Newport Beach and Disneyland with the Smiths'

From January 23rd to the 30th, we had fun staying with the Smiths and friends, the Sandovals, in Newport Beach, Ca. On Sunday we went to Balboa Island to walk on the beach, walk briefly though the small fair and ride the farry across the water back to Newport. The kids had fun running from the waves, finding shells, and getting sandy and sticky. It was a beautiful day to enjoy the sun when the weather hasn't been so sunny in the past week. We really lucked out cause the only day it rained while they were here was Tuesday. So it became a lounge day at the Marriott Villas. A vacation always needs a day like that.

Three days we went to Disneyland; Monday, Wednesday and Friday. We did our best to do and see all we could in those days. Here are a few of the pictures we took during the week.

From the top: Avery and Thomas with Frozone and the Catapilar ride both @ California Adventure. Lance, Kate and Naomi on Dumbo. Kate could barely wait to get on the ride. She was so excited watching the elephants spin round and round as we waited in line. We were lucky that Mickey and Minnie were standing at the entrance so we could take pics and Naomi could get their autographs in her book she saved for this trip to Disneyland. We tried to get Thomas picked for the Jedi training, but Avery was chosen instead. Good thing though cause Thomas my have been scared when Darth Vader and Darth Maul came out to fight all the new Jedis. Avery fought Darth Maul with strong strikes. She was ready to battle him.