THE Happiest Place on Earth

We love Disneyland. It seriously is the happiest place on earth. Our new neighbors invited us to go to with them to Disneyland last month, and we figured had just gone in September, but why not? Ry flew in from DC on Wednesday night, we re-packed our bags and up and went the next morning. 11 hours later we rolled in to a yummy little Mexican Restaurant for dinner in Riverside California with Lindsay's parents, they are just too cute and so nice. We then headed out to our condo right down the street from Disneyland that Ryan D.'s parents kindly set us up with! The next morning, we woke up before the sun was up to be there as close to opening time as possible, we had a lot to get done! We spent all of Friday in Disneyland, went on all the big and small rides, enjoyed ice cream, churros, the works.

We actually did the "Give a Day. Get a Day" with Disney. So we made some laundry kits, and birthday kits, took them to the Food Bank and we got a free ticket to Disneyland for one day! It was wonderful! We got to serve, and go to the Happiest Place on Earth! They even gave us "Honorary Volunteer" pins :)

For lunch we definitely splurged. We went to the Blue Bayou -- the cute lantern lit restaurant near the beginning of the Pirates of the Caribbean Ride. It was fabulous food, it was almost worth what we paid, ha. But it was the atmosphere and of course the memories that really made it worth it!

We went home after a busy day and grabbed a great meal at Chili's (after it taking us 30 minutes to finally find). My honey-chipotle crispers hit the spot!

As tired as we were, we woke up the next morning ready for another day! This time we went to the California Adventure Park, and spent all day there. Once again, we went on the big rides, the small ones, and spent a lot of time in the nooks and crany's of the park that most people generally bypass, it was so so fun. My new favorite ride is definitely Toy Story's new ride, so fun and creative. It's like a real life 3D video game, so much fun.

That night we went to Lindsay's step-dad's Pizza Parlor. It was roarin' with some good ole' blue-grass tunes, and a packed house. The pizza was delicious! Yum-my! It was the best pizza we've had in a long time.

We had such a fun weekend with our good buddies. Besides the long drive...I wouldn't have changed a thing! Good memories. Good times. Thank you Durrants!