The happiest place on Earth.

It really is the happiest place on Earth. I just love Disneyland. A whole bunch. This was my fourth time here (Matt's fourth too, but only our second time there together). Jonathan hadn't been in over 20 years! We came when we were kids with our siblings, Mom, and Oma. It was really fun to have some brother time and do all the rides we remembered going on together, like Space Mountain.

I loved that my kids could create Disneyland memories that include their Uncle and Aunt, and their cousins. And of course we got some nephew/niece time too!

They were so happy! See the t-shirts? Lisa made one for everybody! She's awesome like that. Isn't Sadie's outfit just the best?

Sistas. I am literally wearing this shirt as I write this post.

Marshalls! They're almost all looking. It was the best I could do. 

Sully! We didn't get a ton of pictures of us with the characters, because honestly, if I'm going to wait in line for something, I'd rather it be a ride. 

These two totally bonded. I loved it. 

Look at all these cute cousins! This whole trip was a surprise for the Marshall kids, and the best part was that Oliver and Hayden got to tell them the news. When they got into the hotel room we all jumped out and surprised them! Then the boys told them about Disneyland. It was a very intense and loud 5 minutes. 

She is so good at smiling for pictures. 

Watching the parade. I'm honestly not a parade person, but this one was pretty incredible. 

She is just so cute. And the only girl amongst 5 boys. Which makes her somehow even cuter. 

Last time we were there, Cars Land was under construction. I have to say, it was really cool. I don't even like the movie very much, but I loved the Land. The Radiator Springs ride is awesome. So awesome, in fact, that the wait time was NEVER less than 2 hours the whole time. We got fast passes so that we didn't have to wait. 

I know it's all red-eyed and blurry, but the red-eye fix on iPhoto is really more like a turn-yourself-into-a-demon button so I just left it alone. If I were less lazy I'd photoshop it. 

I just noticed the kid who doesn't belong to us in the bottom left of the picture. Oops. 

Maaaaaaybe she will be enough to satisfy Matt's wish to have a little girl and he will quit bugging me about it. 

It was 40+ degrees this day. Not exaggerating. That is just too hot to be outside. In fact, Oliver even got a bit of heat exhaustion. So went into the animation studios in California Adventure for a few hours in the afternoon to wait out the heat. 

I know it's so cheesy and cliche, but it's still kinda cute, right?

All in all, we had a really amazing time. It was slightly tricky dealing with the different height restrictions on the rides, especially since Sawyer and Sadie wanted to to everything and were very jealous of their brothers. But with 4 adults, we totally made it work. I think we will wait for about 4 more years to go again, and then we won't need strollers and naps, and no one is left out of any rides. I'm already counting down!