Disney Cruise tips

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When I plan for a vacation, I soak in any information I can find.  I love the planning stage. There is a lot of information out there and you can find some great insider info.  These tips have made my vacations.  In some cases, they are the things we remember most about our trip.  For that reason, I have compiled a lot of tips on cruising.  These tips will focus on Disney cruise line, but there will be a lot of info here that will apply to all cruises. These tips are based on my experience … [Read more...]

Thinking of a trip to China

My middle daughter "Laughter" is in a Chineese immersion program at school.  She goes half a day in English and half in Chinese.  She has been doing this for 3 years now and is pretty fluent.  I thought when we started this adventure that it would be fun to travel to China.  So "Laughter" could experience this culture up close.  I knew this trip would be a ways off because I wanted her to learn the language first. She also needed to grow up a little so she wouldn't be too shy to talk to … [Read more...]

My tips for searching for a hotel

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Our Disney Cruise on the Wonder

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I know we have been back for almost a month now and I am finally getting around to telling you about my cruise on the Disney Wonder.  We had a BLAST!!  Here is the beautiful ship we called home for a week. If you have a chance to take a cruise, especially a Disney cruise, go. for. it!!  It was so relaxing.  We saw characters. Ate: Swam. Fell in love with Cabo. and stuck our toes in the sand. Of course there was lots more but I don't want to bore you guys with my vacation … [Read more...]

Disney countdown

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Hey everyone. I know I have been posting a lot about Disney lately. That's not going to let up because we are counting down to our first Disney cruise!! We are SUPER excited and are doing lots of crafty stuff to get ready for it. I think a fun essential part to a vacation is the excitement and anticipation of it.  Our girls talk about it all the time.  We ordered the cruise planning dvd and watched that as a family.  We have also searched you tube and found tons of videos on the cruise.  It … [Read more...]

Cute Disney memories bracelets

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Today I am going to show you a cute craft I made for my girls.  We LOVE to travel.  I think it's important to make memories with your family.  Spending time together away from ordinary life with your whole family, it bonds you.  And you look back on the vacations fondly over the years. We recently went to Disneyland and while we were there I found the cutest beads.  I got a few and decided to make cute bracelets for the girls so they can remember the fun memories we made on this … [Read more...]

I’m a traveling mom blogger!!

Have you ever had something you wanted but thought you didn't get?  Have you ever decided you had to let it go because it wasn't going to happen and then surprise it did?  No, I'm not talking about our house even though this happened there too.  I am super excited to let you all know that I am now a blogger for Traveling Mom!!! Remember I told you I am passionate about travel??  Well it is SO true.  I wrote to the editor almost a year ago and presented my case.  She was nice but said … [Read more...]