• Chraela,  Cruising Along - DCL April 2018,  Disney,  Disney Cruise Line,  In My Life,  Travel

    Cruising Along – Day 1

    Hello and welcome to a brand new trip report series!! I always love writing about our travels and this trip was SO much fun, I cannot wait to tell you all about it. This time around we’re CRUISING on board the Disney Dream!! I mentioned this trip back when we booked it and then when we got back – so now it’s time to talk about everything in between 🙂 Our characters this time are myself, my husband Chris, my best friend Sarah, and her boyfriend Grant! I went on a cruise with my family previously but everybody else was…

  • Chraela,  In My Life,  Mystery Vacation - Nov 2018,  Travel,  Videos

    A Mystery Vacation?

    Since I’m in between vacation series right now – just finished blogging the honeymoon and am about to start my cruise posts – I figured it would be a good time to tell you about my next vacation. And I would, if I could… but I don’t know where we’re going!!! Because my husband planned a surprise vacation for me! Allow me to explain in the form of the following video: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDE7PIsjI7Y&w=560&h=315] (Also, in the video I said we’re 6 weeks away but I ended up taking longer to post it than expected due to transitioning my blog over, so we’re…

  • Aulani,  Chraela,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  In My Life,  Travel

    Our Honeymoon – Day 10/11 – Aloha ‘Oe, Hawaii

    I’m double posting today because I accidentally hit publish because this is post #10 – the LAST post – in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 10 – MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 So here we are – finally on the last day of our honeymoon. I’m honestly getting extremely sad writing this lol it’s like I’m reliving leaving the island all over again! But rather than focus on that, let’s jump in to our last day in Hawaii. We woke up (as predicted) super sad…

  • Aulani,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  Honeymoon,  Travel

    The Menehune of Aulani

    I interrupt my nearly-finished honeymoon series to bring you a special post about Aulani that I wanted to put up before the last day. While we were in Aulani, we started to notice these kinda-weird kinda-cute little dudes all around the resort. We started to notice them…everywhere. They were around the pool, in the lobby, indoors, outdoors, even in the elevators: Sometime during our stay we learned these little figures are called the Menehune. According to Hawaiian tradition, the Menehune are little mischievous men who live in the forests and hide from humans. Aulani paid tribute to this legend by…

  • Aulani,  Chraela,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  In My Life,  Travel

    Our Honeymoon – Day 9 – The Last Full Day

    This is post #9 in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 9 – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Today is our last FULL day in Aulani 😭 But weren’t going to let it get us down because today was to be a day full of rest and relaxation. That’s because we were headed to Laniwai, Aulani’s spa! But first, it was time for some breakfast. We popped down the quick service location to grab a few things and brought them back up for breakfast on the balcony.…

  • Aulani,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  Honeymoon,  Reviews,  Travel

    Laniwai, A Disney Spa at Aulani – Review

    As we creep closer and closer to being done with my honeymoon series, I decided I had one more special experience I wanted to write a standalone post about similar to my Club 33 and Walk in Walt’s Footsteps Tour posts. Today I want to tell you all about the fabulous experience we had at Laniwai, the Disney spa at Aulani! We decided to book a couples massage at Laniwai as part of our honeymoon, which we graciously received as a gift from off of our honeymoon registry! Many thanks to those who gifted us this amazing experience 🙂 We…

  • Aulani,  Chraela,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  In My Life,  Travel

    Our Honeymoon – Day 8 – A Hike & A Photoshoot

    This is post #8 in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 8 – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 After our first full day on Oahu and at Aulani yesterday, we were ready to get going on more adventures and were up early this Saturday morning! Our destination today was something not necessarily in my comfort zone, but we were both excited about it. We were heading to Diamond Head State Monument for an early morning hike! Diamond Head is a “volcanic cone” in Honolulu that’s…

  • Aulani,  Chraela,  Chraela Honeymoon - Feb 2018,  Disney,  In My Life,  Travel

    Our Honeymoon – Day 7 – Tourists in Oahu

    This is post #7 in my series all about our honeymoon! If you haven’t already, make sure you read the other posts first – they’re listed chronologically here 🙂 DAY 7 – FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 When I last left off we had just checked in to Aulani! We were so excited to be there and we were up early today to head to breakfast. We posed for a few photopass pictures on the way too! Our breakfast was at ‘Ama’Ama, a beautiful open air restaurant overlooking the water. We had the perfect beachside table! Everything on the menu sounded amazing: And they…

  • Disney,  In My Life,  Lifestyle,  Series,  Tourin' Over California - Sept 2018,  Travel

    Back from California!

    The title here says it all – I’m back from my vacation to California!! It was an absolutely amazing trip and we had so much fun! Sarah, Ana & I always have such a great time together but this was some of our best work yet. Everything went so smoothly, we saw so many awesome things and made tons of great new memories. I’m going to blog the whole thing at some point (I know, I still need to finish the honeymoon AND do all the cruise posts too 😬) but I also am so excited because we vlogged basically the…

  • In My Life,  Tourin' Over California - Sept 2018,  Travel,  Videos,  YouTube

    California Trip Packing & Prep!

    I’m in the last few days leading up to my next vacation, and this will probably be the last post I get to put up before I’m off to California!! I have at least one post queued up that will post when I’m gone, but this will be the last one before I actually leave. And I actually have something exciting for this post…a video! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CZOSQ4usGI&w=560&h=315] I decided that since I got this fancy new vlogging camera, I should probably practice a little bit and get used to it before busting it out for the first time on our…