OUR EPIC SURPRISE FAMILY TRIP TO DISNEYLAND!! / How'd We Keep This Secret From Them for Two Months!?

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I have a huge, huge surprise for everyone.
Are you excited for Ty right there?
All right, you guys, I have a huge,
huge surprise for everyone.
We are going on a trip.
Kids don't have school on Monday.
We planned this two months ago.
We are going on a trip to Disneyland.
I am so, so, so, so, so excited.
Like, seriously, we've been planning this
for two months in the works,
and we're super grateful for Disneyland.
They are giving us free tickets,
and we told the kids, like, seriously two days ago
that we thought we'd go to Texas,
and they didn't have school on Monday.
It just worked out perfectly
that they didn't have school on Monday.
So, I've gotta get everyone prepped,
packed, ready, all the things.
So, I'll show you how I do that all along the way.
All right, so it is supposed to rain
while we are there for two days.
So, I'd rather be prepared and return these
than not have them.
So, I've got some ponchos,
and then some little raincoats for the two younger girls,
and then I got rain boots, and they light up.
So, Livvy's super excited.
She's trying hers on.
Let's see.
They fit?
Turn around, let me see.
They light up.
They do light up.
Turn around, let me see.
Oh, yeah.
They feel good?
Do you wanna try them on?
Yeah.
Yeah?
Come here.
Here, try on your boots.
Here's the pad.
Oh, thank you.
That's right, you're all set.
So, we got, Stella looks like E.T.
We got these cute little raincoats,
and then they zip up.
All done?
Let me see you.
You all ready for the rain?
Okay, so hopefully we don't have to use them,
but it says rain Tuesday and Wednesday.
So, we got these, got these ones for Halle,
ponchos for me and Marcos, Ty and Halle,
and just got rain boots for the three littles.
Hopefully, they work if we need them.
Stay tuned.
They fit good, Stella?
Yeah.
All right, you guys, started packing on my bed,
getting the essentials set out.
So, I'll kinda show you what we have so far.
So, I have these shirts made
that we're all gonna wear on Monday.
The girls have cute matching leggings and bows,
and then I went to the Disney store,
and look at how cute these are, you guys.
They're just some fleece zip-up.
It's gonna be a little bit cold at night.
$12.
So, I got all the girls those matching ones for Monday.
They'll be super cute, and then I got these at Kohl's.
They were 50% off, so $7 each, plus I had a 30% off coupon.
So, I got all of these outfits super cheap
for the girls to match on Tuesday,
and then we've got jackets for all of them Tuesday
for the evening when it gets cool.
It's also supposed to rain Tuesday,
which I showed you guys.
We got the rain boots and the rain gear right here,
and then Wednesday, I'm super excited.
We're gonna take the girls to the Bippity Boppity Boutique,
so stay tuned.
We've never done it before,
but they get to dress up as their favorite princess.
So, I know that Aurora is Libby's,
and I got them a little crown and necklace and gloves,
and Halle couldn't decide.
It's kind of been drama, but we ended up going with Belle
to got her this new dress.
She's got the same thing, and then I didn't want them
to wear their dress-up high heels,
so I got these for Libby just at Target.
I think they were like $10,
and Halle has some gold ones just like this.
Super excited about that.
Stella's too young to do it,
but she is obsessed with Minnie Mouse,
so I got her this cute Minnie Mouse dress,
and then I'm assuming they won't wanna be in them all day,
so I got them these cute t-shirts
that they could change into with some jeans.
So, that one's for Halle, this one's for Libby,
and then Stella will be in just Minnie all day.
So, I thought those were super cute.
I decided I wanted to join in on the fun,
so I had a friend who made these,
make this shirt for me literally last night.
She did it super last minute,
so I will be Cinderella for the day,
and then I got this jacket for Ty.
It's red and black fleece with Mickey,
and then he's got a couple shirts,
so we're all wearing that one.
I've got this one for Tuesday for Ty,
and I thought this one was way cool for Wednesday,
so we're all doing the Mickey attire.
I got Marcos' shirt as well, but it hasn't come yet.
I just got it on Amazon for day three,
and then day two, Marcos and I are just gonna wear whatever,
so just had the kids kinda decked out.
