Everybody's Got A Laughing Place...

says Uncle Remus. "Trouble is most people don't bother to go and look for it." My definition of a laughing place is one that is good for the soul - just being there makes you feel better, more balanced. I have a couple. Tip top of the list is Crystal Pier at Pacific Beach in San Diego, California.

Many years before I served there as a missionary (how weird is that?!), San Diego - and more specfically, P.B., was 'the' place for me.So last week, we fled the inversion and 20-degree-weather and headed south. The weather was beautiful - the water was NOT warm. That didn't stop my brave little 5-year-old.
The kids loved climbing around on the rocks at La Jolla.
After a couple of completely perfect beach days, we headed to 'The Happiest Place on Earth" - it didn't disappoint.

Our kids' first ride ever was in search of the infamous Captian Jack Sparrow on 'Pirates of the Caribbean'.

Diggity dug meeting Winnie the Pooh (while Anushka was off getting wet on Splash Mountain).
They loved meeting all the characters.

My personal favorite princess that Anushka met was Jazmine (she was the nicest and seemed to actually like kids).

If you've never been to the Pixar parade at California Adventure, let me recommend it! It was a blast for the kids and the parents :)
Jedi training was also cool...
I have to just say how proud I was of Anushka. She is one brave kid - seriously, there was no ride she wouldn't try. Her favorites were Space Mountain and Tower of Terror. In the line for TOT, she was BY FAR the smallest person. I saw a kid that looked about 9 years old and he was the next smallest. They snap a picture of you while you're on the ride and almost all of the adults were squeezing their eyes shut or looking terrified - but my girl had a huge grin on her face. It was awesome!
Diggity and Anushka are really each other's best buddy - we had so much fun watching them together.