Nielsen Visit

We have had a great week with a visit from Jen, Dave, Robby and Kayli. We started by meeting up at Disneyland Thursday morning. Tyson and Robby were so happy to see each other. It has been a whole 2 months! We had a blast at the "Happiest Place on Earth" all day long.

Ty was scared of pretty much all the rides...he didn't like noise or going into things...both requirements of 99% of the rides there. We were able to find a good time on the Dumbo ride and the Tea Cups. I think I almost scarred him by making him go on Pirates. He pulled his hat over his eyes and went into a comatose state until we got off the ride. We tried this rocket ride, but ended up having to get off before they started the ride. We picked the absolute perfect day for Disneyland. It was warm, but not too hot and there were no lines on any of the rides (except Dumbo of course). We didn't even have to use our Fast Passes. Jen and I ran through the Indiana Jones and Space Mountain lines. Jen and Dave went on Space Mountain too and even took Robby on the Mattahorn without a wait (Tyson declined that option). The only ride we weren't able to go on that we wanted to was the new Finding Nemo ride. The line for that one was about an hour all day long. Tyson didn't want to go on it anyway though, so no big loss there. We called it a night after the parade and headed the block back to our hotel (nice work, Dave!) The boys, of course, caught their second wind, but it didn't take too long before they were out cold.

The next morning, we decided to head over to California Adventure. Again, a perfect day. It was overcast and there was nobody there. We sent Jen and Dave on the Tower of Terror with no clue what they were about to do. It was so good, Jen went again with me as soon as she got back. We also all got to go on Scream, the big roller coaster there. We did catch a few rides for the kids too. Tyson warmed up a little bit because most of the rides were outside and not as noisy. They loved the Bugs Life area. We had to pull him onto a little train that couldn't have gone more than 5 miles an hour. The highlight of the whole ride was when a watermelon squirted you. Wahoo! He hated it! After watching Robby and Dave ride the bumper cars, he told me, "Mom, I think I can do that!" And we did. I think that was when he realized he could do more than he thought. The rest of the day was GREAT! He even wanted to go on the water rapid ride. I nixed that one...he wasn't tall enough anyway. We got to see Lightning McQueen and Mator and even got kisses from Minnie Mouse. We watched a parade with everyone from Toy Story and got to talk with Crush from Finding Nemo. Tyson thought that was the best but he was a little upset that he didn't get to ask him a question and tell him his name.

Anyway...I know you love every detail of the adventure, but I think I have gone on long enough. Oh yeah...Kelsie loved it too. She liked the Carousel the best. I had to keep her from licking the pole the entire ride, though. She thought it was a great game!

Saturday was the day Jen and Dave went to see Wicked in LA so we hung out there for the day and then headed back to Ojai. The Thrifting was great on Monday and Jen cleaned out the stores. I even let her buy some dang cute shirts I found...what a good sister I am!

We've been living it up and loving it the last few days in Santa Maria. We spent Tuesday at Pismo and watched Dal surf after work and then Wednsday at Oso Flaco. Ty and Robby loved playing in the water. Kelsie loved crawling around, eating sand and anything else she could find in the sand.

They are heading out this morning. Tyson will be so sad that Robby isn't here to play with him anymore. Good Company, Good Food, Good Times. It has been a great week!