Disney Holiday Hotel Tour

Got to hang out with Parker for a few minutes after worship in Auburndale on Sunday at the Hills house. Their dog River usually is excited to see me, but I get ignored in favor of Parker when he's around! 

Amy and I took off for our Disney Hotel Holiday Tour. First stop was Animal Kingdom Lodge. The animals inside and outside were awesome! 

Then we went to Disney Springs. We saw a few of the  trees around the Springs before grabbing a delicious lunch at Raglan Road. 

We even got to see the dancers!

Then we went to Beach Club to see their Disney Village. 

And we walked over to the Yacht Club to see the Gingerbread Carousel. This is their 25th year of doing the carousel and it is always just amazing to see the detail. 

Then a walk over to the Boardwalk Hotel to see the miniature Boardwalk Deli. 

Then we went on a bus to the Wilderness Lodge. So pretty for the holiday and a mini Wilderness Lodge in gingerbread. 

We took a boat over to the Contemporary Hotel for last stop of the night - the Gingerbread Castle. 

Despite not having the Grand Floridian Gingerbread House (because of lobby construction), it was still an amazing day. 

 

Random Slices of Life

Walked into Publix the other night and there was a whole display of Christmas cactus. Grandma Washburn always had one of these on her front porch so I picked one up to come home. 

The whooping cranes were out in the yard first thing over the weekend.

And this guy wanted to snuggle with me on the back porch while I was doing some reading. 

 

Messiah in Concert

 Saturday afternoon I had the opportunity to sing with the Sarasota Choral Society again and to sing "The Messiah" in concert. It was another beautiful performance and I was so thrilled to be back after missing last year post surgery. Daryl came to see me sing along with Wesley and Davis. 

Their view from the balcony - this is the sanctuary at Church of the Palms. 

Naples Botanical Garden

Loved my getaway time this week to the outdoors - what a beautiful space at the Naples Botanical Garden. All different kinds of garden types and then a lovely one mile long lake trail to hike. The weather was hazy and cool so it was really nice outside.