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Prayer

What amazing wisdom in these words spoken so many years ago. I am continually learning the power in prayer . So many things in our daily life that we have no control over like schedule changes, extra work handed to us, last minute school projects,attitudes of others,and the list goes on .
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What we can control is our reaction to those things.Prayer has been a comfort to me . Knowing that I am praying over how things will go , inviting God to go before me in situations,asking God to be with a loved one or friend who has not been kind, asking God to shut doors that are not His best and so many more .
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Praying has giving me a perspective to see the situation from different angles and to put on humility, compassion and empathy when I otherwise want to fix it or make it better in my own way and trust me that never seems to work out.. anyone else?
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When I pray I’m able to take what ever is coming or causing stress and lay it at the feet of God . That doesn’t mean it goes away but it does mean I lay it down and I don’t pick it back up. I trust God with whatever is next knowing I have given it to him and I am fully submitting to his will in the next steps.
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What are your thoughts on prayer? Share in comments below. I would love to hear!

california, California adventure, disney, Disneyland, travel

San Fransokyo Square Baymax Macarons

Check out these adorable Baymax macarons. They are filled with a chocolate-hazelnut and buttercream middle and so so good!
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You can find them at Lucky Fortune Cookery for $6.99

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Happy Friday ❤️

Happy Friday❤️

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Here’s to a weekend of adventure and memories made

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Radiator Springs ~Standby or Single Rider ?

Radiator Springs Racers was at the top of our must do rides and we were not disappointed!

You can see the lines for standby on the right and the single rider is completely open

We jumped in the single rider line which meant we didn’t ride together but we were all able to ride it several times in a short amount of time.

Definitely the way to go if you don’t want to wait in the 60 min lines ! Check out our reel below to see our clips of the ride✨

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Peek of Disneyland Magic

Peek from inside Snow Whites Enchanted Wish to the beauty beyond ✨

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Perfect Picture Stop on Route 66

A beautiful morning at Flo’s V8 Cafe and a perfect spot to take pics 📸

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Happy Sunday

“Escape the ordinary.” – Unknown
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So thankful we had the opportunity recently to travel to Disneyland. It was a wonderful break of the ordinary and left us with memories of adventures ✨

Disneyland, Review, Starwars, travel

Starwars Transport to Disneyland…Unique Opportunity ⭐️

What an amazing treat! We had the opportunity to fly on the special Star Wars Transport to Disneyland from Alaska Airlines ⭐️



Not only did the porgs fly on the winglets but we also watched as the sun was rising .. absolutely amazing and we were completely geeking out ! So cool!


A huge thank you to @friendlikemisty for the heads up about the special plane ⭐️
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If you are wanting to try to find the plane to book your own “Star Wars” adventure, call Alaska and tell them the plane registration number is N538AS. You can find where it’s going next by using flight-tracking website Flightradar24.
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And if you book a @disneyland flight through @alaskaair then be on the lookout … you may be flying in this one of a kind plane ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Check out our reel below ⬇️

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Tea in Paris

Grace Thomas Tea Party complete with macarons the girls made and ofcourse our passport to Paris and travel luggage for their dolls filled with strawberry pretzels.. yumm! Tea Party day is my fav❤️

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American Girl Doll Store ~Los Angeles ~Review

American girl just released their Disney Doll Collection and it was perfect timing with our trip to Disneyland. We knew we needed to plan a detour here to not only visit the flagship store but also to treat our little to some Disney Magic for her doll . She loved it all!

After checking out the whole store, she was able to narrow down her choices and pick a beautiful new Cinderella dress for her doll to wear for Disneyland ✨It was so much fun! Have you seen these sets? They are so beautiful and come with so many unique accessories. They are $55 each set and considering the quality and the accessories I feel like it’s a great deal . The dolls are $125 each but again such a great value for what you are getting!

Our little has been on her own agenda with wanting to visit all the @americangirlbrand stores when we travel and so Los Angeles ofcourse was on her list! The Los Angeles store is located in Westfield Century City and is absolutely beautiful! .The mall is in the heart of Los Angeles so grab coffee before driving there as traffic is almost always crazy. This past year we also visited the Nashville and Washington DC stores.


There are two floors ..the main floor is where the salon and shopping is . And the salon has ear piercing and hairstyles for both the girl and their doll. There is also pet pampering too!!

Check out our reel ⬇️

The second floor is the cafe where you can have brunch, lunch or our favorite Teatime❤️

Have you visited the American Girl Doll store in Los Angeles? What did you think? We would love to hear your thoughts on it so comment below ⬇️