Okay, so Stella and Libby already had these Minnie Mouse PJs.
Ty has some Mickey ones, so I just got this for Halle,
so I'm gonna give it to them Sunday night
when we surprise them.
So excited for their reaction, so you guys stay tuned.
That'll be the end of this vlog,
so they'll all have their Minnie Mouse and Mickey Mouse PJs,
and another thing I'm super excited about
is I went to the Disney store, as you saw.
I got some super good deals.
Got them their own Disney gift cards with $30,
so $10 a day that they can spend on whatever they want.
If they wanna use it all on a souvenir, they can.
If they wanna use it all on treats, they can.
All right, all right, it is Saturday night.
Didn't mean to rhyme, but we are getting ready to go.
I've got all these snacks lined up right here.
A bunch of fun snacks for the trip, but also for the drive.
The kiddos are gathering some DVDs for the car,
since it'll be a long drive,
and we're just getting things ready,
ready to leave tomorrow.
Libby picked some movies.
But I don't know where Cars 1 is.
Well, go look upstairs.
It's up there.
All right, guys, kids are in bed,
and I'm just packing up the last few things,
so I'm gonna be extra prepared.
I've got children's medicine, thermometer.
I've got Band-Aids.
We've got a whole bag of sanitizer.
You know, coronavirus going around.
We're gonna be sanitizing like crazy.
Some sanitation wipes for phones.
All the things in here.
And then I've got some snacks,
some healthy, some not healthy.
We've got apples.
Just one banana, because Stella ate the other one today.
Gotta have some day quill, night quill.
You just never know when you're gonna get sick.
I love these fruit and veggie go-go squeezes.
My kids love them, and it's a good way
to get some fruits and veggies in there.
Some club snack stacks,
and then we get to some unhealthy stuff.
So we've got some cookies,
animal crackers, Teddy Grahams.
I'm gonna take some mac and cheese
to have maybe in the hotel for Stella
or if the kids need some food
if they haven't really eaten much during the day.
And then in here I've got some Skinny Pop,
some Boom Chicka Pop, all individual servings,
some Pringle individual servings down there.
Marcus' request, he always wants chili cheese Fritos.
So all the road trip snacks, you guys,
and all the things to get prepared.
We are getting so much closer.
All right, you guys, everyone is loaded up
and it is time to go.
Kids think we're going to Texas to visit my sister,
which we're definitely gonna do that at some point,
but not this trip.
We are headed to L.A., baby!
L.A. to go to Disneyland.
We are so excited.
None of the kids have ever been to Disneyland,
except for Ty, obviously.
If you haven't checked out that vlog, go check it out.
I surprised him last year for his ninth birthday
and we went to Disneyland.
It was so much fun.
So, Halle, Libby, Stella, first time ever.
Super, super excited.
So we're gonna head to L.A. right now.
We'll probably just say, okay,
we're gonna take a little break,
look for a good ice cream shop.
So they're all looking out the window
and then we're gonna drive past Disneyland
and I think Ty will recognize and be like,
wait, that's Disneyland, blah, blah, blah.
I don't know how it's gonna go, we'll see.
And then we'll be like, we're not gonna go to Texas,
we're gonna go to Disneyland.
And they're just gonna be so excited.
I hope, I hope the surprise hasn't been ruined.
Marcos has let it slip a few times, not thinking.
I don't think the kids have caught on,
but I guess we'll see.
So I'm just super excited to see their reaction,
super excited for this experience.
We're super grateful for Disneyland
for giving us some tickets.
On the third day, we have a hopper pass.
We also have reserved seating for the parades.
We've got the girls' Bippity Boppity Boutique.
Marcos and Ty wanna go to Star Wars.
Oh man, I can't wait for that.
It's gonna be like an adventure
for a couple hours, I feel like.
So we'll see how it all turns out.
Hopefully all the kids are happy, have good attitudes,
and are just having a good time.
It is supposed to rain Tuesday and Wednesday, like I said,
so that could be interesting.
But we've prepped them, we've said,
we're gonna have good attitudes, we're gonna be flexible,
we're gonna go with the flow, and we'll see what happens.
