Disney!

Hi all! So it's been about 4 months since I've last blogged. Some of that was lack of inspiration, some was because I was busy, but mainly it's because I have been a bit side tracked. We found out that we are expecting our first baby in November! Get Down Foley's! Hubby and I are beyond excited and can not wait to meet Baby Foley. I will be writing more about these 9 months in future posts, but for now, lets talk about a little Kid Fun, Disney World! 

We planned a trip down to Disney with my parents in March. It had snowed 2 feet (yes FEET) the day before we left, so that was a little nerve wracking. We had no problem getting out of Logan Airport though.  Yey Logan! Not that I fly that much, but I have never had any issues at the Airport. Knock on wood. I probably just jinxed myself. 

The last time I was down there was when I was a Sophomore in High School, so 5 years ago (haha yea right) but Hubby has never been! I was super excited to show it to him before we had kids because it is such a different experience. We stayed at a really nice place in Orlando, rented a car and just did our own thing. Here is a photo journey of our week!

This is so dorky, but I don't care. We were waiting for the tram to take up into Epcot on the first time. Matching Boat Shoes! You can take out of New England, but you can't take the New England out of me!

Yey! Epcot!

These two were hilarious. They were fighting over a piece of something, running back and forth and throwing it to each other. 

The next bunch are from the Safari that we went on at the Animal Kingdom. I have never been on a real safari (can you say Bucket List?!), but this was really fun and we saw a bunch of animals. 

I wanted so badly to get a better photo of him. But there were a bunch of kids, and I was not about to push them out of the way. He was trying to snooze, but if you notice, he was playing with his toes. Adorable. 

Big Guy was putting on a show for us. It was amazing. He was roaring, pacing around, putting things on his head, among other things. We watched him for 10 minutes and he was being a complete show stopper!

Thunder Mountain! This ride was so much more fun than I remember! We waited in line for an hour, but it was so worth it. This was a MUST ride for us to take Hubby on. Splash Mountain was CLOSED! Total Bummer! We did all the other major rides (except for Thunder Mountain, I couldn't do that) so he got the total Disney Experience!

Who do you think won the staring contest?

I snapped this from the top of the Swiss Family Robinson's Tree House. The sun was perfect and I couldn't resist!

Main Street! We didn't wait around for the parade. I think we actually took to opportunity to go on some more rides while everyone with the kiddos was lining the streets. But this is as perfect as Disney gets!

Love them!

The next ones are randoms that I took with my phone. 

Breakfast on the balcony every morning was the bomb diggity. Especially when they involved cream cheese :-)

This was a beer that I thoroughly enjoyed while having dinner in Germany. I think it was a 40 ounce beer or something like that. It took me 45 minutes to drink. Worth every calorie. 

The obligatory pool/lounge/my-life-at-this-moment-is-better-than-yours photo

Billy and Hubby enjoying some liquid fun at the bar before dinner. 

Sunrise one morning. 

Billy's Birthday fell when we were down there so where else would we go, but an Irish Restaurant called The Pub. We had the best waiter, and the food was just as good. This was an egg, wrapped in sausage and fried. It was so good, it was silly. I wanted more of them. 

Happy Birthday Dad!

This was from Lunch in Mexico. Again, other fabulous meal in Disney!

Thanks for reading. This is a big reason why I love these posts so much; it makes me remember how much FUN I have with family and friends.  I promise I won't wait 4 months before making another Post!!! 

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Winter for the books

Hi all! Sorry for the lacking in my posting. I've been busy, and then we went to Disney for week (much needed sun!). As I stated in the last post, my camera was having "a moment." But I'm back!  Billy fixed my camera, although neither of us know how. 

The Thursday/Friday before we left for The Sunshine State we were supposed to get the hit with the outside of a weather system off the coast. 2-4 inches they said. It will change to rain, they said. At most, Worcester area will get 6 - 8 inches, they said. Well, as we all know that didn't happen. 2 - 4 inches, turning to rain turned into 24 inches and snow for 36 hours. It was lovely.  That actually ins't the point of the blog, well, yea it kind of is. 

The day before the 2 feet fell, Billy and I took a ride down to Hull, Cohasset, Scituate and along the coast to take some pictures of the surf. They were warning residents to evacuate 3 hours before high tide along the coast due to the high flood risk. These people had to live through 4 high tides, and that would age me 14 years in itself. But actually seeing it, was crazy. So high tide on Thursday morning was between 7 and 8 am. We were driving down around the coast at 11:30, so a good three hours after the tide was highest. I have never seen the ocean so angry. It reminded me of the bad days that they have on "The Deadliest Catch." 

The wind was also howling and it was raining ice so taking pictures was hard at some points. Our lenses were fogging up and getting soaked. But we got some good photos. Have yourself a little look see!

