The Burkhart Family: Disneyland


Disney California Adventure

Hunter loved being able to meet MATER!

Madison and Minnie - She was so excited!

Cars Land had just opened at California Adventure and the kids loved it!

Breakfast with Mickie and the gang

I made the kids matching outfit for the big day at Disney. Madison was in heaven when she was able to see the Princess castle. Hunter kept yelling "PRINCESS"!

We rode Dumbo several times, it was one of Hunters favorite rides!

We were in frontier land and it was a blessing, it was very quiet and the kids were able to meet several characters.

Madison having "tangled" sign her special character book.

We ate dinner at Goofy's kitchen to celebrate Ryan's birthday. Several of the characters came and sang happy birthday to Ryan.

We stayed till the parks closed. The perks were being able to ride the rides with NO lines.

The kids got the It's a Small World Toms and wanted to show them off.

Notice Ryan is missing. ;-) He refused to ride the ride. He told Madison they chopped peoples heads off to try to talk her out of wanting to ride the dreaded ride. Well it backfired! Madison rode the ride half a dozen times and it was her favorite!

Riding the tram at the San Diego Zoo

Flamingo's!

Hunter thought it was super cool to eat breakfast with all of his favorite buddies!

He slept through the entire Disney parade. Sweet Boy!

Getting ready to eat dinner at Goofy's Kitchen.

The famous Panda at the San Diego Zoo

Santa Monica Beach


Santa Monica Pier

Mickey brought the kids a very special Valentine on Valentines Day 2012. Mickey sent the kids telling them they would be spending a week in California meeting their favorite characters. You always here people talk about the Disney "magic" and you think they are a little off of their rocker. We did a Disney count down calendar and even created special books for characters to sign for our first family adventure to California. We flew Virgin airline and it was amazing, thank goodness we had the back seats, tv's in our seats and amazing flight attendants. We arrived in sunny California and it was AMAZING! It was a cool 70 degree's outside, which was great compared to the 100 degree Texas weather. This ended up being a trip of a lifetime and a small world because the Muellers were in California visiting Nick and the Skrukruds were there as well. This was by far the best vacation I had ever been on. It was so awesome to see all of the excitement of Disney through your children's eyes. The kids had so much fun and it will truly be a vacation we will never forget. We went from sun up to sun down and the kids did GREAT. We were able to do the parks for several days and do several character meals to be able to experience all Disney had to offer. We took a day off from Anaheim and drove down to San Diego to see the famous San Diego Zoo. On the way to San Diego we drove down the Pacific Coast Highway and got to see famous places like OC and Laguna Beach. If I could afford to do this, I would do it all the time. It's amazing what a full heart you have when you see so much fun and joy through your kids eyes. The first day at the park we met up with Maria and Isa and took the girls to a character lunch at Ariel's grotto. She was able to meet all of the princesses and get her picture taken. It was so much fun to be able to hang out with our friends from home. The next morning we met the Muellers at IHOP and got to eat breakfast with Nick. The kids LOVED seeing Nick. We had a great system at Disney, we would arrive early and leave at lunch for a nap and then return to the park till it closed.