these pictures are from "red day" or day one at disneyland. we were able to get into the park and hour early because we had a three day park hopper pass. i can't even put everything into words, so be prepared...there are lots of pictures! let me just say that not only are we spoiled to be here, but between aunt merritt and her wheelchair because of her torn achilles and grandma lady and her wheelchair, well...let's just say that this orton family doesn't know how to wait in line. we were spoiled to get to use the handicapped entrance on almost every ride. between that and the fast passes, we literally ran the whole day from one ride to the next.
dad, uncle marty, uncle darin and all the kiddos (minus james - he got to be a jedi at the star wars activity) waiting in line for the roller coaster at toon town. they all said it was not worth the wait.
cute cousins with winnie the pooh. again we are missing one - davis crashed and i didn't dare wake him up, even for a picture with pooh.
ethan, sarah and davis with mickey mouse. ethan spotted him right as we entered the park and couldn't (or wouldn't) pass without getting a picture with mickey.
all of the cute kids - this time missin Jack - with grandpa. papa lee was such a trooper. davis wouldn't let grandpa get to far away from him. he was davis' right hand for the entire week. how cute are these shirts that aunt merritt got for all the kids?we spent all day at the park and came back to our hotel for dinner. then the "big kids" went back to disneyland for more "big kid" rides and the fireworks. speaking of big kids. i was so nervous to lose ethan at disneyland - he tends to wander and make friends with anyone. so i bought ethan and davis these cute leash/backpacks for the week. ethan had enough scare in him that he stayed close the whole time and davis hated his leash but tolerated it. he was okay with it as long as papa lee had the other end of the leash. and back to "big kids" ... reagan and ethan were such "big kids". they loved the maderhorn (sp??) and they loved the thunder mountain. i couldn't ride on anything since "cinco" is on board, but apparently at one point on thunder mountain, reagan got nervous and just softly said "mommy". but by the time she got back to me...she was just fine!
