The Happiest Place on Earth!!

In celebration of my birthday (it actually was on Wednesday), Sam and I went to Disneyland. We usually only go once a year in between Halloween and Thanksgiving, and it's usually not very crowded. We got down there early Saturday morning, and by 11AM, we had already ridden everything that we wanted.

Then at about noon, would you believe that the sky got all dark and it started to SNOW!?!?! I'm being serious! Although, it wasn't snowing snow, it was snowing ash. There was a HUGE fire nearby in Yorba Linda, and the HUGE smoke cloud came through Disneyland. It was very dark, and it literally was snowing ash. Sam and I were covered in sot! It was pretty gross!

At about 4 o'clock, the wind died down, and so did the ash. We were actually able to enjoy the evening! So we were able to ride Matterhorn and Splash Mountain 4 times, and everything else 3 times. The longest wait was about 15 minutes for the Matterhorn. Anything that was a 30 minute wait, was just too long for us to wait! :)!

All in all, Sam and I had a great time (besides the whole smoke thing). It was a definite needed break for the both of us. Until next year!

Disneyland was all decorated for Christmas. It really put me in the Christmas spirit (and I may have to decorate our blog all Christmasy soon. I'm really trying my hardest to hold out till Thanksgiving!)

Sam and I waiting for the Indiana Jones ride. Doesn't he look so happy?! (I need to teach Sam how to smile in pictures!)

Hey Kyle, doesn't this look like the mountains right now in Utah?! Only it was like 80 degrees down here when I took it at Disneyland!! Hahahah! (Sam told me to write that! So any recourse should go to him)

This is about when the smoke started to come in.

The smoke kind of made for an eerie picture at the Haunted Mansion.


Also in front of the Haunted Mansion.

Yep! We were sure breathing this air! Probably not the smartest thing we've done before! The smoke actually looked much darker than our camera shows.

Luckily, the wind died down in the evening and we were able to take some non-smokey pictures. This is Splash Mountain (we got pretty soaked the last time we rode it!).

New Orleans Square. Look at all the Christmas lights!!

Cinderella's castle looked so beautiful in the night. We didn't stay long enough to see them light up the whole castle (we'd already been there for 12 hours at this point....we just wanted to get home!).