Orlando // 2017

Disney is my favorite place on earth. I turn into a six year old the second that Disney is brought up. This year for Christmas my family (minus Colby and Abbey ): ) went to Disney for Christmas. I literally love everything thing about Disney, waiting in lines with my family, running around the park to get to the next ride Leopard style, over priced park food, it’s just all so magical. The Leopards have a tenancy to love the slow educational rides just as much as the fast rides, here we come the The Land and The People Mover. Because we lived in Florida when I was born and had year long passes my family knows all the parks super well. We know all the short cuts and which rides are worth our time, aka the aforementioned Leopard style. Something I did this trip that I’ve never done before was buy pins, which was super fun. My mom bought Eric and I the cutest pin Mickey and Minnie kissing. This was Eric’s first trip to Disney and aahhhh it was the best! The only thing I love more than Disney is sharing Disney with the people I love. Eric was slightly terrified of the roller coasters, but rode them all anyway. I think my favorite moment from this trip was right after we got off Rockin Roller Coaster. Eric said “I kept my eyes open the whole time” right as we were walking around the corner to ride pictures and there Eric was with his eyes closed as tight as possible in our picture! We also visited Universal Studios which means one thing and one thing only, HARRY POTTER WORLD! Luckily I was able to bring my own rob, but I got my wand at Olivander’s, of course. To quote my brother, Kyle, “If your not a 25 year old man walking around Universal with a wand in your hand, are you really a man?”

A Kinda Snow Day

This was Moose's first "snow." It was more of icy rain than snow, but who cares we are going to count it. Eric and I went out bought the dogs little bears suits to keep them warm. Of course the first time we let them wear the suits outside they got soaking wet from the snow. But I mean thats life, life would not be nearly as sweet if things were perfect all the time. Something I have been thinking about a lot recently is how much I love my life. Even when I’m having my weekly (daily) break down and/or panic attack. I love the person I get to experience life with. I love that I am pretty much constantly running around like a chicken without a head. I love that I get to work with kids everyday. I do what I have always dreamed of doing (helping others) and I’m not even out of school yet. I love that school isn’t my top priority because I am aware there is so much more to life. I love that my days are filled with fur baby love. I love that my house is messing and my sink always has dishes in it. I love that I am broke and have to get creative with money (okay I kind of hate it but I appreciate it for what it is). I love that at the end of the day I know I am loved and I get to love so many awesome people. I am grateful for knowing life is never perfect, but always beautiful. One thing I would like to get into is documenting more of my everyday life. There are just so many wonderful things I don't want to forget about where I am in life right now. When I look back I want to see more than just the big adventures of my life, I want to remember the Harry Potter chess set my siblings gave me for my 21st birthday (featured in the video above), and the way Moose howls (its more like screaming) when I have been gone for more than a hour. Life is just too beautiful to not take notice of these things. As a start to documenting more Eric and I made a little video. I was just messing around with video apps on my phone while we were watching TV, so we decided to go for it. The house is a mess, we were both in our pjs but this is what our lazy nights in look like. Honestly it was so much fun not taking ourselves seriously and were just having fun with the camera. 

I love this picture because even though everything else is blurry Maci's face and tag are in focus

I swear to you guys that Moose sat at the window and watched it snow for over half a hour. It was so freaking cute. He was trying to figure out what was going on and why everything was white.

If you love beagles put your ears in the air

These bear suits are perfection 

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Dixie Classic Fair // 2017

I love the fair! I have so many memories going to the fair as a kid with my mom and our friends. Every year I would be checked out of school early to spend the day riding rides, eating too much food, and looking at cute animals. Honestly they are some of my favorite memories as a kid. The fair got even more special a year ago when Eric and I had our first "official" date there. It was the first time I was like "Damn I really love this kid." This it was so fun to go to the fair together after having a year of adventures (and struggles) under our belt. We spent the day running around playing games, eating so much food it makes my tummy hurts to even think about it, playing with birds, and riding a few rides.