Are you local to the Houston/Galveston area? Or how about just a Texan looking for a local place to have a small vacation at this summer? Check out Moody Gardens in Galveston! Moody Gardens is known on Galveston Island as “the pyramid place”! When you drive onto the island you can see the pyramids in [...]

Going on a Disney Cruise just got easier! People from all over the country can experience a Disney Cruise from different ports in 2012. Disney Cruise Lines announced today they are adding 3 new Ports to their famous Cruise Lines in 2012. Galveston Beginning Sept. 22, 2012, the Disney Magic will sail 12 seven-night cruises [...]

When planning a vacation, trying to decide where to stay can be just as difficult as making the choice on WHERE you are actually going to go on vacation! Do you want to stay in a hotel, on site, off site, or a rental property maybe? It can be very overwhelming. When you are planning [...]

This is a part in  series of posts documenting our first family vacation to Orlando, Florida. Disney World is best known for the catch phrase ” Where Dreams Come True” and to be honest I never really understood what was so magical about a theme park that it could say dreams came true. I had [...]

Planning your first family vacation can be exciting, fun, overwhelming and scary! When I first started planning our first family vacation I had no idea where to begin! Of course I began my search on the Internet! I reached out to all my twitter friends, forum members and fellow bloggers. The advice I received was [...]

This is part of a series of post documenting my families first family vacation to Orlando, Florida Downtown Disney is a MUST for anyone traveling to Disney World. Downtown Disney has tons of shopping options and the dining is awesome! We visited Downtown Disney on a Friday night. That maybe was not the best idea. [...]

We went to Orlando Florida in February. We drove. Yes, we are that crazy. It took us 18 hours to get there. A few factors played into that long time frame such as weather and making a detour to see the beaches. 18 hours. Torture. The kiddos, handled it beautifully. Of course, they were more [...]

This is part of a series of post documenting my families first family vacation to Orlando, Florida. One stop on our first family vacation was Sea World in Orlando. We had been to Sea World San Antonio, Texas many times but I just knew we had to experience Sea World in Orlando on our trip. [...]

This post is the first in a series documenting our first family vacation to Orlando, Florida. When we were planning our Disney vacation we knew that we had to use a stroller. Our children, while independent would not be able to walk the whole ten thousand miles we were going to be asking them to [...]

Disney is a money pit. Tons of great souvenirs and toys totally screaming to the kids “BUY ME!” I knew this ahead of time from friends and  how their kids wanted everything in sight! Then I saw a blog post by Resourceful Mommy about how to deal with the Disney Souvenir trap and she mentioned [...]

We just got back from a week long trip to Disney. While this isn’t the best picture ever, it is my favorite. Why is it my favorite? Jake was glued to the glass. You see, beyond that glass is Buzz Light Year and Woody. Signing autographs and taking pictures. They are Jake’s favorite character of [...]

Packing for a vacation longer than a weekend can be a scary thing. Especially when packing involves 2 adults, 3 kids and a 16 hour car ride. This is the task I recently had when we were setting out on our first family vacation to Disney World. I usually write a big long list in [...]

Are you a veteran Disney traveler? Do you know all the tricks of the trade for having a fantastic, magical, memorable vacation without spending a large fortune? I am looking for you then! My family and I are headed to Florida next year, pretty sure it will be early February when we make the journey. [...]

This is my idea of a great vacation. Sun. Sand.  Crystal Blue Water. And nice adult beverage to make the vacation even more relaxing. I am a realist though. it will probably be years before I can enjoy that kind of vacation. Vacations for my family now are little weekend trips to somewhere close. Galveston, [...]