A VERY Merry Un-Birthday

Well, although Courtney's birthday was a while back (April 17th), we officially celebrated it today at the Disneyland Resort. It has been a great day. It started out with a breakfast of champions. (Krispy Kremes at Downtown Disney) After that it was straight to Disneyland for Early entry. The park didn't open till 10am, but one of the perks of staying at the Disneyland hotel is that we get to enter the parks an hour early on most days. Really cool benefit! So we got to get on the brand new Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage with about a 5 minute wait! (It doesn't get under an hour long all day) After that we rode lots of sweet rides like the Matterhorn, Space Mountain, lots of the Fantasyland dark Rides (Snow White, Alice in Wonderland, Pinochio, Mr. Toad's Wild Ride), followed by a great lunch at The Carnation Cafe on Main Street. The kids got to meet the chef (Oscar) who has worked there for more years than I have been alive. (I think) It was sweet! Then we rode a few more sweet rides like Pirates, and Haunted mansion while picking up some fast passes for Indy and Splash Mountain. After that we had another little surprise for Courtney; a birthday party in Disneyland! We all got to decorate individually sized birthday cakes, had lots of fun with Patrick Edward Cake (Pat E. Cake) and had a guest appearance by Mickey and Minnie Mouse. (You can NOT get a picture with them together ANYWHERE else) After that the family took a nap in the room while I walked around the resort a little, enjoying the benefits of this wonderful hotel we are staying in. Everyoone is awake now and it's time to go back to the parks! I'll post a little more and some pictures tonight! We're having dinner at Goofy's Kitchen! See ya soon!