Happy Birthday ScrapMatters!!!

Welcome! ScrapMatters is turning 3 and having a huge birthday celebration!!!





Check out the awesome collab kit: Cupcakes & Candles by the ScrapMatters Designers - FREE with $20 purchase Aug. 6th-12th




There is a terrific sale, lots of games and Speed Scraps planned and of course the blog train! If you are riding the blog train you probably arrived here from Erica's blog. If at any point you get derailed you can find the complete list at ScrapMatters.

Since it's a birthday celebration, I wanted to share a story of one of my memorable birthdays. This year I turned the big 3-0! Ack! We had planned an awesome trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL to celebrate. Well things didn't go quite as we had planned. The day before my birthday I got sick. It was awful. I just prayed that I would feel well enough on my birthday to enjoy my special day. The morning of my birthday I woke and felt pretty good. At least well enough to to go to the park. We had breakfast reservations at the Crystal Palace at the Magic Kingdom for 8:00 Am. This was an hour before the park officially opens! YAY! We got the park in plenty of time. We were allowed to go in before it opened, which was really cool. We were able to get some good photos even though it was kind of cloudy and a bit hazy that morning.



We got the restaurant and there weren't that many people. Normally we have dinner there and the place is packed. It was a lot less busy for breakfast. We didn't have to wait long to be seated. We love dinning at the Crystal Palace because you get to dine with Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and of course my favorite character, Eeyore.



Breakfast was really good, though I didn't eat much since I didn't want to overdo it and get sick again. Afterwards we went on a few rides. We wanted to see the Faeries at Pixie Hollow, but I wasn't feeling that good so I decided to go back to the hotel, while Melinda stayed at the parks.

I enjoyed some peace and quiet at the hotel. It was kind of nice to just relax in the air conditioned room since it was EXTREMELY hot and humid outside.

Melinda came back after lunch and we both took a nap before dinner. We had dinner reservations at Chef Mickey's at the Contemporary resort. We've normally gone there for breakfast in the past. It's another fun character dinning experience. You get to meet Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Minnie, and of course the mouse himself, Mickey. The characters were all awesome. My favorite was Minnie.



The food was OK. Melinda and I like breakfast there better. After dinner we went back to the room. It wasn't the birthday I had planned, but I really enjoyed it. I was glad that I was well enough to go to the two dinning experiences we had planned. For my birthday Melinda gave me two really cute Disney pins to add to my collection. My Mom and Chris each gave me money. I bought a really cute Tinker Bell watch for myself for my birthday.

Here is the quick page I created with the "Cupcakes and Candles" kit.

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Your next stop on the blog train is Amber's blog. Amber's is the last stop on the blog train. If you missed any stops along the way you can always find the complete list at ScrapMatters.

Happy Birthday ScrapMatters!