Saturday, June 27, 2009

Disneyland

We just got back from a week at Disneyland. And wow did we receive the ROYAL treatment. This was a Sales Conference for Chad's work that he had earned. And we experienced Disney like we never had. It was awesome! They put us up at the Disney Grand California Hotel. That was so great, you cannot beat the convenience of staying there. To get off of the rides and take a quick walk right up to your room for lunch was so great especially with our all of our young kids. It will be hard to Disney any other way.

Sydney was pretty happy with her Minnie Mouse and matching hat.
The first night we were there Beneficial had a party set up for us on one of the studio lots. It was so amazing. It was beautiful and so fun. They had two separate buffets, one for the adults and one for the children. The adults had steak, chicken, salads, potatoes etc. and a variety of desserts. The kids had peanut butter and jelly, tator tots, fried corn, milk, juice and for dessert a variety of disney treats. It was so cool. There were balloons everywhere. They also had two caricatures in the back of the room for the kids as well as Minnie, Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It was a party that only Disney could put on...Amazing!!


Max LOVED Mickey! He would have nothing to do with any of the other characters.
Kalli and Tyler getting their pictures done.

After the party. The kids made a haul with all of their balloons and pictures.
California adventure has a new Toy Story ride. It was a blast. Gotta love Mr. Potato Head
Max LOVED riding the rides.
Chad and some of the kids taking a rest.
Sydney got to celebrate her 7th birthday while we were there.
Toon Town

One of the guys Chad works with, Tim Blackham has kids our kids ages. So we had a blast hanging out with them most of the time.
We wore the kids out.
One night Beneficial had a party for our group at the ESPN Zone. Each couple recieved 2 game cards worth $100 of games. The kids were in heaven. It was so fun. They played games and ate for three hours straight. What a blast!!!
Horse Racing at the ESPN Zone
Max even had a buddy, He and Colby had a lot of fun!

Everyone has to have a picture right in the front gate.
Chad was not feeling so good on the Tea Cups. Too bad I am pregnant and couldn't go on those kind of rides.
While I took the older 5 kids to see the production of Aladdin, Chad and Max took a little rest up in the room. Max took chillin out very seriously and if you know Max, he doesn't chill out very often.
We were so lucky to get to stay at the Grand California Hotel, it was so nice and SO CONVIENENT! Thanks Beneficial for the greatest family vacation we could ever imagine!
On our way home we had to hit In and Out Burger (we don't have them in UT yet, but they are coming!). Max took over Chad's milkshake, hey he knows what he likes!

10 comments:

melanie said...

We love that Hotel too. We really love the rooms with the bunkbed. It sleeps more kids that way. When you got alot of kids thats what you look for. Looks like you had a great time. Disneyland is a great place for childhood memories.
Thanks for all the efy pictures. They were perfect. I owe you one.

Allyson & Jere said...

Your trip looks like it was an absolute blast! I don't know HOW you do it with SIX kids, that seems overwhelming all by itself. But, I'm glad you were able to have such a great trip and be treated so spectacularly.

bryndee said...

happy birthday to all thoes whos birthday ive missed!

SqUiRt said...

So fun! Next time I think you need to take a nanny with you, and since Jonni will probably be out of the question, and Tara gets to take trips to Maui. . .I'm here! :o)

Andrea said...

What a fun family vacation! One I'm sure you guys will be talking about for a long time! It's time for the Leifson's to head back to Disneyland!

The Cutchen Crew said...

Sooooo Jealous I love that place. Looks like a great vacation.

Sassy said...

L♥ve your header pic! What a great year your family has had....holy schmoly!!!!!!!!!!! What a wonderful treat for your fam to get to experience this...Congratulations Chad!!!!!

Kim Milius said...

Sounds like a great trip & I'm sure you'll be needing about a week-long nap after all that fun & excitement!

Stacey said...

Sounds like a very fun trip. I'm glad all the kids had such a great time. You all look like you got a little sun.

Doug & Robyn Ellis said...

What a send off party! That looks like a blast! We're praying for another great job like this one for Chad! Although we think he's pretty great at whatever he does!