As God as my witness.I'll never be sick at Disney World again~~~wrapping things up...

[GeminiAngel]

:rotfl: Your a good son DJ. Just think, one day you will get to do this stuff to your kids. :rotfl:

[winkers]

Our rest at the resort was just what I needed. Actually, I rested while D.Jay ran from kid to kid swipeing one of teh two 30 minute arcade cards we got with our package.

I really need the rest, my head was killing me along with my back and foot.

With all of the aches and pains, a beached whale would have moved more gracefully than I did.

on the bus..
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We got back to MK around 5 and called MIL to let her know we were there.
No answer.
We walked around almost 45 minutes and she still wasn't answering.

I was just glad we had cell phones! My sister in law has great stories from about 10 years ago before any of them had cell phones. They lived in Albany NY, so mil would go out every year to visit. They tried to take her to as many places on the east coast as they could.
The one thing they could count on was MIL getting lost or not showing up untill 2 hours after the appointed meeting time. Leaving them stuck in one place untill she showed up totally oblivious to the inconvience or worry she caused.

Since we had the phones we decided to go ride BTMRR. Not a smart move on my part. that train caused kinks in my neck and back that would give my chiropractor nightmares.

As we were headed to POTC we ran into her. She looked like she had really enjoyed her time alone just exploring and she was wearing her own Hannah Montana hat, causing Bailie to be mortified.:laughing: She didn't think her Grandma should be wearing one. Teens are so fun and easy to embarrss!:rotfl2:

After POTC MIL and Hunter had a little fun...

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They were having alot of fun and was one of those :wizard: moments.

Ethan, Evan & I staked out our favortie spectro viewing spot while everyone else went to get dinner.

It was so freaking cold!!! Which made just sitting there seem longer than normal. And of course about 5 minutes before the parade started we were being smashed and stepped on by people who thought that we should give them our spots we had been at for almost an hour.

We always try to smoosh together so other's can get a good place but it really ticks me when someone just shoves their way in.:headache: I guess it's just part of disney parades.

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The parade was only about half as long as usual, most likely because of the freezing temp. Disney didn't want a bunch of frozen parade goers, I guess. Actually, I've never been so glad to see the end of a parade before!

We were all at the "teeth chattering" stage and just wanted to get warm. On the way out we stopped for a few pics.

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up next.....why didn't you just bring a pack mule?

[winkers]

D Jay....you are a good man. you know your mom is human and has faults, but love her just the same. you're a good role model for your kids...i think.;)
yes, he is. :love: His childhood is something that could be made into a Lifetime movie....pretty close to hell. Instead of being resentfull, he took those lessons and learned how to be a better person. She is very lucky to have him. Sadly 2 of her 4 sons have practically nothing to do with her.

:rotfl: Your a good son DJ. Just think, one day you will get to do this stuff to your kids. :rotfl:

if he does, he's going in a home.

[wigdoutdismom]

My gosh, I can't imagine being that cold at Disney! We typically melt down there! How funny MIL with a Hannah Montana hat....:lmao:
Again I must say, you are a saint!

[jordanyosh]

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up next.....why didn't you just bring a pack mule?

I love all these pix...especially of each kid in front of the castle.

You have one bad incident with MIL and then you capture something magical with her...at least there's some pixie dust:thumbsup2

[punkin413]

After POTC MIL and Hunter had a little fun...

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hunter's fighting with handcuffs on....no fair!

And of course about 5 minutes before the parade started we were being smashed and stepped on by people who thought that we should give them our spots we had been at for almost an hour.

don't you just love that??? i think you should have to take and pass a common courtesy class before you're allowed to go to disney world.

[Charleston Princess]

So glad you finally ran into MIL at POTC! :scared: I love the pictures of her sword fighting with Hunter!

I can tell you were all freezing just looking at the photos! Brrrr!

[Native NYer]

What a relief you finally ran into your MIL!

Your kids look so cold!!! What was the temp the week you were there?

