WHAT A CELEBRATION

ALONG WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
FOR ROXANNE'S 13th BIRTHDAY.

WE LEFT BRIGHT AND EARLY ON THURSDAY SO WE COULD STOP AND HAVE BREAKFAST WITH STEVE ON OUR WAY TO DISNEYLAND.

AFTER SPENDING ABOUT TWO HOURS VISITING WITH STEVE, WE TRAVELED ON OUR WAY WITH GREAT TRAFFIC CONDITIONS UNTIL WE GOT CLOSE TO THE
LA AREA.  THE COMMUTE LANE SURE CAME IN HANDY.

ELEVEN HOURS AFTER LEAVING HOME, WE ARRIVED AT OUR HOTEL.

EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS OF DRIVING TIME, ADDED TO OUR VISIT WITH STEVE, SEEMED LIKE ONE LONG TRIP!

TO STRETCH OUR LEGS, AND GET A LITTLE DINNER,
WE WALKED INTO DOWN TOWN DISNEY.

 THE REST OF THE GROUP, BECAUSE OF WORK AND SCHOOL, DIDN'T
ARRIVE UNTIL ABOUT ONE FRIDAY MORNING.  NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE WERE SOUND ASLEEP BY THEN, SO MET UP WITH THEM IN THE MORNING FOR OUR DAY AT DISNEYLAND.

FIRST GROUP PHOTO, OF MANY.

LOOKS LIKE THIS GROUP IS RUNNING ON NOT TOO MUCH SLEEP.

THIS OUGHT TO BE AN INTERESTING DAY!

A MUST HAVE PHOTO ANYTIME YOU VISIT DISNEYLAND. 

 WE WERE THERE WITH ALL OUR LITTLE PRINCESSES, AND
WHERE'S THE CASTLE?
LOTS OF RENOVATION GOING ON TO BE READY  FOR THE
BIG 60 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THIS JULY.

REMEMBER WHEN KIDS WOULD ENTER THE PARK RACING TO GET IN LINE FOR THEIR FAVORITE RIDE.
WELL, IT'S NOW 2015,
 AND THE FIRST LINE THEY RUN FOR ISSTARBUCKS???
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO? 

WIDE AWAKE, AND FULL OF CAFFEINE , THEY HEADED FOR SPACE MOUNTAIN.

NEXT, ONE OF EVERYONE'S FAVORITES, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.

AFTER A FEW MORE RIDES, IT WAS TIME TO STOP FOR LUNCH. 

LUCKY FOR ROXY, THERE WAS EVEN A QUARTET CLOSE BY
TO SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.

JUNGLE CRUISE RIDE, A MUST, 

AND OF COURSE,

POSING WITH A FEW CHARACTERS.

US ADULTS MADE A STOP FOR SOME BENIET  (not sure of the spelling, but you know those good little pastries), 

WHILE THE KIDS CLIMBED TARZAN'S TREEHOUSE. 

DON'T WORRY, WE BOUGHT SOME FOR THEM TOO! 

THE AFTERNOON FOUND US IN
DISNEY CALIFORNIA. 

I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE STILL GOING STRONG.

PAPA WANTED THIS PICTURE OF HIM AND THE GIRLS.
WE HAVE LOTS OF PHOTOS LIKE THIS WHEN THE GRANDKIDS WERE YOUNGER. 

CARS LAND IS KNEW SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS AT DISNEYLAND. 

THE KIDS, WHO WERE BEGINNING TO WARE DOWN A LITTLE BIT,  SEEMED TO ENJOY THE SIMPLICITY OF THE TRACTOR PULL RIDE, AFTER ALL THE CRAZY ROLLER COASTER, AND STAR WAR RIDES.

THE BIRTHDAY GIRL SEEMS TO BE ENJOYING HERSELF,

WHILE I THINK LIV MAY HAVE BEEN ON ONE TOO MANY ROLLER COASTERS,
NOTE HER ARMS IN THE AIR.

A FEW MORE PHOTO SHOOTS,
AND A LITTLE SHOPPING'

AND WE WERE BACK TO DISNEYLAND
FOR A REGULAR HO-DOWN DINNER OF RIBS, CHICKEN, AND SAUSAGE, WITH
 SIDE DISHES OF CORN, BEANS, AND COLESLAW.
YUMMY!
AND THEN, THE FUN OF RIDING THE RIDES AT NIGHT.

BY THIS TIME OF NIGHT, WE ALL WELCOMED TIME TO SIT AND ENJOY IT'S A SMALL WORLD, ONE OF MY FAVORITES,

AND THEN EVERYONE FAVORITE,
THE TEA CUPS.

AT THIS POINT, DARYL AND I WERE CONTENT TO SIT AT ONE OF THE RESTAURANTS, AND ENJOY A CUP OF HOT COFFEE, WHILE THE REST RODE A FEW MORE OF THEIR FAVORITE RIDES UNTIL THE PARK CLOSED AT MIDNIGHT.

WE WALKED BACK TO OUR HOTEL, AND BRITTNEY, WHO HAD LOGGED OUR STEPS FROM THE DAY ON HER PHONE, INFORMED US THAT WE HAD PUT IN ELEVEN MILES OF WALKING.  NO WONDER WE SLEPT SO GOOD LAST NIGHT.

WE WERE HEADING FOR HOME TODAY, WHILE THE REST WERE HEADING BACK TO THE PARK.  IN FACT, THEY WERE ALREADY AT THE PARK, BY THE TIME WE GOT UP.  LIKE I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, "OH TO BE YOUNG."

THANKS FOR INCLUDING US IN YOUR

BIRTHDAY  CELEBRATION, ROXY.

AFTER SHARING THE DAY WITH YOU,
DISNEYLAND IS
"THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH."