I love everything about winter, so it's probably no surprise that I love getting out on the slopes. I've been going since I was a child, so when I met my husband and learned he had never been before, I was hoping he'd love it. Fortunately for me, while he did not enjoy his first two attempts at snowboarding, he ended up loving skiing just as much as I do -- probably more! To the point that for his birthday this year, he wanted a ski trip. So after spending a few days debating when and where, we scheduled a trip to Park City at the end of January. 

It seems as though there's a broad consensus that January is considered the worst month of the year -- many people are returning to work and packing up their holiday decor, and the weather isn't always pleasant. That's one reason why I always try to plan something for January, to look forward to in the New Year (one of the best parts of having an NYE wedding is first having your honeymoon in January and then booking trips for your anniversaries!). This year, one of my college girlfriends scheduled her wedding for January in Mexico, so my husband and I decided to take the week off and fly down a few days before the wedding to make the most of it .

As someone who once dreamed about being a Belle or Snow White face character at Disney's Magic Kingdom, it's probably no surprise that I'm an adult who still loves visiting theme parks. I was lucky to have grandparents who lived in Celebration , Florida (a community actually originally developed by Disney!) and to have lived in South Florida myself for a few years -- both of which meant that I was able to visit the theme parks multiple times. However, I hadn't been back to Orlando since 2016 (when one of my best friends had her bachelorette at MK and Universal!). So when my family planned a visit to Orlando over Halloween weekend 2021, I jumped at the chance to go.