This was in Cohasset by the Atlantica. If the photo was wider, the restaurant would be all the way to to left. You can see the sand blowing over the little hill. It looks like little scratches. 

See if you can follow me here: between the two small columns there is what looks like just regular bubbles from the ocean. That is foam. All foam, that was blowing all over the road. Really cool looking. Like a bubble bath at the edge of the sea. 

The Legend at work. You can see his jeans blowing all over the place. 

This is where the foggy lens comes in. We only had like 15 seconds before the fog and less if we were shooting into the rain/snow/ice so the clarity isn't fabulous, but look at those waves. The ocean was angry that day.  

This was in Scituate.  A little right of the center you would be able to see the Lighthouse, if it weren't a monsoon. Billy got a shot with the outline of it. 

This is facing the opposite direction of the shot just above. The wind and ice was so intense, you really couldn't shoot that way without the proper protective equipment, which I do not have. Also, keep in mind, this is a good 4 hours after High Tide and the water is still pretty high. 

I kinda love this picture. Billy took it from the car. Notice the camera strap ready to blow away! 

Check back later this week for the first of the Disney Posts! Try not to be jealous :-) 

Cheers!

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We found Nemo!

Is everyone all dug out? That was some storm! For those of you who don't know, we live up on a huge hill, in a condo complex that has one road in and one road out. Normally they do a fabulous job plowing and shoveling but this time, not so much! I don't know if it's because there was SO much snow and they just had too much to do, or what, but it's been 3 days since the snow stopped and the 1 road is pretty much still only 1.5 lanes wide. Not so safe. Or fun. 

 It was pretty bad Friday Night/Saturday Morning. We lost power for almost a day and it wasn't too bad at all, except it started getting a little cold as the sun started to set again on Saturday.  We were with our neighbors trying to figure out what to cook. The grill is an obvious option, but when the grill is frozen shut, cheese and crackers make a do.  Finally it came back on, and the driving ban was lifted, so we had the BRILLIANT idea (along with every. other. person.) to go out to an open restaurant. The roads were horrible, service was slow because of the (not joking) 3 people working to serve about 100 in the Chinese Restaurant we were at. 

Sooo, with me being an aspiring photographer, you would have thought that I would have photographed the storm. You would think. Until the Auto-Focus stopped working on the camera. Major Bummer. Then it got super snowy and I didn't want to risk it getting wet. Then we lost power, and I couldn't charge my phone or else there would have been a slew of cell phone pictures.  BUT I did take some so here they are!!

My Hunters that I had yet to wear from Christmas. If you do not have a pair, invest NOW!

My mom knit me an Infinity Scarf, but the yarn was a bit chunky, so it doesn't fall quite right, BUT it is perfect for a snow storm, because you can wrap it over your head then around your neck. I love it.

Who needs a fridge, when you have a foot of snow to keep beverages chilled!

This is from the trek from the back condos, to ours. It took us 15 minutes to to about 250 feet. Kinda fun though. 

Finn's new friend, Jo. 

Buddy, trying to find a good spot. 

The grill. That once we cleared off, found out it was frozen shut. Oh well.

Sunset, so pretty. 

Finn, exhausted after trouncing in the snow!

If you are not cleared out, or have no power still, good luck with everything! Let's hope this next "storm" we are getting on Thursday doesn't add to the problems. 

Enjoy the rest of your week!

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Oh Hello!

Oh Hello There! How is everyone today? I'm sitting on my couch and it has started to flurry outside. I really want a big snow storm. Although it seems like we have all turned into big babies and hate the snow. But this IS Boston, and it IS February. I love snow. I'd love it even if I was working and had to commute to Waltham. I always have. I saw on Facebook (really reliable place for news) that we could get a storm Friday, but I'll believe it when I see it! 

Last week I took Lu-lu on a drive with me -- much to her dismay; "I don't like rides. I want to go home and watch my show." -- But lucky for her, the ride ended with a trip to Panera and Broccoli Cheddar Soup. Yum! Anyways, I saw Blue Hills on Chronicle some time a while ago, and have been meaning to drive through.  It was very cold, and the little one didn't really have the proper jacket (Babysitter of the year, right here!) so we couldn't walk around for too long.  So that means only a few shots. But that's ok. Now I know I definitely want to back up and maybe go on a short hike, sans 3 year old. 

The sun was in her face so she asked to wear my sunglasses. She's 3 going on 21. Love the little diva. 

Despite the cold, we had to take a turn on the swings. The thing about a park in the winter, we had the whole thing to ourselves. I just wish she had a heavier jacket. We would have stayed all day!

Freezing Pond. 


Thanks for checking in. Ta-Ta for now!

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