Disneyland with Friends

Whenever Hannah is off track, it's not uncommon for us to go to Disneyland about once a week. Some trips it's just me and the girls, sometimes it's with Gramma, sometimes with other friends who have passes. Today's trip was with friends who haven't been to Disneyland in a few years (imagine that!) and we had a BLAST!!!Since we're annual passholders, very rarely do we open the park (arrive before it opens) and stay all day to close the park (leaving as they are closing the rides, attractions, etc). There are always those few exceptions for such a long day - and today was one of those days! We went with our good friends whom not only does Hannah go to school with, but our families also go to the same church. So Hannah sees Zach and Alex six out of seven days a week. The kids enjoy spending time together and I really enjoy their mother's friendship and company. Rachel loves them all, including their older sister. All of that combined made for a great and memorable day at The Happiest Place on Earth.The park is currently operating on "off season" hours. So the park was only open from 10-8. So we did our best to show them a good time and get the most out of our day. Taking advantage of getting Fastpasses and the Child Swith pass, we were able to get on all the major rides and lots of other rides as well. Some of the major rides saw more of our party waiting at the exit than than the amount of our party actually on the ride!

Here is Hannah and Alex happily waiting at the exit of Indiana Jones.
Both not wanting to experiece the ride for fear of the 'unknown'. Other times it was nice that Jessica was along and she could take the kids on things us moms didn't want to. LOL. Like Tarzan's Treehouse! The kids all had so much together. Debi's been working on getting all the grandparents to go in on getting the kids' annual passes for Christmas. So the kids and us mom's are already talking and planning all the potential future trips we can have together.