Disneyland 2012 (Part II)

We (The Rosenbaums) had a very busy, exciting trip to Disneyland. 

Andrew and I started preparing for our trip months ago by collecting all our change. A few days before we left, we took it to the bank and got it turned into $78.81 in cash. Oh yeah!

We rented a van and drove to Mesquite the first night. It started with a bang as the stroller fell off the top of the van onto the freeway. Ashlee promptly swore and commanded Scott to dart through speeding traffic (on foot!) to retrieve it. No exaggeration.

The next day we had a buffet for breakfast and hit the road. We didn't stop until we arrived at our hotel in Anaheim. 

We woke up early the following morning for Knotts Berry Farm. 

Here's Dawn and Mama Bauma, fighting the sun and ignoring Linus from the Peanuts Gang.

We rode on some awesome roller coasters, and ended up getting soaked on more than a few of them.

We made several new friends...most of them were pretty sleazy.

Knotts Berry Farm: The berries? Nonexistent. The fried chicken on the other hand? Very real and very delicious.

The next two days were spent at Disneyland and California Adventure. Scott is officially the Fast Pass Master. I don't think we had to wait longer than 30 minutes for any rides (including the new Radiator Springs Racer) thanks to Scott.

We made sure to do all of the classics while we were there including matching shirts, a family photo in front of the Mickey Mouse flowers, and turkey legs.

Eat it, Chance. Matchy Matchy.

True love...Caveman style

And of course Mickey Mouse ears!

Andrew and his mama. Hopefully Ash isn't too jealous on the sidelines.

We finished our vacation in St. George.

Breakfast at the Bear Paw of course! We're cute, right?

And Aladdin at Tuacahn (not Hairspray, though we do look good).

Let's finish with another picture of Max!

Disneyland 2012 (Part I)

Well, I've been to Disneyland twice this year. The first time was back in March with the Johnsons, the second just two weeks ago with the Rosenbaums. I'm thinking I'll try to blog about both, because I don't want the Johnsons' feelings to get hurt. Note: Every single picture in the blog was stolen from one of my sisters' blogs. I'm really bad at remembering to take pictures.

Disneyland Part I:

The Excitement

The Mortification

The Rides

The Enchanting Costumes

The Pirates...SO MANY PIRATES!!!

The Cousins

Best Aunt (in the world! No lessons, self taught, thank you very much Pops!)

The "Big Poop" Face

The Endless "Cole Loves Jed" Jokes

"There's room next to me, Jed! Wink!"

The VERY necessary treats

The 3D

The Babe, as always

The Sheer Exhaustion

Disneyland 2012: Mission Accomplished

Summer Catch Up

We've got a lot of ground to cover, so no more questions. Let's get straight to business.

Since the last blog post, I enjoyed both the Elk Ridge Parade and the Genola Parade. Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture at the Elk Ridge Parade. So instead, here's a picture of Tukk dressed up as the Hulk. Hopefully it's an appropriate replacement. 

So beefy.

 Here's a picture from the Genola Parade, famous for its efficiency. It's totally normal to watch this town parade from the back of a Ranger.  It's also normal for the "floats" (typically tractors, 4-wheelers, or trucks pulling trailers full of people) to throw enough candy for every kid to get a full grocery sack. The best part of the Genola Parade, however, (besides the new addition of throwing grilled hot dogs from the floats) is that it only takes 15 minutes or so for the parade to go by twice. It's awesome.

Of course we attended the Genola Rodeo later that night, followed by viewing the town fireworks from my parents' roof.

Here's Klive who was having tons of fun with his Uncle Andrew.

(I'm dressed as a cowgirl, not a farmer.)

We celebrated America's birthday by hiking the Santaquin Narrows.

It's like they're posing next to a statue at a theme park. 

We also had a fun trip down to Junction where we heard coyotes howl and cats...get busy. Oh, and we caught a bunch of fish at Otter Creek.

Tukker turned 4 and is finally growing out of his sweet tooth phase, obviously.

Klive turned 2, yet wears the same size of clothes as his 4-year-old cousin. Oh, and he finally likes me!

I got to run in the first annual Red Rock 5k down in Torrey with my mom, sister, brother-in-law, and nephew. It's crazy how good of shape I'm in. So good, in fact, that I received a Participant Ribbon.

We basked in the glorious Wicked at the Capitol Theatre.

Andrew and I thought it would be appropriate to dress up, but perhaps we went overboard...

He's the cute blonde of course.

And I made 3 new friends this month, which is quite the feat considering my lack of social skills.

First, Cooper Ahlin. 

Then, Desmond Pope:

Finally, Cole and Misty's new baby, Muggzy Sunshine Trailer:

Oh and we celebrated our first year anniversary on August 6th with dinner at Texas Road House (Andrew gave me his helping of mashed potatoes so I know he really loves me) and the new Batman movie. For all of you who didn't think we would make it a whole year, neiner neener.

P.S. Everyone needs to thank Fernando for this picture!

Yee-Haw!