Oct 7 - was a travel day. Quinn figured out pretty quick it wasn't a normal day when we told him he wasn't going to school. Then he saw the suit cases in the back of the truck. He guessed Edmonton, Mexico and Vancouver. We decided to tell him while we were in line to check our luggage. Lawrence said 'Where does Mickey Mouse Live' Quinn answered DISNEYLAND! And he jumped up and down and hugged us and thanked us. Calgary to Vancouver, Vancouver to LAX was an uneventful trip. We then took the 'Disneyland express' from LAX to our hotel - the Howard Johnson.
We arrived and got settled, grabbed some dinner and were in bed by 10 :)
Oct 8 - Disney! First 3 rides we did were Peter pan, snow white and Pinocchio, and all 3 scared him lots! Admittedly, I agree, the stories do have some dark under tones and in the dark with loud noises I can see how he was afraid.... Unfortunately he then became afraid of every ride! So we had a motto - Try everything once, and if you don't like it you don't have to do it again... Highlights: Toon Town, pirates of Caribbean, Nemo submarine, home of the future, buzz lightyear, and our favorite, Indiana Jones!
Highlights Disney = haunted house, space mountain
Highlights California Adventure Land: Muppets 4D, Monster Inc., a Bug's Land, Pixar parade,
ElecTRONica (Electronic Dance party!! What?!) (Movie to be posted on Facebook)
(Mom - you can click in the pics to see a bigger one)
Oct 10 - We took a 1 hour coach ride to LEGOLAND. We left our hotel at 8:30am and returned at 6. It was an ok day. A cute and interesting park, geared toward little guys (ages 4-8?). Quinn had a blast, but we were a little disappointed with the $$$ we paid for the day trip. On our way home the bus passed Bubba Gumps! Oh my Gosh I was so excited! We went back there for dinner and had a blast! The restaurant is all about Forrest Gump filled with pictures and items and quirks from the movie - just awesome! We had a few drinks and got giggly and pigged out on shrimp shrimp and more shrimp.
Oct 11 - we did both Disney; California Adventure Land. Did the Indiana Jones ride again, ate at the Rainforest cafe, saw The World of Color (good show but couldn't see much from where we were :( ).
Oct 12 - we did both Disney; California Adventure Land. Ate in Downtown Disney.
Oct 13 - we did both Disney; California Adventure Land. Ate at Bubba Gumps again!!
Every night we were home and in the hot tub by 8pm. Quinn would either join us or play in the splash park beside the hot tub. We could see the Fireworks well from the hot tub! I think almost every night we were in bed by 10.
Oct 14 - all good things must come to an end. We took the Disneyland Express to LAX - had a good flight to YVR, but had rough ride to YYC, we had to circle a few times, Lair was green, and Quinn was starting to feel green. Once the plane stopped - Quinn grabbed a barf bag and filled it half way :( Poor little guy. We waited till everyone was off the place then got off ourselves. On the way out I passed the Pilot the barf bag and said "... every ride in Disney and the plane does him in... ".
It was so nice to be home and sleep in our own bed!
Oct 15 - We unpacked, did laundry, repacked, then headed off to Medicine Hat for Kerri & Jay's wedding. We got settled in out hotel then went to the rehearsal dinner at Jay's folks place.
Oct 16 - The wedding was awesome, beautiful, emotional and fun. There was an underlying sadness not having Danny there; he was 2 blocks away in the hospital :( .... We went for eats and beers in the afternoon and the reception was great. Lawrence did a very nice Welcome to the family speech on behalf of his father.
Oct 17- All the family members converged on the hospital to visit Danny. Quinn had a cough so couldn't go up and I had a crazy festering/oozing rash on my wrist so opted to not go past the lobby in the hospital. Then we headed home... It was hard on everyone as we knew this was indeed our final goodbyes to Danny.
Oct 18 - work... Ug.
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