Mesa, Arizona
7th operating temple
Dedicated: 23-26 Oct 1927
By: Heber J. Grant
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 13:1-19
Come Follow Me
1 Nephi 11 God sent Jesus Christ as an expression of His love.
October General Conference
"Our Constant Companion" by President Henry B. Eyring
Happy 76th Birthday!
such great people!
We all went down to breakfast together. James and I both had made-to-order omelets. Mine had bacon and cheese. James's had lots of greens. He thought one of those greens was bell pepper but it was actually jalapeno so it was a little warm.
The girls had waffles and Lola also had sausage and bacon. I had strawberry-kiwi flavored water. Lola had apple juice and Ruby and James had guava-passion fruit.
Back in the room we brushed our teeth and got ready to leave for Disneyland. I said the family prayer.
We drove up Harbor Blvd. and we were directed to park in a parking lot on Convention Way. We were in the Woody 9A section and after having our bags searched and James "wanded down" we rode the bus over to the Disney plaza between Disneyland and California Adventure.
James and Ruby headed for the Star Wars ride "The Rise of the Resistance". Lola did not want to go. We were in Adventureland so we went on "Pirates of the Caribbean."
"Haunted Mansion" and "Splash Mountain" were both close for refurbishment so we went on the "Winnie-the-Pooh" ride. It was better than I remembered. The hard part for me was folding myself into the seat where there was very little leg room and then getting out again.
We were waiting for Ruby and James and so we walked back towards the entrance of Adventureland where we parted ways. Lola climbed up to the tree house as seen in the movie "Swiss Family Robinson." She was supposed to climb to the top but I never saw her make it. I got this picture:
When Ruby and James finally finished their ride and caught up with us, they opened the Jungle Book ride and we decided to go on it. Lola was disappointed that the Indiana Jones ride was closed. I was relieved. I do not like that ride.
After Jungle Book we walked over to Tomorrowland. Lola, Ruby, and James all went on the Star Tours ride. While I was waiting I got a churro. Churros, in my opinion, are the best food at Disneyland.
Next Ruby wanted to go on Space Mountain. Since it's a roller coaster Lola didn't want to go. James went with her while Lola and I rode the Buzz Lightyear ride and then Autotopia. Lola drove our blue car. She kept hitting the bumper and moving the car back and forth and laughing. I think she had a fun time.
We were hungry so we ate at the Pizza Planet restaurant in Tomorrowland. We got three pieces of pizza, James said it was too expensive so he didn't a piece. The pieces were $9 each. Everything in Disneyland is so expensive!
After lunch we decided to walk down to ToonTown. There is a new ride and Ruby and Trina both thought we, especially Lola and I, would like it. When we first arrived, the ride, called Runaway Railway was closed. We walked around and took some pictures and a few minutes later they opened the ride. James, Ruby and Lola got in line after James bought me a drink and settled me in a chair to wait for them. I do enjoy watching people and there are plenty here to watch. I have never seen so many strollers in all of my life. All lined up in the underpass as you come down into ToonTown.
Lola loved the ride so much she wanted to go in again. Ruby wanted to go on the Toon Town roller coaster. Just as Lola and I got in line she decided she wanted to join Ruby on the roller coaster. My phone was dead so we couldn't text her and we didn't see her in line. I told Lola I didn't want to go on the roller coaster so we went back and got in the Runaway Railway line. James was sitting at a table watching my purse. I forgot to bring my Clutch charger so my phone was useless.
I have never waited in a line as long as we waited in the Runaway Railway line. It was well over an hour. The ride was fun and Lola deemed it her favorite. I was trying to decided if it was worth the wait. I really don't think so.
We were all pretty exhausted so we decided to head home for the day. It's a long walk from ToonTown to the entrance.
I stopped at the Emporium to do some shopping. I brought some hot chocolate to drink at night in our hotel room. I picked out a mug for myself and for James and then had Ruby and Lola each pick out a mug of their own. Here is what we got:
Grandma's on the right
Lola's 100 years with the ears
Ruby's Alice in Wonderland
One the way back to the hotel it took awhile because we got caught in traffic and also stopped for gas. Ruby had a churro before leaving Disneyland and she and Lola ate chips in the backseat of the car as we were driving around. I asked Lola what kind of chips they had: Ruffles, Lay's regular, and all of the itoes. Itoes? You know blue and red Doritoes, Tostitoes, and Fritos.
In honor of James's birthday I asked if he wanted to go to Cheesecake Factory or order room service at the hotel. He picked room service and ordered chicken marsala. Ruby ordered a Caesar salad, I ordered a chicken, strawberry, spinach salad, and Lola ordered Kraft mac & cheese. While we were waiting for our food to be delivered James went to Target to get some water. Ruby got a little sick to her stomach. Lola took a bath. She sings when she is in the bathroom. When she was finished she and Ruby went outside on the balcony and sang until our food came.
The food was quite pricey but it was delicious. Ruby only ate about half of her salad. She said she will eat the rest tomorrow.
We made our hot chocolate with marshmallows and drank it.
My new pajamas have cartoon sheep all over the bottoms. There is lazy sheep, singing sheep, geek sheep, hungry sheep, and happy sheep.
I showed the girls my pajamas and they read the names of the sheep. I told them to make up their own sheep, and they went to work. Each one of them made three different sheep, I made one. I picked Ruby and Lola's best and here is what we came up with:
Mine:
Lola's:
We had family prayer and scriptures before bed. Ruby offered the prayer.
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