Smore's

Our last night we finally made it to the fire pit to roast marshmallows and eat smore's. I love that you just turn the fire on and there is the fire! Delicious treats and no "campfire" smell!

The heat was a little intense for Sadie.

Connor is an expert roaster!

Happy girl!

Laguna Beach Take Two- and In and Out!

After our less than happy trip to Laguna a few days before, we decided to have another go. This time was much more happy-although Sadie never took her shoes off for fear of more tar. She made friends on the playground right on the beach while Connor played on the beach and watched sand volleyball. Anette got to do a little shopping. Afterwards, we headed to In and Out. Yum! Sadie was very tired and ended up spilling both a drink and a milkshake. Ryan left and went to the car because he was so embarrassed-everyone but Sadie was done eating so I stayed with her and let her eat. Oh the joys of Family vacation!

Around the Resort

Just a few pictures from hanging out at the resort. Even though we did leave a bit, you really could spend the whole week just hanging out and enjoying everything at the resort. Connor loved the basketball court, tether ball, putting green, and of course the pool. Sadie LOVED the pool and the playground. It was the most comfortable she has ever been in the water. The pool had great long steps that she could swim and play on and feel very independent. I liked that I could watch her from the side because the pool was a bit cold for my liking. Ryan of course was a good sport and was in with the kids much more than I was!

At the playground with her "kids" (that's how Sadie refers to her stuffed animals) Bubbles and Russell.

What a view!

Koi Pond

Swimming with daddy!

Crystal Cove

After a delicious lunch at the Crystal Cove Beach Comber cafe-thanks to Grandma-we headed to the beautiful Crystal Cove beach. The kids were pretty impatient at lunch to go out to the beach and were not very well behaved. Ryan asked Connor what was up and he said, "Dad...HELLO-I can see the beach and sand RIGHT there and I just want to go play-not eat at a restaurant!" I guess he had a point! We had a great afternoon at the beach. I even dug a hole in the sand and layed out on my tummy for a while-a luxury pregnant women don't get very often!:) Connor and Sadie both got pretty brave and enjoyed playing in the waves and tide pools.

Last Few Favorite Rides and Downtown Disney

We eventually met up and did some final favorite rides together including Alice in Wonderland, Tea Cups (again-I think we rode those 10 times!) and Small World (I think Sadie rode it 6 times all together!) Then we headed to Downtown Disney to eat some treats and shop for souveniers. We gave the kids $40 dollars for the 2 days to spend how they wanted and I thought they did a good job choosing a couple of good things without any fits. Sadie picked a Cinderella figure set and Princess bath toys. Connor got his Jedi Mickey stuffed animal and Star Wars bath toys. It's always sad leaving Disney, but we know we probably will be back sooner than later!

Lego Darth Vader in the Lego Store

Cookie Dough ice cream from Haagen Daz

Tea Cups with Daddy

Sadie did take a little break for a nap for about an hour-thank goodness!

Small World one last time!

Disneyland Day Two-Connor Time!!!

Ryan took Connor to go do the things that he wanted to do while Sadie and I were doing our thing. They did Star Tours, Soarin' over CA, Autopia, Small World, Tarzan's tree house, the Rockets, Buzz Lightyear, Jungle Cruise, and even Space Mountain. He has inherited the Johnson gene of not enjoying roller coasters, so I was sooo proud that he tried it. Ryan said he looked like he was going to throw up when he got off (he does get motion sick easily)-so Ryan gave him 5 dollars to spend in the gift shop. :) He chose an adorable Jedi Mickey. I think they had some great "guy time!"

Jungle Cruise

Tarzan Tree House

Autopia

Driver's Licence in Hand

Even Connor enjoyed Small World!

Sadie Fun at Disney

It felt like we did quite a bit of "dividing and conquering" on day 2 so everyone could do what they wanted to do. Sadie and I took off for a few hours and just did whatever she wanted to do. We did the carousel probably 4 times. tea cups 5 times, Dumbo, Casey Jr train, Small world twice, went up into Sleeping Beauty's castle 3 or 4 times (she would have done that more-she LOVED it and really believed it was the real thing!), Snow White's Scary Adventure, and Peter Pan. It was fun just letting her choose what and where we went without having Connor's opinion. :) I didn't feel bad at all because I was 7 months pregnant and not able to do any of the real rides!