Friday, October 28, 2011

Friday, October 14, 2011

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Something Wicked This Way Comes...

so for the last few years my family has gathered at Disney for a weekend in October. we dress as Disney villains (because what's more fun than being a baddie?!) for the Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party. as there are generally 9 of us who attend, we manage to make quite a statement walking around the park. not only do we compete to see who collects the most candy (my uncle, aka Syndrome from The Incredibles, won this year), but we also compete to see who gets the most picture requests (again, my uncle won this year...gack!). it rained on us this year but thankfully it was only for the first hour or so. 


the other big event we attend on this auspicious weekend is the Food & Wine Festival at EPCOT. now, this is perhaps my favorite special event that happens at Walt Disney World. who doesn't love to eat and drink their way around the "World"?! it rained on us. again. but we managed to enjoy ourselves in spite of the nasty weather. the only thing we really missed out on over the weekend was some pool time because yes, it rained all day Saturday too. though the young ones (6 of us) did hang out in the hot tub a little at night. in the rain. and that was kind of fun.

to recap the weekend: trick-or-treating in the rain Friday night. playing games and drinking in the room all day Saturday. eating and drinking around the "World" Sunday. yep, I'd say it made for one memorable weekend. and Monday when we left, that's right, bright blue skies and lots of sun. go figure. 


below are just a few interesting pictures from the weekend:












Wednesday, October 5, 2011

helping a friend...

so my friend Kate is starting a new business venture in the near future. while having breakfast one morning last week she mentioned that the pictures for her website were not pictures of her actual product (shortbread...yum!). I said I would be happy to take pictures of her shortbread for her to use. I believe it's important to show people the product they are actually buying! long story short: I spent almost two hours taking lots of pictures and here are some of my personal favorites! doesn't the shortbread look delicious?!