The Carter Family: The Happiest Place on Earth!

A month later, I am still trying to get this trip blogged. Apparently blogging has taken a back seat to life!

We LOVE Disneyland! It truly is one of our favorite places to visit, both before kids and now! We decided to do things a little different this year and stay at Disney’s Grand Californian Resort. It was so convenient to be so close. I loved it, the kids loved it and it will be difficult to stay anywhere else in the future. It was great having Downtown Disney at our disposal and listening to the nightly music below.

We have never been to Disneyland this time of year, so it was our first time seeing the park decorated for Halloween and enjoying the Halloween festivities. The kids were able to wear their costumes and Trick-or-Treat inside the park (for an extra fee, of course!), which was lots of fun!

There was a noticeable change in this trip from all our previous trips since having kids…it was EASY! For the first time, there wasn’t a baby to feed, diapers to change, nap times to deal with or a need to use the “Parent Switch Pass”. EVERYONE was tall enough to ride all the rides! Ryan, following suit with his brothers loved all the rides! For the first time we were able to ride all the rides as a family!!

The only downside to this trip was the rain, and it rained A LOT during our first 2 days! At one point, we had to go back to the hotel just to dry all our pants and shoes! The plus side….the lines were short and we rode a lot of rides! The last 2 days of the trip were beautiful, with lots of sun shining.