On our last day of Spring vacation, we went back to Disneyland. Cristian thought it was really cool that he was old enough to ride on the rides by himself without an adult.
Carter ready for another ride on the Matterhorn!
All 5 of us on the Matterhorn
The kids walking towards Pirate of the Caribbean and The Haunted Mansion.
The 5 of us outside the Haunted Mansion
The kids in line for the Roller Coaster in Toon Town, eating their Mickey suckers :) (Oops, caught a picture of Carter blinking)
Around 10:00, those sweatshirts had to come off! The 5 of us in line for the Coaster.
Ava and Daddy
Mommy and Carter
Cristian getting to ride by himself again.
Kids all wearing their Mariner shirts inside Mickey's House
By the birthday cake and balloons... Ava showing everyone she just turned 5, and Cristian flashing "8" since his 8th birthday is less then a month away. (Carter just copying the other two :)
So excited to see Mickey!
Cristian, Ava, and Carter sitting in the gazebo in toon town.
It was such a pretty time of year to visit disneyland... all the flowers looked so pretty! and the sky was so blue.
Carter on the Merry go round while Daddy took the big kids on Thunder Mtn.
Mommy and Carter
Carter with the sword in the stone
The kids outside the castle
pretty shot of the castle with the reflection in the water
Ava with her favorite princess, Aurora.
Princesses :)
All 3 kids with Aurora
All of us outside the Castle (note the Seattle Sports theme :)
All ready to ride on Space Mountain after a yummy lunch at Pizza Port. (in case you're wondering... they made Cristian a gluten free pizza, he was in heaven!)
SPACE MOUNTAIN
Kyle and the kids walking down Main Street.
As always, our vacation went by way too fast!! But we had a great time and enjoyed every second of it. It's always nice to get a break from the usual routine and spend time together as a family!
We had a fun day planned for the kids on Sunday since Scott had the day off of work. After breakfast we headed to the Phoenix Zoo.
Our family at the zoo
Close up of us at the zoo
Zebras
I think I've only seen pink flamingo's before... these ones looked like they might have been pink at one time. It's almost like the sun has faded their feathers :)
funny little monkey
The kids checking out some animals
Kyle and Carter looking at the rhino (who is blending in with the wall)
Kyle, Scott, and the kids checking out all the creepy crawly things, like snakes, tarantulas, etc. This was as close as Nicole and I got :)
We also brought swim suits so the kids could play at the splash park inside the zoo.
Ava coming down one of the slides (this thing really shoots them out like a canon ball)
So fun!!
Carter and daddy, pretty scenery in the back ground
Cristian walking through the water play area
All 5 kids
After a fun morning at the zoo, we went out for a late lunch, then came back and the kids/dads had a water fight
refilling their water guns
And they moved the slide so it went into the deep end. 
and had fun playing with bubble wands
The kids posing for another group picture before dinner. Scott and Kyle BBQ'd chicken, steak, and prawns! YUM! After the kids were in bed, us adults played a couple rounds of Pictionary. Nicole and Scott were telling us that other people in their family refuse to play that game with them anymore because they are SOO GOOD at it! So we thought we'd see if they lived up to all the hype :) We played three rounds of pictionary, and they won 2 and we won 1 round. They are definitely good at this game, it's almost scary!! :) (maybe they practice?? LOL) It was a lot of fun!!