[lisalonglash]

I'm glad you found the future Mrs. Eeeyore finally! :laughing: I have to say that I think it's awesome that she was sword-fighting with Hunter - that's a cool thing for a grandma to do IMO :goodvibes You all look soooooooo cold :hyper:

[bedillamouse]

yeah, it was really funny.;)




wow! It sounds like you had it alot harder than me. :eek: What was she doing?

I have to keep my foot proped up at heart level at all times...if I don't it throbs like crazy.

boy do I have stories.....I'll just have to think of them.

She would freak out at everything....we arrived 2 days earlier than the rest of my family...they booked 1 night at the AK...when they arrived to check in they were informed they were family of the day and got upgraded to a 2 br suite!:banana::banana: Right?? well my mother was crying when I got to the room because things weren't going according to plans and she didn't know why she was flipping out. :sad2: This was a beautiful suite!!!

We were supposed to all meet at the MK in the morning to spend all day with the family and I got a call from my sister that morning saying my mom wouldn't come out of the room...she was crying non stop and didn't want to deal with MK. :eek: Basically my mom spent the whole time in the room....where people took turns staying with her until my dad had had enough and left with her. In her defense we've just found out she has Parkinson's so maybe that had something to do with it. ? . There's a ton of more stories but that's just an example of some of them.

[winkers]

My gosh, I can't imagine being that cold at Disney! We typically melt down there! How funny MIL with a Hannah Montana hat....:lmao:
Again I must say, you are a saint!
If I was a saint, there wouldn't be any complaining.;)
I'm also not dillusional to think that I don't drive her insane too. Heck, I annoy myself at times.:laughing:

I love all these pix...especially of each kid in front of the castle.

You have one bad incident with MIL and then you capture something magical with her...at least there's some pixie dust:thumbsup2
I was surprised the kids would hold still for those pictures because they were all so cold.
Thinks aren't always bad with MIL, but the stories are usually funny after the fact.

hunter's fighting with handcuffs on....no fair!

don't you just love that??? i think you should have to take and pass a common courtesy class before you're allowed to go to disney world.
Hunter said the handcuffs made him fighting with "the old lady" even.:rotfl2:

I think there should be a class before people are let out into public in general!

So glad you finally ran into MIL at POTC! :scared: I love the pictures of her sword fighting with Hunter!

I can tell you were all freezing just looking at the photos! Brrrr!
It felt like we were back in washington....

Your kids look so cold!!! What was the temp the week you were there?
I know it got into the low 30's during the evening...they had record breaking lows!:eek:


I'm glad you found the future Mrs. Eeeyore finally! :laughing: I have to say that I think it's awesome that she was sword-fighting with Hunter - that's a cool thing for a grandma to do IMO :goodvibes You all look soooooooo cold :hyper:
She is really good at playing with the kids....she's kinda like a big kid herself most the time.
(I meant that in a nice way)


We were supposed to all meet at the MK in the morning to spend all day with the family and I got a call from my sister that morning saying my mom wouldn't come out of the room...she was crying non stop and didn't want to deal with MK. :eek: Basically my mom spent the whole time in the room....where people took turns staying with her until my dad had had enough and left with her. In her defense we've just found out she has Parkinson's so maybe that had something to do with it. ? . There's a ton of more stories but that's just an example of some of them.

It almost sounds like depression or anxiety attacks or a combination of both. Yikes!
That must have been hard on the whole family!

[carissanboys]

You snuck another update in on me! :thumbsup2

I know before I had a phone that rang and vibrated at the same time, I never heard it ring when we were at WDW. Glad you bumped into each other.

Can't believe how cold it was for you guys! On our January trip, it was very chilly a couple of mornings, but I don't remember it being that cold at night. Oh wait - we're usually done with the parks by early afternoon. :rotfl:

[DisneyJo]

Wow you all do look cold, I would never think of taking blankets in with me :rotfl:

[Underdog369]

:rotfl: Your a good son DJ. Just think, one day you will get to do this stuff to your kids. :rotfl:

I don't think I would ever do things like that to my kids. As it is, sometimes my wife calls me by my mom's name for silly things that I do.

[jordanyosh]

as it is, sometimes my wife calls me by my mom's name for silly things that i do.

doh!

