Cali/Mother's Day

Here is the flashback....

It is the week of Road Shows. MADNESS! With the normal tasks of being a wife, mother, and growing a human, roadshows and other side jobs had me exhausted. I really wanted to go to California and have one last trip before the baby comes. I typically ask my friends in Cali. if we could stay with them and if we can possibly get into Disneyland, THEN I ask Jared. With our free night stay we had earned earlier I didn't really forsee any problems. When I told Jared he was a little hesitant which was wierd because he normally doesn't ever care. I didn't understand but with everything that has hit us in the last few months I didn't want to push or pressure him so I dropped it.  

A few days later I walked in the house after a meeting with dinner or should I say brinner (breakfast for dinner) on the table. Jared made bacon, eggs and mickey mouse waffles. He has done this in the past so I wasn't reading the signs.  As we are all talking about our day at the table Jared said we should do something fun before 'peanut' comes. I was still thinking a day at the park, maybe the movies but he said 'Everyone... look under your plates'! I lifted my plate and taped to all of them was a piece of paper that said we were going to Disneyland!! I told Jared I had emailed Candice and Sarah and already told them we were not coming. Apparently he emailed them too and told them he was surprising me and they emailed me back playing along.  Jared CAN'T keep a secret and has a hard time hiding things from me. I generally know if a surprise is coming. HOWEVER, I can honestly say I had NO idea and I don't know if I like that he is getting better at keeping secrets from me!! 

I left a day early with the kids to hang out with Sarah and just visit the little places I miss. Here they are in all their glory! Bryant was a trooper and watched all 6 kids so Sarah and I could walk to an AMAZING little frozen yogurt place Tutti Frutti. I wish I took my camera because AZ doesn't have anything like this place, at least that I am aware of!! The next morning we ate at Rubies on the pier. I think this is starting to be our tradition!  (I forgot to take a picture so the last minute I took this one! Love ya Sarah!) Then I checked into the hotel, had a funny conversation with the receptionist, picked up Jared... yada yada!

The kids were SO excited to go to Disneyland. When we got there we rode a few rides together before the boys did there thing and we did ours! My day consisted of princesses, kiddie rides, and frozen lemonade. We went to Ariel's Grotto which was a first time for me.

  Jared took James on all of the fun rides which I was sad about seeing that I can't ride them because of my current condition! James rode the malaboomer 4 times and loved it. Later we went to see if Emmy was tall enough for Soarin' over California. She was SO excited when she found out she was. Jared and I were laughing so hard along with our whole row with things that Emmy was saying during the ride.  I really wonder what little kids are thinking about when they ride some of those rides! We normally only spend a few hours at Disneyland because someone will get tired. I really thought that person would be me or Emmy because we didn't have a stroller. To my surprise, we lasted over 9hours at the park and all had a blast.

The next day we met up with Candice for a day at the beach. Even though it was a little overcast, the kids jumped right in. We went boogie boarding, buried each other, ate sand, and saw our own version of baywatch! We planned on playing the whole day but it was getting to cold. After we rested a little, we went back to Downtown Disney and ate with Candice at the ESPN Zone. Her husband is the manager there! We walked downtown disney then I think we were all feeling the affects of our weekend. We were all tired so we went to catch some zzzz's!

The only thing I really wanted to do when Jared was there was go to Corner Bakery! I LOVE that place and always go when we are in Cali. So we topped off our trip with my favorite lunch and said goodbye to Cali for awhile. Until next time....