Life Lately September 2025

September usually feels endless, mostly because it's the first full month of school. This September, however, seemed to fly by! We took a couple of quick trips (Tampa and Disneyland) and did a few fun things, so those certainly contributed to how quickly it came and went!

When it comes to these monthly posts, I usually put all of the Avalanche pics at the end, but I decided to switch things up and put his pics first this time because he is really the superstar in my life!

could he BE any more handsome?!?

we went to the Kennedy Center
to see the NSO perform
John Williams scores
from Steven Spielberg films

the concert was great, although our experience
was dampened by the absolute lunatic sitting
next to us who was talking and shouting and
hooting and hollering the entire time...
she was so awful we ended up moving to much worse
seats during intermission just to get away from her

we went the the Air and Space Museum
to see one of our all-time favorite movies in IMAX

it was the 30 year anniversary of
Apollo 13's release!

went to a puzzle night and the
four of us completed our
puzzle in exactly one hour,
which earned us second place!

the most amazing highlight of the month
was taking our niece and nephew to
Charm City Cakes for a private
cake decorating class

we had the best time!

our niece helped with mine and I loved it!

this was C's cake - he did the
same design as our nephew!

our niece's note to us

our nephew's note to us

They are both so precious! The cake decorating class was a birthday gift for our niece, and in November, we've got a cool outing planned to celebrate our nephew's birthday! Don't get me wrong, we have adored each of them since the moment they were born, but we are just loving every minute we get to spend with them right now. They're at a super cute age and it's so great to be able to fun stuff with them!

Happy Tails to you!

Disneyland September 2025

We took a quick weekend trip to Disneyland earlier this month and had a great time, although it never seems like we have enough time to do everything we'd like when we're there! We took a late Friday evening flight to LAX and were surprised to find about 40 empty seats on the plane! Let me just say that the difference between having every seat filled and people being able to spread out comfortably cannot be overstated! Everyone on the plane seemed to be in a great mood, which I chalk up to not having to fight for overhead bin space or jockey for the armrests!

We stayed at Pixar Place for the second time and we really love this hotel!

when we walked in, it happened to be
at the same time as Bing Bong's
appearance in the hotel lobby -
clearly a sign that it was
going to be a good trip!

we could see
The Blue Umbrella
from our room

The fall/halloween decorations at Disneyland were so pretty even if the temperatures weren't fall-like at all! Despite it being much hotter than we would have preferred, I have no complaints about the weather because the days turned out to be sunny with beautiful skies (one morning was cloudy, but by the afternoon, the sun was shining)!

the cinema on Main Street had a charming
show about the wonderful Sherman Brothers

we watched the fireworks back in Galaxy's Edge
and I highly recommend doing so...
no crowds, a cool perspective, and
Star Wars music!

we were able to see Paint the Night
a few times because it was
on twice each evening!

my favorite parade float of all time!

we watched a great projection show
on the spires of Batuu

one of the very best things about Disneyland
in the fall is the Nightmare Before Christmas
overlay at Haunted Mansion!

while I'm not the biggest fan of the movie
as a whole, I absolutely love Zero!

even though Figment is most decidedly
an Epcot character, I spotted his silhouette
at the Sherman Brothers tribute on Main Street

I am obsessed with this cold brew!

The decorations over at Disney's California Adventure were equally amazing...particularly in Cars Land!

these are memories of loved ones
shared by guests

I wrote one for my mom

I'll wrap it up with a few random pics of decorations from Downtown Disney, the Disneyland Hotel, and the Grand Californian. If you're thinking about taking a trip to Disneyland at some point, fall is a perfect time to go!

We took a red-eye flight home, landing just after 6 am, which was in plenty of time for me to get to school! I know these quick weekend trips aren't everyone's idea of a good time, but we love them! Over the course of six weekends, we were away for four of them (San Francisco, WDW, Tampa, and Disneyland) and we'd do it again (and probably will!)!

Avalanche is happy we're home and that the next couple of weekend trips involve him because he loves nothing more than long car rides! Huge thanks to my best friend for being on duty as his emergency contact while we travel!

a beautiful sunrise welcomed us home!

Happy Tails to you!