Our Disney Vacation – Part 1

August 13, 2014 By Cari@MakingOurMemories 3 Comments

Back in April we took a family trip to Disney! I think I love being there almost as much as my little one does:)

This time we stayed at Disney’s Boardwalk Hotel. It was a beautiful hotel that reminded me of the Jersey Shore.

It was so nice being so close to both Epcot and Hollywood Studios – I would definitely stay there again!!

We flew in on a Wednesday. After taking Disney’s Magical Express from the airport to our hotel, we unpacked and got settled in before heading to Downtown Disney for some dinner and shopping. We ate at Fulton’s Crab House and then just walked around.

We really like sitting outside of Raglan Road, but unfortunately it was raining and the live music wasn’t playing:(

The night ended with some ice cream and free samples of chocolate from Ghirardelli’s. YUM!!

More to come….

An update

August 11, 2014 By Cari@MakingOurMemories Leave a Comment

WOW! Has it really been 6+ months since I last posted!?!

I have a great excuse…and she is almost here to grace this site, our family and the world!!

My Engineer?

January 23, 2014 By Cari@MakingOurMemories Leave a Comment

Sometimes {ok, most of the time} she really cracks me up….

engineer

She came up with this all by herself while I was working on my computer.

Forget about a doctor or a lawyer….maybe she will be an Engineer {just like her mom}!!

Happy 60th Dad!!

January 21, 2014 By Cari@MakingOurMemories 1 Comment

My dad recently celebrated his 60th birthday:)

It was a big birthday, but he doesn’t really like big parties so we kept the celebration a bit low-key {My little peanut turns 4 in a week so we had two “cakes”}.

He isn’t exactly the easiest to shop for….so a few months ago I turned to Pinterest. Within a few minutes of searching I came across this post and knew immediately what I was going to do!

I reached out to lots of my dad’s family and friends via a mass email and I also included the same message with my Christmas Cards (for the older folks that perhaps may not have emails). Within a few days the responses started coming in….I couldn’t wait to pick up my mail (**A HUGE Thank You to everyone who helped with this)! The night before his birthday I started filling the envelopes – all 60 of them!

We gave it to him on his birthday…. I hope he liked reading them as much as I liked putting it together:)

opening

SNOW!

January 5, 2014 By Cari@MakingOurMemories 4 Comments

Brrr! The new year started off very COLD!

We have spent much of 2014 inside – which really doesn’t bother me too much! I was able to organize some closets, take down some Christmas decorations, post a few items up on eBay, catch up on a few of my favorite shows (I am a huge Top Chef fan!) and of course spend quality time with my favorite little person!

Our big outing this weekend was going to the library for story/craft time! We had a great time listening to the story and making our own Blue Kangaroo (the awesome librarian read “It was you, Blue Kangaroo” – great book)!

After the library I had to run to the store for envelopes. My little one always seems to find something that she cannot live without when we go shopping….yesterday it was play-dough cutters. Unfortunately I forgot that we didn’t have any play-dough to go with the new cutters….so, we made our own (slightly modifying this recipe)! I think it came out great and I think she did too (she played with it for over an hour)!

Once some of the Christmas decor went back to storage, I already started thinking about Valentine’s Day. I love the colors and hearts and decided to make new garland like I had seen here. I cut out A.LOT of hearts out of red, pink and white felt.