On Our Way to Disneyland

We recently returned from our first real family vacation trip--Disneyland!

Here we are in the rental car shuttle in L.A. You can see by the inability to hold still for this photo that the kids were really wound up!

On Sunday we spent the day relaxing at the pool and exploring around the periphery of the Disney complex.

We got some ya-ya's out by going to a nice local park and letting the kids run. Here's Auggie checking out some of the cool trees there.

From right when we left the airport, Rose had noticed the palm trees, and both kids were interested in the exotic flora of southern California. Here they pose with a palm tree in the park--or at least the trunk of it.

We went over and wandered about what's called "Downtown Disney" which is a shopping area not far outside the gates. The kids loved the Lego store in particular. Above is Rose with the giant Lego block outside the doors. Below is August with a full-sized giraffe made out of Legos--too tall to get all of it in the photo, unfortunately!