.travels to DISNEYLAND.

Our trip came up quickly after the holidays. I told Josh once I got pregnant, we really should try to make a trip to Disneyland before the baby gets here. Because I didn't see it happening anytime soon after that. I researched and decided January would be a good time to go. The weather looked decent and we needed to go before I got too big. The kids all went to school Friday morning. Josh slept in a bit from working the night before and then we were busy for awhile packing up the car. We picked Brynn up from preschool, got TJ and then on the way out of town picked up Gage at Willard. The drive went well. I had planned quite a bit about some activities to keep them busy so they wouldn't be watching movies the whole time. I bought a cookie sheet that they were able to do puzzles on and some letter magnets that were a big hit. I went to the library before we left and got some book and books on CD. We listened to and finished The Incredible Journey. We stopped halfway to stay the night in St. George. Before we checked into our hotel, we ate dinner at the Pizza Factory in town. As we were waiting for our order, my cousin Bryn walked up! She was staying in town with some friends for a girls weekend! Its crazy the places you run into people sometimes! I wish I remembered to get a picture! The hotel was very nice. We all ran down to go swimming before bed. The pool was outdoors, but heated which made it nice. We put all the kids in one queen sized bed, horizontal the whole trip. It worked nice because then no one had to have the floor. I don't know if we'll be able to do that the next time because TJ just about had his feet hanging off the bed!
Saturday we woke up and headed to California. We finished out book on CD that day and again the kids did very well. We drove the strip as we traveled through Las Vegas. We stopped at the Outlet mall and did a bit of shopping before we got in the car again. Once in California we stopped at a McDonalds for lunch. We arrived at our home for the next 5 nights and again headed straight to the pool! The hotel was very nice, but the pool wasn't as good as the one in St. George. After swimming we drove around a bit and made our way down to Disney. We found a Subway for dinner that night.