Hastings of Harrington Lane: The Happy Honeymoon!!!

After a dream wedding day, we were off in the bug to head for a night in mesquite, then on to Disneyland! Jordan was so cute and got the prettiest room with a Spa Tub right in the room... I'll spare you the rest of the details ;) ...

The next morning we were off again to head for the golden state...unfortunately, we got in a little of a fender bender....what a way to start things off to smashing success on the first day of your marriage!!!

My poor "Lemon"...how I loved my zippy little car... RIP...

But that's ok, it's just given us more opportunity to learn from our struggles and work together...and it ended up working out better. My insurance listed it as totalled (does that look totalled to you...that's what you get with VW's, I guess) and I couldn't have sold it for what I owed on it...but my full coverage ended up paying almost exactly what I owed instead of just kelly blue book value....by the time we get back from Brazil our cars wouldn't be worth anything anyway, so we count it as one of our blessings...just a semi-stressful one at the time!

So we ended up spending our second night in Barstow...so romantic...especially with the Chinese-American Chinese restaurant we enjoyed next door (don't go to one of these for a classic turkey dinner...stick to the sweet and sour)...but it really was sort of romantic...just another adventure to share...

We stayed here...

to go here...

and get this...

Our rental car was fabulous and we were so happy to make it to the Happiest Place on Earth!!!!

The view from our balcony...

Jordan's wonderful cousin, Christina, gifted us our honeymoon at Disneyland...she is such a sweetheart and we're so grateful for her thoughtfulness and generosity! We had such a fun time!

Waiting in line for the 3-D Toy Story ride...

About to board the Pirates of the Caribbean Ship...

This is how we actually met...

Jordan selected me from a wide variety of Pirate wenches...
and payed top dollar...

Just Kidding!

Disneyland gave us these cute "NEWLYWED" Buttons upon checking in...Christina must have warned them! Any who, these buttons were amazing and had many benefits: We got on rides faster, people always smiled and talked to us about "when we came to Disneyland on our honeymoon," and little girls always looked at you like you were a walking fairytale. It also made you susceptible to extra attention from employees.

Such was the case with the Mariachi band that cornered us at lunch and had us stand up in the middle of the PACKED eating area for our "second first dance." They serenaded us with a soulful "At Last" and we danced around as fellow eaters whooped and hollered!

We really enjoyed the Bug's Life underworld and movie...the ending is so creepy!!!

Jordan should be the star of the show...just look at that face...

In front of California Adventure...go Cali!!!

After barely escaping the Tower of Terror with our lives... ;)

The Aladdin show was possibly my favorite thing at Disneyland...it was Broadway worthy!

Prince Philip and Princess Aurora in front of their castle...

We got to have our very first Thanksgiving Dinner in the park in good ol' New Orleans Square...yumm-o...and possibly my most successful Thanksgiving Dinner of our marriage...no cooking and no mess!

Mr. & Mrs.

We enjoyed opening presents in Hurricane with family on the way back...

And got to spend a day in Zion's National Park. I've never been before and it's practically in Jordan's backyard...It was gorgeous!

Taking a break from our hike...

Jordan's Grandpa helped dig out and build the tunnels that go all the way through Zion's. Amazingly, they started at either end and met in the middle only 1'' off...that's amazing without the technology that we rely on today!

The view from the top...

Jordan likes to be a daredevil and climbs up these rocks like he's a billy goat... He gets so close to the edge...and makes me really nervous. That's a roofer man for ya!