Disneyland with 75 teenagers

Every other year, the Tigard High School band takes a spring break trip. They've been to Canada, San Francisco and New York. But in recent years, they've traveled south to Disneyland. Not only do the students get to play, they perform in the park, march in a parade, and have clinics with Disney music directors. It's a wonderful experience of fun and learning!

Since I've been on staff at THS, I've accompanied the band on three trips now, helping with legal, official and medical issues. It's a whole lot of fun for me, too - but I am exhausted!

Eryn has worked at THS her whole career, and she's been on more trips than she can count. This time, we hung out together almost the whole trip - sister fun! And we took pics of every attraction we did... check out our pictorial documentation!

Wednesday - waiting at PDX:

Thursday - starting the day with California Adventure!

Soarin' over California:

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure:

Golden Zephyr:

Jumpin' Jellyfish:

King Triton's Carousel:

Time to watch the band perform in California Adventure:

That's my mom!

Jazz Band:

Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sulley to the Rescue!:

The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror:

This is where my Day One got interrupted by a LONG visit to the UCI Medical Center emergency room. But everyone is OK! :)

Friday started with a family workout at the hotel. Three miles at race pace for Eryn and me:

Disneyland Monorail:

Star Wars: Path of the Jedi:

it's a small world:

Parade time! Here comes the band:

Director Jim Irving feeling goofy!

Golden Horseshoe:

Mark Twain Riverboat:

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad:

Hyperspace Mountain (did you catch that? HYPER space mountain):

Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (I SUCK at this game!):

Flag ceremony:

Music:

Disneyland - our happy place:

To be continued....