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It's Good to be with Family - Part 4

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Did you read Part 3 ?  You should read Part 3 . Although I'd gone to bed late the night before, due to coming home from the House of Mouse, my day still started early; Chris woke me up at 6:15, asking me to drive him home from the car dealership where he was dropping his vehicle for service while he telecommuted for the day.  Thankfully, upon making it home successfully, I was able to crawl right back into bed and sleep a few more hours. For their part, Jim and Leigh woke up in Anaheim and headed to downtown Disney for breakfast and shopping! Time for foods! Unfortunately, they hit a massive backup at the security checkpoint; it had been great the day before, but they must have arrived right at its maximum: That is not the face of an excited person Eventually, though, they made it in, and the eating and shopping commenced! Amazing creations at the Lego store Ta da!  This place is closed! Dad was making his way from Orange to

It's Good to be with Family - Part 3

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Did you read Part 2?  If not, click here . In the last blog, Jim, Leigh, Chris, and I spent a Sunday up in Hollywood, seeing stars and walking up a giant hill (relatively) to eat at Yamashiro, then having a great dinner with Dad and Risa.  We'd gone to bed on the earlier side of things, as we'd be up with the dawn the next morning - we were headed to Disneyland! Leigh grew up as a total Disney kiddo, and while Jim and I were always aware of the movies and visited the Orlando parks a few times growing up (it helped to have family that lived super close), she's truly on another level.  She's been to the Florida contingent many, many times over the years, so when she and Jim booked this trip, heading to the California version was absolutely going to be on the itinerary.  Since Chris and I had just visited Disneyland proper about a year ago, and it's very much like the Magic Kingdom back home (just smaller), I opined that heading to California Adventures might be th