Meeting Jessie

McKinlee was so excited to wear her Jessie costume to Disneyland. She loves Jessie. We were at Paradise Pier and in line to get Jessie'a autograph and it was character transition time, meaning that Jessie was trading places with Woody. Green Army man was up there signing autographs and posing for pictures also and he saw McKinlee in her Jessie costume and told us to get out of line and wait over in the walkway since we weren't here to meet Woody. Jessie was so excited to see McKinlee dressed up as her. She spent ten minutes with McKinlee and Ty. We literally stopped traffic on the pier.


She signed, drew pictures, and wrote a note for each of them in their autograph books.

After she got done with their books, she took them by the hands and walked down to a photobooth of a toybox and played and posed with them too.
After she got done with their books, she took their hands and walked them to a photo booth of a toybox and posed for pictures and played with them more.
Waiting for their turn in the box.


She gave hugs and kisses when she left.
She was so great, it was so much fun to see the interaction she had with McKinlee and Ty. I will never forget this, it was the best.

Character Slideshow

We saw so many characters this year, I thought this would be a good way to share them.

Club 33

We were so excited when we picked up our tickets to Club 33 at guest relations. I have wanted to go to the club for such a long time I can't even remember. My sister knows someone whose husband works for a company that has a membership to Club 33 and was able to get us a reservation. We were a little overwhelmed by the table service, everytime you got up to go to the buffet, a waiter would re-fold you napkin for you. We seriously had five waiters watching over our table. Even the bathrooms were fancy and had printed napkins that had Club 33 on them. We had so much fun and the food was delicious.
Club 33 is above the shops in New Orleans Square.
Ty wanted to push the buzzer to have them let us in.
The French lift in the lobby.
McKinlee got a light-up Tinkerbell with her fruit punch.



Megan with the Harpsichord. This has been played by Elton John and Paul McCartney.
Ty sitting by a painting of Walt Disney in the club.
The buffets. The food was so good, these were just the desserts and appetizers.

Decorations in the trophy room.

This table was in the Mary Poppins movie.

Dancing on the balcony overlooking the Rivers of America.

This phone booth was from the Happiest Millionaire movie.

We had so much fun, I hope we can go back one day.

Breakfast with Minnie and Friends

Our first full day in Disneyland we went to breakfast at the Plaza with Minnie and friends. This has become one of our favorite things to do each time we go. There are so many characters that come to your table and sign autograph books and pose for pictures. The food is really good too. Getting an autograph from Minnie

Ty and McKinlee enjoyed the hot chocolate.

Nicole and Megan came with us this year, it was there 1st time at Minnie's breakfast.

There is hardly time to eat if you are taking pictures of all the characters.
McKinlee loves Minnie Mouse.

A Day at the Beach

We had such a good break from winter when we went to California. The weather was so nice while we were there. We had lots of fun playing in the sand and the water at Manhatten Beach. We found lots of shells and sand dollars.

McKinlee liked digging in the sand.

Waiting for the water.

What a blast.

McKinlee really liked the water until she got knocked down by a wave and was soaked. She was cold and went back to the van. Ty stayed and played for quite awhile.

Such a contrast to the -12 temperature at our house while we were gone.