Seasonal Picture Fun *anybody can join!

[travelmel]

LOL Lucy looks like she's having a blast!

My aunt called me and she is now living in Seattle where they are snowed in! Her dog, too, is LOVING IT!

 

[LucyDingo]

We're supposed to get ice, sleet, snow, and thunder tonight. we'll see what happens.

 

[travelmel]

Merry Christmas!

I thought I'd post this years seasonal decorations at the Travelmel rez. (I've been reading too many LOL CATZ)

We'll start with the one that started it all.

Commemorating our Disneyland 2004 Christmas trip

This is not an awesome pic of our tree but it shows how big it is compared to DDB. I will definitely scale back next year.

It didn't look this big in the woods with all it's friends around

These are ornaments that my mom painted when I was 7 yrs old. They're sentimental.

The Mr and Mrs.

Even our little colage from our 2008 Flippant trip got some trimmings

My friend was over our house and she looked at that picture and said, "Oh, why does it say Disneyland on the corners of the pictures?"

and I said, "Because I uploaded the pics onto the Disneyland photo thingy and I was able to purchase them like that"

to which she said, "Oh, that's cool.. then you can remember where you were."

To which I said, "Yea, not like that center picture of us in front of a giant Mickey head wouldn't have been enough of a clue."

Moving on.

More dis-friendly Decor

My little psuedo-mantle collection

A close up of my recently acquired antique plastic santa! I bought this guy whilest on my Twilight TR at a small town antique store in Washington. See, tourism at work helping the local economy!

It's not like My Grandma had but I like him

Next are my personal favorites. My aunt made and gave us these stockings for Xmas. We decorated them ourselves. The whole thing is hand made. I'm very proud of them. Even the little elf toys my DH cut out and made all by himself!

Speaking of homeade this is a blanket that my family made together to give to my DSIL.. she's a librarian at a University in CA.

Love the little glasses and books!

Up next: Snow Days!​

 

[travelmel]

Happy Snowed-In Baking Days!

I'm sending you all these virtual treats from my real kitchen to your computer screen!

DDC on her way to deliver cookies and gifts to the neighbors!

The following are treats I made using recipes found on the:
The pumpkin, fall/winter squash and sweet potato recipe thread
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1992432.

What you will see here are the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip cookies (page 5) and the Pumpkin Pie Bars (page 3).

I had already made two kinds of chocolate chip cookies before I started my pumpkin baking so I didn't put the chocolate chips into the pumpkin cookies. I did have a few butterscotch chips left over in my pantry so we added those and they were BRILLIANT inside.

The pumpkin bars called for "1 cup chopped nuts." Well, I had a huge bag of shelled pistachios and so I used those. I think it would have been much better with pecans (Or heaven forbid, walnuts ... if you like that sort of thing). Even peanuts may have been good?

Pumpkin Bars

It also called for part of the base of the bar to be reserved for the topping but I didn't do that as there wasn't enough of the base to fill my tiny little pan so I used the "reserved" stuff as my crust. I love crust so I was happier that way anyway. I put in a little extra butter and about 2 Tablespoons of cream cheese into the crust mixture so that it wouldn't stick (I read reviews that this recipe was a stick to the pan one) and it seemed to do the trick. They were moist and did not stick at all. I used a brand new cookie sheet to cook it on as I do not have a decent baking dish.

I went a little heavy on the spices for both recipes. I think I added clove and nutmeg to the bars that only originally called for cinnamon. I liked 'em. Everything came out great.

T H A N K S T I G G E R F A N 1 ! ! ! ! !​

Gourd Goodies

 

[LucyDingo]

Yum! Looks delicious.

 

[travelmel]

Thanks LD! We are snowed in something fierce here in the pacfic northwest. I've got cabin fever!

 

[kathleen27]

Hi everyone! All the photos on here look amazing!!!!
I can't believe Christmas is tomorrow!!!!

LucyDingo The picture of your dog all decorated is so cute!

The Bellagio looks gorgeous Mommu4.

Your pumpkin bars look really good Mel, I may have to try those sometime soon. I spent the morning making Cinnamon bread. I lost count of how many loaves. We give some to friends and neighbors, plus serve it with other desserts, and its our traditional Christamas morning breakfast. Easy to eat while opening gifts.

We did eventually bring up decorations and get a tree the weekend before last. Took a few photos:

We went to a local tree farm where we chose a tree and cut it down ourselves. This is our third year doing this.

Jacob was so excited to be there.

Hannah was in a mood.
No tree was right for her.
We wanted something smaller than usual, We usually get something too big and have to cut it down to fit it in the LR.

Jacob carried the tree out.

Attaching the tag, so it doesn't get mixed up after they wrap it.

Hannah's mood was actually due to hunger.
She had lunch and was happy again.
We got the tree in the stand and it looked so funny all wrapped up, that we took a photo.
Hannah was in a silly mood, hiding behind the tree pretending the tree had arms.

Took some more photos yesterday:

The tree all decorated.

A new ornament this year - WallE

Jacob liked it so much he drew it. He loves art.

The little Disney train my in laws gave us.

The Disney clock. It plays music and Mickey, Goofy, Donald, and Pluto pop out of their doors. Pluto howls to the music.

All our snow!!!

The kids in front of the tree:

I'll try to take some more photos later.


Have a Happy Holiday everyone!!!!

 

[travelmel]

Hi Kathleen!

Sorry I haven't gotten over here in a few days..I was away after xmas for another family get together! :arty::

I love all of your photo's, OF COURSE!