[coteau_chick]

Your MIL is so funny. Wait until you read in my report about what MIL got obcessed with while we were away. I love the picture of Tigger getting his tail bit.

[jordanyosh]

Your MIL is so funny. Wait until you read in my report about what MIL got obcessed with while we were away. I love the picture of Tigger getting his tail bit.

laura!!!!!!!!

What's going on tonight? First SwanLovesDisney pops in and now you! it's like a reunion!

[coteau_chick]

laura!!!!!!!!

What's going on tonight? First SwanLovesDisney pops in and now you! it's like a reunion!
JORDAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We have been soooooooooooooo busy with Brennan and baseball. We just got back into town late yesterday. We were at his USSSA world series. It was fun but they didn't do too well. We are leaving for the beach in Gulf Shores Alabama tomorrow. I miss all my DIS buddies. I just haven't had much free time lately. I have also been helping out my nephew next door with their new born baby. He is two months old. I watch him while his parents are at work. It is only temporary but it is more than a full time job with a little baby and a two year old. Did you check out my facebook pictures to see how big Grace is getting. I also have a prom picture of Courtney. When we get back I will post some beach family pictures. Don't get scared I won't be in a bikni or nothing of the sort. LOL I am not sure when we will go back to disney world but I hope when we do I could meet you again or Winkers . If yall ever come to Louisiana let me know.

[winkers]

I know before I had a phone that rang and vibrated at the same time, I never heard it ring when we were at WDW. Glad you bumped into each other.
:
my phone is always on the outside setting so I can hear/feel it! The only bad part is it's really loud when you forget to turn it off before church and someone sends you a text.


Wow you all do look cold, I would never think of taking blankets in with me :rotfl:
the average person wouldn't have thought of that...but remember she had at least 2 full size blankets just on the plane.:rotfl2:

Your MIL is so funny. Wait until you read in my report about what MIL got obcessed with while we were away. I love the picture of Tigger getting his tail bit.
Laura!!
I can't wait to read about your mil.
:thumbsup2

[Blueyed Girl]

We were considering bringing my mother along with us for our next trip. Now I'm not so sure. :lmao: Love all the pictures. Sorry about the whole Eeyore thing.

[GeminiAngel]

:rolleyes1:surfweb:

[winkers]

As usual I was the first one up at 6. Even though I give D.Jay a hard time about me being up first and all alone, I kinda like the peace and quiet for a few minutes.

I was showred and ready before I could even get most of them out of bed. So I headed down to get some chocolate milk for breakfast, while the others got ready.

It was time for us to head for the bus and out comes MIL with her parka and full size quilt in a bag.:rotfl: D.Jay kindly told her that wasn't neccesary but she insisted. Her theory was "everyone could help carry it".

Aahhhh, yeah right. The kids all looked at me like you seriously aren't going to make us carry that thing are you?

D.Jay said "if you want to bring it it's fine, but you will have to carry it". She also had a mini back pack and her banana shaped purse thing. She was quite a sight.

All I could think was why don't you just bring a pack mule with you......oh yeah, that's what she thinks my kids are for.

On our way into AK, I looked up and saw this....
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I love it when my kids act like they like eachother!
We found our way throught he turnstiles and to the ameboa of humanity while we waited for the park to open.

I hate crowds like that...I have a very strict "personal space" bubble around me. So being jostled, poked, pinched and smacked in places even my dh wouldn't dare touch in public, kinda creeps me out.

During this fun wait I had a little toddler who was fastenated with my behind. Maybe he hadn't seen one that big before:confused3

I don't know, but I couldn't figure out a polite way to say "hey, could you keep your son from playing with my butt"?

As the rope was moved and we started forward, Bailie spotted Stitch, her favorite, along the side waving. Ignoring the treat of being trampled to death she paused long enough to hug him and me snap a picture.
Yes, I know. Such bravery and sacrifice for my child.;)


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Our mall walking was rewarded with being on the 3rd safari truck out. Such simple things give me joy.
It was alot of fun to watch MIL on this ride because she expected the animals to be fake.

