Quick California Adventure

April 3-6

We took a quick trip to California and had such a good time.  We stayed in a beautiful Hyatt Resort in Huntington Beach which was amazing and just a walk across a bridge to the beach.  

Disneyland!
(Friday)

I know it is called the happiest place on earth, and now I know it is called that for a reason.  Asher was so happy there and it was seriously so fun to just be there with him and watch him love every second of it.  He loved riding the rides and didn't mind the lines too much.  He didn't love the rides that were in the dark with loud music, like Toad's Wild Ride, the Buzz Lightyear one, and Winnie the Pooh.  He would sit close to us, lift my hand to cover his eyes, and say he was ready for it to be over.  Once we were out he would say it was ok though.  He really liked Dumbo but his all time favorite ride was the teacups.  We rode it three times and he would have kept riding it over and over again.  He was just so happy!  He loved spinning it and would giggle and giggle.  

He also really loved the parade.  He would cheer and wave to each character as they went by.  He especially loved Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie.

Probably my favorite part of the day was when we met Mickey Mouse.  We explained to Asher that we had to wait in line to see him and go through his house.  We asked if he wanted to do that or if he would rather ride rides, but he said he wanted to wait to meet Mickey.  We went through his house, and when it was our turn to go into the room where Mickey was, Asher absolutely lit up.  When we got to go stand by Mickey, Asher leaned over and gave Mickey the biggest hug.  He had a huge grin on his face and turned to us and said, "I gave Mickey a hug!"  Then he hugged him again and said, "Two hugs!"  He was completely thrilled and kept talking about it all day.

horrible picture quality but it's the best we've got...

sharing a dole whip...

Beach Day! 
(Saturday)

 It was a gorgeous sunny Saturday at the Huntington Beach.  The water was freezing but Asher wanted us to carry him into it over and over.  He was nervous to be set down but he wanted us to dip him in and didn't mind getting soaked by that cold water.  He played in the sand and built sand castles with Marcus.

We warmed back up and finished the evening at the hotel waterslides, pool and hot tub.  Asher loved the slides.

(Sunday)

 We watched the first session of general conference in our hotel and then wandered around at the Huntington Beach Pier before heading to the airport to fly home.  

And suddenly I felt like Asher was a teenager or something.  What the???