Tarbet's California Adventure Overview

Everyone's Favorites from the trip:

Disneyland

Zach - Watching the girls at Mickey Mouse and the Magic Map show.

Jessi - I loved that everyone was so happy!  I loved the feeling you got when you walked in the park. All of the cast members were so happy and helpful and all the other tourist were so friendly.  I loved that there was always Disney music playing in the background.  I LOVED watching my girls experience everything. 

Kabree - Loved seeing and meeting all of the characters.

Keagan - Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique and the Carousel.

California Adventure 

Zach - Watching the girls watch Frozen, The Toy Story ride and The Guardians of the Galaxy ride.

Jessi - The Frozen play, watching the girls expressions during the play.  The Toy Story Midway Mania ride.

Kabree - The Guardians of the Galaxy ride and meeting Groot.

Keagan - Meeting Elsa and Anna.

Sea World

Zach - The Orca show.

Jessi - All the fun food we got to try and the shows were amazing.

Kabree - The shows, especially the Dolphins.

Keagan - Seeing the shows.

Huntington

Zach - Playing on the beach with the girls and watching the little birds go after the clams.

Jessi - Feel of the sand and water walking along the beach and finding the clams.

Kabree - Getting in the water and finding clams.

Keagan - Finding the sea shells.

Traveling

Kabree - Thought flying was really fun and wished she could have gotten better airplane pictures.

Keagan - Hated flying because her ears wouldn't pop on the flight in to LAX.

Overall

  I'm so glad we got to go on this trip.  We have worked really hard as a family for the last 2-3 years saving up for it.  I'm so proud of our girls for working towards this goal and sacrificing going with friends sometimes to eat out or going to Outerlimits so they could put that money towards our trip. With our new living situation we rarely get time just the 4 of us and it was so nice to get to spend so much time together just our little family!  

What we learned from this trip

• Going from 16 degree weather to 79 degree weather feels brutal.
• It's fun to visit but we would never want to live in California.
• Not all hotels have microwaves and fridges.
• Motion sickness wrist bands really do work.
• You should wear motion sickness wrist bands in the car and on rides as well as the plane.
• Ziplocks work great as puke bags.
• Good shoes are a must when going to Disneyland/California Adventures.
• Metal water bottles are a must when in California.
• Those tiny rocks you feel on your feet when walking in the ocean are actually tiny clams.
• Having a husband willing to take your clothes to the laundry mat to get them all washed in one shot is amazing! 
• Washing your clothes the last night makes for a wonderful (way less stressful) unpacking experience!

  We are so grateful we were able to have such a great vacation! No one got hurt or lost, both girls had great attitudes about the heat and all of the lines! It was so much fun!