Is it just me, or do the animals always have their butts facing you? Normally, I'm not excited about butt shots, but while on the safari as long as the picture isn't blurry and I can see an animal....it's good.

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On our way to Everest, we saw these guys...and of course I had to stop.

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They were alot of fun and goofed around with us for awhile. Bailie refused to go near them because they "creep her out".

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up next....expedition possibly

[Charleston Princess]

Your MIL and all of her stuff that she seems to think one needs to bring to the park just crack me up! :lmao:

I am the same way about my bubble of personal space -- maybe that's why rope drop makes me squeamish!

How could Bailie think the Jungle Book guys are creepy??? I :lovestruc them!

[coteau_chick]

Your MIL and mine must be long lost relatives. You should see the stuff she takes with her just to a baseball game. She really does need a pack mule. If she read this trip report she would see nothing wrong with someone taking a full size quilt to a theme park. I mean you never know someone might get cold or want to lay down on the sidewalk and take a nap.:rotfl2:

Have you seen this youtube video yet? It is sooooooooo funny. That is the exact same way some of my family talks. I live in the heart of cajun land and that is the accent. The video reminds me of what it would be like if my Aunt Betty tried to use onstar. The guy in the video has her exact same accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9bsy0DOR0

You HAVE to watch it. :rotfl2:

[winkers]

Your MIL and all of her stuff that she seems to think one needs to bring to the park just crack me up! :lmao:

I am the same way about my bubble of personal space -- maybe that's why rope drop makes me squeamish!

How could Bailie think the Jungle Book guys are creepy??? I :lovestruc them!
sadly, she drags that much stuff with her no matter where she goes. She's like a human swiss army knife.

Monkeys give me the creeps too, so I can see why she doesn't like them.


Your MIL and mine must be long lost relatives. You should see the stuff she takes with her just to a baseball game. She really does need a pack mule. If she read this trip report she would see nothing wrong with someone taking a full size quilt to a theme park. I mean you never know someone might get cold or want to lay down on the sidewalk and take a nap.:rotfl2:

Have you seen this youtube video yet? It is sooooooooo funny. That is the exact same way some of my family talks. I live in the heart of cajun land and that is the accent. The video reminds me of what it would be like if my Aunt Betty tried to use onstar. The guy in the video has her exact same accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9bsy0DOR0

You HAVE to watch it. :rotfl2:

That video was great!:lmao:
It's good to know there are other people out there like MIL. Just to go to church she brings a rolling carry on size suitcase. Seriously!

[Underdog369]

There was about one year when my mom didn't carry a large bag or suitcase for a purse. It was the one year when we quoted MTV saying, "You know you're old when your purse is larger than your head.":rotfl2:

Seriously, I thought my mom was going to quit carrying large bags all together. That quit after she forgot the saying.:headache:

[winkers]

I forgot to post some of Hunter's pictures from MK....

can you guess what this is?
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Ode to Jordan
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[glennbo123]

I've been on that safari ride 3 or 4 times and have yet to see that dang lion. Well, I've seen some fuzz of the top of his head where people say, "that's where the lion's laying down", but not a really good look. You got a good look at him.

Your MIL is a hoot.

[wigdoutdismom]

[
[quote]They were alot of fun and goofed around with us for awhile. Bailie refused to go near them because they "creep her out".

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As I look at this picture I notice the family waiting behind you.....is something creeping them out as well? They must agree with MIL, look at the child in the red coat. Fur trim and all....

[WalkingintheFog]

She would freak out at everything....we arrived 2 days earlier than the rest of my family...they booked 1 night at the AK...when they arrived to check in they were informed they were family of the day and got upgraded to a 2 br suite!:banana::banana: Right?? well my mother was crying when I got to the room because things weren't going according to plans and she didn't know why she was flipping out. :sad2: This was a beautiful suite!!!

We were supposed to all meet at the MK in the morning to spend all day with the family and I got a call from my sister that morning saying my mom wouldn't come out of the room...she was crying non stop and didn't want to deal with MK. :eek: Basically my mom spent the whole time in the room....where people took turns staying with her until my dad had had enough and left with her. In her defense we've just found out she has Parkinson's so maybe that had something to do with it. ? . There's a ton of more stories but that's just an example of some of them.

