Immediate Family Reunion (kind of) Part 2

Wednesday, the 15th, my dad, Markus and I headed to California for our other side of our immediate family. Mika and his family couldn't make it cause they spent all their money for our IFR in Utah. We stayed at my sissy's and that night we went to Zankou's - a very yummy chicken place. They have pickled radish there and, of course, we fed some to Jorel, who seemed to like them even though they are pretty sour. It was great. Jaana gave Jorel his first present for his first birthday - it was the cutest outfit and I can't wait until it fits!

Thursday we went to Disneyland ALL day and I really felt like I was a little kid again! Jorel got to ride some rides, like a rocket ride, Toy Story, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Haunted Mansion. He was such a trooper. I finally got to go to Disney's California Adventure which is the more thrilling of the two parks. It closes at five so we spent the first part of the day there and then headed across the way to Disneyland where we spent the rest of the evening - till about 11 pm. Jorel was a trooper as usual, although he wasn't too fond of his stroller at times... but we worked through it. At around 9:30 -every night - Disney does the most AMAZING fireworks show. Jorel fell asleep towards the end, but you seriously feel like your five watching the show. It truly is magical :)

The next day we decided to take it easy. Watched a couple of movies, ate at BJ's for dinner - YUMMY - and again plan around food, haha. Saturday we went to Griffith Park, they have a planetarium there and that was the main reason we went. They did some renovations to their shows in the recent years so we checked it out and it was actually pretty cool. After Griffith Park we met up with my bro's-in-law family for sushi at Octopus and they had birthday presents for Jorel - a Little People Noah's Ark set and a little pull toy puppy.

That night Jorel fell asleep before we could all go eat, again, so Jaana and Paul stayed behind while the rest of us went to our traditional stop - Bob's Big Boy, and again, YUMMY! We didn't get back until late with Jaana's food, sorry! And we needed to get to sleep since we had a long drive the next day. We took our time leaving, which probably wasn't the best idea cause we didn't get home until about 1 am! Oops, but we didn't want to pass up one last meal with the fam.

I'm pretty surprised we made it home alive since my dad was pretty sleepy. But here we are! Anyway, it was a another great trip!