It has been a long couple of days. But we are finally here. And it's already getting late tonight, so I'm gonna make this quick. We left yesterday right after Alex got out of school. I was proud of Alex for getting through the day. He came out of school looking so happy! The first part of the trip went pretty well. Darek slept for the first part of the trip, which was wonderful. When he woke up, we put on Toy Story for the boys. They watched it and it ended right as we got to St. George. We went over to my sisters house to stretch, let the boys play and have a little to eat. We got back on the road at about 7pm. We went straight from there to Primm, NV. Honestly, this part of the trip went well too. It felt a little long, but the boys were really good. We got to our hotel, went to an automatic check-in and got the keys to our room. Ryan was out getting our luggage, so I took Alex and Darek through the casino to find our room. We got there and the key would not work on our door. I tried again and again. To make a long story short, I stood in a line for 20 minutes, got another room key for a different room and we went to the room. Darek went to sleep almost immediately. Alex soon followed. Ryan and I were somewhat awake, but tried to get some sleep. Darek was snoring like mad. Because of the snoring, caffeine from earlier in the car and doors slamming, Ryan and I only slept a total of 2 hours during the night. It was a nightmare! We got up at 5am to finish our journey. We drove straight through to Anaheim. Again, the boys were excellent on the trip. We got to Disneyland at 9am and Alex and Darek were as giddy as they could possibly be. We realized as soon as we got there that it was going to be a busy day. But we made the best of the morning. We went on Buzz (which Darek mostly liked), Pirates of the Caribbean (which he wasn't thrilled about) and Winnie the Pooh (which he really loved). We had some lunch and by then the park was full. So we took the boys into Downtown Disney to the Build-A-Bear store. This is something we've been planning on letting them do for quite a while. They both picked special Mickey bears. And they both decided on Buzz Lightyear outfits for their bears. Darek named his Mickey and Alex names his Nick Bearmondo (this was totally Alex's idea and he named it after his favorite soccer player on RSL, Nick Rimondo. I thought it was so cute and clever. We then came back to the hotel and have relaxed the whole evening. I am exhausted and ready for bed, so I'm gonna post these pictures of our journey and first day at Disneyland and get myself to bed. Hopefully more posts will follow for our adventures tomorrow!
In the car, waiting for Alex to get out of school
Alex running as fast as he can so we can start our vacation
Pictures of all of us this morning as we wake up at 5am and get ready to go.
You can tell I'm thrilled to be up after only getting two hours of sleep. ;)
The boys SO happy after getting to Disneyland!!!
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