Disneyland 2018

Forgot to add this picture to the last post.
After we left Coronado we stopped by our favorite Greek food place and got it to go. We had our lunch at Balboa park where they had this cute Fall display.
Riley looks so big in this picture.

It's always exciting, fun and nostalgic to visit Disneyland. At first Riley wasn't too thrilled about standing in long lines. This was Riley's 2nd time at Disneyland but we were reminding him of how things work and what we expected of him, hence the pouty look on his face. Relieved to say that he resigned about the long lines after the first ride.

After taking pictures at the entrance the next thing we always do is head over to the Indiana Jones ride then to New Orleans Square . A total must for me, after that it doesn't matter to me what we do next.

I was excited for Riley because now he was tall enough to get on all the rides. I was laughing hard whenever he would get scared as we made our way towards the ride. In this particular area you feel a quick air gust resembling arrows being shot from different directions. The noise it made had Riley looking concerned. The look on his face is so funny.
He was scared so he had his eyes closed almost the entire ride. I told him he missed out on seeing a lot of cool stuff. What a wasted experience!

This is my favorite ride at Disneyland. Has been since I was a kid. I especially remember the smell, kinda like mold out in nature.

Next, the Haunted Mansion. Riley was a bit apprehensive about this one too but excited. He enjoyed himself.

We had never tried beignets before so we bought a couple. If it wasn't for the powdered sugar they definitely wouldn't taste good. We didn't think it was anything extraordinary.

I should have taken a picture of our lunch. We ate at the restaurant that's right next to the Haunted Mansion. We got an oven roasted chicken leg quarter with mash potatoes, gravy and green beans and we couldn't believe how delicious it was. We were very surprised because at most theme parks the food isn't really that good but this was. We'll definitely eat at this place again.

We walked quite a bit, checked out several stores before we got on any more rides. When our food settled we headed over to Frontierland to get on Thunder Mountain.

It is so weird, whenever I'm out anywhere I often come across the numbers 1012 or just 12. 1012 is my birthday. Whether I glance at the clock or an address on a building or whatever I often see these numbers. Of course it means something special to me because of my birthday but other than that I don't know if it means anything more.
When it was finally our turn I was told to stand on number 12. I smiled and said to myself "naturally". Weird right?

Riley loves roller coasters ... has ever since he was like three years old.

Small World

Watching the parade. It's always super fun seeing Woody and Buzz. They are our family's favorite!!!

We didn't get on Space Mountain. Star Wars hadn't been built yet and the Matterhorn was closed for renovations. The last ride we got on was Splash Mountain. I don't usually get on this ride mainly because I don't want to walk around wet. But, I decided to get on it this time.

While we waited in line it began to lightly sprinkle.

We were smiling because we knew that the big drop was coming up. That nervous feeling one gets is no joke.

I got soaked!! My pants were drenched. I had to tie my sweater around my waste because I didn't want my undies to show through. I was wearing light pink linen capris. We all got super wet. The boys tennis shoes had water in them. Good thing I wore my Mayari Birkenstocks so my feet weren't uncomfortable.

Here's the picture from the ride. LOL! Jacob's and Riley's face is hilarious!!!

We were headed out of the park when the rain began to pick up. We could hear thunder.

Such cute Halloween decorations.
I love seeing decorations. I love it when people decorate for every American holiday. It's tradition and it's a fun thing to do. Even when my kids are out of the house I will still decorate my home. Holidays are a good way to have something to look forward to in the midst of trials and break the monotony of life plus it brings joy to others. And who says you gotta stop decorating just because you're grown. It's healthy and fun to be a kid at heart.

We had a lot of fun at Disneyland.

As we were on our way to take the tram back to our parking lot we were told that they had closed the trams down due to the thunderstorm. We were "are you kidding me?!!" It was about a twenty minute walk in the rain plus we were already soaking wet from the ride so we were freezing our buns off. It was such a crazy experience for sure!

You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or 

when. You can only decide how you are going to live. Now.