We had a really fun trip to Disneyland Paris. We met my brothers family there (he live in London), and the kids loved being with their cousins. Above is a picture on the shuttle bus of Sabrina, Marissa, and Kayla.
We decided to go to Disneyland Paris for 2 days so we could really see everything. We thought it wouldn't be too crowded at the end of November, and our first day there was great. We were able to get on all of the rides in 15 minutes or less, and we even had clear, but frigid, weather.
It was really fun that everything was decorated for Christmas. It was a great way to have fun and get excited for Christmas.
Steven and Brayden - they quickly became best friends even though neither of them could remember the others name.
Brayden and the pirate ship.
The Cheshire cat - I really liked that his eyes rotate. It is such a pretty park. It's different from the one in California. It's much smaller, and Space Muntain and Indiana Jones both go upside down, so none of the kids were tall enough to go on them.
Kayla, Sabrina, Steven and Jessenia dancing with Pinocchio.
The Merry-go-round.
Beautiful castle lights!
Kayla looks super cute and Brayden's face is hilarious. The second day in the park was crazy crowded - I won't ever go on a Saturday again. We had such a great day on Friday that we thought it wouldn't be that bad on Saturday, but it was miserable. It also rained all day so we had to deal with the cold and wet and umbrellas everywhere. We rode the train around the park, saw the shows (which were really great), waited an hour to ride on a Casey Jones train ride (which was one of the kids favorite rides), the storybook boat ride, and It's a Small World, and then we were really cold and ready to go home.
Brayden wanted to ride the big park train the day before and we never got to it, so he was really excited that we finally did it.
Cute Spencer.
My Allen!
The big Disneyland train - Hooray!
Kayla and Santa. She got a toy keyboard.
Brayden got a toy guitar from Santa (two strings broke in the first week).
Spencer got a toy drum.
Allen and I at the dental christmas party.
We had a really fun trip to Disneyland Paris. We met my brothers family there (he live in London), and the kids loved being with their cousins. Above is a picture on the shuttle bus of Sabrina, Marissa, and Kayla.
We decided to go to Disneyland Paris for 2 days so we could really see everything. We thought it wouldn't be too crowded at the end of November, and our first day there was great. We were able to get on all of the rides in 15 minutes or less, and we even had clear, but frigid, weather. 
It was really fun that everything was decorated for Christmas. It was a great way to have fun and get excited for Christmas.
Brayden and the pirate ship.
The Cheshire cat - I really liked that his eyes rotate. It is such a pretty park. It's different from the one in California. It's much smaller, and Space Muntain and Indiana Jones both go upside down, so none of the kids were tall enough to go on them.
Kayla, Sabrina, Steven and Jessenia dancing with Pinocchio.
The Merry-go-round.
Kayla looks super cute and Brayden's face is hilarious. The second day in the park was crazy crowded - I won't ever go on a Saturday again. We had such a great day on Friday that we thought it wouldn't be that bad on Saturday, but it was miserable. It also rained all day so we had to deal with the cold and wet and umbrellas everywhere. We rode the train around the park, saw the shows (which were really great), waited an hour to ride on a Casey Jones train ride (which was one of the kids favorite rides), the storybook boat ride, and It's a Small World, and then we were really cold and ready to go home.
Brayden wanted to ride the big park train the day before and we never got to it, so he was really excited that we finally did it.
Cute Spencer.
My Allen!
The big Disneyland train - Hooray!
Superman Spencer!
Kayla the Jaguar and Speed Racer Brayden.
Spencer and Brayden with the pumpkin that Brayden designed (and Mom carved). 
The pumpkin Kayla designed (and Dad carved).
Dinner in a pumpkin.
This year I went to a cooking club where we carved out our pumpkins and put a face on them. I then went home and made dinner in our pumpkin. We ate the meat and rice combo as our main course and ate some pumpkin as our vegetable. The kids loved looking at the pumpkin in the oven. They were able to look at it for quite some time since it took ~2 hours to cook.
We went with some friend to a cave near Liege, Belgium. This cave boasts the longest underground river, so we hiked into the cave which follows the river for about 40 minutes and then we got in a boat (that rocked and dipped pretty drastically) as a guide in the front of the boat pushed the boat using the walls of the cave and a wooden paddle in sort of gondola style. 
Our family outside the cave.
The kids - it was great going with friends. Our kids had a great time.
