Disneyland and Seal Beach 22

For Ellyse's graduation trip, she chose Disneyland. I was happy to go back since it had been a few years since we were able to go last. Airport pic.Downtown Disney

Iconic pic

We got there early enough to hop right on Pirates, haunted mansion, splash mountain, and used our Genie plus to get to the head of the line at Indiana Jones ride all before 10AM or so. It was epic!

Allie was like, I don't wanna get wet. Ha.

My cute girlies!

Total Tourist! Belt bag with sanitizer, hat, sunglasses, and runners. Check!

Allie and I really enjoy Space Mountain.

You guys, I plan on losing all the video game rides. I totally won like most of them! Except against Allie. She dominated.

It was Ellyse's 18th birthday on day one in Disney. She got a cool pin. That girl in the back was prepped and ready to photo bomb. 

Why does Disney play this song over and over and over and over and over and over and over....?

Such cute desserts!

Jason inside Haunted Mansion. 

The coveted Disney Macaron. Thanks Tik Tok.

Seriously so cute!We took an in-between rest day to Seal Beach.

That night, Jason and Allie went to an Angels game while E and I went shopping and to The Cheesecake Factory. It was absolutely FREEZING inside so we got our desserts and left. She got her cute birthday cheesecake and birthday song. 

California Adventures brought us to the new Spiderman ride. It was super cool. 

I totally won again! Wahoo!

Waiting in line gets boring. Allie decided to keep us entertained.

Tiny burgers. Ha.

We had the coolest experience. After we got off the wet ride, we went to the outdoor adventure playground area to dry off and chill for a minute. We were minding our own business on a bench when Chip and Dale came over to Ellyse and pointed at her 'I'm Celebrating" pin. They don't speak so they were miming toward her pin. They wanted to know what she was celebrating. It took us a minute to figure that out but once we did, they wanted to sign the pin. They did and then they took a minute to cuddle with Allie. It was darling. 

It says Graduation.

Look at the size of that pretzel! It was Pym's Science Experiment restaurant or something. It was a fun place to eat. 

World of Color.

Glad we had a great time!

 

Las Vegas 2022

The last time Jason and I were in Vegas, in the Bellagio Conservatory, we missed the girls. We decided the next time we came, we'd bring them. For Spring break, we made that happen. Turns out, Vegas isn't the best place for young girls. Duh. It's really bad. Worse than I remember. We managed to have some good fun though. We are waiting for the show 'Illuminate' to start here.
In the Conservatory

We all really liked this Italian place inside the Venetian. We had live piano music to listen to while we dined. Such a fun atmosphere!

Behold! Our 20 dollar box of macaroons. It was so worth it though. Fun, great place to sit and chill, and spontaneity. 

Breakfast buffets rock!

The Waters!! My fav! I hate that they changed the music to more modern. It used to be classical, that's the stuff.

We saw O! SO freaking cool! I think it's an acquired taste though. The girls preferred the magic show to the cirque show. BOO!

Shopping! This H&M store's entrance was 2 levels high! 

Plus, look at these cool dressing rooms.

We were able to make it to The Cheesecake Factory. Every time we see one, the girls are like 'Let's go!' It's always such a wait and so expensive that we splurged a bit and they were able to get us in right away

The pretty Eiffel Tower all lit up.

Jason got roped into a street performance which was super fun for the first minute or two. They then began hustling for money and basically held him hostage until people paid up and then FINALLY got to the good part. Here's the fun part.

The kids really wanted to visit the M&M's factory. It's pretty impressive. 

A Tik Tok of our vacation.

Driving for hours on end was....long.