Anyone who knows me (and probably some who don’t) knows of my love for Disney. Specifically…Walt Disney World. I never get tired of reading about it, looking at pictures of it, and most importantly visiting it. Anyone who knows my sweet husband would probably assume he’s not a Disney fanatic like myself. How wrong they would be.
When Louis and I were going into our sophomore year at Texas A&M, we came up with the crazy idea of taking a trip to Walt Disney World together. Going in, I’m sure Louis was annoyed to be spending thousands of dollars to be going to (at the time) what he thought of as a children’s theme park. Fast forward 4 years and 3 trips later, he understands the magic. 🙂
Moments into our first trip Louis was as hooked as I had been since my first trip as a 4-year old. Since that trip, Louis surprised me with a trip in 2010 for the most romantic proposal ever imagined, and we returned for our honeymoon in 2012. It’s only been 11 months since we were there, but I’m having serious withdrawals. Watching Disney classics, listening to Disney music, and planning dream trips (“Babe…I got it down to $3000 not including food and souvenirs!”), just don’t fill the void like a trip does. Tonight, I sat down and looked through our 797 (literally) Disney trip pictures. I decided to do a little compilation of some similar pictures from each of our 3 trips. Enjoy!
Airport Terminal 2008-Louis’ 1st trip!Airport Terminal 2010-I was running on ZERO hours of sleep after Louis surprised me with the trip!Airport Terminal 2012-Hours after our wedding!Animal Kingdom in 2008Animal Kingdom in 2012Tree of Life 2008Tree of Life 2010Tree of Life 2012Magical Express 2008Magical Express 2010Magical Express 2010 #2…heading back to the airport!Magical Express 2012 – Leaving Walt Disney World until our next trip!Meeting the stars of Cars in 2010Meeting up again in 2012Cinderella Castle 2008Cinderella Castle 2010Cinderella Castle 2010 #2…moments before Louis proposed! (Check him out clutching the ring box in his pocket!…Also please note that Louis is wearing the same shirt to propose that he wore on our 1st trip in 2008.)Dinosaur 2010Dinosaur 2012Expedition Everest 2008Expedition Everest 2010Expedition Everest 2012On Expedition Everest in 2008Post Expedition Everest in 2012EPCOT 2008EPCOT 2010EPCOT 2012 during the EPCOT International Flower & Garden Festival!Hollywood Studios 2008 – Our favorite park!Hollywood Studios 2010Hollywood Studios 2012Hollywood Studios 2012 #2Louis in front of Cinderella Castle in 2008 – he looks SO young!Louis in front of Cinderella Castle in 2010 – All grown up 🙂Louis in front of Cinderella Castle in 2012With the Big Cheese in 2008Meeting up with Sorcerer Mickey again in 2012Entering Magic Kingdom in 2008 – Louis had no idea what he was in for!Magic Kingdom Entrance in 2010With Peter Pan in 2008Ran into Peter again in 2010On the plane in 2008!Flying home to show off my engagement ring in 2010On the plane after a LONG wedding day in 2012Rocking ponchos in 2008 (a necessity for Splash Mountain)Ponchos are still essential in 2012 (for rainy days around Hollywood Studios!)Rockin’ Rollercoaster in 2008Still Rockin’ in 2012 (in almost the exact same spot 4 years later!)Magic Kingdom love in 2010 (the trip where I tried to show off my engagement ring in every picture…)Still in love in 2012!Tower of Terror Line 2008Tower of Terror Line 2010Tower of Terror Line 2012 – still one of our favorite rides!Mr. Potato Head in 2008 at Midway Mania, Louis’s favorite ride!Mr. Potato Head in 2010Mr. Potato Head in 2012…still Lou’s fave!Waffles 2008 – Our #1 Breakfast choice! (POP waffles for our resort…Pop Century!)Waffle 2010Waffles 2012 – It’s not a Disney trip without Mickey waffles!Buzz & Woody in 2008 (this picture was early proof of how much Louis loved loves me)Buzz & Woody in 2012 (I think Woody got taller? Didn’t know toys grew! Disney Magic I guess…)
It’s so fun looking back through these and reminiscing on all of our memories. We are pretty happy people, but we are never happier than when we’re at Walt Disney World! Hope you enjoyed my trip down memory lane, and I hope I have more recent Disney pictures to post soon!
Well folks, 2012 has come and gone. (Duh.) I’ve been reading an obscene amount of “this is what I did this year” statuses on facebook, which is super annoying. Why? Because the people that wrote them are the ones who updated their status every 23 minutes the entire year. So yes, facebook acquaintance, I know you had a child this year because you posted how many centimeters you were dilated during labor.
In order to not be annoying like all of the people of facebook I’m too lazy to unfriend because it takes 3457545234 steps, I will NOT be posting a status about my year. I’ll be blogging about it. Hypocrite? Nope. Don’t worry, I’ll keep it short…ish.
2012 Highlights
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Wow. Insane. And I left out a lot. Hopefully, I can revisit this year in more detail later, but you get the gist. It was wild.
Here’s to 2013 and being inspired by annoying Facebookers!
