Disneyland

Our first day at Disneyland was full of adventures. Just getting there was the scariest ride of the day for me. We had a pretty tight arrival schedule so that we didn't mess up our Ridemax itinerary (Ridemax was a program Kelly found that formed an itinerary for us for Disneyland and California adventure that minimized wait times in line, it really worked!). What Ridemax didn't account for was LA traffic. So Kelly has one had and one eye on the steering wheel, the other hand and eye are on the GPS on his phone, at the same time he is weaving in and out of traffic and exits, with Dad Newman trying to keep up behind us. We finally get to the entrance with less time than we had hoped so Kelly and Dad dropped of all the women and kids while they figured out the parking maze. In the end, we made it on time and kept our precious itinerary.
The next big event was right after the "Honey I Shrunk the Audience Ride" our big group of 10 headed over to "Peter Pan" about halfway there Mom Newman yells "Do you have Caleb up there?" We didn't, and Caleb was lost. I had Eva asleep in my arms, so Cindy and I stayed with the kids and Mom, Dad, and Kelly set off in different directions. After about 15 mins. of not hearing anything I called Kelly on his cell phone to hear if there was any word. Kelly said there was no sign of Caleb but that he had just contacted a sercurity agent and he was going to help us. I decided to go post guard by the ride we had just gotten off of to see if he would think to come back to where he had last seen us. Dad was on his way back from Peter Pan saying he hadn't seen him. I was stressed and worried, but as I kept repeating the prayer in my head and heart, "Please let him be ok, please let him be ok." I felt peaceful, that it was going to be ok. After a half an hour of frantic searching we got a call from the security people that they had him at the "Peter Pan" ride and that he was ok. We raced over there and that is when my tears fells as I hurried over, wiping them as I ran. Caleb had heard us say that we were going to the "Peter Pan" ride and when he got behind and lost us he figured that is where we would be. He didn't know where it was so he asked strangers on his way over where the "Peter Pan" ride was, they directed him to the right place. When he got there and didn't see us out side of the ride, he "excuse me" his way to the front of the line looking for us. When he got to the front and we were still not there he decided to wait until we showed up. Finally a worker noticed him and asked where his family was he said "I don't know, they should be here!" that is when they called the security and we got the word. I think Caleb got hugged and squeezed more that day than he has in a while. What a releif and the day wasn't even half over yet! The security worker suggested that we write down Kelly's cell number and put it in the kids' pockets in case we lost anyone else, Daniel decided to wear it on his tongue just to make sure he was safe.
All in all we had a great day that was lots of fun!