the summer sends its love to you

On Sunday I went with the Hammorks and the Huberts to Disneyland!!! I woke up to the smell of bacon, so I decided to get up and take a shower. Then I went downstairs to a feast that Cynthy had prepared. There was bacon, scrambled eggs, potato pancakes, sausage, sweet rolls, and orange juice. Mmmmmmmmmmmm. After breakfast we all got ready to go to Disneyland... it was difficult to choose what to wear since it was foggy outside, so I think we all ended up wearing shorts with pants on top. It turned out to be pretty warm despite the fog. After parking and riding the little tram thing, we went to California Adventures because we were all excited about the Tower of Terror that opened recently. First we went to the Who Wants to be a Millionare show that they have and guess who got in the hot seat? Stevie! How crazy is that? She got hard questions, though, like "who is Isadora Duncan" or something like that and "who is the kitten that bothers Garfield?" But it was crazy that she got to go up there. So then we went to Tower of Terror and the line wasn't that bad -- only 40 minutes long, which isn't bad for a new ride. And it was a lot of fun. You should go on it if you have the chance. Then we ventured over to Disneyland and went on Thunder Mountain and waited in line for Indiana Jones but it broke down just as we got near the front. But I didn't care too much. Lindsay was the only one who was angered by it. I probably don't have all these things in order, but oh well. Then we had Toni's birthday party at this special place for birthday parties inside disneyland. This strange fellow in a cake hat came out and sang a song and then Mickey and Pluto came out and then we each got an individual mickey mouse plate. The face was a cake and in one of the ears was blue, yellow, and red frosting, and in the other ear were three different kinds of sprinkles. And we all got to decorate our own cakes! (I was quite excited about this and I want to do it for my birthday but Ashley says I should wait until I have kids and do it for their birthdays.) The man in the funny cake hat said it was a contest, so Ashley, being the competitive person that we all love, thought long and hard about what her cake should be... she wanted something original so that she would win the contest. Finally she decided on a volcano and made quite a nice one. Then people came around to "judge" the cakes and Ashley shouted out, in a way that made her sound just like a little kid, "Mine's a volcano!" and we all cracked up and haven't stopped teasing her about it yet. As it turned out, everyone won, so basically there wasn't a contest. I think Ashley was slightly disappointed about that. Oh before her birthday party we went to lunch at the hotel next to CA Adventures and I had chicken fingers and fries. It is cheaper than eating in disneyland. So then we went back to CA Adventures and went on Tower of Terror again (ooh so much fun) and were going to go on Grizzly Bear Rapids, but it was closed, which was very sad, but probably a good thing since I would have gotten soaking wet. So then we left Disneyland and ate dinner at Boston Market (and it was sooo good... i'm mad that they took out the one in Goleta.) Oh and then there was a fiasco because Ashley and I wanted to sit in the back but Lindsay was being a lame-o and wouldn't sit in the middle row. Anyways, it was a big ordeal but then I sat in the middle seat of the back row and it all worked out. And that was the conclusion of my fun weekend.

Pictures from Disneyland:


Group picture by the entrance of Disneyland. Note Teddy's lovely smile.


Stevie, Ashley, and me


Group photo in front of the entrance to the birthday party. Don't you love our hats? Again, note Teddy's lovely smile.


Ashley, Lindsay, Sammy, and I wearing our party hats


Pluto and Mickey entertain us. Toni is the cute short girl standing in the front.


No party is complete without streamers.


Me, Sammy, and Ashley at the "Kodak photo moment" stop.


Ashley, Gregg, Lindsay, and Teddy on Thunder Mountain. Again, Teddy has a nice smile. However, I don't know what happened to Ashley's head. It seems a bit warped to me.


The best thing to do in the Disnleyland stores is to try all the hats on and then take a picture of yourselves.


Everyone who went on Tower of Terror by the sign. Hey wait. Toni didn't go on it.


Sammy with her giant cup... no, I can't even call it a cup. More like a bucket of lemonade at Boston Market.