You think they know anything about this?
If they do, it's your fault.
You're right.
I told them.
You slipped up several times.
Even just barely, he's like, oh, the hotel will have one,
and we're supposed to be staying with my sister, so.
I think.
Hallie was like, wait, we're staying in a hotel?
Yeah, how'd you cover that up?
I just said, just in case we do.
And she was like, okay, that's all.
Yeah, I mean, she's seven, whatever.
Anyway, okay guys, we're headed on the drive,
we're taking you along with us.
It's about four hours from Vegas.
A little more.
Depending on traffic and what, so we're just gonna go
enjoy the hotel, check in, get an early night's sleep.
I don't know, just take you along with us.
So here we go!
Here we go!
All right, we're just about ready to go.
We're mixing up some of the seat assignments.
Ty's never in the front.
The middle.
It's been a while since I've been in the middle.
It's been a while.
We got Stella.
Snack!
Snack, yep.
We got Hallie and Livvy.
Already got her blanket out, pillow, and stuffed animal.
Wow, are you buckled?
Can you put this out?
You need to stay buckled the whole time.
You got your Hydro Flask.
We've got snacks, books over there for Stella,
Hydro Flask, wipes, paper towel for the drive,
DVDs up there.
I think we're ready.
Are we ready?
Yeah!
Who's excited?
Me!
Texas, here we come!
Oh, drink?
Here's your drink.
Okay, you ready to go?
Yeah!
Say, let's go!
Let's go!
Hoppy, hoppy.
Do you have a tissue?
A tissue?
All to you?
Oh, to his.
To his.
Hoppy, hoppy.
If you're happy and you know it, if you're happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy.
That's how Stella sings happy birthday.
Can you sing happy birthday?
Yeah.
Okay.
Do it.
Happy, happy.
Happy.
Look guys.
We're in Texas.
What?
Texas Roadhouse.
Taking a little pit stop.
Bathroom break and then we're back on our way.
Kids have done pretty good.
Stella slept for maybe 20 minutes.
You can go with it.
Go with it.
Roll with the punches.
How are you doing?
Driving?
Yeah, just butt hurts, but that's it.
Your butt hurt?
It's just uncomfortable.
Bucket seats.
What?
It's nice leather.
Could be worse.
I've just been catching up actually on my Instagram.
Just posting pictures from Ty's birthday and just kind of what we've been up to on my personal
Instagram.
Just feeling good to get caught up with that.
I've been going through my pictures, kind of organizing that, so making good time though.
Time for a bathroom break.
Who needs to go to the bathroom?
Daddy.
Can I go first?
Sure.
I actually need to go now.
Okay.
If you need to go, go now because we're not stopping for another three hours.
All right, guys.
How far away are we, driver?
We're about an hour away.
Two wrecks.
I said wreck.
Forty-eight.
We're seriously two hours worth of traffic because of wrecks, but we never actually saw
the wrecks, right?
No.
No wrecks.
It was the weirdest thing.
Forty-eight minutes and then we're going to take a stopping point and eat dinner.
Posted on how it's going.
It's been a long time.
Slow motion.
I think we should have been at the stopping point minutes ago and we still have an hour
or we have about an hour left.
Forty-eight minutes left.
Stella's been pretty good.
She's playing with her tea set back there.
Girls are talking, coloring.
I don't know.
Ty's watching Moana.
Happy, happy, huh?
Happy, happy.
Happy.
Gotta be happy.
In case you were wondering, we left the house at 12.45.
It's 5.46.
We've got one stop for the bathroom, which I feel like we did pretty good.
So hopefully we're there by 6.30.
That's still like six and a half hours in the car when it should have been.
Do your math correctly.
Is that an hour?
Five and a half?
Six hours.
Whatever.
If we get there at 6.30, it's just about six hours that we've been.
Yeah.
Since we left.
Getting there, guys.
Are you eating it?
Yeah!
We're gonna stop and eat.
If we can find a park nearby, we'll get out for a little bit, stretch your legs.
Maybe.
So, maybe.
If we can find one.
But we're gonna get out and eat.
All of us.
Okay?
Go sit down and eat somewhere.
