That Time I Became a Princess {part five}

To recap:

part one

part two

part three

part four

Now...onto our reward for running 13.1 miles!

What did we do?

We went to Disney World!!!

Well, more importantly, the day of the race, we went to The Magic Kingdom.
WOOOOOOOOO!!!

While we were there, we got to carry the timer key cards twice.

Naturally, we shared!

{I took the first turn as we waited for Peter Pan}

{Mr. GrapeJuice got the second turn as we waited for Big Thunder Mountain Railroad}

Can you tell how excited we are?!

We were on such an adrenaline rush from the half marathon.

=]

While we were at Disney, we also explored New Fantasyland too!

We went on The Little Mermaid ride.

It wasn't exactly what I had expected, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

 {the beautiful Ariel and her clam shells to ride in for the journey}

{under the sea}

{ariel}

{ursula}

{kiss the girl}

{and then they got married}

Then, we went by Gaston's Tavern.

It looks absolutely fantastic, but it was a bit smaller than I anticipated.

We did a bunch of other things and just took our time.

We didn't rush or try to do too much.

We did just what we wanted and when we wanted.

Then, as the night wound down, I started taking many pictures, as you are about to see!

{what I believe to be Rapunzel's tower}

{the castle at night from the back}

{carousel and castle}

We also got to eat at the new Be Our Guest restaurant.

Now, it was booked solid every time we called or tried to book online, but on the day we were there, we checked to see if there had been any cancellations.

Lucky for us, there were!

If you go to the park and want to eat there, check for cancellations on the day you are at the park!

 {the snow falling outside the windows is actually from the movie}

 {waiting for the beast}

 {he was soooo tall}

 {the west wing}

 {if it's not baroque, don't fix it.}

Here are some other photos of us from the day...

 

Sunday Social {pinterest edition}

What is your favorite outfit pin?

 source :: polyvore by user scoobadarling

I love the way these colors compliment each other. I'm not sure I'd wear the heels, but I've got a perfect pair of flats from Nordstrom that would match perfectly!

What is your favorite food pin?

source :: taste of home

I am a sucker for a key lime pie. This fluffy key lime pie looks absolutely delicious. I kind of want to go buy a pie right now. Yum...

What is your favorite wedding pin?

 

source :: unknown

I've been married for about two years now, but I am seriously wishing that I known about these shirts! They are awesome, and I hope that I get to be a part of someone's wedding one day that involves one of these shirts!!

What is your favorite DIY/craft pin?

source :: accents of salado

I love the simplicity of this idea. I don't know what I never thought of it before! I am really hoping that when we move, I can do this in our guest bedroom. I think it would look fabulous!

What is your favorite quote/verse/lyric pin?

source :: me!

My friend said this one day on facebook, and I put it together in a fun font for her! I think we could use this reminder daily; I know I sure do! =]

Share one more pin you love.

 

source :: raysofthesun tumblr

For those that know me well might be surprised that I feel this way, but I attribute it to my husband. He has this huge desire to move somewhere warm and sunny.  So, like any good wife, I will follow him where he leads. Also, living somewhere warm and sunny sounds pretty good to me anyway! =]

 

happies & crappies

happies
1. I just got back from visiting the beach.
2. I have had a very relaxing spring break.
3. Mindy Kaling favorited my birthday tweet!
4. I got to hang out with my girls in Charlotte while I was on my way to the beach.
5. I turned 26!

crappies
1. My other Disney posts didn't go live. {they'll be up next week}
2. Someone backed into my parked car while I was on vacation.
3. Spring Break is about to end.
4. It was very windy when I was visiting the beach.

That Time I Became a Princess {part four}

Here we are becoming royalty at WDW!

This is a day I will always treasure and remember.

{the heroes}

{entering Magic Kingdom}

{I took this awesome photo!}

{don't ask me why I chose this moment to play with my wig. I am very mad at myself for it.}

{this is my favorite picture of us from the race!!!}

{then we ran in Epcot} 

 {telling myself that I can finish}

{and then we finished in 2 hours and 57 minutes!} 

{and then we got one of these!!!!}

We are now officially Disney royalty.

Stay tuned for more tomorrow for the remaining journey through the parks.

That Time I Became a Disney Princess {part three}

Okay, so to recap...I have started my journey into royalty {read about it here}, and I have my outfit ready {read about that here}.

Now, it's on to race day!!!!

As someone nicely said towards the end of the run to cheer us on:

"It's just another morning workout on a magical road!"

And, I wholeheartedly agree with her.

First, we start with the morning alarm...

{look @ that time!!! also, I did not hit snooze!}

Then, we got ready & headed off to the race.
It was easy to get there because we opted to stay at a host resort.
Mr. GrapeJuice and I had never stayed at a Walt Disney World Resort hotel before so we thought now was a pretty good time. And, I didn't really feel like trying to figure out how to get to the race with road closures in a relatively unfamiliar area.
So, if you decide to run this race, or any Disney race for that matter, stay at a host resort, and they'll shuttle you there!

Once at the race, we hung out in the "waiting" area and partied.
We got some pictures taken and just had a blast soaking it all in!

Finally, it was time to head off to our corrals.
And, boy, was that a looooong but very exciting walk!
They warn you ahead of time to be prepared to walk to the starting point, but I was a little surprised by how much walking we did.
It was a good warm up though, and I got to see this awesome sign!!

Once at our corrals, we waited around anxiously for the start.
Truth be told, I'm not even sure how long we waited because I was in awe of everything.
This was my first race EVER!

Finally, it was time for our corral to start and off we went on our magical journey to become Disney Princesses!