was all of Fantasyland.  Flicker loved Dumbo, and so did the big girls.  I loved being able to ride on everything with barely any waiting.  (Thanks to Paul the planner for making the schedule and promising me it would be worth it!)

 We did the penny press machines everywhere we went!  The girls took turns choosing the designs and pushing the coins into the machine.  Jason found a neat booklet to keep them all organized and now we have quite the collection!  A few limited edition 2016 Christmas ones are my favorites.

 Hanging out at the Animation Studios.  We learned how to draw Goofy from a real Disney animator, saw how animation is created and all took the quiz in the Beast's library to find out which Disney character is most like us.  Then it was off to Turtle Talk with Crush and seeing the Disney Jr. Live show.  We also saw Frozen at the Hyperion...not nearly as good as we were anticipating.  We loved the Tangled and Beauty and the Beast shows at the Royal Theater 100 times better!

 Just keeping it real.  

There were some late nights....like every night.  

The big girls did great, but sometimes it was just too much for little Flicker.  She was a GREAT napper in her stroller, but this one night she had just had it!  Even the bubble wand wasn't working!  She fell asleep on the bus in our arms and went right to sleep at the hotel and ready for another fun day the next morning.  Overall, she was a wonderful baby and had many people keeping her as happy as a clam. :)

 The whole Disney crew on It's A Small World!

We really enjoyed the Christmas overlay on the ride and hummed along to the songs.  Another one of Flick and Amelia's favorite rides.

 Meeting the Main Mouse- MICKEY!

Seriously, one of our most fun trips!  (Oh and I have about a million more pictures...so I'm sure I'll do another post here soon to get them all in my scrapbook.)

We can't wait to save up and go again!!!