Bring It On, 2011!

Hooray for the holidays & hooray for the new year! We had a fabulous Christmas with our families & friends. It was hard to head back to work this week.

We had some rough patches in 2010, but we powered through. I am looking forward to 2011 & am excited about the goals we made. Hopefully, we see good things come to fruition. Here's to a happy & healthy new year!

Our pre-Christmas Vacation...

Merry belated Christmas, everyone! We hope you all had a great holiday with your families & friends. I finally found time to post some pictures of our awesome trip to Disneyland to see the holiday lights & sights. Enjoy!

I loved the Minnie ears & had to have some. I wore them all week. Cute, huh?

Visited Grandma Watkin's grave on Sunday

Nice shot of Paradise Pier

Extra cheesy on King Triton's Carousel

Back shot of the castle

Round & round on the carousel

Christmas at Small World

Sleeping Beauty's Castle at night...gorgeous!

Brian & his family are notorious at the shooting gallery. He's quite the gunslinger.

Life-sized Buzz Lightyear. I totally kicked booty this year on Astroblasters. I found the secret....shhhh!

Walt & Mickey waving goodbye to us

Favorite moments:
1. Giving hi-five to Mr. Incredible after he spotted us in our matching Incredibles duds.
2. Conversing with Crush all by ourselves!
3. Seeing Captain EO in all it's glory.
4. Screaming like little girls on the Tower of Terror.
5. Eating lobster nachos from the Cove Bar. (Best deal in the park)
6. Watching the fireworks on Main Street then watching the snow fall.
7. Palm trees!
8. Pineapple whips & floats & waffle cones....yummy!
9. Brian wasn't motion sick at all this year. Yay!
10. Getting the ABCs of Disneyland done in 2 days.
11. Boiling ourselves in the hot tub.
12. Strolling along & enjoying the lights & atmosphere.

Note: It's never a good idea to go on California Screamin' in the rain. Been there, done that!

"I'm hitting the road. I'm off to see the world. I'm..."

(Gold stars for whomever can name the movie.)

So...we will be dropping off our Lily girl tonight at the Wyatts'. We know she will be well taken care of, but we hope she doesn't freak out too much. She will love playing with her friend, Zoey, though. Hopefully, she won't notice that we're gone.

Hooray for vacations! Cali should be 79 degrees on Saturday & 81 on Sunday (crazy, huh?). We will be resting, relaxing, eating, & loving every minute of it! I'm sure Mickey will be glad to see us, too! I promise to post pictures when we get home. Time to hit the road!

Coolest Gadget Ever!

Brian surprised me with an early gift to take with us on our vacation: a NookColor! It is so awesome! I'd wanted the Nook for a while now, but the NookColor is even better. I'm so lucky to have a great husband who indulges me. Thank you, babe! And since I'm off work today, I bet you can guess what I've been doing all day.

Running errands, actually. :)

After Lily & I get back from our walk, I'm getting back to reading. Hooray for fun toys!