We booked this Disney Cruise vacation over a year ago, so when the day came for the vacation to start we were beyond excited! We put the kids to bed Friday night along with BJ at around 8pm. Kaylee was so excited she had a hard time falling asleep. Both Kaylee and Ashlynn didn't end up falling asleep until around 9:30 pm. I was supposed to go to bed as well...but it was soo nice having some quiet time that I stayed up a lot later than planned, and ran to the store for a few last minute things. I ended up not falling asleep until just after midnight. We then all woke up at 1 am and started our drive to San Diego. BJ got a good 4 1/2- 5 hours of sleep and I was able to fall asleep a few times on the drive. 

We didn't end up taking our first stop until we got to one of the first cities in California! It was awesome!

 We all got out and wandered around the gas station for a few minutes. The gas station had no price tags on anything.....and I understood why when I asked how much something was and it was crazy over priced ha ha. Needless to say, we only got the gas we needed and then was back on the road with our doughnuts and fruit we had already packed.

 The kids did great on the last few hours of the drive.

 Yay! We see the beach!

 After driving around the parking lot for a good 20 minutes, we finally found a parking spot!

 We loved the beach in La Jolla last year when we went to San Diego, so we made sure to go to that beach again 

Ashlynn was so excited to get out of the car to go and play in the water

 We made the mistake in setting up our stuff in the sand. Ashlynn rolled around in it after being wet and had sand EVERYWHERE. We then realized our mistake and moved all of our stuff onto the grass.

 Ashlynn had so much fun playing in the water and sand. She did however keep trying to eat the sand any chance she got.

 We learned last year that the cost of renting a boogey board was almost the exact cost in buying one. So we bought one off amazon before our vacation and brought it along. We all had SO MUCH FUN body surfing. The kids loved "surfing" in the water and both did a really good job at it.

 Ashlynn was soo tired and slept through me changing her and attempting to wipe all the sand off of her body.

 Kaylee worked hard at making a sand/mud tower. She would then try to cover her tower to prevent the water from getting it ha ha..it was hilarious.

 Who doesn't love playing in the sand?!

 I wont lie- I LOVED playing in the water. BJ and I took turns going out on our own. It was a lot of fun.

 Here Kaylee is covering her tower :D

 After a long day of driving and swimming we headed to our hotel in San Diego.

Before we went on our cruise we had a lot to prepare for. We had done our research and had signed up for the Fish Extender Group. Depending on how big your group is that is how many gifts you need to make or buy to give. You also need a fish extender where they can put the gifts in. Since I spent a lot of time making everyone's Halloween costumes we just bought this Mickey Fish Extender off of Amazon. I then just added our names with a fabric white pen that I got at JoAnns.

I copied a costume I found on pinterest. I had finished one of the wings and then thought I had finished the second one when I realized the whole thing was backwards! I had done two of the exact same wings. Luckily I had enough fabric to make another one, but it was still a bummer that I had to start over.

Here it is just about finished.

How cute is this little Iago!

For Connors Aladdin Costume I sewed his vest and made his hat. We just bought Kaylee's Jasmine costume. I made my flying carpet costume from two different blankets and just added tassels. Then for BJ's Abu costume I made his hat and vest as well. Overall it wasn't a ton of work and I was really happy with how it turned out.

This time for General Conference we didn't set out prizes and play the Prophet match game. Instead we had a lot of yummy food and treats and let the kids play BINGO. They actually did pretty good and let us listen for the most part. They are really into coloring lately; so that kept them pretty occupied for awhile.