Miso Cool is ready to go!
Characters are coming to greet us
Waiting for the character breakfast
Here is Mulan
Loving Belle
Fell asleep at the character breakfast
The Disneyland Hotel
California Adeventures Welcomes you with the Golden Gate Bridge
Entering the park
Excited to be here
Daddy and Savannah at California Adventures
Fun at the park
Overlooking the Ferris Wheel before we went on 
Up, up and away
Enjoying the view
Double nap in the double stroller. This NEVER happens. Thanks time difference and jet lag.
Seth and Ivy
Friends
Seth "walking" with Misty
Friends that are like family
Toon Town
The power crawler
Playing in Toon Town
Driving in Toon Town
Outside The Grand Californian
Welcome to Disneyland
Watching Disney movies
Us with Lexi
Loves water
Ready for the Princess Dinner
Everyone has an inner princess
Two princesses
Meeting Ariel
Sleeping Beauty
Belle and Seth
Savannah keeps saying, "I like Belle."
Seeing Mulan again
Seth playing shy
This is my friend from 2nd grade and her husband and her youngest child. The other two had to go to bed for school the next day. It was great to reunite.
Back to Disneyland on nicer less crowded day
Main Street
Sleeping Beauty's Castle
Savannah's favorite no matter where we are
Waiting for Nemo Ride
On the Monorail
Fun on the Monorail
Disney at night
Met up with our friends who we met at Guatoberfest in 2007.
Savannah and Mickey at Gardenwalk
Imitating the picture of Goofy
Beautiful Girl
Mommy and her gorgeous girl
We love the beach
Frozen Banana with chocolate and sprinkles
Beach playground
Just hanging and swinging with the Pacific in the background
Paradise on our last day
I am going to try to post some of the highlights of our California trip. Blogger makes it so difficult to upload pictures with the slow process and many errors. I will have a part 2 of iphone and my camera pictures. These are from our SLR.
We went for Dosokai, the Japanese Adoptive Families Reunion and then spent the following week seeing friends, enjoying some of our favorite places and going to Disneyland. We had a banner week and loved everything. The kids were awesome and Seth traveled the best he ever did. We loved meeting new friends (who felt like forever friends/family) and reminscing about when we lived in CA and sharing memories with our children.
Our flights were smooth except for on the trip out a 3 hour delay on the plane in Dallas due to thunderstorms and a tire change. The kids were champs and we missed our Friday night dinner for our reunion, but still got to spend some time with dear friends. The hotel was great and close to Disney with Starbucks in the lobby. We loved our character breakfast with our new friends and Goofy, Chip and Dale and Princesses. We spent the rest of the day at California Adventures, the new(er) park in Disney, since our last visit 10 years ago. It was super fun and due to the jet lag, we even got a double nap in the double stroller. That only happens once a year, if that, since Savannah no longer naps--only with a time change or a long car or plane trip. So, Mommy and Daddy almost got to enjoy an dinner with adult conversation, no dropping crayons or cutting breading off chicken fingers.
On Sunday and Monday we experienced some "May Grey" along with some cooler temperatures and sprinkles of rain. My BFF and her two daughters met us at Downtown Disney. We had a blast and it was like no time had past. That evening we spent dining with princesses at Ariel's Grotto. On Monday our beach plans were changed to the mall due to the weather and then we went to Old Town Pasadena and our friend's house nearby.
Tuesday we headed to one of my favorite places on Earth--San Diego. We went to the famous zoo and had a wonderful day of sunshine and fun. We ended the day by visiting one of my friends from 2nd grade that I had no seen since college. It was fantastic to see her and pick up from where we left off and meet her husband and children.
Wednesday we went back to Disneyland and went to the "old" park and met up with friends from Guatoberfest that we had not seen since 2007 and now they have FOUR gorgeous kiddos! We had a ball watching the kids enjoy the magic together--4 four year olds, a 6 year old, and a one year old. Quite a lot of excitement!
Thursday we had a perfect beach day and drove to Newport Beach and Balboa Pier and then had dinner at Roy's in Gardenwalk for our last night in CA. What a great way to end a fabulous week! Friday morning we went to the airport and had two smooth flights with sleeping children and landed in Boston early. We stayed over in Boston and went to Natick before back to CT. What a wonderful week of family time and memories!