So when we get closer to restaurants, be looking out the window to see where you guys want to
eat.
Okay?
Or see a park.
Or if you see a park.
There's a Denny's over here.
Does anyone want Denny's?
Marcos wants Denny's?
Oh.
I didn't say I wanted Denny's.
Figure it out.
7-Eleven!
Well, that's a great dinner option.
Some slush?
Some slush.
So, Marcos thinks Denny's is good.
I think Denny's.
There's a CPK down here, maybe.
The kids have never been there.
Ty wants Chili's.
I said maybe Cheesecake Factory.
Yeah.
Wendy's?
No Wendy's.
No fast food.
Okay, fine.
We'll sit down.
There's some paper.
Why are these, um...
Disney?
Huh?
Disney.
Huh?
Wait.
Why are there so many people here, man?
Disney.
No, we're looking for...
That looks like Guardians of the Galaxy.
I just saw Incredico shirt.
No.
Yeah.
Look.
California.
It's Texas.
Yep.
It's Disneyland.
Oh, there's an IOP.
It's Disney.
No.
What?
Disneyland.
I don't see Disneyland.
Right there.
It says Disneyland Resort.
Oh my heck.
There's a Disneyland in Texas?
Or you just tricked us.
Whoa.
Wait.
What's the resort though?
It's just you get to like a tour in Disneyland.
Keep going.
I think I saw...
Yep.
It looks exactly like this.
Like what?
Disneyland.
Like I remember walking.
It could be like a mini Disney.
Yeah, maybe.
Like I saw...
I saw when we were riding through.
I saw an Incredicoaster.
Oh, maybe they just like have a couple Disney rides?
Do you guys see any restaurants though?
Disneyland parking.
It just said Disneyland...
Yeah.
It just...
What?
Look.
It's Guardians of the Galaxy.
No.
Should we go to Disneyland?
No.
Disneyland?
Yeah.
Are you sure?
Yeah.
What about Reese?
We'll have to visit Reese another time because we're going to Disneyland for three days.
What?
I want to go to Disneyland.
Do you want to go?
Yes.
For three days?
Yeah.
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Who's excited?
Me.
That was so fun.
It's Space Mountain.
Hallie, are you excited?
Space Mountain's open.
It's open now.
It wasn't open last time.
I did trick you.
It was a trick.
Did it trick you good?
Yeah.
Are you in shock a little bit?
Yeah.
Hallie.
Are you excited?
We are going to Disneyland.
The shock is not worn off yet.
Hallie's going to cry.
Wait.
Is Reese coming with us?
No.
It's just us guys.
Don't faint.
Hallie, you'll love Guardians of the Galaxy.
Are you crying?
You'll love all the rides.
Are you excited?
There's some great rides.
Great rides here.
Libby, are you excited too?
Can we go today?
Not today.
We're going first thing in the morning to Disneyland.
And then tomorrow we're going to California.
Stay in a hotel.
Yes.
We're staying in a hotel.
So let's go check in.
Can we see if we can go in the same room that we went to my birthday?
Oh, we're staying in a better room than your birthday.
So get ready.
So we're going to Disneyland all day tomorrow.
California Adventure all day Tuesday.
And Wednesday we get to go to both parks.
Stella, are you excited yet?
Stella.
Indiana Jones.
It's Space Mountain.
Who's excited?
Me.
Yeah.
Woo hoo.
Mom planned this all out.
This is a family trip that Mom's been planning for two months.
And Dad almost blew it two times.
Did you guys hear Dad say, when we're at Disney?
Did you guys hear that?
Good.
I'm glad you didn't listen.
Did you know, Ty?
No.
You had no idea, did you?
No one knew.
Did you know, Hallie?
Libby, did you know?
Yeah.
You knew we were going to Disneyland?
Are you so excited?
You guys don't even know what's coming.
So it's hard to fathom how great it's going to be.
But this is our first family trip to Disneyland.
Are you excited, Stella?
Yeah.
It's going to be so fun.
I want to get a roller coaster.
I want to tell my friends.
Oh, yeah.
You can tell all your friends.
Now you won't be the only one that hasn't been to Disneyland.
