Our Home Away From Home

I had a team meeting out in California last week which I LOVE because I get to stay with my parents while I'm there. It's the best!

Our meetings went great - I have the most awesome work fam! I'm also celebrating my 5-year anniversary with this wonderful company. They have been so good to us!

I extended the stay and Joey flew in Thursday so we could spend two fun-filled days at our "home away from home" - DISNEYLAND! And some time with Mom and Dad :)

Kali and Chad met up with us on Friday and it was also Chad's birthday! We had tons of fun seeing those two and hanging out with them all day. It was HOT. At least we were able to indulge on some refreshing margaritas from Tortilla Joe's - and not to mention their chips and salsa - yum!! We did not get one single photo from the day...oops.

My parents met up with us Friday evening and we were able to see World of Color again at California Adventure. That show is really just amazing. Aaaannnd, I cried during the show again...twice. Poor Joey. The show is really incredible though.

Saturday we spent another full day at Disneyland, just the two of us. I took this picture of us in the morning as we got on the monorail into the park. Boy do we look TIRED, but we weren't going to give up such a fun day!

With the holiday weekend, I expected the park to be PACKED, but it wasn't - we walked or waited minimally on almost every ride (except for the new Star Tours - a NEW FAVORITE by the way - so fun) and by 6pm we just needed to take a rest! So I got to indulge on a little people watching and some delicious Disneyland popcorn - totally addicting!

Spiffed up new Star Tours ride:

My favorite guy from the old ride - now "defective" - LOL:

We also did the Wilderness Adventure from the film UP in California Adventure and got our pic with Doug (which of course made me miss my Willow baby even more - thanks Diane for taking care of her!!). We had a blast and really needed a fun weekend away from the grind!

Cali trips are definitely the best!!