We drove part of the way Tuesday after his class and stayed in Flagstaff at a really really beautiful Marriott, and it there were some snow flurries and it was just so beautiful. We headed out Wednesday morning for the rest of the trip, and checked into a Fairfield Inn (which is also a Marriott subsidiary) and after a few hours we packed up and left. This place was OLD and the pictures online did not tell the true tale of its age. It smelled weird (like dirty socks), there was a dog barking in the room next door, it was VERY close to the freeway (like walk onto it from the parking lot close) and the doors opened to the outside.
We ended up at a Marriott in Fullerton which was older but very updated and nice. This move moved us closer to Disney and was around a lot of major places. We then headed to Bubba Gump's and then called it a night. The following day we headed for, you guessed it, the outlet malls where Justin picked up a new watch (his dream watch to be exact!).
We then spent some time switching over from AT&T back to Verizon (that's a story for another day and time), and then headed off to the Pumpkin Factory. This was a pretty cool little pumpkin patch that had a petting zoo, pony rides, face painting and other fun games.
Ellie did the petting zoo and had a ton of fun....she then spent some time in the pumpkin "patch" area and picked out a cute little baby sized pumpkin for herself. We were all pretty tired so we headed back to the room to relax for the big day!!
Friday was Disney day, and we had purchased tickets to Mickey's-Not-So-Scary-Halloween Party which allowed us free parking, admission into the park at 4 pm (The park closed to non -party-goers at 7 pm) free candy, a fireworks extravaganza and party time until midnight!! Prior to heading out we stopped in at a little hole in the wall restaurant called The Hungry Bear which was a steakhouse. It was ok, but not really the wow we were hoping for, and Justin was pretty disappointed that his sandwich didn't come with cheese. We got to Disneyland around 430 pm and the park was packed out!! We made our way to the Pizza Port where we picked up a few slices of pizza since we were still hungry after our Hungry Bear experience ($30 for 2 slices and 2 drinks and 2 soggy breadsticks) and we hung out until 6:30. They had begun checking wrist bands (which indicated you were a party goer) and if you didn't have one you couldn't ride or get candy. We headed for the It's a Small World Ride and after a short wait Ellie was on her first bonafide ride!! She LOVED it!! She rode 7 rides in all!! She did not get candy (1) She can't eat it (2) The lines at the candy stations were soooooo long (3) Justin said he'd rather buy her 10 bags of candy than wait in the line. We took advantage of the long candy lines and rode rides to our hearts content. Ellie rode: It's a small world, Mr. Toad, Peter Pan, The Haunted Mansion, the Carousel, Teacups, and Pirates of the Carribbean (which nearly summed up the rides that were open that night and didn't have a height requirement). She didn't get scared or freaked out - she cried once but she was hungry so that didn't count. 
I just know she was dreaming of all the fun she had.....
