California Day 7

Saturday was our final day in California.  Our flight wasn't scheduled to leave until late afternoon so we had some time to kill before we headed to the airport.  We headed up to Los Angeles and then over to Santa Monica Beach.  It was pretty crowded there so we headed down Wilshire Blvd. into Beverly Hills.  We went down Rodeo Drive up to the Beverly Hills hotel and just drove around for a while. After a few hours it was time to head to the airport =(  Our flight home went really smoothly and got us home right around midnight. We had a great time on our trip, but it's so nice to sleep in my own bed again!

The Hotel California 

Not sure who's car this is, but there were a ton of people taking pictures, so I did too.

The Beverly Hills Hotel

The Colorado fires

California Day 6

On our last full day in California we started out with a character breakfast at the PCH Grill at the Paradise Pier Hotel.  Marley got to dance with the characters a few times, and Mason finally didn't cry when Stitch came over to the table.  After that we went swimming and to lunch at Rainforest Cafe. Then we headed to Newport Beach to watch the sunset. We also got some milkshakes from Ruby's Diner which I am pretty sure is the restaurant shown at the end of the movie Taken 2 so that was pretty neat.

Dancing with Minnie Mouse

Marley running down the pier 

California Day 5

On our fifth day, Marley, Mike, Mason, my mom and I all headed to California Adventure. My dad went out on his own to see some military things. We immediately headed for Cars Land to get our fast passes for the Radiator Springs Racers. While my mom waited for those with Mason, Mike and I took Marley on the Tower of Terror.  She was okay with it until we got off and then she started crying.  I think we traumatized her because she keeps talking about it and it was almost a week ago. Oops! Mike had to go back to work tomorrow so he only got to spend the morning with us before he had to head off to the airport. We were sad to see him go =(

The view from the top of the ferris wheel

The Tower of Terror 

Marley got picked to dance with the street band. 

Her light up ears for the World of Color water show. 

California Day 4

On our fourth day we were up bright and early to head to Disneyland.  Up until today we had been staying at a hotel in Anaheim Hills, but today we were also checking into our Disney hotel.  We went to the park for a while and then headed to The Grand Californian Hotel to relax and wait for Mike to arrive. While we were in California for the last 4 days, he was in Arizona visiting some friends. He made the 6 hour drive to Cali and was able to head to the park with us for the rest of the night.

A Disney employee came running up to Marley saying "Oh Princess Belle, can I have your autograph?" Marley signed her name in his book and gave a big smile. I don't think she knew what to think, but it was really cute! 

My first Dole Whip. My dad stood in line for almost 30 minutes to get them for me and my mom. 

The view of California Adventure from our hotel room.