"Noooo, Mama"

Jackson's first ride at Disneyland was a little rough to start as the ride operator would not allow him to sit on my lap. Once the rocket ship ride began we bent the rules a bit and he did just fine. Despite the long waits, we were still able to notch quite a few of the big attractions on our belts including Space mountain, Indiana Jones and Pirates of the Carribean. My favorite was Splash mountain as we used a fast pass and walked on the ride. With 12 of us it was tricky trying to plan which rides to hit and we definitely couldn't of done it without cell phones. Perhaps the highlight of the day were the fireworks. It was spectacular, with the fireworks set not only to music but to different Disney themes.



After a hectic day of Disneyland, we spent the next day hanging out at the Newport Conduminium playing basketball, hanging around the pool and finally heading to the beach. Pete, Grandpa Oz, Levi and Max spent quite a few hours at the beach before my brother Mike, my niece Emma, Jackson, Milo and myself made it (after nap time). The sunset was absolutely spectacular and so we decided to use this great opportunity to shoot my dad's Christmas photo with the grandkids (Lucas was still napping so he will get his own pic with Grandpa). The kids absolutely had a ball building sand castles and flying kites.