~~The Happiest Place on Earth 2010....Part I ~~

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We surprised the kids with a family vacation to

DISNEYLAND
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We were on our way home from California and we told the kids
we were going to stop for the night....

Imagine their surprise when we walked in to the hotel and there was a huge statue of 

~Mickey Mouse~
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❧~This is the hotel we stayed at. 
It was a very nice place, close to The Park....we had such a good time and look forward to staying there again

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❧~Main Street U.S.A......

❧~A visit to the Mad Hatter...... 

....Always a must to meet ones haberdashery needs.

"There is a place. Like no place on Earth. A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger! Some say to survive it: You need to be as mad as a hatter. Which, luckily, I am.”      ~The Mad Hatter~ 

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❧~Pluto.. ❧~ ❧~India was such a trooper, she just got her braces on the day before we left for California...she barely complained at all, she was however not too happy to not be able to have a candy apple...

 

❧~Gotta love the Duck....

                          Donald Duck....Justin's alter ego...

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❧~Are these not just the cutest kids around...I love these little people so much, they are fun, crazy, loving, sweet & quite often a handful. I was really proud of them on the trip, it was a pretty difficult one and they didn't complain at all....of course once at the House of The Mouse who could be unhappy and full of complaints...


  ❧~My beautiful girls...

I absolutely love Marley's smile. She is one of the most loving and affectionate children I have ever met. Her smile is contagious to anyone she

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Next Stop.....

~❧Adventure Land ❧~

~Tarzan's Tree House~

Looks like Tarzan has the same decorator who did the Haunted Mansion

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❧~Are these not just the cutest kids around...I love these little people so much, they are fun, crazy, loving, sweet & quite often a handful. I was really proud of them on the trip, it was a pretty difficult one and they didn't complain at all....of course once at the House of The Mouse who could be unhappy and full of complaints...

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❧~New Orleans Square.... 

Our favorite Disneyland spot

~❧The Haunted Mansion❧~ 
“Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host....
– your ‘ghost host.’~

“Your cadaverous pallor betrays an aura of foreboding, almost as though you sense a disquieting metamorphosis Is this haunted room.... 

                                   ......actually stretching?" 

"Or is it your imagination, 

hmm…?”

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❧~Splash Mountain..... The kids loved this ride...Marley was a trooper even though she was scared to death of the drop and of course her dare devil came out when we hit the bottom and she wanted to go again.

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❧~ Pooh Corner.......The home of Jonathan's beloved Pooh Bear that he got in 2004 when we took India and Jonathan to see the Mouse for the first time.

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❧~Fantasy Land.....

~The Princesses~

❧~Belle.....

❧~Ariel.....     

                                         ❧~Tiana.....

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❧~Tomorrow Land

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Mmmmmmm .... lollypops!
There is nothing better than Disneyland candy,
Easter candy is close....but no cigar!

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Tired out kiddo's waiting for the Train

Jonathan's  Lightsabor he and Daddy after riding StarTours...that is still one of the most fun rides ever.

                                   Marley "Dancing in the Street at 1 AM...

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