Clearwater Beach

If you know me at all, you know that the beach and I have a HUGE love affair.  

It's the first place I want to go always.  

I was really happy when the rest of our travel group were willing to spend a day at the beach.  

The whole way there it was raining and the sky was dark and I was super worried we were making a big mistake driving to the beach.  When we got there it was raining but my trusty weather app said it was going to clear up so we found a great place to eat and waited out the storm.  

Janina is one of the best people I know in this world and I was so glad she came with me to Florida.  I love her and am so blessed to have her in my life. 

After lunch the storm clouds blew over and there was pretty much no one on the beach and a gorgeous rainbow.  

I love the Altantic Ocean because it is ALWAYS warm.  I love playing in the water!!!  I can't wait to surf soon!!!

My cousin Taylor means A LOT to me.  I love that he has found his place in this world and has found someone as awesome as him to share his life with.  Taylor and Drew were so much fun to be around and were more than great hosts to us in Florida.  I miss Taylor like crazy but love that he lives in such a fun place I can go visit.  

My cousin Lacey fixes my hair and is a great person.  I was really glad she wanted to come along with us.  She is an amazing mom and has had her share of health trails in her life as well.  I think that the most important thing you can do for yourself in life is surround yourself with positive people.  I am definitely blessed with truly awesome people in my life.   

How cool are the clouds in my awesome sunglasses?!?

I also really got to know my other cousins Erica and Kelsey.  

It was a way fun trip and I was really glad I got to hang out with these cute girls.  

We stayed on the beach and watched the sunset.  We literally laid on the beach the whole day.  It was perfection.  Such an amazing girls trip and one I will remember my whole life.  

Hollywood Studios

I love Hollywood Studios.  It's always fun to see just how different and fun each and every one of the parks at Disney World are.  The absolute best ride at Hollywood Studio is the Tower of Terror.  

We rode this ride over...

And over...

And over!!!!

And when we weren't riding Tower of Terror we were riding the Rocking Rollercoaster

Rocking out to Aerosmith!!!  So much fun!

(How cute is the little boy behind us!?!?)

But without a doubt the best part of the day was our VIP seats to the Beauty and the Beast show were we got to watch an incredibly talented Beast tell the awesome love story of Belle and Prince Adam falling in love.  

Again we were granted a special Meet and Greet and it was so fun to talk to these awesome characters.  

It rained on us again throughout the day, but we had an amazing time!

Magical Halloween Party

The whole reason we went to Florida was to attend Mickey's Not So Scarey Halloween party.  

The party is a special event only open to people with a special ticket.  The rest of the world is kicked out of the park at 7:00 and we have the park from 7-midnight.  You dress up in costumes and enjoy awesome entertainment and trick-or-treat around the park (all the rides are open as well)

Because we were so excited to watch the Queen of Hearts in the Villain show, we decided we would do an Alice in Wonderland theme.  I loved my Mad Hatter outfit and my friend Janina made the cutest Alice ever.  We got lots of comments on our costumes and it was so much fun to dress up.  

You can actually see the show on youtube here

The Queen of Hearts is most definitely the star of the show and I am so proud to know the talented character.  

We were granted a very special Meet and Greet after the show.  

It was very cool to meet all the villains, even if they were kind of scarey.  

It was incredibly magical and so fun.

I won't lie....I was no longer a 34 year-old mom.  

I trick-or-treated my heart out and had such a fun time in the Magic Kingdom.  

And we had candy to snack on the rest of our trip.  

It was a fantastic party!!!  

It started to POUR rain on us but that just made for some really fun stories and memories! 

Animal Kingdom

Lacey was REALLY excited about going to the Animal Kingdom.  So we got up early and headed to the park.  

The last time I had been to this park was when I was on my honeymoon...over 11 years ago.  

It was SO humid!!!  

My hair was ruined the second we walked outside.  

This was our breakfast.  It was delicious!!!

This was my first time going on the Everest ride and it was a GREAT ride!!!

Seriously so much fun!!!  

This is the view from the Everest ride.  You can see the other parks and it is so incredibly awesome!!!

I had a great time at Animal Kingdom park!

Florida

I love to travel.  It's one of my favorite things.  

I love to travel with people I love!

And I ESPECIALLY love to travel to see people I love!

I was really excited when my sweet friend Janina said she would come to Florida with me so see my cute cousin Taylor perform in Disney World.  Janina is pretty much the PRETTIEST, SWEETEST, KINDEST, most AMAZING person I know.  I love her SO MUCH!!!

I have never used a neck pillow before and I have really been missing out.  

Our first day in Florida we went to a way cute town named Celebration and had an amazing breakfast and then walked around the cute town.  

My cousin lives in this cute little town.  It fits him perfect.  

It was super fun to be there with all these people.  

Taylor got us a great deal on a hotel right on the Walt Disney World Resort.  We stayed at the Port Orleans resort and it was awesome.  

I could have just sat around in the hammock talking to these two all day.  I really have some amazing people in my life.  I am so blessed.  

Seriously, how beautiful is this!!!

The first night we went to the Hoop-Dee-Do Revue which was not only amazing food but a freaking great time.  It's a dinner theater and it was so much fun.  

We laughed and ate and laughed and ate.  

It was a great first day!