My mom and I just returned from our annual trip to Disney World to celebrate my birthday. This was the last of my birthday celebrations for the year, so it was a great one to end on! I already wrote all about the planning that was involved, so now I want to fill you in on how the trip actually went! Below is day three - Sunday, January 28th!
Mexican is such an easy type of food for us to quickly throw together for dinner. We tend to eat Mexican at least once, if not twice, a week. Ironically, Brad isn't a huge fan of Mexican food. He definitely tolerates it more when I cook it at home vs. going out, but it is still not his favorite. I wanted to try and and figure out a different take on Mexican, so I came up with chicken taco salad. Nothing too fancy, but it was different enough. It was really good, and I prefer it over beef taco salad.
My mom and I just returned from our annual trip to Disney World to celebrate my birthday. This was the last of my birthday celebrations for the year, so it was a great one to end on! I already wrote all about the planning that was involved, so now I want to fill you in on how the trip actually went! Below is day two - Saturday, January 27th!
My mom and I just returned from our annual trip to Disney World to celebrate my birthday. This was the last of my birthday celebrations for the year, so it was a great one to end on! I already wrote all about the planning that was involved, so now I want to fill you in on how the trip actually went! Below is day one - Friday, January 26th!
Brad loves regular patty melts, so when I ran across this recipe for breakfast patty melts, I knew I had to try them. They are not ideal during the week because they are a little time consuming to make. There is also nothing healthy about these, but they are oh so good!
Brad was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes back in December. He was basically told that he needed to eat more frequently (and better, of course) to better maintain his blood sugar. We were able to adjust to this during December because he was off of work for most of the month. However, when he went back to work, it turned out to be a huge adjustment. We found our method for packing his lunches that we used in the past would not work. It was very last minute and unorganized for the most part. I would pack as many non-perishables as I could in his lunch box, then he would pack all the cold things the next morning. This seems easy enough, but now there was much more he needed to include. Here is what I did:
It is that time of year again when mom and I go on our annual girls' trip. We bought a Disney World Annual Pass last year, so it only made sense to do Disney again. All of the cold weather at home almost makes me wish we did a cruise, but it really didn't make much sense. Plus, I am not sure I can be away from Melody quite that long yet. Below is all of the planning that went into this year's trip!
I sort of came up with this recipe on my own. I wanted some easy cheesecake, so I researched some different quick cheesecake recipes. That is when I ran across cheesecake balls. I couldn't find a recipe I loved, so I combined a few to get what I wanted. Check it out below!
As you have probably read, we went to Disney World back in December. I wanted to do one last post that included all of the things I wrote about in regards to this particular trip. Check them out below.
Packing for Disney can be quite a challenge. The challenge becomes even more difficult when a baby/toddler is involved. I had to make quite a few lists in addition to my usual travel checklist. I wanted to share some of the packing tips/tricks/advice I have. I am certain my advice isn't perfect, but I know every little bit helps!
I was looking for some easy pasta recipes on Food Network, and I ran across this one in my search. It looked really good and fairly easy to make. Luckily it was both of those things.
In preparation for Disney, I made both Melody and Lydia happys. I give Lydia hers at our Disney Party, but I gave Melody hers the day before we left for Disney. It was actually the last thing we did for our Disney countdown.
For our trip to Disney in December, I made all of us different shirts to wear on certain days of our trip. For one day, we each one wanted to do different family shirts. In addition, we made the girls shirts to wear on another day. Check them out below.
Brad LOVES sugar. And until recently, it was a major part of his diet. Neither of us really thought much about how much sugar we had in a day. Well in late November, Brad was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. We weren't super surprised, but it was still disappointing. Well the point of all that, is this was an amazing recipe find prior to his diabetes. It was an easy muffin to make at home, and it was delicious! Unfortunately this aren't muffins I will be making again anytime soon [unless I come up with a sugar-free/low sugar recipe!]. But if you love cinnamon and sugar, try these! Plus they are Pioneer Woman...
I turned 32 last Thursday! And in true Brittany-fashion, my birthday was celebrated over many days (and I still have a bit of celebrating to do with my annual birthday trip to Disney soon).
It has been awhile since I did a Melody post. I don't have a lot of schedule changes like she did her first year, so I don't feel like I am updating about her as much. So I thought I would do a post all about Melody lately!
The first time I really had Chicken Parmesan was at Disney World at Tony's Town Square. It was really good but really heavy for park food. Well I have yet to try and make it at home. One day I was watching the Food Network at lunch, and The Pioneer Woman made a semi-quick version that I decided to try. Of course, she is able to make it in 16 minutes. I am certain it took me longer. But I don't remember it taking a super long time. I just generally hate frying things because it makes a mess and seems to take longer than planned. Plus I had to get chicken because I didn't buy the recommended chicken tenders. It was really good, however, and I would make it again for sure. It doesn't freeze well though. That is the only downfall.
Over the last week, we have had a few "snow days". In most cases, if there is a chance of snow, schools begin to close. Schools closed Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday [so far!]. And since Monday was a holiday, they were out of school then too. My husband's work also was cancelled for Friday and Tuesday. Friday was lackluster, and we didn't get any snow. However, Tuesday we did get some. It wasn't a lot by any means, but it was enough to get out and play in for a bit. This was Melody's first opportunity to really play in snow. She seemed to really love it. So much so, she wasn't very happy to come back inside!
In preparation for our Disney trip last December, we had another Disney party. As you may recall, we did a Disney party in the past for a trip we went on with Emily and Justin to Disney. We wanted to do something fun to get everyone excited about our upcoming trip. Since it was near the holidays, our focus wasn't entirely on the trip. So I wanted one day where we spent a little time thinking about Disney!
On our trip to Disney in December, we decided to stay at the Yacht Club. We originally booked the Beach Club, and we even considered The Boardwalk at one point. We eventually changed our reservation so that we could stay at the Yacht Club. Our reasoning was for the discount. I did some research and found that with an Annual Passholder discount, it would be a larger discount at Yacht Club vs Beach Club. Our main goal was to simply stay connected to Epcot, so we were entirely ok with this change. Luckily, it did pay off in the end, and we were able to score a great discount!
