Travel

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Disney World, Family, Travel

OUR SUMMER VACATION ~ Magic Kingdom

I’m really feeling old today!! Getting out of bed today was tough. My back is aching from sitting for 9 hours on the ride down to Orlando and standing for hours waiting to get on all the rides. I used to be able to do all of these things and now every muscle is screaming […]

Universal Studios
Family, Travel, Universal Studios

OUR SUMMER VACATION ~ Universal Studio’s Islands of Adventure

Welcome back to the recap of our Disney World/Universal Studios large family vacation. We are loving our accommodations at the Westgate Lake Resort and Spa in Orlando, Florida. You can read about our first night here in Orlando for my birthday dinner at the Shogun Japanese Steakhouse here. After dinner, we all headed to bed […]

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Disney World, Family, Travel, Universal Studios

OUR SUMMER VACATION ~ in Orlando, Florida

Our whole family plus two special girlfriends and one great friend, which made a party of eleven, drove nine hours south to Orlando, Florida for our Disney World and Universal Studios park adventures. We drove four separate cars so we got to the hotel first to check in and check the place out. WOW!!! Westgate […]

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Disney World, Family, Travel, Universal Studios

PLANNING A TRIP TO DISNEY WORLD WITH A LARGE FAMILY

This post contains affiliate links. We are so excited to be going to Disney World and Universal Studios in a couple of weeks!!  Twelve years ago, we took our family to Disney. Both the LOML and I grew up in South Florida so we spent many summer vacations at Disney but this trip was in […]

Chicago, Family, Travel

MY TRIP TO THE WINDY CITY

I am NOT a traveler! I am a homebody. I love being in my comfort zone with my family sleeping in my own comfy bed. But when my sweet BFF invited me to be her first guest in her new townhouse, I put my fears and anxiety aside, packed my bags and hopped on a […]

Family, Summer, Travel

A TRIP TO THE BEACH ~ Corolla, North Carolina

Last week, we celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary with a vow renewal at a beach house we rented in Corolla, North Carolina, about 4.5 hours drive for us. Although the weather was predicted to be pretty wet, we headed to the shore anyways. Here was our view as we drove east. The downpour is to […]