Sunday, April 1, 2012

California

Here we are with Grandma and Grandpa at Disneyland.  Which is the HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH - at least that's what we were told by the three million people ahead of us in each of the lines.
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Chris on my favorite ride - It's a Small World. You have to be happy when surrounded by peppy music and singing dolls, right?

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Okay, maybe not EVERYONE was happy with ten minutes of hearing the Small World song from peppy dolls!



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This is the sand castle at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego that inspired Chris to try his hand at sand castle building.



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Whaddya think?


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We also got to take a hot air balloon ride over the wineries of southern California. I'm not in the picture because I was praying for rain, snow, or an invasion of aliens.  Anything that would keep me on solid ground!



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Okay, so the view was worth defying the laws of nature to hop into a wicker basket and float above the earth.  You can see the mountains in the background and all the green fields of grapes AKA future bottles of wine.
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Here we are in San Diego on the bay. When Grandpa said say "cheese", apparently Drew thought he said to sneeze!

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Fields of grapes below.



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We also went up the tram in Palm Springs to the top of a mountain where we played in snow in our shorts!


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The view was awesome!


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Chris being King of the Mountain!


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The men walking in snow in their shorts.



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Look at the size of those pine trees!


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And the size of this cactus! This was actually in San Diego.

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This is the view from the rotating tram car that took us up the mountain.


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The pine cones on top of the mountain were as big as Lauren's head.  Granted she has a small head, but still!!


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