Ears, Light Sabers and Wands

We took a little trip last month to our happy place!

If you've been around these parts for any length of time, you'd know that we've been to Disneyland quite a few times. It's our favorite place to go together. We also like to try new things when we go and this trip was no exception (most of which were food related).

Right before we got soaked on Splash Mountain

It was pretty warm and it was super busy one of the days we were there, but we still had a great time! We got to try lemon beignets (which were delicious!) and the Star Wars light saber churros (just different colors. They are flavored the same as regular churros). We also got to see the extended previews for the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie and Cars 3. Our friend S.W. met us there one of the days, and Josh's dad came with us one day as well.

We also went to Universal Studios on our way home. We rode on the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey (which did not make us nauseous this time. They replaced the video and took out the 3D aspect. It was SO much better!) and got a Butterbeer to split. We also went to the newly opened Margaritaville at their CityWalk and got Voodoo Donuts on our way out!

These nachos from Margaritaville are an appetizer and they are HUGE! I got them as my meal and Josh helped me eat some, but we still left half a plate when we were through. If you go, you should definitely get them and split them with someone!

Did I mention we got to ride on Pirates too? We were pretty excited since it was closed the last time we were there.

It was a great trip and a much needed getaway for both of us.

Oh Four. Two Oh One Seven

I guess this whole waiting until the end of the current month to post about the previous month is becoming a thing!

April was another busy month! We bought a new-to-us car for Josh, which was (and is) really exciting! Josh has always had to drive the cheap, barely running car, and we decided it was time to get him something more reliable.

We celebrated my sister's birthday by seeing Beauty and the Beast again and going out for a fun dinner with friends!

I also got to spend some time with one of my best friends and her kiddos. She welcomed baby number 3 in April, too, and we got to meet her!

We celebrated Easter with family and had a great day with all of them. We also decorated Easter eggs with our niece the weekend before!

We also went to a gender reveal brunch for some of our other best friends and found out they are having a girl!

We also went wine tasting and I had a couple of wine nights with friends, as well as lots of other fun things.

April's a wrap! On to May!

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E and NINE years!

I'm not even sure that I should keep apologizing at this point for my posts being late, or few and far between.

But I'm here tonight!

So we went on our anniversary trip to Disneyland! This was our 8th year going for our anniversary! And for those out there that think we are crazy or that we will get sick of it, well, I don't think that will ever happen!

It rained for awhile on our first day, most of the day on our second, and was warm and sunny our final three days! It went from 57-80 degrees in the time we were there! But it was all awesome and we got to experience some stuff we hadn't done before!

 In line for the Haunted Mansion in our ponchos

 His true self

Our first night, we got to see the Main Street Electrical Parade and the Remember fireworks show! Both made me tear up a little. I hadn't seen the Electrical Parade since it's Farewell Season in the 90's. And the Remember fireworks show was the one they created for the 50th anniversary that was my favorite fireworks show until the 60th show!

On It's a Small World

On our second day, we enjoyed a lot of indoor rides and activities. We were there during AP Days so we went and hung out in the lounge they had set up for that. We got pictures with the Country Bears and took some other fun pics. Since it rained until right before dinner time, we had to find a little corner to hide under to eat our lunch, as all of the indoor restaurants were jam packed. But it was an adventure and a fun one at that!

 Our traditional picture!

 Churros for breakfast are the best choice

Our third day brought sunshine and lots more fun! It was Mardi Gras, so we got some beads in New Orleans Square and had our traditional dinner at Blue Bayou. We also tried out the Alfresco Tasting Terrace. It's a fun upper deck to one of the restaurants in California Adventure. We did some wine tasting and enjoyed a meat and cheese board. It was a fun little rest in the middle of our afternoon.

 Rockin' my 'Roe in Hollywood Land

Our fourth day was spent trying new foods and shows! We went to the newly reimagined Village Haus restaurant that was transformed into the Red Rose Taverne in honor of Beauty and the Beast. We had lunch there and tried the grey stuff...and it WAS delicious! We also saw the new Frozen stage show that replaced Aladdin (which was good, but I was definitely a big fan of the Aladdin show). We also tried ice cream nachos, which were really yummy! And, as a part of AP Days, we got to watch a TV special that was done on the Main Street Electrical Parade in the 80s!

In line for Radiator Springs Racers for the last time this trip

 In front of the Haunted Mansion in my Haunted Mansion-esque leggings!

On our last short day, we rode on a few of our favorite rides one more time (did I mention Pirates was closed for refurbishment? That was definitely a bummer!) and grabbed lunch and some goodies on our way out.

I love spending time with my hubby in our happy place! I can't wait for our next trip (whenever that may be)!

Oh Two. Two Oh One Seven

It's nearing the end of March and I'm just now getting to February! Life has been crazy busy but I wouldn't have it any other way!

February was jam-packed with lots of LuLaRoe goodness! I had multiple in-home pop-ups, I went to an amazing training (and met the founder of LuLaRoe!) and fell more in love with this small business of mine. It has required a lot of hard work and sacrifice but it has all been so worth it!

Me and the beautiful founder of LuLaRoe!

I'm learning more and more about being a safe person and how important it is to have safe people. I really think our pastor bringing this topic up when he did was such perfect timing, as I've been wanting to spend more time with people one-on-one.

We also celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary! It's so crazy to think that we've been married for 9 years! Even harder to believe how close we are to 10 years! Time really does fly by when you're having fun!

We totally forgot to take a picture when we went out to dinner so we had to snap a quick selfie in our pj's instead!

We also took our anniversary trip to our happy place! I'm planning to write a separate post all about that.

Two down, ten to go!

12.16

December was another busy month for us!

Here are some of the highlights:

We had a little Christmas shindig at our house with a few friends. We ate a lot of food, played games (including a white elephant gift exchange) and laughed a lot. It was a good night.

We got together with some friends from out of state. Our friends C.H. and Y.H. were in town for the holidays, and we were able to see them twice while they were here. It's always so good to spend time with them.

We had a full two days of Christmas fun with family and friends. All of Josh's family members were in town, so we were able to spend quite a bit of time with them. We also spent time with my grandparents, my family, and some friends.

 (Josh and I got engaged 10 years ago on Christmas Eve!)

Some other things that happened this month:

We went to a baby dedication for our friends S.S. and A.S.'s new baby. He's so cute!

We went to our niece's preschool Christmas program. It's so fun to see the personalities that come out in these kinds of situations. Plus the kids are all super cute!

We saw Rogue One with some friends. It was really good! I liked it a lot.

It's still hard to believe that 2016 is over. As I was going through pictures from this year and putting together my year-end collage, I smiled a lot at the happy memories. It was such a great year full of many wonderful things, but it had its rough moments too. I'm looking forward to 2017 and all it will bring (I will share my full thoughts on 2017 in another post)!