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Anniversary Trip to Disney World

By sunshineandholly on January 13, 2020

What better way to celebrate our 12th anniversary than with a trip to the same place we honeymooned back in 2007! You guys know we’re huge Disney nerds and we love celebrating special events at the happiest place on Earth!

We decided to drive down to Orlando – mostly so that I wouldn’t catch any germs from the flight. And believe it or not – I managed to stay well during the entire trip. We left as soon as we dropped the kids off at school that morning and made the 7-hour drive down. It was a breeze without kids!

Road trip!

Anniversary Trip to Disney World

We checked in at the hotel and then headed straight over to Epcot to enjoy the Food and Wine Festival. It was our first time at this festival and we managed to eat and drink our way around half of World Showcase before we got too full.

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The Best Disney Shirts for Men

By sunshineandholly on October 16, 2019

Planning a trip to Disney soon? I’ve rounded up a bunch of fun Disney shirts for the men in your life. Maybe your guy is just NOT into matching shirts. Or maybe he’s a die-hard Disney fan! Or maybe he just loves Star Wars. No matter what, I’ve got shirts for every type of guy.

I’m lucky that my husband likes Disney World almost as much as I do. Our love of the parks started way back in 2007 on our honeymoon. We’ve been to Disney about a dozen times since then, and it never gets old. And yes, we both love wearing Disney shirts at the parks!

Don’t forget to check out my post with matching couples Disney shirts and my post with lots of princess Disney Bounding ideas!

The Best Disney Shirts for Men

Gaston is one of my favorite Disney villains!

Oh Donald!

My kids definitely do have an incredible Dad!

Best quote!

I mean, #same.

Pumbaa is smarter than he looks.

Love this one!

And now I have the song stuck in my head.

Truth.

For the guys who won’t do matching shirts!

Love this Mickey Darth Vader shirt.

My husband would love this one!

Another cute Star Wars shirt!

This makes me giggle.

My husband needs this shirt!

Gotta love Goofy!

For the grill master in your life!

For dads that love to golf.

How about a fun Beatles/Star Wars mashup?

Love this Mickey comic book shirt!

Which one is your favorite?

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Life Update | Summer Recap

By sunshineandholly on September 4, 2019

Remember when I used to blog consistently? 😂 I didn’t mean to take the summer off from blogging, but I won’t lie and say I was upset about the break. It was some much-needed time off! I was already feeling uninspired and was in a creative rut near the end of the school year. And since our summer was so busy, I’m not going to let myself feel guilty about taking a break!

We actually had a really nice summer. The kids played well together, we spent a ton of time at the pool, I was able to prioritize working out and self-care, and I managed to NOT get sick on our beach vacation. (I tend to get sick every time we travel. More on that later…)

Here are some things we did this summer:

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10 Reasons We Love Disney’s Bay Lake Tower

By sunshineandholly on April 11, 2019

When booking accommodations for Disney, there are lots of things to take into consideration. Price, location to the parks, and amenities for example, but there are other things that can make an otherwise average hotel stay at Disney into an exceptional one. We’ve stayed at several different hotels over the years, both on-property and off, and our favorite so far has been the Bay Lake Tower at the Contemporary Resort.

Bay Lake Tower is part of the Disney Vacation Club, a timeshare program run by Disney. However, there are ways to book Bay Lake Tower rooms without being part of the club. We booked a trip through DVCrentals.com and had a great experience! (And saved $$$ too! Find out more about DVC Rentals below.)

Bay Lake Tower offers studios, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom villas. There’s a pool with a water slide, access to the monorail, and (by far the best part in my opinion) the resort is WALKING DISTANCE to the Magic Kingdom. You heard that right! No need to wait in the long monorail or bus lines. It’s wonderful to be able to walk back to your hotel after a long day at the parks, and not waiting in the long lines for transportation.

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Disney Recap – Magic Kingdom and Epcot

By sunshineandholly on January 15, 2019

My two favorite parks are Magic Kingdom and Epcot.

Magic Kingdom has the castle and so many amazing rides. But Epcot has yummy food, the World Showcase, and Soarin’ – which is my all-time favorite ride. I really can’t decide which one I like better! What’s your favorite Disney park?

The first stop on our first Magic Kingdom day? Taking a ton of pictures in front of the castle, of course! I booked us an early dining reservation for breakfast just so we could take some pictures without a million people in the background.

On our Magic Kingdom day, I Disney Bounded as Cinderella. I just needed some glass slippers!

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