The last day at "The Happiest Place on Earth"

On our last day, we went to the beach.

Albert and I

me and John-boy

 ok this face just makes me laugh.  someday he'll be mortified I put this up here...

 beach

us with Nessa and "not her boyfriend" Mike

All the women.

After we got back from the beach, Albert and I left Johnathan with Albert's parents and went back to Disneyland

those turkey legs are AMAZING!!!!

pin that Albert thought described me well.

The Castle. :)  so pretty.

       The next morning, we traveled with Mark and Sonia back up to Las Vegas.  That night we ate at a buffet and then watched the movie Brave (totally worth it btw).

       In the morning we set out for Provo, once again in our car.  We felt positive heading out despite the fact that our "check engine" light was still on...We made it all the way to Cedar City, UT (what we saw is more of a TOWN than a city but whatever) before our car started messing up again.  And this time the light was blinking.  so we pulled into the city and found an open car repair shop.  I may have mentioned before that we thought the problem was the catalytic converter or the transmission.  Turns out it was just the fuel filter or something like that.  so fixing our car was a LOT cheaper than we thought it was going to be (thank heavens).  Thus, we made it safely back to UT and were quite happy to be able to sleep in our own beds.

"The Happiest Place on Earth" Part 2

So we got 6-day park hopping tickets so that we could go to California Adventure as well.  So here's a bunch of pictures from the majority of the rest of our trip...they aren't in any particular order...that's what happens when you steal pictures from you husband's camera and you sister-in-law's camera. :)

 Melissa wearing dad's sunglasses :)

Sammi dressed up like a princess EVERY DAY! 

 Sonia playing with John while we waited for the parade to start.

 Albert texting

 Melissa happy with her sippy cup and bucket of popcorn

 Albert making his first ever pin trade (this is his new hobby...unfortunately, it's an expensive hobby.  fortunately, it's something he can do pretty much just in Disneyland or Disneyworld...and it'll be a while before we can go back to either.)

pushing John

 pretty flowers

 Johnathan fell asleep in the middle of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. :)

 Riding Space Mountain

 goofy! (he was always just getting off when we saw him so we never got a picture with him)

 Meeting Mickey

 Baby and daddy

 walking (john is peaking over Albert's shoulder)

 daddy singing

 (five seconds later) John singing

 Us together.

Cheerios...they're a cure-all 

 we tried to make sure we didn't get dehydrated...

While on this trip Johnathan got COMPLETELY weaned...and we experimented with letting him sleep in our bed just so we could get some sleep at night...the first night he was fine...the second night he started kicking and pushing us so we decided that he didn't get to sleep in our bed anymore.

We used my happily bright green umbrella for extra shade...

after going on the Grizzly Rapids :)

in this picture i'm just about to flick Sonia with a bunch of water

Albert asking me which pin he should trade for

Sammi and John

Sammi, mom, and Melissa

Aunt Sonia and Uncle Mark. :)

John looks fat in this picture...

happy kid. :)

 on the Cars Racers ride...in my defense we were going down a big hill and it looked like we were going to hit a bridge.

passed out. :)  

oh yeah!

some days Johnathan was just plain exhausted. :)  yes, he's asleep in this picture.

All in all we were having a WONDERFUL and fun time...we bought Johnathan a birthday present (which will be featured in the post about his birthday...assuming I get around to making that soon haha) and a perry the platypus pillow...if you don't know who that is, shame on you.  you should repent IMMEDIATELY! :)