That Disney clock must be sooo cute to see in action!

Love the Xmas tree traditions! Cute pic of the kids with their arms behind it. I am with you.. I always get a tree that's too big. Next year I'm going to go with a tree I can carry myself! (good luck, right??!!)

That's alotta snow! We had snow 48 hours ago that required a lot of driving as though you were in Autopia or Indiana Jones but upon our return it was dry as a bone!

What a great pic that your son drew. What a wonderful thing to have talent, right??!!

I'll be posting more pics soon (including more food porn!)

Thanks for posting!

 

[mariezp]

kathleen27, we have a clock shop just like yours! I put out so much stuff at the last minute this year that I missed getting ours out.

Your son is quite a talented artist. I love his Wall-e drawing.

Brrr! It looks cold up there!

 

[tiggerfan1]

Hey, Melissa! I'm back! I hope you and your family had a wonderful Christmas! I loved your Christmas decorations! I especially loved your homemade stockings. So cute!

That's awesome that you made pumpkin treats for gift giving! You are a true-blue pumpkin devotee. The pumpkin goodies look great! I'm so glad they turned out well.



Luvmic49- Those snow pictures were amazing! I can't believe that it snowed where you live. The snow looks very pretty, but it covers up all of your beautiful Disney lawn decorations. This has been a really freaky year as far as weather goes. I just came back from California and I found out that it snowed in several areas that rarely get snow!


Kathleen27- That was a great drawing of Wall-E that your DS did! Your Christmas decorations are adorable. I really like that Wall-E ornament and the Disney train.



I'm happy to report that my family and I had a great Christmas. I'm even happier to report that I've got some more Christmas decorations to share! Stay tuned..........

 

[travelmel]

Welcome back, Tigger!!

I'm so glad your Christmas was wonderful

Ours was, too. We're a lucky lot, aren't we??

Looking forward to more. I've got some to share, too but I posted them on my ofoto.com site for my family first. Later I'll put some up on photobucket, too.

I love your banner!

 

[tiggerfan1]

Here are some Christmas decorations that were in the lobby of the hotel that we stayed in while we were in Los Angeles.

More to come..............

 

[tiggerfan1]

Welcome back, Tigger!!

I'm so glad your Christmas was wonderful

Ours was, too. We're a lucky lot, aren't we??

Looking forward to more. I've got some to share, too but I posted them on my ofoto.com site for my family first. Later I'll put some up on photobucket, too.

I love your banner!

Thanks, Melissa! I'm glad you had a great Christmas, too. Can't wait to see more of your Christmas pics!

 

[tiggerfan1]

Here are some Christmas decorations from Disneyland!



Here's the Disneyland sign by the Main Street train station.

This is the Christmas tree on Main Street.

Here are a couple shots of the Haunted Mansion. There were lots of cool decorations in the line area, but the line was moving so fast that I could stop to take a picture of them.

This adorable sign was right in front of Splash Mountain.

These gorgeous decorations were near the It's a Small World attraction.

Here are a few from Mickey's Toontown.

This is Minnie Mouse's house and tree in Toontown.

This is Mickey's tree. There were too many people out side of his house, so I wasn't able to get a good picture of it.

Many of the lamp posts in Toontown were decorated with Mickey wreaths. I want one for my house!!

More pictures to come..............

 

[tiggerfan1]

Some of my favorite decorations were in New Orleans Square. Here are a few of them.

Here's a picture of the Christmas tree in the Plaza Inn restaurant.

I couldn't resist taking a picture of the front and back of the napkins that we got at the Plaza Inn. They were so cute!

Before we went back to our hotel for an afternoon rest, I got a picture of the last "A" in California from the California Adventure sign. The sun was not being very kind, so I wasn't able to get a very good picture of it.

I attempted to take a picture of the castle at night. It was so beautiful! Unfortunately, the picture didn't come out so well. Sorry! I'm still learning how to take good pictures at night.

Well, that's all folks! My family and I had a great time at DL. We can't wait to go back again!!

 

[travelmel]

For some reason I didn't realize you were going to Disneyland! Duh, silly me. I thought you were just going away to visit family- not that it isn't a good enough reason, of course! Right on!

Thanks for sharing. How did It's a Small World feel since the new opening?

I thought they were putting in characters?

 

[travelmel]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

TO YOU ALL!!!​

​

 

[tiggerfan1]

Hey, Melissa! I just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year!!

For some reason I didn't realize you were going to Disneyland! Duh, silly me. I thought you were just going away to visit family- not that it isn't a good enough reason, of course! Right on!

Thanks for sharing. How did It's a Small World feel since the new opening?

I thought they were putting in characters?

Actually, going to Disneyland was a last-minute decision. We had a pretty full schedule and we weren't sure if we were going to be able to go to Disneyland. We went there mostly to spend time with family and friends. Fortunately, everything worked out and we were able to go to Disneyland after all.

Unfortunately, we didn't get a chance to go on It's a Small World. By the time we got to Fantasyland, all the lines were ridiculously long. To be honest, I didn't even know that they were going to make any changes! I hope the changes don't ruin the ride!!


By the way, I love the all the dancing bananas and the fireworks in your previous post!!! I hope that you and your family had a wonderful New Year's Eve and Day. Did you do anything special to celebrate the new year?

 

[travelcat]

AH HA!!!
I KNEW IT!!!! MUAHAHAHA!!!!
dont worry i havent told bailey... yet.