Day at Disney!!

Well last Wednesday we ambushed Noah.... at about o'dark thirty I showed up at their house and boldly went where no one dared... into his bedroom while sound asleep.... Of course I was armed with our traditional box of mini powdered donuts... which represents our traditional trek to Disney... ya have to know the story from years gone by!

Anywho.... Noah was pretty surprised to find out, that instead of going to school that day, he was going to Disneyland to celebrate his birthday! Woo Hoo!!  We finally hit the road and again surprise #2 stopped to pick up Caleb and Rebekah who were in on the surprise attack....

Here's our first "ride"... well, ok it was just the tram from the parking lot to the gate.... think Mr. Cool  is still just waking up...

We kept so busy I forgot to take pictures...

at least got a great Banner family pic in front

of Sleeping Beauty's Castle...

And just one more at our very favorite ride...

yep... Pirates of the Caribbean!

Yo Ho Ho... it's a Pirate's Life for Me!

Later in the afternoon we buzzed over to

California Adventure... and saw the new

Radiator Springs Cars Land...

just adorable!!!

We waited in line to ride the Speed Cars..

Here's one of the cars buzzing past us...

so we got to see what we were in for...

They were all out of Fast Passes for this one 

so we had to wait 90 minutes to get in....

 and so worth the wait!

Just as sun was setting the boys and Rebekah went over 

to ride California Screemin' Roller Coaster..

Claire and I rode The Little Mermaid.. kinda like Small World...

much more our speed!

It really is a magical place.... especially after dark!

We decided to go to Downtown Disney for dinner before we hit the road...

On the way Noah wanted to stop into his very favorite store... Lego's!

The statues they had all made out of Legos of course were incredible!

Woody and Buzz... my favorites!

Noah selected the Rainforest Cafe for Dinner... 

and that it was.. inside just like you're sitting in the rain forest..

complete with elephants and gorillas...

along with thunder and lightening storms every few minutes!

Of course we couldn't pass up getting the "Volcano" for dessert...

complete with sparkles and candles.. and a little birthday song to embarrass Noah...

here's our waiter lighting the candles...

Of course we all got to share and enjoy it together...

Somehow just didn't look as good after the fact...

A Great Time was had by all!

Happy Birthday  Noah!!!