Quick trip to Huntington Beach and Disney

We were able to use our Disney Day of Service tickets and take a trip to California. We left on a Saturday and picked up Max in St. George. He was there for a swim meet. Ate dinner and drove to the west side of Vegas and stayed for the night. Sunday we drove the rest of the way to Huntington Beach. We stayed at a fun resort right on the beach (ok across the street). It was the craziest place, nice, but too big. We walked and walked to get from our room to anywhere (lobby, swimming pools, to our car, out to the bridge to go to the beach). We spent some time at the beach on Sunday and were able to visit a friend of Stephen's.
Monday we headed to Disney. It was a nice day. Our family of 7 went to Disney for 30.00. 15.00 for parking and 15.00 to rent a stroller (we just couldn't fit ours in the car). We brought in all our food and snacks. The kids had a great time. The lines were really short. Jack loved all the rides, but especially Buzz Lightyear. Yes, I was the high scorer..no one believed my 70,000 something points I got.
Tuesday we spent the morning at the beach and then headed to St. George that afternoon. Max and Stephen actually went in the water with their boogie boards. It was freezing. The rest of us played on the sand.
We stayed at my parents house in St. George that night. We set off the burglar alarm so the cops came about 11:00pm. That was embarrassing. The next morning we left for home.
Thanks to Disney for having a day of service or we never would have gone. Stephen and Max worked on Habitat for Humanity and the kids and I made blankets. I'm not sure that little amount of service warranted a Disney ticket, but it sure was nice.

Sams sandcastle

The picture from our Space Mountain ride. Max and Syd knew exactly when the camera was coming. Check out her crazy face. Abby is next to her, me in the back, and you can see Sam's hands. He held them up the whole way. I was holding onto him the whole time so he wouldn't fall out.

There were some lines to see the characters. The boys were so excited.

Family picture by the Christmas tree. I'd never been to Disney when it was all decorated for Christmas. It was really fun.

Enjoying the ride.