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#disneyside: We went to DISNEYLAND! (day 1)

With the hustle and bustle of all of my DT commitments, I really haven't had a chance to update with what's going on in my world aside from crafting!

Back in August, we went to Disneyland!

(family selfie outside of Disney's California Adventure)

I had a chunk of days off in August so I thought we should take the kids to Disneyland! We got annual passes back in January and I knew we needed to maximize our trips to make getting the passes worth it. People ALWAYS ask me and for those who are wondering: if you get an annual pass, you break even after two 3-day trips. Anything after that, you come out ahead! #winning

We only did a 2.5 day trip - we wanted to do a longer one, but sadly, life calls (translation: school started) and it just wasn't in the cards (translation: we broke. LOL).

(M walking around Disney's California Adventure)

So how did we tackle such a short trip? Honestly, we've been to Disneyland SO many times and we have our passes so we never feel like we NEED to do everything in one trip. We ride a handful of rides, wait in a ton of lines, eat the food we look forward to, walk, and then repeat.

We just love being at Disney.

(Heimlich's Chew Chew Train)

So with the selfie stick ban, I'm getting good at taking these selfies, don't you think? LOL

It was our first time going without our DSLR camera and we just used our phones. It was actually really freeing - we didn't have to lug around a heavy camera, we didn't have to keep tabs on who had it or who was responsible for carrying it, etc. Our quality of pictures aren't the greatest, but I'm so happy that we all just had a good time, instead of being so focused on taking pictures. It's all about creating the memories, not just posing for them.

(I just love Cars Land. I'm always so amazed at how REAL everything looks.)

As we were walking around the park, a really nice couple gave us their World of Color FastPasses. How very kind of them! We have never bothered to try and watch a World of Color show - mostly because it's kind of late for the kids and our patience and tolerance for large crowds is pretty low by that time of day, but who were we to refuse the kindness of strangers?

We heard it wasn't the *best* WOC show, but we still enjoyed it.

And the kids got their daily churro and popcorn fix.

For more, check out our Disneyland Vlog from Day 1:

 

I hope you all liked my post today! I'll be back for more Disney adventures SOON!

Thanks for stopping by! :) Have a wonderful week!

6 layouts from the SB Expo + VLOG & HAUL video!

 Hi loves!

A couple weeks ago the Scrapbook Expo was in town... Actually in a town about 35-40 minutes away, but when you live in the Bay Area, you're always driving! LOL

Anyway, I had made plans to go with a bunch of crafty friends (I "met" them through Instagram and You Tube" but when you chat, text, FB message, email so much, they become your friends!) and we had a BLAST!!!

We cropped and shopped the whole day and I got a TON of stuff done - can you believe it?! 6 layouts and 3 months of project life 2014 (the layouts just need journaling. Super proud of myself!

Take a peek!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sending a shout out to Jerodelle, Jossie, Marisa, Paula, Linda, and Renee! Until next time, ladies! :)

 

 

Weekly Round-Up + Haul video!

Good morning everyone!

Well, I don't post many of my haul videos here on my blog, but they HAVE been happening. :) I mainly just keep them on my You Tube channel because 1) it's easier for me and I don't have to create a separate blog post for it and 2) I usually end up forgetting. *lol*

No crafty post today, just my Weekly Round-Up video. :) And included in this video is a couple of hauls from the week.

Enjoy!

Happy Saturday!!!

My first stamping haul video!

Hi everyone and Happy Friday!

I wanted to share with you a You Tube video-blog I did today. I've recently been obsessed with watching various stamping haul videos on You Tube so I decided to make one of my own.

Check it out and feel free to comment and please rate it too!

Feel free to add my channel to your You Tube subscriptions... If I get a lot of positive feedback on this video, I'm thinking of making more since I had so much fun with this one! I'm open to suggestions as to what you all would like to see as well so shoot ideas my way! Thanks for visiting and THANKS for watching! :)