Were you planning that or because I said that?
Disneyland wants us to vlog at Disneyland.
So they gave us free tickets for the third day.
So we bought two days and they gave us free tickets.
Isn't that so nice?
Yeah, it's pretty cool.
Last Friday was my birthday and last year I went here.
So that's special.
We're in California.
We're not going to Texas.
We're going to go check in at our hotel and then we really will go eat.
Okay?
Are we going to the hotel right now?
Yes.
What are you more excited for?
The hotel or Disneyland?
Disneyland.
I'm finally sinking in for this one.
She got a little teary-eyed.
Oh, that's so sweet.
You ready, Hallie?
This is where we're staying, Homewood Suites.
I'll go check this in and then we'll show you guys our hotel room.
Are you excited?
Yeah.
Were you surprised?
Yeah.
Has the shock set in and now you can be excited?
Are you still shocked?
Wait, do you think it'll be like-
Are you shocked?
Yeah.
But do you think it'll be less crowded than-
I don't know.
We'll hope for the best.
Stella, you ready?
Hey guys, real quickly.
Mom's in the hotel trying to get our room.
She's getting our hotel room, making sure our room is there.
Let's make sure we give her a big thank you because she organized this all by herself.
I helped just a little bit.
She did most of it, okay?
Okay.
So make sure we have good attitudes.
We say thank you to everything, okay?
And that you're grateful and are happy, okay?
Got it.
Can we do that?
Yes.
Can we?
Yes.
All right.
Takes a lot of hard work to organize all this.
We're not just here for one day, it's several days.
It's going to be fun.
You got it?
Yeah.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
You ready?
Yes, I'm ready to look at the room!
Let's go find our room.
Look, there's Mickey!
All right, so I don't know if you can tell, but Halle's totally crying.
I thought she might just because of the shock and excitement and buildup of Disneyland.
She's heard so much about it from friends and whatnot, and it's finally her turn to go.
It's a fun excitement.
Now I don't have to worry about spoiling it.
Don't have to worry about Marcos blowing it.
Kids clearly have been in the car too long.
Let's go check out our room!
There's bunk beds!
There's bunk beds?
This is where Mom and Dad will sleep.
There's the bathroom.
I call top.
All right, so bunk beds.
Look Libby, this one's for you.
Look, this pulls out.
There's triple beds?
It's a triple!
Triple bunk beds.
Halle!
Halle, there's triple bunk beds!
So you can be on this one, Halle can be right there, Ty right there.
Yay!
Okay!
Wow!
There's some triples!
There's triples!
I'm just trying to pull it out.
We have bunk beds!
We have one of these!
Wow, triples!
This is a sink.
Oh, I'm glad that it's separate from the toilet and the shower.
That means people can shower while other people can get ready.
I love that.
So then you walk in here, and this is where Stella will sleep.
That's a sofa bed, but we'll probably just put the pack and play right here somewhere.
Got a TV.
We even have like a little kitchen area.
So we did bring some stuff to put in the fridge, microwave to have like mac and cheese or something
for Stella tonight.
Super nice, guys.
Super nice.
So, Homewood Sweets Convention Center.
It's about three miles from the park.
So it's about a 20 minute walk, but there's a free shuttle just right next door in the
Toy Story parking lot, they said.
And so we don't even have to pay for a shuttle, and it's super easy, and it comes every 5
to 10 minutes.
Happy with this.
That was part of the big debate when we were booking this.
Marcos and I did tons of research, looked into a ton of stuff, tried to figure out the
best hotel.
We get free breakfast.
There's also free dinner, Monday through Thursday, 5 to 7.
So we might take advantage of that.
I don't know.
We've never done this before.
This is our kids' first trip to Disneyland, so I don't know if we'll come back, eat a
free dinner, and then go back to the park late at night.
I don't know.
We'll see.
You guys excited?
Yeah!
Can you guys see Disneyland?
Yeah!
Alright, we're here at CPK, getting some pizza for the kiddos.
What'd you end up getting?
Pizza?
Yeah.
Spicy Chole.
I got a salad, so we're just waiting on the food so we can hurry and eat.
What are you guys most excited for tomorrow?
I don't know.
