The beach

 We LOVE the beach!

 Looking for sea creatures

 I {heart} Rylie!

We found the coolest starfish!

Thank you so much for a fabulous vacation!!!

 

California Adventure

We hit California Adventure the next day and headed straight over to the Cars ride.

The ride was not that amazing in my opinion but the scenery was.  It was incredible to see how they 

created Radiator Springs.  So cool!

We talked Liv into going on Tower of Terror.

She looks nervous in this pic but she actually LOVED it.

She even went twice and wanted more!

Love this pic.

My mom and dad bought a pin of Walt and Mickey for her collection.  

Dru loved it!

Also, I wanted to give a shout out to my parents for the theme park days.

First, thanks for taking us!

Second, thanks mom for riding all the rides even when you may have wanted to sit out a few.  You are one FUN grandma.

Last, thanks dad for sitting out on all the rides...you watched babies and any child that needed a break.  You sat with strollers so we could run to the next attraction.

You are a trooper and so selfless.

Playing games while we wait in line.

This was my favorite part of the day.

Liv used the last of her money to buy a bobble head pin for Dru.

Dru had been eyeing it all day.

Love them.

The happiest place on earth

 We went to Disneyland while we were California.

It was perfect weather and not that crowded.

Our longest wait was about 20 min.

Perfect!

We started off with Space Mountain.

Liv and Rylie screamed then cried.

What a way to start the day.  :)

Splash Mountain ended about the same way.

This time they were sobbing.

Liv and Rylie were petrified and Dru was not thrilled.

The proof.

(I about broke my back trying to hold/comfort Liv down the big hill.)

This picture is obviously before we went on the ride.

It wasn't all tears and screaming...

Rylie met Tiana from the princess and the frog.

This was a highlight!

The girl's favorite ride was Matterhorn! 

 We rode this one about 5 times.

The parade was my favorite part.  Disney doesn't skimp.  It was fabulous!

If I counted the balloons correctly, this is $312.00 worth of balloons.

Disney makes a whole lot of money of stuff like this.

It was almost more fun to watch the kids faces.

FYI:  Rylie is purposely going cross-eyed. 

What a goof ball. 

The girls earned money so they could buy something special.

Dru bought more pins for her lanyard.  

She even bought one for her computer teacher at school who loves Disney.

Olivia bought a bow and arrow set from Brave.

Rylie picked a stuffed Eeyore of all things.

She is making a sad face because Eeyore is always sad.

I tried to get her to buy a minnie or something else but she was dead set on Eeyore.

The tail comes off and she is obsessed with it.

It is actually pretty cute.