Mackenzee's spring break was a few weeks ago (she goes with the college). She was so excited to be able to sleep in. I think one day she almost made it to 10am!!!
Saturday we went out to dinner with "Aunt Nandini and Uncle Ted". We went to Olive Garden then went miniature golfing. It was interesting with Parker he kept wanting to hit the balls or pick them up it didnt matter whose it was. Mackenzee did pretty good on some it would take her longer then others. In the middle of the course there was a hole with one big hill the hole and another little hole so you had to hit it just right. Mackenzee got up and hit it and made a HOLE IN ONE!!! It was amazing she started screaming an jumping around. We were all shocked. We had so much fun with them.
Sunday we went to Granma and Papa "Grapes" house for dinner. It was Granma's birthday and we met Lorena and Mike up there and made dinner for her. They had gone just gotten back from Vegas for my cousins wedding. It is always so relaxing up there. We have really enjoyed being able to visit so often.
Monday and Tuesday we hung around the house cleaned while Mac worked. They did a great job entertaining themselves. They played with the Spider Man stickers they got from "Aunt Nandini and Uncle Ted". They couldn't figure out how to get the glasses to stay on so Mackenzee invented a solution.
After Mac's work on Wednesday we went to Disneyland and had a GREAT time!!! We first checked into our hotel and then headed to the park. It was a surprise for Mackenzee because she is always asking if we can stay in a hotel so she was pretty happy (plus they got to bring their little suitcases).
We stayed at the park until 9:30pm and were able to watch the fireworks. They were AWESOME! We ate a great breakfast (with some craziness from Parker but what would a day be without Parker throwing a fit?) then it was off to the Park again. It was great weather and NO LINES. Mac and Parker literally walked on to Dumbo. It was also preview day for the new Live Playhouse Disney show and the Pixar Parade in California Adventure. The kids LOVED both.
We had great seats for the parade and several characters came up and interacted with Mackenzee. It is a water parade and they are constantly squirting you with water. I think it was a jellyfish from Nemo came up and held an umbrella over her so she wouldn't get wet and another was putting bubbles all over her. She loved it.
After the parade we headed over for dinner at Goofy's kitchen. It was not too busy so we got to see several characters several times.
Aladdin sat with Mackenzee and asked her who her favorite Princess is she got this high sweet Princess voice and said "Jasmine" he said mine to and I think she fell in love right there.
Then Bell came out and Mackenzee chatted with her for a little bit. They even did some dancing during one of the dances.
As we were walking out Mackenzee spotted Rafiki from the Lion King. We had NEVER seen him before and she wanted a picture until we got up close to him. I guess he totally freaked her out. We convinced her to stand with daddy. When Mac tried to put her in front of him she about lost it!!! We were able to get a half smile out of her though.
We then decided we should head back to the park for a little bit. We didn't leave until 10:30 again. One of Mac's highlights was breaking his record 300,000+ on the Buzz Lightyear ride. He made it to the next level and was totally stoked.
Friday we headed to Vegas for the Mountain West tournament and to see Mac's family. Mac didn't get to watch any games because no one had the right cable station (even the hotel) and he didn't get tickets. Mackenzee and Parker did get to play with their cousins (we brought Disney Princess dress ups) which was good because Mackenzee has been dying to play Disney Princess with her cousins and Parker was of course Peter Pan.
Although we didn't get to see much of the family (Suzanne went home earlier then we thought and I think Adam turned into a basketball) we also got to see baby Hannah. She is so cute. Oh and McDonald's is doing Princess and Pirates Happy Meals so that was an added bonus.
Saturday morning after another great breakfast (you have to love Embassy Suites) Mackenzee went swimming in the pool at the hotel. (actually it was the hot tub but the pool grounds were amazing waterfall and all- one of the side we didn't get to see since we lived there) We also got to see one of our friends and her awesome new house!
Saturday night we headed back and just missed the snow in the pass! Crazy but it was pretty.
That was our spring break!!! We didn't go to Phoenix like I had wanted (maybe next year) but I am glad we were able to spend time together.
Wedding Day (Sy Snarr Photography)
