California Adventure

We took our boys on their first California road trip. Our plan was to meet up with Grandpa and Grandma Hunsaker in Anaheim to do Disneyland together. Kyle and I chose to drive, and we invited Grandma Linda to ride with us so she could see Valerie, who lives in California. It was fun having Grandma Linda along. We stayed in St. George both ways to break up the drive. Kyle's grandparents were kind and let us stay at their house there.

Our worst adventure was our car breaking down on the freeway on our way to California. Our fuel pump decided to give out on us. We were stuck on the side of the road for over an hour while we figure things out and waited for a tow truck to come get us. We did have many tender mercies throughout the ordeal:

•  We were in civilization! Tow trucks and mechanics were close by. 
• The boys were happy playing out of their car seats while we waited in the car-- they were too little to be scared.
• The temperature was not too hot, otherwise we would have been way too uncomfortable in our car.
• Valerie was only an hour away, so Sean came and picked the five of us up. We crammed all six of us and all our bags into his car. 
• We got our car into a mechanic's shop before it closed for the weekend. 
• They were able to fix the problem in a day, so we got our car back in plenty of time for our drive home.
• My dad was able to drive Kyle the hour and an half trip (one way) to pick up the car.

Here are pictures from our day in California Adventure. Cars Land was magical for the boys. I am grateful Noah was tall enough to go on all the kids rides because he was always anxious to do another.

I love these Mickey Mouse ice cream treats!