April 8th my mom and dad, me, Kendall, her friend Sylviah and Mark all headed to Anaheim for the National Cheer competition. This is what the whole year has been leading up to! So much fun! We left Thursday night so we could have all day Friday at Disneyland. Aunt Phylis (my dad's sister) met us and spent the day with us. She's a lot of fun! Kendall and her friend took off on their own. We had lunch at the Big Thunder Ranch barbecue. Very good if you want something different, but is also expensive. This is when I started pooping out! We got to bed about 1:00 and got up at 6:00. Hard to do Disneyland on 5 hours of sleep! My parents drug me to see Aladdin...wow, it was awesome! I think it is now gone, can't wait to see what they come up with next, but that was a great show! I usually hate watching shows because it takes time away from rides. But this was good, and I fell a sleep a few times. Late that night my dad dropped the girls off at the hotel with the rest of the cheerleaders once their bus arrived, then we met up with my cousin Kadi and her 7 kids and my grandma. We hung out at the Lego store, then my parents took us all to the candy store and bought all the kids candy! UGH THey had so much fun! The littlest one, Ella, kept dragging my dad by the hand to the little girl store to look at things. She was so cute!
Saturday my mom and I headed back to Disneyland alone! That was so much fun! My dad and Mark went to my grandma's to help her around the house. My mom and I spent quite a bit of time at Innoventions, going on rides we wanted to go on and eating for the firs time at the Plaza Inn and had a great tasting lunch. I bought an awesome picture and picked it up on our way out about 4:00. Took it to the hotel and started walking to the convention center for Kendall's competition. My dad, grandma and Aunt met us there. While my mom and I were walking we ran into Kendall's team also heading to the competition. We walked into the entrance and there was a sea of glitter, and ponytails, and make up and bows, and costumes! You could feel the energy. There was also a dance competition going on. We watched Kendall's performance and then headed to Northwoods Inn for dinner. My mom has been raving about this place for weeks now. Apparently she and my dad came here for their prom many years ago! ha Ok, to say the food was good would be a complete understatement. The bread with the whipped garlic butter was to die for! Both of the salads were so good I filled up on them. Then the food came and it was so good I couldn't stop eating it! I would suggest this place to everyone, but beware it is pricey! After our yummy dinner we all headed back to Disneyland! It was so much fun! Kendall and Mark went on a few rides while the rest of us sat on a patio and watched the fireworks. We dropped Kendall back off at her hotel and headed to ours for much needed rest!
The next morning we got up and headed home. It was so nice to sleep in. Kendall had another performance but they were going to be late so I had Kendall ride the bus home with the team. She got in about 12:30 am. This was really a great weekend! Vacation with my parents is a lot of fun! I hope my kids want to vacation with me when they are older. By the way...Kendall took 3rd! Go Purple Thunder!
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