New Year's Eve @ Disneyland

Okay, we did it. We when to the Happy Place on Earth on the most busiest day of the year. And it was worth it. It was also Aunt Rebecca's birthday, so it made it even more worth it. What a way to celebrate!

We went to It's A Small World first. Last year when we came to Disneyland, we picked a day that this ride wasn't working because they were taking down all the Christmas decor. So we were sure to ride it this time. BEAUTIFUL! You gotta love this ride. I like that it is not over in 10 seconds.

Here is Matthew loving Thunder Mountain with Lauren and I in the background. Poor thing. She has been a trooper hanging out with all the big kids and riding the big kid rides.
Lunch Time!

Lauren, Grandma and I snuck away from the crowd and visited the princesses and rode some rides she really enjoyed.

Aunt Rebecca and Ethan getting ready to enjoy Space Mountain. A ride that didn't do me any favors later on in the evening.

Train instead of walking. And Rebecca sporting her nice New Year's Eve hat. The countdown was approaching.

We were all jammed packed on a "dance floor" jammin to some music while waiting for the early countdown. Some of us didn't have as much fun as others. It was loud and crowded, but entertaining. Plus we really couldn't move anywhere else.
Before the real New Year Countdown, we decided to ride a few more rides and then we couldn't wait to see the spectacular firework show that was going to take place. Grandma was the most excited. Fireworks of anykind are her favorite. Well, we had some bad timing. The kids and Aunt Rebecca got stuck on the Buzz Light Year Ride. So Steve to Grandma to see the show, while I waited for the crew. They finally came running out and we got stuck in a herd of cattle that wasn't moving, that's what it felt like, and we were right behind a beautiful big tree. So.......we missed the whole show. Oh well, we WERE at Disneyland.

Getting ready to leave this Happy Place!

Can't remember what we were waiting for, but thank goodness for Daddy's that will carry exhausted children back to the car.

Here I am trying to recover from my second Space Mountain ride for the day after I ate a handful of Dewar's candy. Something about that mixture made me so sick. I was trying so hard not to loose it while I was there. I did good to make back to the car and ALMOST all the way home.
Disneyland on New Year's Eve was still worth it.

Happy New 2010!