Happy Birthday to Me~ 2009

Yes- its been a whole year since my last birthday and our trip to the snow! What a fun day that was! This year we decided to stay closer to home and take advantage of Disney's Free On Your Birthday special happening this year.

Rick, the girls and I headed into Disney Sunday morning with ideas of going to CA Adventure and spending a leisurely day there.

The traffic to get into the park was horrible and in all it took us an hour and a half just to get through the entrance gates. Unknown to use there was an ANTHRAX scare at the ticket booths earlier that morning that had shut things down for a bit. LOL It was later determined to be sand- but good to know Disney is on top of their game! Another thing we were oblivious too was the fact that one of the Jonas Brothers was at CA Adventure with his girlfriend the same day. I heard someone talking about it- but figured it was a fluke- yep- clueless!

I used my free admission towards renewing my annual pass so I am now set for another year!

Once we were in the park we had a blast. It was very cloudy and rain loomed all day- but we never got wet! We hit the new Toy Story ride first since Rick didn't get to go on it last time (Halloween). I rode with Maddie and he rode with Emily and Ashley- there are only 2 blasters so he had to let them shoot- I think he's ready to go back for a turn of his own. After the ride we had a picnic lunch on the pier since the weather was OK and there was this cool corner near the roller coaster and lake. As you can see- the lake is currently drained to prepare for the light show they are working on.

We found Goofy and got a picture with him.

And then we found WALL-E!

Pictures with Mommy: Emily

Ashley

Madeline

Later in the afternoon we headed out of the park to meet friends and family at Rainforest Cafe, located at Downtown Disney. we got to sit in a really cool, semi-private room with a HUGE fish tank (there were only 2 other tables).Of course we had to have dessert- this is their famous Volcano dessert- as they bring it they come through the restaurant yelling, "Voooollllll- caaaaaaannnnn- ooooooooo!" The girls had it down by the end of the night! This thing was big enough for the whole group to share!
The girls loved the sparkler on top- here Maddie gives Daddy a tickle...
This is the fish tank!

Below is our whole group- I'm so grateful to have amazing friends and family that will come out and do fun things with me on my birthday!

Michelle, Mike, Joann, My Dad, my sister Sara, my Brother in Law Rich, My Mom, the girls, Rick and me.

Yep- it was another awesome birthday!