The family kinda split up today to do different things. Aaron and Hayley's families went to Lego Land, my parents went to Disneyland, Beth went to the Hollywood area and did beach stuff and we went to Universal Studios. We talked to my parents and while ago and they offered to take Darek with them to Disneyland while we were at Universal Studios. It was hard to let him stay... but I am so glad we did. He would've had such a boring day with us. They have a few shows for little kids, but not many rides that they would really enjoy, or honestly can even go on.
We fought through traffic and got to Universal around 10:40. We got our tickets and went straight to the Back Lot tour. This has always been one of our favorite rides, so we were excited to show Alex how fun it was. He has been on it, but he was about 3 years old. We got to see the new King Kong 3D, which was really fun and also got to see a few TV shows filming... CSI and Parenthood (which is one of our favorite shows on TV right now). Alex really liked the back lot tour and thought it was cool to see a little about how making movies works.After the back lot tour we went over to the Simpson's ride. This was our longest line of the day (only 20 minutes) and it was well worth it! A very fun ride and one that Alex really enjoyed. We then went down to Jurassic Park. Alex has been dreading and kinda freaking out about going on this one. We waited only 5-7 minutes in line and got on the ride. I forgot ponchos, but figured we'd be fine. We got a little wet, but not bad at all. We got off the ride and Alex was jumping up and down with excitement. He wanted to go on it again so badly! The story of our lives... he always freaks out and then loves a ride. After that ride was a perfect time to stop and eat. We ate at our favorite restaurant there - the one next to Jurassic Park. We love going up on the balcony area outside over there. And Alex had to get up a few times to watch people come down the hill on the Jurassic Park ride. After lunch we decided to go on The Mummy ride next (only 5 minute wait). Alex did NOT like this one at all. I loved this ride, so I was kinda bummed that he didn't. But I was happy that he was willing to try it and not put up a fuss about it. We got off that one and went back over to ride Jurassic Park again. Can anyone guess what Alex's favorite ride of the day was??? We went back up and went to the Water World show. We were some of the last people in, so we didn't have much of a choice in seats. All that was left were seats in the 'soak zone'. I was not thrilled about this and told the guys I was going to see if I could find something else. I did find a seat and actually found an area that all 3 of us could fit. I motioned to Ryan to come sit, but he said he wanted to stay. So did Alex. The show was great as usual and the guys got totally soaked!! I was so glad I moved. We walked from there over to the Coca-cola water area. I ended up getting a little wet over there but we had so much fun all playing together. Then we went to the last show, Terminator 3-D. This one was okay, but not my favorite. After that was over, we did a little shopping and took some pictures. We stayed until the park closed and then fought traffic again on the way home. It was a great day and very relaxing. I am so happy we went and was thrilled to get back and hear all about Darek's day with Papa and Grandma. Tomorrow the whole family is going to Disneyland/California Adventure together. We will also have a character breakfast all together in the morning. I can't wait and hope we get tons of pictures! Until then, here are a few pictures from today!
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