22 churros, 8 princess dresses, 1 red balloon, and 6 years of park visits

this has been on my wish list of projects to complete, but knowing it was going to be a bit of a task, it had to wait for a little time away from the classroom.  and really, I consider this version just the first draft.  I'm hoping to dig up even more footage of everly in the parks, that might be hiding somewhere on some backup drive.  to be honest, I'm not really sure how much we were shooting that first year or so, but at least I know we were taking photos [post links below for all that goodness].  but for now, I've taken 2+ hours of every disneyland trip video I've made, and packaged into one *shortish* memories video.

^melting for this baby face right now^

this chapter of everly's first six years was a pretty sweet one, and one I'm not sure we will ever re-create with such intensity.  people say not to travel with little ones, but man, I cannot disagree more.  we loved every single experience we had in the parks, and getting to have this little time capsule of these memories is pretty special, and something I am beyond thankful for.  so, it is fitting to share this video this week!



music - my go to favorite mix of disneyland mini-film songs -
pretty much the soundtrack of our lives:

something that I want - tangled soundtrack
down in new orleans - the princess and the frog soundtrack
something wild - pete's dragon soundtrack
when can I see you again - wreck it ralph soundtrack
touch the sky - brave soundtrack

all disneyland posts can be found here
all these memories in a photo collection can be found here
and photos from her very first trip are here

five years of Disneyland magic!

I cannot say that I am much of a fan of facebook these days.  but there is one little piece that I do love, the one that reminds you of old postings and pictures.  this week, I was reminded that we took everly for the first time to disneyland, exactly five years ago this week.  I never really thought that we were going to turn into one of those disneyland families, but we kind of have.  and I wouldn't have it any other way.  every year our adventures in disneyland become a little different, and a lot more exciting.  now that everly is tall enough to ride almost everything, getting to experience some of our favorite attractions with her for the first time is pretty much perfection.

so, inspired by our five years of disneyland magic, I have a few ton of photos to share today!

we've taken more spins on these teacups than I can count

we've found a special spot to take photos with daddy

and mommy

we've really embraced the 'small world' wall

we've found our inner love for tiki at trader sam's

we've gotten our dapper day on

celebrated a big birthday

and renewed our passes several times

we tried the grey stuff - it was delicious

we've taken too many photos in a passageway between frontier land and the castle

we've looked for the white rabbit, but have never found him

we've smiled in front of the castle, a lot

at one time, we would see Minnie Mouse

now we see her mailbox instead, because, you know, her nose

we've taken photos walking

and with princesses

we've worn a lot of glasses...for various reasons

we've taken selfies, without a selfie stick of course, because, well, they're banned

and made some silly faces

and had some really happy faces

and some sleepy ones too

and I wouldn't have wanted these last five years to look any different!

and I may have cried during these fireworks, a few times

I love my disneyland lovin' family!