That is how we roll here in Raleigh, NC. Who needs the ball in Times Square when you have an Acorn?! We attended the festivities New Years Eve at First Night Raleigh. It truly was a lot of fun!
Enjoy our little video of the night 🙂
Family
Gaylord Palms ICE Event Orlando Florida
Who said it did not get cold enough for ICE and SNOW in Florida? It sure does but only through the end of November through early January can you participate in this super awesome event at the Gaylord Palms.
On our recent travels to Orlando, FL, we took a day and headed over to the Gaylord Palms.
ICE! – the coolest attraction in Central Florida, hand-carved from over two million pounds of ice. This year’s theme takes guests through Clement Moore’s beloved holiday poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas. The girls enjoyed going through the ICE. Take a peek into a little slide show of the fun we had!
We had a little time in between our reserved times for the ICE and Snow event, so we traveled on down to the fun Holiday Shows they had and sipped on our complimentary hot chocolate. Then it was time to go and play in the SNOW!
SNOW!, a North Pole Carnival – this is the first year SNOW! will be featured at the celebration. A 10,000 square foot tent will house an indoor snow carnival complete with a snow play area, carnival games and carnival-themed food options.
Of course, I did a little video of our fun in the SNOW and the joyful Holiday show!
There is still time for you to enjoy the ICE and SNOW in Florida. The events are open till January 2nd. You will not be disappointed 🙂
Year End Review 2010 Travel Recap
I have lived up to my @TravelingMamas name this year. I cannot believe today is the last day of the year. Where has time gone? This has been a great year for travels, so I thought it would be neat to recap in pictures all our travels this year.
January
We had the Ocean Isle Mom Bloggers Conference. It was such a great time and great little getaway from all the snow and ice.
February
We traveled to Florida for the Disney Social Media Moms Conference and had a blast in all the Disney Parks.
March
Clogging time for precious M. She had a clogging workshop and show in Gatlinburg, TN.
April
Disney was still on our hearts as we traveled to Charlotte, NC to take in the Disney Road Show.
May
This was the only month we did not travel due to my pancreatitis attack that landed me in the hospital for 7 days. Blech!
June
June started out a busy month of traveling for us this Summer. Our first stop was Ocean Isle Inn. We just love going to the NC coast and visiting Ocean Isle Inn.
Then we headed South to Fort Lauderdale for a few days…
To finish out our travels for June, we traveled a little bit north to Gainesville, FL to be with the rest of the Spink family.
July
We brought in July with a bang by going to the Disney Parks again. We did all four Disney Parks in 2 days. Just the girls and I. It went fast but we sure did have a good time.
For the Fourth of July, we ended up in Jacksonville, FL. The girls had never been to Jacksonville, so this was such a fun family little getaway with just the four of us.
August
August sent me to NYC by myself for the BlogHer conference. It was a memorable one of me splitting my foot open in middle of Times Square and a cop on a horse wanting to call a ambulance for me. Ummm NO thank you ;). I sure did have a terrific time with some of my awesome bloggy best buddies.
After I got back from NYC, it was time to hop on another plane to Gulf Shores, Alabama to meet up with the rest of my Traveling Mamas crew!
As soon as I got back from Alabama, I had to get the rest of the family packed for Gainesville, Florida. Hubby’s son was getting married.
September
September started out interesting by flying to Tampa to an egg farm.
As soon as I flew in from Tampa, hubby and girls met me at airport and we drove straight to Asheville for the Type A Mom Conference.
Girls loved the fancy McDonald’s there in Asheville at the Biltmore House.
October
We decided since it was Fall to make the trek back to Blowing Rock/Boone and let the girls see their friends and go to Tweetsie!
We so enjoyed staying at Chetola Resort while we were in town.
To wrap up the weekend in Boone, we went to a local Rodeo where some of M’s friends were participating.
We went back to Boone at the end of October for my dad’s 70th Birthday party.
November
We made the trek to the Foothills of NC to where my parents live for Thanksgiving.
We were able to finally get all the Spink Family together when we were there since hubby’s son and his family were in from Florida.
December
We sure did end the year on a bang with a full month of travel.
First stop was the Great Wolf Lodge which was so much fun for the entire family.
We came home for a couple days and headed back out to Orlando, FL.
Downtown Disney
Arabian Nights
SeaWorld
Gaylord Palms ICE and SNOW Event
We ended the trip by heading south to Fort Lauderdale to spend time with hubby’s family for Christmas.
What a busy year but I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. The girls travel so good and hubby and I love to take them on all the trips we can. It’s so much fun to look back on and see where all we went for 2010. Next year will be a busy one as well. I fly out to Nashville in January and San Francisco in early February. Let the travels begin for 2011!
Happy New Year my friends and family!!
SeaWorld Brings Out The Best In You For The Holidays
Raising a huge animal lover, means that SeaWorld is one of our favorite theme parks. We recently transferred our Busch Garden season tickets over to SeaWorld since we thought we were moving to Florida, but those plans changed and we stayed in NC. L could not be happier though with our decision to transfer the tickets. She absolutely would go to SeaWorld every single day. It truly is that much fun for her.
On our little Florida Christmas getaway last week, we visit SeaWorld two different days. The first time we went and enjoyed all the day activities and then went back to enjoy the Christmas activities at night. The shows are filled with amazement and joy for your soul. I have a feeling that we will be going back several times in 2011.
Check out the pictures and video that I have created!
Also, my guest blog post is up over at Visit Kissimmee so you can read full detail about all the shows that we attended. If you are ever in or around the Orlando, FL area, most definitely put SeaWorld on your itinerary. You will not regret it!
Dreams Do Come True White Christmas 2010
I’m dreaming of a White Christmas… wait… wake-up Jen!
It’s SNOWING!
Get out…. It’s true folks. Most of NC received a dream that many have been dreaming for years. We got a nice winter storm on Christmas Day. The snow was so beautiful falling down all throughout the day. I just wanted to pause time.
We spent the day outside creating lots of fun in the snow. I put together a little video of our snow celebrations for Christmas 2010.
Did you have a White Christmas?
