The Happiest Place on Earth

We had so much fun in California!  My parents and sister's family went with us.  We stayed in Carlsbad and went to Disneyland and Sea World.  We also toured the USS Arizona.  The boys loved everything about visiting a retired navy ship.  What boy woudn't want to see a huge navy ship and airplanes that were parked on top.  Way cool!

I need to be a little honest here.  Cole was just short of being able to ride Manta at Sea World.  Mark spent 45 minutes trying to convince the lady standing at the entrance of the line (there was actually no line) that Cole would be okay.  Mark wouldn't give up.  He was 1/4 of an inch too short, but wanted to go on the ride so bad.  After a quick trip to the bathroom, when the lady refused to let him on, Cole was suddenly tall enough to ride Manta.  With a little bit of help from some extra tissue, he got to ride the ride 6 more times after that.

Here are some pics of our fun vacation!  I am putting a lot on here.  For future, if I want to make a book,  I can't have it be a slide show.  Watch out...there are a ton.