Life Lately July/August 2025

As is always the case, summer flew by! Overall there's not much to report about July or August beyond our trips and the school year starting, but I do have lots of cute pics of Avalanche, along with some other pics mixed in!

you get murdered first!

met my aunt and uncle for breakfast,
which then turned into lunch...
so wonderful to spend the day with them
and catch up!

you can just tell how pleased he was that
I put the blanket on him LOL

possibly the best purchase
i've ever made on ebay!

we bought an air mattress for the tent
our niece and nephew play in
when they come to our house and
Avalanche decided to curl up on it
as we were inflating it for the first time

seemed pretty content!

my best friend and I taught fifth grade together
and now we're both instructional coaches;
we did a presentation together for new incoming
fifth grade teachers in our school division!

C booked this flight for us next summer
and I'm already super excited!

first day of school gift from C!

the Sorting Hat donut sorted me into Gryffindor
#nothankyou  #hufflepuffforlife

he loves to soak up the sun

my almost-18-year-old car passed
its state inspection!

we went to see Sesame Street: The Musical
at the Kennedy Center and I
convinced C to wear matching shirts

it was such a cute show!

besties

Summer 2025 will live long in our memories and you better believe the countdown to Summer 2026 is on!

Happy Tails to you!

WDW August 2025

Despite the relatively low number of pictures to prove it, we had a great Labor Day weekend at WDW! I had both Friday and Monday off, so we flew down to Orlando on Thursday evening and came home on Sunday night. This meant we had Monday at home, which was so nice, because we almost always come home rather late (or take a red-eye flight - see previous post!) and then immediately have to go to work early the next morning!

Since it was a holiday weekend in August, the parks were crowded and it was hot and humid. No surprise there! We stayed at Beach Club, which is an incredibly special resort to us, as it's where we stayed when we got married (AND it has the best pool on property as far as we're concerned!), and we did make it to all four parks and Disney Springs, which is a pretty rare occurrence for us on a 72-hour trip!

One of the most awesome parts of the weekend was that one of my best friends was there at the same time and we hung out on Friday at Epcot and also went to The Cake Bake Shop for lunch and Beaches and Cream for dinner together! It was our fifth time being at WDW together - twice, we traveled there together, but for the other three times, it's just been happy coincidences!

we love Beach Club!

our room was at the end of the hall
and so quiet!

turned out to be a corner room!

had breakfast at Ale & Compass
and was happy to find plant-based sausages there!

Chip kept petting C's head!

I love her so much!

literally the only *halfway* decent pic from
The Cake Bake Shop, but the restaurant was gorgeous
and the food was amazing

seeing the missing "Jellyrolls" sign
made me super sad

our favorite

another sad sight

I love Monsters, Inc., but not more than
MuppetVision 3D!

my new favorite skyliner gondola!

Zero cream puff from Amorette's

absolutely one of the best lounges at WDW

the famous Mickey Pumpkin

Dumbo!!!

Timothy Q. Mouse!!!

where we got married in 1994!

we left a little piece of Avalanche there!

last stop before the airport - a second trip to
Beaches and Cream

I could not have been more pleasantly surprised
by the temperature when we got home!

I might not have taken many photos, but we did make a ton of fun memories and as always, we're already looking forward to our next trip here!

Happy Tails to you!