DISNEYLAND!!!

We went to Disneyland for Thanksgiving with my family and it was an absolute blast. I am such a kid at heart and I loved every single second of it! We left on Tuesday after I got off work, and drove straight through to this cute hotel right by the park. The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast at the hotel, then went to Disneyland!

We were all skipping with joy as we entered the park :)

We loved all of the Christmas decorations! They also switched the Haunted Mansion to be Nightmare Before Christmas themed. I caught Ty mid-yawn outside the mansion.

This is a picture of everyone on Splash Mountain! We didn't want to get wet so we put our hoodies on!

My favorite Disney movie when I was little was Winnie the Pooh. We rode in honey combs.

Another one of our favorite places is Mickey and Minnie's houses

It's a Small World was lit up with Christmas lights! We were there when they lit them for the night. It was so cute! They also changed the whole ride to be Christmas themed.

That night, we went back to our hotel and got pizza. We were worn out from the day, and the pizza tasted so good!

The next morning we woke up, had breakfast, then headed out for another fun-filled day!

On this night, we went to the California Adventure "World of Color" show. It was AMAZING. We went early in the morning when we got to Disneyland to get Fast Passes for the show so we had front row seats to it. It's a show with water, music and images playing off the water sprays. See the next post for pictures.

We went to Tony Roma's for Thanksgiving dinner that night. The ribs were yummy and then we got hot chocolate to warm us up at Mickey D's before taking a nap at our hotel.

After we went on like 5 more rides after the World of Color, we went back to our hotel and went to bed. The next day we went to the beach and shopping at Fashion Island. We at ate Wahoo's Fish Tacos then drove to Vegas. We walked the strip and then slept at Tyler's Aunt Kathy's house.

The next day, we went to the Rio's world famous buffet. We got there and realized it was even more expensive than we thought it would be. Total for Tyler and I it was about $70. My mom thought it would be fun, though, so we did it. My mom found out that if we got player's cards at the hotel casino, we would get a few dollars off our buffet so Tyler and my mom got those cards. With them, they also got $5 free to gamble. We ate at the buffet and it delicious! They had tepanyaki, sushi, yummy desserts, crab legs, and pretty much anything you can imagine to eat. I felt like we totally splurged going to the buffet because it was super expensive. On our way out, Tyler took the $5 player's card money to gamble. I was thinking how awesome it would be to win our money back. Well, HE DID! He just played on one of the slot machines. When he pulled the handle and we heard, "ding ding ding!" we were wonderfing how much we had won. EIGHTY DOLLARS! Ha ha we still can't believe it! We had free lunch!

That night, my mom and sisters left and we hung out on the strip with Tyler's sister Lindsay and her boyfriend Rob. We went to M&M World and Ty and I saw a movie while they went to this comedy show they had tickets to. After, we met back up with them and Ty's parents (they were in Vegas for Thanksgiving) and other sister Katelin for frozen custard at LuvIt Custard.

We had SUCH A BLAST! I loved getting out of town and spending time with my family.

World of Color and ride pictures

Splash Mountain - trying not to get wet!

This is my favorite picture that we took I think. Look at Tyler!!! He gets sick on rides sometimes, and he doesn't look too happy about Space Mountain! The best part is that he looks like he is going to die, and then right behind him I am having the time of my life. We died laughing when we saw this!

Above is the Hollywood Hotel ride. We went on it twice! It's so fun because it's creepy and so fun when you drop down the "elevator shaft." Jocelyn's face on the top left is so funny. She was so scared and was screaming even before the ride started!

The World of Color pictures are below. It was so amazing! They had Disney music playing, and they would also spray water across so they could project images of Disney characters and parts of Disney movies. We loved it!

The last couple o' weeks

I love the weekends. These last two have been lovely.
Last weekend after work, Ty and I bought some hooks to hang our Christmas lights up at Home Depot, then bought a few things at the Provo mall. We got a warm hat for me and also some of that yummy smoky cheese from Pepperidge Farm. It all felt very Christmasy :) We then went to Mountain West Burrito with Marc and Courtney then went to their house to play Ticket to Ride and watched a movie.

This is Cannon and I in our matching hats! :)

Look at my sweet nephew, Ryker. I LOVE him.

The next day, Tyler and I decorated our house with Christmas lights! We wanted to do it before it gets freezing cold. That night we went to Texas Roadhouse with his parents, Sadie and Craig's reception, and then the BYU football game

They had make your own s'mores at their reception and I thought it was so cute!

This weekend, we went to dinner with Oakley and Scott at Shoga on Friday night. Jocelyn was our server. We then went to see Twlight, Breaking Dawn at University Mall.

The next morning, T and I slept in, then I made German pancakes.

Yummo! We then cleaned out his closet and we have 4 bags of clothes to give to D.I. Our closet looks great now!

We went to dinner with Curtis and Kim, and Jocelyn and her date Nate at Goodwood. It was so delicious and we had the largest onion rings on the planet. Great company too.
After dinner, Ty and I met up with his parents to go to the BYU football game. It was cold, but that didn't bother me one bit. Why, you ask? Because I had:
- Two pairs of socks
- North Face snow boots
- 2 pairs of sweat pants
- Snow pants
- A sweater
- A sweatshirt
- A jacket
- A large black, thick coat
- Mittens
-Warm, toast hat
-A large blanket
-Hot chocolate

I could have slept outside in the 37 degree weather all night!

Tonight we had Thanksgiving dinner at my Grandma's house and it was delicious! Mmm. I made little Tootsie roll turkeys, a cheese ball and pretzel raspberry jello salad. We had a honey baked ham, butterflake rolls, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, yams, stuffing, veggies, salad, crackers and cheese, and olives. And of course pumpkin pie for dessert. Oh man, it was good!

My aunt Michelle makes homemade whipped cream, and she was trying to spray it out of her special bottle and it sprayed all over the kitchen, all over my grandpa's back and pants and all over the people in the kitchen! It was so funny. We had such a good time. I love my family.

p.s. I should really bring my camera around more often. My iPhone camera doesn't produce the greatest quality photos.