Jason and Janae's Wedding

Janae, Jared's little sister (10 years younger) got married on September 24th to Jason. Halle got a new dress and we got some cute pictures.

This is us running late, and me still taking pictures because they were so cute holding hands.

While waiting for Janae to come out of the temple.

She totally did this pose on her own.

Halle dancing and walking with her great uncle Richard. Great meaning, yes, he's wonderful, and also meaning great as in he's Jared's uncle.

Still waiting for Janae (they took a long time).

Great Grandpa with Janae's brothers (Jared, Jory, Joel)

At the reception they had these flower tiaras to wear. Halle absolutely would not wear it and SCREAMED. I threatened to wear it an effort that she would get mad at me and want to wear it herself. It didn't work.

Eventually she put it on, but she wasn't exactly happy about it. And by that time family pictures were over so we didn't get any with it on with all of the other little girls that had one.

Great grandpa played for Jason and Janae's first dance and throughout the evening. I thought that was really special.

It was a fun day and we are very happy for Janae and Jason.

Even more Disneyland

We did go to Disneyland for 4 days, so yes I have more pictures, but this is the final installment. I can't just not show you them because they are adorable and I wouldn't want you to miss out.

We went to Paradise Pier for their character breakfast with Lilo and Stitch. Halle has really started to love them, AND it's much cheaper than all other breakfasts. Also, you don't have to pay big bucks for the buffet, you can just order off the menu, actually get your money's worth, and still get to visit with the characters...another Disney secret. Minnie was even there, which was a huge surprise since she has her own character breakfast, but we didn't get a picture with her.

Of course she had to show Daisy her pins. I've read that Daisy is very rare at any Disney park, and this was the first time we've ever seen her in all of our trips.

I love roller coasters!!!

BLAST OFF!

Another Disney secret, the single rider lines. You go through the exit and are on the ride within minutes. And I even got the front row one time which was so completely AWESOME!

Halle LOVES the "scary monkey ride", the Matterhorn.

We spent the last day getting some fattening favorites of mine and Halle's. I got a turkey leg.

Halle got cotton candy.

We played some more, then headed back to the hotel to eat dinner in bed. More fattening favorites. Big Mac.

Happy Meal.

What more could two girls want? Thanks for having to go on business, Jared. Can't wait for June's (and December 2010 and February 2011) business trips in Orlando, that will be awesome.

More Disneyland

Disneyland continued...

It was fun that the characters dressed up.

I'm not sure why she was sad, maybe because we left the characters. She was probably also tired from the night before with Grandma.

But Dumbo cheered her up.

This is California Adventure. The part that is eaten away Heimlich from a Bug's Life comes out.

A Disneyland secret. DO NOT wait in the two hour line for the princesses in Disneyland. Go to the main street in California Adventure and you'll see all of them with a 5 minute wait for each.

I have never seen Aladdin and Jasmine and especially never Mulan. To get a picture with all 3 was a fluke. Mulan happened to be walking by and we were first in line to see Aladdin and Jasmine. They were all very interested in pins and from here on out she had to show every character her pins.

Showing Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) her pins. I've never seen her either. I'm pretty sure this trip was just as exciting for me as it was for Halle to see all of these characters we've never seen before.

Handy Manny.

Daddy and Halle. She's a spitting image, isn't she?

LOVE this picture! Look at those big deep brown eyes.

She was terrified of the fire works. She just yelled COVER MY EARS! and screamed and cried. We were expecting it. The only time she has enjoyed fire works was 4th of July because her cousin Alyvia was there and enjoyed them.

The Winnie the Pooh ride cheered her up. We went on this ride 10-12 times during the vacation.

On our way out we saw Mickey dressed up. See how his outfit matches Minnie's witch costume?

That was day 2. We've got so much more to catch up on...