Coffee Date 5-29-15

Hi Friends! Happy Friday! We'll officially be in our home a week from tomorrow! Lot's of crazy and exciting changes on the horizon for us! I can't wait to share more with you! Next week look for a blank & bare house tour video of the new house! But for now, let's have coffee! 

If we were having coffee today what would you tell me? Any exciting weekend plans? Hubby and I are going on a date night tonight. We haven't had a date night since we started this house buying/selling process. We're long over due. We're also spending the weekend PAINTING! UGH, time to just get that over with. 

Enjoy your day lovelies! Come back Monday because we're chatting 'What's In My Make-Up Bag.'

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Our First Trip to Disneyland

We took our first trip to Disneyland as a family last Summer. We quickly fell in love with Disney, and got bit by the Disney magic and will be going back this Summer again! This time with our two nieces and my mom. I'm excited to share Disney with our family, I'm excited for my kids to share it with their cousins as well. 

Since I never shared pictures from our trip on the blog I thought I'd take some time to share about our trip today. We spent 2 days at Disney this first time. Which was plenty of time for our family. We did the 2 day Park Hopper Passes, but quickly found out that a park hopper pass wasn't needed. Our kids didn't really like California Adventure at all, so in thinking about going back this summer we won't purchase park hopper passes, but instead spend all our time in Disneyland. 

This may not work for you if you have older kiddos, but for ours who mostly wanted to see Princesses and couldn't ride any of the bigger rides it's perfect for us. 

We went in July of last year, and the park wasn't to crowded. We didn't wait long at all in the lines. The longest we waited in line was when we wanted to see Anna & Elsa. I waited for two hours to see them, while Orion took the kids on rides. Then they hopped in line with me to see them. 

The tea cups have been a fave of mine since I was a kid! I was excited to share my favorite ride with Ava. She had a blast! 

The first day we spent most of the day there and headed back to our hotel around 7 pm. We ate lunch at the park that first day as well. The second day we got there when the park opened and left at 3pm, went back to the hotel and ate and had some naps before returning to the park at 6pm. 

The second day we stayed till the evening fireworks show. Which was so much fun for our kiddos. I totally thought them being there all day long they'd be exhausted, and having no nap the second day made me leery of their moods. But I guess they had Disney magic inside them too because they were the best, and such troopers through the day. 

We really had the best trip, and it was the best possible experience for our kids as well. That's why if we're going to spend a chunk of money on a family vacation this year we decided that we wanted to take them back to Disneyland again. While they are still little, while Zane still gets in free, and while Ava & Zane still love all the Disney magic!

Heck, I think I wanna go to Disney someday without my kids. ;)

Can't wait to share with you about our trip this year later on this summer. If you missed it before you can CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT 'HOW WE SAVED ON OUR DISNEY VACATION.'

If you have any questions about Disney, leave them in the comments below. I'll be happy to answer what I can about Disney and our trip! 

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Family Night Dinner Made Easy with Rustic Crust

This post is brought to you by Rustic Crust Pizza. All thought's an opinions are 100% my own. I only review products I know my family will use and love, and ones I think my readers will love too. 

We have 'family nights' every Friday night in our home. It's a tradition we started a couple years ago with our family. We usually order pizza or eat out and it always ends with us watching a movie and letting the kids stay up late past their bed time.

They love picking out the movie and piling on the couch in a million blankets. But, first we must eat. Rustic Crust sent us some yummy things for our next family night in. I love how easy it is to make pizza night at home with their selection of crusts and sauces. 

I love the variety of crusts to choose from, paired with their sauces they are an easy choice. We piled up the toppings and make one pizza for the kids and another for mom and dad! 

Pizza night is an easy way to get your kids involved and let them feel apart of the process. If your kids are like mine they sneak little bites of the toppings as we go! 

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We love that we can have dinner on the table in a quick amount of time, which gives us the rest of the evening to hang out as a family together. 

You can pick up Rustic Crust products at your local grocery store or click here for a list of retailers.  Visit their site here for more info on their great products. 

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READ:: I Will Carry You by Angie Smith

This is one of those books that I put off reading for years. I knew what the book was about and honestly I didn't know if I could handle reading about their story of their daughter's death. As a parent myself, I can't even image that. 

But there's where I went wrong. This is not just a story about death, but this is more a story of life. It's the story of how they celebrated their daughter's life. How they made her apart of their lives even when they knew her chances of life were slim. They believed in a miracle, they believed in a bigger God. 

I sat reading this through tears in my eyes many nights. It took me a while to get through it all because I wanted to take time to process all the words. I'm so glad I read this book. They are open and honest about their dealings with grief. I love their honesty. I love their realness about it. I love that she was real about her conversations with the Lord.

Her anger, her disappointment and her fears.

When people are so honest it helps us relate to them, it helps us to feel human and connected with them. I love that even in pain and sorrow they choose joy even when it was hard. Even when they didn't want to. They choose to still believe in God and know that his will mattered, that he would be the comforter and give them peace. 

This book is a must read, it tells a beautiful story of God's grace and goodness even in the face of tragedy.  

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Upstairs House Tour 2015

Well, just in time for our move to a new house I'm sharing a upstairs house tour from our current home. I filmed this a few months back, there's a lot about our upstairs that's not finished or fully decorated but I really love seeing the progression of things so here it is in all it's imperfections. 

If there's one thing I've learned in the last 7 years of being a home owner and renter is that it's ok to take your time. Take your time to get it right, the way that you want it. Take your time picking out things you'll love for a long time. Take your time saving for the pieces you want instead of just buying something you are "ok" with having because you want to fill a space. I've done that before and regreted it later.

What's your go to tip for decorating? Tell me in the comments below.

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