Friday Favorites - Wine

Happy Friday!!! It is one of the happiest days of the week for me! I am joining up with Andrea and Erika again for Friday Favorites!

I decided I would talk about one of my favorite beverages, wine!! My husband and I spent one of our anniversary weekends travel the northern part of the state visiting wineries! It was a great weekend! So here are some of my favorite Indiana Wineries and the wine I like from each.

Oliver Winery
Reason: One of the first wines I ever had. Ok maybe not the first wine but definitely the first real wine. Boones doesn't count! It is a winery that is close to Indiana University where I went to school and it is beautiful!! The wine is great and inexpensive!

Favorite wine - Soft Red  I am not a red wine drinker but this one is sweet and I love it.
Want to try - Beanblossom Hard Cider   I love hard cider so I am excited to try this one.

Country Heritage Winery
Reason: There are so many, but one of the main reasons is because it is only miles from my house. They are fairly new winery but love their wine. At Christmas time they have a special Jolly Juice that is great! Again it is beautiful!

Favorite - Blueberry Semi-Sweet  I just happened to have a glass tonight! It is not so sweet that you can only have a little bit, but still sweet enough for me to love it!!!!!
Want to try - Cherry

Butler Winery
Reason: Good wine. We went to the tasting room that they have in Chesterton. They were so nice and we were able to try many wines. The guy behind the counter really seemed to care if we liked the wine or not. He even had two different tastings going on because my hubby and I do not like the same wine! I would like to actually visit the vineyard one day. Doesn't it look relaxing?

Favorite - Blackberry, we both liked it which never happens. It was so good we bought two bottles.
Want to try - Apple  Can you tell I like fruity and sweet?

Anderson Winery
Reason: Very pretty grounds and interior. They also allowed us to taste as many as we wanted!!! It was great and the people were so nice!

Favorite - Ravat 51
Want to try - Raspberry Kiss This might be a good bottle for Valentine's Day!

Our goal is to try all the Indiana wineries on this map. We have just a few to go!!!

I hope you all enjoyed this! We love to try new wines! Share your favorite wine/winery no matter what state you are in! We try to make this part of our anniversary each year!

Friday Favorites - Disney Dining

Today I am joining up with some of my favorite bloggers, Andrea and Erika, for Friday favorites!

I am really hoping for warmer weather and vacation so my Friday Favorites is about a great vacation I had and it was warm, Disney!

I was thinking what could I share about Disney that maybe not everyone knows and something I love. Then it hit me: food!! Everyone loves food! So here goes!

Favorite Character Meal - Akershus Royal Banquet Hall at Epcot

It is a buffet style meal. I don't really remember much about the food besides that it was good. The part that was so great was the fact that the girls got to meet so many of the princesses at one time. When we walked in we got to meet Belle in her beautiful yellow dress.

Then the girls got to meet Ariel, Auroa, and Cinderella also. They came around to each table and we could take as many photos as we wanted. It was great!!! Great one on one interaction with the princesses.

Then came the best part, they went on parade around the restaurant! The girls followed behind the princesses and walked like they were princesses too! Loved seeing them feel so special!

We loved this character dining!

Favorite Sit down dining: 'OHANA

This was a great family dining experience. Your table starts with bread and salad. Then they bring you pork dumplings and honey-coriander chicken wings. Then comes the great part, the skewers. They came around to your table with these skewers of meat that were fabulous!!!

It was just a great dinner with great food!

Favorite Dining experience: Be Our Guest - Dinner

I loved the atmosphere of this dinning experience. You felt like you were in the movie! 

It even snowed behind those pretty windows! We tried the grey stuff, and it was delicious!! We even got to meet the Beast!

There are so many places to eat and these are just some of our favorites!! We are hoping to head back soon and would love to hear which ones you like!!! Have a magical day!

Friday Favorites - Favorite Gifts

I am linking up with some great bloggers (Erika, Andrea, and Narci) today for their Friday Favorites series.

When trying to decide what to favorite this time I sat looking at the remnants of Christmas Day. So I decided to favorite Christmas gifts today.

My favorite gift was a super warm and soft blanket. My littlest picked it out for me and we immediately snuggled in it. I am actually under it as I write this post.

 Find it at Macy's.

Skylar's favorite gift, her Tervis tumbler.

Find it at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

Lizzy's favorite gift, her horses.

Find them at Target.

Jenna's favorite gift, her Elsa blanket.

Find it at Target.

Great gifts and they all made Christmas special!!!