Disneyland in a Day!

The tradition at Benjamin Franklin Charter is that graduation happens on the second to the last day of school with a trip to Disneyland to officially end the year!  Graduation is finished by 8:30 and everyone is sent home only to return at midnight!  The buses roll out and the long night begins.  The fun and excitement lasts for about 1 hour then people start to sleep - uncomfortably!  9 AM the gates are open and the buses unload.  The day is spent chasing each other to one line after the other.  What fun!  The weather is perfect.  The kids are fun.  The adults are cool!  At 9 pm the gates close and so do the doors to the buses.  The really long night begins.  Everyone is totally wiped out so sleep is quickly upon us.  Unfortunately it is June in Arizona and the bus decides it doesn't want to have A/C so we are not only tired, and uncomfortable from tight spaces, but now it is also BLAZING HOT!  Thank goodness it is only 7 hours home! 

Back Seat on the bus.  Best place to be!  Three best friends together for one last trip!  We will miss you Mikayla!

One mom got comfy on the floor, but risked having to stay there forever!

Class of 2009 (or 2013)

Our super great group!

Ashten tried for 20 hours to get Mr. Shelley to let her see his hat.  By hour 26 he finally gave in but told her not to tell anyone else!  So of course a picture of the evidence was in order!
 

So even though the bus ride was not as fun as I remember them being from my school trips, I am still so happy I got to experience that 30 hours with Ashten and her friends.  And at no better place than the "happiest place on Earth!"  We really did have a great time.  And yes, I really was cool!  (at least until I made one of those skinny girls get on the floor and give me her seat to sleep on!  Thanks MIRA!)