Happy 7th Birthday, Princess!

We started birthday morning at EPCOT

Goofy found out she was at the park and wanted to personally wish her a Happy Birthday!

She couldn't believe it!

Then we went to ride

After a brief nap, we changed and headed to the Magic Kingdom for a Birthday dinner reservation

Our waiter was so tickled by our funny monkey that he gave us tons of passes to skip lines on her birthday!

Then we rode! EVERYTHING!

We topped it off with a birthday shopping spree "A la Disney!

Last activity of the day was watching the fireworks on the beach.

And We're Off to Disney Birthday Weekend

Disney New Year

Our 2013 Christmas Card

I was really happy with our card this year. It was kinda crazy and it took many trips to get the right pictures. The week before Christmas I realized I had not finished as I was unhappy with all of the pictures I spent a month taking for one reason or another. We had so much unseasonal rain and odd weather this year that it was really hard.  Lets just say I "settled" but was happy with the final product.  I really do have to take a photography class. I'm waiting for some bloggy moms to put a weekend class together again (Hint, hint).  If you did not receive our card this year, I apologize. I lost track of who I sent them to and ended up with extras.

Isabella's Birthday

Santa's Enchanted Forest

We had so much fun with Lidi and David at Santa's Enchanted Forest.

 

Thankful for good friends

My silly girl! (Can you tell by David that it was a little warm??)

We ALL Enjoyed Christmas a Little Too Much!

Christmas Day 2013

A little sleepy but I gotta see what Santa brought!

Christmas Eve 2013

We hosted an informal Christmas Eve dinner this year

Even informal involved me cooking all day and Leah and I forgot about the special cookies we had planned for Santa but I am sure he enjoyed a brookie just the same

Then before we knew it he arrived!

Holiday Fun with Friends

 

We started our day with our annual Mommy and Leah Christmas luncheon at the American Girl store. This year we invited Aly, Lulu and Emily. We had lots of fun enjoying the store before we went into the Bistro. Leah and I started this new tradition last year on a Saturday, but yesterday was the dance recital so we went Sunday this year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We then headed to our favorite park in the Gables

Before calling it a night we went shopping at the Shoppes of Merrick and had dinner there as well. It was a full and lovely day with some of our dearest friends.