You don't even know, huh?
A roller coaster!
Do you know that you get to meet Aurora?
Yes!
I want to wear her dress.
You want to meet her?
Yeah.
And you get to meet Belle, and Ariel, and Rapunzel.
Well, I don't know if you're going to meet them, but you're going to see them all, hopefully.
And Elsa, and Anna.
All the princesses are at Disneyland.
Moana, Jasmine.
They don't even know what to be excited for because they have no idea what's coming.
But you're excited, right?
Yeah.
I want to meet Anna, too!
Anna?
I love Anna.
Do you want to be in credit coaster?
No.
I don't know if you're tall enough.
We'll have to see.
We will see.
The most thing I'm excited for is the new Space Mountain.
They made a new one.
Like, it has more upgrades and stuff.
And it was closed last time we came, right?
Yeah.
I wanted to go.
And Indiana Jones.
Yeah.
I'm just excited to see their reactions to all the little cutie pies.
The food.
And I've never been up.
Excited?
All right.
Forgot to vlog the food, but it is gone.
We did good.
We were pretty hungry.
Solo, wow.
Happy birthday to you.
All right.
We just got back, and everyone's going to get in their Mickey Mouse PJs.
Mickey.
Okay.
Get in your Mickey Mouse PJs.
I don't have any.
Maybe you do.
Yeah.
You do.
No, I don't.
Let's go see.
Open this side.
New dress?
Oh, Ariel.
You got me a new Ariel.
You can wear that tomorrow.
Tonight, everyone can wear Mickey.
I don't have a Mickey Mouse.
I don't know where mine are.
Oh, my.
You got a new Mickey Mouse, or Minnie Mouse.
I want Minnie Mouse.
Yeah, get your red Minnie.
Stella, go get your Minnie Mouse.
Frozen 2.
You guys can wear your princess ones tomorrow, and Minnie and Mickey tonight.
It's in the bathroom.
Okay.
All right.
Everyone's in their Minnie Mouse PJs and Mickey for Ty.
Stella's so ready for bed.
Just trying to get a picture real quick.
We'll see if it works.
Probably not.
All right.
You guys ready for bed?
I'm cold.
I've got some special shirts for tomorrow.
You want to see them?
Yeah.
Disney 2020.
Look at this.
It's Disney.
Disney Trip 2020.
So, we've all got matching shirts for tomorrow.
Okay?
And I got you guys these cute zip-ups that he's getting into.
It's kind of cold at night like it was tonight, so you're going to want a little jacket.
What about me?
Okay.
And then some red leggings, so it'll be super cute.
Ty, I've got yours right here.
You have a zip-up and a shirt.
Oh, wow.
Let's see.
So, you've got a Mickey zip-up.
Oh, that's cool.
I want to show you something that I got.
What did you get?
Don't look yet.
Oh, okay.
I'm pretty sure I bought it though.
Close your eyes.
Oh, close my eyes.
Okay.
Open them.
Yeah.
All right.
You guys pick out a sanitizer.
Lots to choose from.
Margarita.
Okay.
I want you guys to keep those in your pockets and put them on after every ride or anything
you touch.
Okay?
Okay.
We've got to stay extra clean and protect ourselves against germs.
Okay?
It smells so good.
Okay.
All right.
One last surprise.
A Disney gift card.
Disney gift card.
Yay.
So, that has how much on it?
$30.
Did you scratch off?
No.
$30.
Okay.
So, Ty, yours is the cars and Halle, what's on yours?
Mickey.
Okay.
And I have one for Libby, but she's trying to go to sleep.
So, this one's for Libby.
$30.
Okay?
So, these are your gift cards.
You could do $10 a day because it's $30 and we're there for three days.
So, you could pick a treat every day.
You could spend it all one day on all bunch of treats.
You could buy a souvenir or you can get one treat a day of your choice, whatever.
Okay?
So, that's your gift card.
And you can spend it on whatever you want.
So, you don't have to be like, can we get this?
Can we get this?
You guys decide.
You can use that, whatever you want.
It has $30 on it.
You can use it on anything you want in Disney.
So, choose wisely.
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Halle's first time and Libby's first time.
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