Our little getaway to California

Well I am still struggling to keep up with my blogging! I have a lot to catch up on but I wanted to start off by posting about our trip last month out to California to visit our good friends Shunae and Travis. They were so kind to let us crash in their front room for a few days and we had so much fun hanging out with them. We took advantage of their closeness to Disneyland and spent two of our days exploring that magical place. And magical it is... we transformed into little kids as we ran around and went on all the rides. We pretty much covered all of Disneyland and California Adventure in the two days we were there. Has anyone seen the parade they put on in Disneyland??....I believe I enjoyed the parade just as much as all the 5 year olds around me. I actually made Brandon watch it both days we were there because I was sure we missed some of it the first day.... turns out we saw the whole show both times. :) But I enjoyed it just as much the second time as I did the first. I think I secretly wanted to be one of the princesses in the parade. When I was younger my cousins and I would always play "Princesses" when we would get together. Pretty much it consisted of picking a princess and then we would run around and pretend to be that person. I actually have no idea what the point was.... but it was something I always wanted to play. I guess I still have that instinct in me :)

Our adventure in pictures begins......

We had just gotten to Disneyland and couldn't be happier.

Us and our favorite Disney character below.... no not really. There was a really short line for a picture so Brandon and I thought we would take advantage of that. We both froze and didn't know what face to pull for the picture. I feel that we did not make the best choice....we only had one chance and we both blew it.

Heading over to California Adventure....

Screamin' roller coaster! So fun.
You would think we were the only ones in the park with this picture.... I can assure you we were not.
One of the many highlights.... Turkey Legs :) Warning: if you are a vegetarian you may throw up looking at the next few pictures. I got some pretty weird looks as I was walking around with this bone but it tasted so good!

Brandon is loving the turkey leg....
The best part of our day was when we were getting in a 2 hour line for Indiana Jones a man came up to Brandon and handed him 2 fast passes that he decided he wasn't going to use! We quickly jumped in the other line and ran straight to the front. It was just grand.

Brandon enjoyed Tarzan's Tree house more then anyone there....
He secretly wants to be Tarzan... he is trying to show me he has muscles just like him

Firework Show!!! The fireworks were awesome. Getting out was not as cool... I tried to take a picture of Main Street and the amount of people that covered the street trying to get out. It was crazy.

Our second day back.... here I am enjoying my Bugs Life 3D glasses. Everyone needs to go on the Tea Cups...
Our adventure in Toone-Town...
Very sad about having to leave....
Brandon was so sad he had tears.....

We also spent a day at Universal Studios with Shunae and Travis and had so much fun!
Brandon and Travis were so scared to go in here.... :)
After we went through we were all a little creeped out... Who can blame us? Chucky is right there with a knife.
Jaws almost ate Brandon's head. Luckily I was there to save him.
Here we are on our Tram Tour. It was a little more intense than we thought! With Shunae being pregnant we were a little worried about baby Shelton...but if baby Shelton is as tuff as her mom I'm pretty sure she could take it:)
Shunae and I are enjoying the tour and admiring the distroyed airplane behind us... Got to love the Simpsons...
We were lucky enough to get a picture with all the Apollo 13 guys. I felt a closeness with the one on the end....

Dinner with the Sheltons! It felt much like a Wedding reception with the white tent we were under. They were renovating the restaurant so they had this tent set up in the back. The food was awesome and the company was even better :)
Saddly our trip came to an end and we spent our last few hours in California at Huntington Beach... Great looking guy that I found on the Pier....
Enjoying the Pier and admiring the coast guard joggers.... I love the beach and the ocean water. I was wishing it was a little warmer so we could have layed there all day!! He is looking good out there! If only he had his shirt off.... :) So happy... The Long Beach Airport... we were able to capture the whole airport in one shot. It is that big.
Shunae and Travis were so good to us while we were there!! We had so much fun hanging out with them and making some fun memories! Thank you both so much!