I turned 29 on April 29th, officially my golden or magic birthday. I remember when I used to think this birthday was so far away! I am thinking it is officially my last birthday since apparently no one wants to turn 30. I can’t really blame them, I don’t know how I feel about actually getting “old.” I had one of the best birthday’s that I can remember! One day after returning home from Sacramento I left for Utah to attend my cousin's wedding and see extended family before the big move. I stayed a a week and got home Monday the 28th. We were all so happy to see Tom after our long trip and we celebrated my birthday on Monday night after we got home. Tom baked my favorite cake for my birthday- Rainbow Chip (imported from Utah on my last visit.) He surprised me with several great presents: a really cute Nike running outfit, a nice new cookbook with lots of tips and advice for people like me who don’t really cook, and a fun surprise of Guitar Hero! I love that it is something fun Tom and I can do together when the kids are in bed!

Tuesday morning we got up and headed to Disneyland for my birthday. Not only was it a fun way to spend the day together with Tom off work, but it saved me from the unpacking, laundry and cleaning that were waiting for me back home! We got there when it opened and stayed until closed. The kids were great and we had a blast.

The first ride we went to was Finding Nemo because Danica is so obsessed. The line was really long but everytime we tried to convince her to go on a different ride she refused and kept saying “No, Elmo Ride!” Yes, she still calls Nemo Elmo, I don’t know why but at least she is talking! We all really enjoyed the ride and felt it worth the wait! Here is Danica looking out her little window in the submarine!



Then we headed over to California Adventure to hit Hayden’s two favorite rides: Soaring Over California and Tower of Terror. Two great ones we enjoyed as well. I think Tower of Terror might just be my favorite ride as well. Then we went around the rides at California Adventure because we hadn’t seen them all. We went on this Ferris Wheel that has swinging gondolas. When our gondola would start swinging Alyssa would throw her arms up in the air and Danica would tense up, grab the side walls and make the funniest scared face. I was laughing soooo hard! She was happy, but terrified, my kind of thrill seeker! After the ride we asked her to re-enact the look and this is what she did:



All around she was quite the ham that day and had a lot of fun. Here she is posing again while waiting for Hayden to go on a ride and thinking she is so cool in daddy’s hat and glasses:




Hayden enjoyed doing his “rad moves” on the surf board in the play area. We made a funny video of it.



I wish we had taken more pictures but we were having too much fun to worry about the camera. We asked a nice lady to take one of us in front of the Mickey flowers, we are bit ragged looking but at least it’s a picture of the 5 of us!



Lastly, we enjoyed the Pirate’s ride and caught both of the girls having a good time.



Everyone was happy and we enjoyed ourselves immensly. We used parent switch on all the big rides so Tom and I both got to go and Hayden went twice. He kept telling me I was going to be so scared on Space Mountain that I would wet my pants. Luckily I didn’t. Danica got to see The Little Mermaid but was too scared to go up to her. Alyssa just enjoyed watching everyone and smiling at everything.

It was a great birthday!