california adventures.

justin, ezra, and i drove to southern california to meet mike, val, emerson, madden, and my mom, dad, and little brother ryan at disneyland! sounds great right? well, it kind of was... and it kind of wasn't.

first, on our way down, we stopped in vegas because my tire was making a funny sound. never a good sign. four hours, eleven hundred dollars, four new tires and rims later, we were back on the road. phew. 4 hours at a big-o in north las vegas is not a place i want to spend much time, let alone four hours.

second, ezra developed quite the little fever on our drive down and was pretty sick the whole trip. we even had to take him to the E.R. (it wasn't an emergency but being out of state, we had no other choice). his fever had been high for a few days but then he started developing a nasty cough and a bad runny nose so we wanted to make sure he didn't have pneumonia like his grandpa don and cousin dylan. luckily he didn't, and $150 and 2 hours later we were on our way.

since ezra was so sick he had a hard time sleeping because he couldn't breathe and he was just really lethargic all trip. so unlike him. but he did have one happy day so i was glad mike&val actually got to see him as his normal self. 

ezra's favorite part of disneyland was when we were there at night and there were all these bright and colorful lights. the weather was perfect at night. he didn't mind most of the rides but he really didn't like some of them. but justin and i got to do the tower of terror and california screamin' and those were crazy fun.

disneyland was so crowded! but it was alright. ezra wasn't really into it most of the time because he was sick but he did like a few things i think. justin and i had fun, too. we got to go to the parks by ourselves a few times and go on some rides which was really nice. (thanks mom & val!). 

we stayed at the sheraton and since we could only get two queens if we upgraded to the "club" rooms on the top floor, we were VIPs for a few days. it was fun going into the club room and getting sodas out of the fridge and eating snacks at night. 

the best part of the trip was being able to spend time with the halls! val is my best friend and i hadn't seen her since christmas so that was a lot of fun. i loved being with my family and going on all the rides. the trip definitely had its ups and downs but we grew a lot from it and hey, i got some good pics so... (if you're still reading, which i doubt you are...) scroll down!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

p.s. please click on these images to enlarge them! the small thumbnails just do not do them justice, and it sickens me. especially the one in color of cute little madden. he is SO handsome.