Adult Trip to Disneyland!

Dan's sister Julie planned a trip to Disneyland and invited all of her siblings and spouses. It sounded so fun but I was on the fence at first because leaving Jack is hard for me to do, but we decided to go and it was so freaking fun! Adam, Julie, Davey, Kristy, Dan and I went and we had a blast. 

When we arrived in California, Davey and Kristy were waiting for us with a sign that said PARTY ANIMALS! The party has begun! We rented a van and the whole way to Universal, Dan was yelling hello out the window to anyone we passed. It was hilarious. 

We arrived at Universal Studios and went straight to Harry Potter land. Yay!! My happy place. I'll be honest it wasn't as cool as Harry potter world, but it was still awesome. We went to the Harry Potter castle and waited for about 10 minutes– single rider line is a glorious thing. It was perfect cuz Dan and I ended up going together. We grabbed some lunch at the three broomsticks and then got in line for Ollivanders. We got to tour the shops, get butterbeer and enjoy the ambiance a little more than when we went with our kids. 

Then we went and explored the rest of Universal. The highlights were dancing on the escalators and making a fool of ourselves, going on the new Jurassic World ride and getting super wet, and then going on the tour ride. Unfortunately, we got stuck on that ride because the driver ran over a big chunk of metal, but we made it fun while we waited. They gave us a free ride pass for the inconvenience but by the time we got off of the ride, the park was about to close. We went back to Harry Potter land and looked at the lights but they had no fireworks or castle projections, unfortunately. Oh well. We did get to go on the Hippogriff coaster though! It was such a fun day and perfect weather! 

We drove to Grandma's and she was still up so we chatted with her and Chris for a bit before we went to sleep. 

On Sunday, we took our sweet Grandma to church. And then we hung out with her in her back yard for the rest of the day. It was great to catch up and to talk to her. I always love hearing her stories. She is the sweetest lady and seeing her is always the highlight!

On Monday, we went to DISNEYLAND! We rushed right over to Star Wars land and got right on the ride. Dan and I were the pilots of the ship and I was horrible. It was a fun ride though. Even though I've never been a huge star wars fan, bit was really cool to be there. When we went back there that night, we ran into Kylo Ren(?) and some Storm Troopers who stopped us and asked if we were with the Republic. They took Julie aside and asked her more questions. Dan yells out to her, "Use the force Julie and smoke those fools!" A stormtrooper walked over to Dan and said to him, "if the last Jedi was here, it would not be you".  It was pretty funny! 

The whole day was awesome. It wasn't too busy and we got on rides pretty fast. It wasn't bad waiting at all though because we didn't have kids! We went on so many rides. After each ride, we clapped and cheered. We basically acted like kids on each ride! The best though was going on a Small World. We tried going slow in line because we wanted to see it light up. We let people go ahead of us, we stalled in line, but kept getting pushed up to the front and got on the ride. But to our amazement, it lit up right before we went inside. It was perfect timing! The rest of the ride, we sung and danced to the songs. Another highlight of the day was eating dinner! We got a Monte Cristo sandwich and Pommes Frites. The fries were the best!!! It was so good to sit down and eat and chat. We finished the night by seeing the fireworks. It's always so magical! It was a GREAT DAY! I missed my kids sometimes, but honestly, the day went too perfect and all my expectations were meant. It was so good! I do feel a little mom guilt though and so I will have to bring my kids back soon!