Lest we forget - A Dad's take on Disneyland!

Angela posted earlier on the drama at the conclusion of our Disneyland trip and that was indeed a big deal and NO FUN for anyone - especially Brock and Erika although it was taxing on the whole crew.
I know we have a reputation for misfortunes and accident's - could probably write a book about it! So, to counteract the reputation I wanted to remind us all of why we went to the magic Kingdom in the first place.

Brynne is part of the middle school chorale group and they were singing in a chorale contest at Disneyland. The kids performed great and although they did not do as well as they had hoped for in the contest they represented themselves, their families and the school very well.

On the way down we had a nice visit with my parents for a couple of days in St. George (We really enjoyed it - so much so that we decided to come back for an extended stay on the way home!)

Disneyland really WAS great and we also had a nice time at the beach and other places on Saturday although it was a little cold. It was great seeing my brother Tim and his family as well. It was also fantastic to have Mom and Dad drive down from St. George to see Brynne perform and join us for a few days. We spent the day with them on Sunday and went to their church and they also came out to Disneyland with us twice and showed us a few "locals only" secrets!

I was so proud of the kids, they were generally well behaved and we really had a great time. Lily was so brave and rode virtually all of the rides. I think there were only three that she could not ride but she hit some of the classics like Space Mountain, Matterhorn and the Haunted Mansion! The older girls got to spend some time with their cousins and also ride some rides by themselves. We learned to leverage the magic of fastpasses and parent passes to get maximum ride time on the rides like California Screamin' and Indiana Jones.

And, of course, after the drama in St. George on the way home we were really blessed with an easy and uncomplicated drive home. It was good by any one's standards which made it absolutely awesome by ours!

So... all in all even though it was not exactly the trip we planned it was a good one and certainly one that we will ALWAYS remember, which at the end of the days is really what it is all about - right?