Cali Bound

After months of keeping it on the down low, we finally left Redmond today for Southern California. To be honest, I’m not sure who was more surprised – the kids that we were getting on a plane to go somewhere, or the grown ups that we managed to keep it a secret for so long. Getting ready to leave, all we would say was that we needed to get ready for a trip, so for the next few hours there was a whole lot of guessing where we were headed. The cabin was an obvious guess since we spend so many weekends there, but some of the creative ideas included the Great Wolf Lodge, Grandma’s, and even Egypt.

By the time we got to the airport, the of course knew we were going on a plane so the end destination was somewhere far away, but they still weren’t sure where. We flew into Orange County this time (instead of Long Beach like we did the last time hear), so even when they found out where we were landing, it didn’t really mean anything to them.  We told them the surprise was that we were coming to see where oranges come from.  Sam and Joey bought it for a little while, but Nick wasn’t convinced. Finally, when we drove up Harbor Drive looking for the hotel (which turns out to not be where we thought it was), they saw the Welcome to Disneyland signs and the lights suddenly went on.

Tomorrow we are headed off to Universal Studios for the day.  When we get back to the hotel, Granny and Grandpa will be here, which the boys also don’t know about, so that is going to be another big surprise.