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Maia meets Mickey Mouse in Disneyland

And so did Uncle Jake

Mickey's house still decorated for Christmas

Maia is about to attempt her very first roller coaster ride, which she did great on!

Maia got to meet Mickey Mouse in California Adventure

...and Cinderella.

And Uncle Jake met Woody! Despite Woody's best efforts, Maia would not go up to him. I guess the fact that he was over 7 ft tall frightened her a bit!

Having a good time on the huge merry-go-round in the California Adventure park (across from Disneyland)

At night they lit up Snow White's castle

Getting ready to take off ... or so we thought. It actually turned out to be another 4 1/2 hours before we left the Midland airport. Long story...

This is pretty much how we all felt after the day we'd had trying to get to California.

Even though we'd heard how it was always so beautiful and sunny in Costa Mesa, it was gloomy and misted almost everyday we were there. But this day it cleared up and we were glad because the view was very nice. It's not every day we get to see snow covered mountains living in West Texas!