Day 1: Heading West!

Today is the day! Up early at 3am EST to head to the airport for a 5:30 flight! Stopped over in ATL just long enough to make it to the other terminal to catch our connecting flight to San Fran. The flight to San Fran was great, we all had our own T.Vs to entertain us... I dont think Elijah made it through any movie, he was too interested in playing with everything he had to switch between things, whatever, it entertained him! The flight was pretty uneventful except for spilled apple juice that got all over my purse. Once we arrived in San Fran we got our bags and headed to the USO where the kids and I stayed while Chris went to get our rental car. The USO was very accomidating and had plenty to eat and entertain the kids. Chris came with the van, a Town and Country, (much like what we have at home) complete with a DVD system! We drove throughout the countryside to I5. It was very beautiful. The kids slept a bit and so did I! We went through the mountains as we got closer to our stop for the night, Ventura... again, very beautiful! We arrived to the hotel in time for the managers reception so we grabbed a quick bite and drink then headed to get real dinner... Nothing fancy, some Panda Express:). Back to the hotel to go to sleep, it was after 10pm EST and we were exhusted!! So, a day of travel for us, many miles in one day! Cant wait to get to San Diego and go and see stuff and celebrate Leia's birthday tomorrow! Stay turned, the adventure has only just begun...

Oh, BTW, the last picture is of Magic Mountain, you all remeber the 90210 episode when they all went, right? It was right next to our hotel:).

California Dreaming...

It all started just over a year ago when we booked a Med Cruise on Disney cruise line for the summer of 2013, we used DVC (Disney Vacation Club) points for part of it to help the cost. We were so excited Disney was going back to the Med we just jumped onboard... after looking at costs for air and excursions and such we realized it was going to cost a bit more than we expected and maybe the kids weren't quite ready yet. But we had these DVC points so we knew we had to change our vacation to another Disney destination, which of course is no prob for us... but where? We decided on Disneyland, we have been wanting to take the kids since Carsland opened so it would be perfect and we could use our DVC points there easily. What started as a Disneyland trip soon turned in to a big California trip that will start and end in San Francisco (due to how our points from our credit card worked). 13 nights going up and down the California coast (ok, really going down and then up), stopping in San Diego, Disneyland, Reagan Library, Hearst Castle, and finishing up back in San Fran where we will be able to see family we haven't seen in years! It will be such a great adventure and are so excited. Come along and join us as we live our lives to the fullest in California, I will be updating along the way so you will feel like you are right there with us! Enjoy the ride!