Inconsolable crying.... yeah, the Parkinson's could do that.

[coteau_chick]

I don't know if I told you this story before but you reminded me of it when you talked about the kid touching your booty.

My uncle was waiting in line at a gas station with his little grandson Trey. The lady standing in front of them in line had a HUGE butt. Trey turned to my uncle and said, "Hold my Icee, Pop." My uncle took the Icee from Trey and then Trey turned around and proceeded to play the drums on the womans booty. I can just imagine my uncle's face when she turned around and he was just standing there holding that Icee. How do you explain yourself out of that one? We still laugh about that story to this day. Oh, by the way that was "Aunt Betty's grandson that did that.:rotfl2: Some people's children!!

[Blueyed Girl]

Your MIL and mine must be long lost relatives. You should see the stuff she takes with her just to a baseball game. She really does need a pack mule. If she read this trip report she would see nothing wrong with someone taking a full size quilt to a theme park. I mean you never know someone might get cold or want to lay down on the sidewalk and take a nap.:rotfl2:

Have you seen this youtube video yet? It is sooooooooo funny. That is the exact same way some of my family talks. I live in the heart of cajun land and that is the accent. The video reminds me of what it would be like if my Aunt Betty tried to use onstar. The guy in the video has her exact same accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb9bsy0DOR0

You HAVE to watch it. :rotfl2:

:lmao::lmao::lmao::lmao: Laura that is HILARIOUS!! You'd have to be from around here to understand half the stuff he said. :rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[Blueyed Girl]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: Cherie these pictures are great!! I can't believe MIL wanted to bring a quilt!! :scared1: Too funny. I love the picture of her and Evan at CP. His face speaks volumes. :lmao:

[winkers]

I've been on that safari ride 3 or 4 times and have yet to see that dang lion. Well, I've seen some fuzz of the top of his head where people say, "that's where the lion's laying down", but not a really good look. You got a good look at him.

Your MIL is a hoot.
that was the first time we got a good look at him....I was excited. Yeah, it doesn't take much to excite me.

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As I look at this picture I notice the family waiting behind you.....is something creeping them out as well? They must agree with MIL, look at the child in the red coat. Fur trim and all....
I hadn't even noticed the people in the background. A little girl after MIL's own heart.

I don't know if I told you this story before but you reminded me of it when you talked about the kid touching your booty.

My uncle was waiting in line at a gas station with his little grandson Trey. The lady standing in front of them in line had a HUGE butt. Trey turned to my uncle and said, "Hold my Icee, Pop." My uncle took the Icee from Trey and then Trey turned around and proceeded to play the drums on the womans booty. I can just imagine my uncle's face when she turned around and he was just standing there holding that Icee. How do you explain yourself out of that one? We still laugh about that story to this day. Oh, by the way that was "Aunt Betty's grandson that did that.:rotfl2: Some people's children!!
Laura, that is so funny!! I would have died if it was my kid that did that!:lmao::lmao:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: Cherie these pictures are great!! I can't believe MIL wanted to bring a quilt!! :scared1: Too funny. I love the picture of her and Evan at CP. His face speaks volumes. :lmao:

Evan and Bailie have a love/hate relationship with MIL.....they love her, but hate to be seen in public with her.

[winkers]

Today is the 4 week mark since my surgery. That means I should be getting my walking boot today!:banana:
I can't wait!

We're also heading out this afternoon on a 4,000 mile 2 1/2 week road trip! Pray for my sanity!

I plan to check in whenever I can. Our laptop is kaput so I'll have to sneak onto families computers without them doing what I'm doing.;)

[JenAusty]

I love your kissing picture with King Louie! I'm jealous! When we seen them, there was a line of course- and it was like the CM were in a hurry to get us passed. They did have a photographer- which took our picture and when I asked them to take a picture with my camera- they did but acted irritated I thought- "this is your job" I'm sorry I want a picture with both of us.

I love the pictures that from Crystal Palace- At least I'm guessing thats where its from. The food is soo yummy and its sooo pretty there. I love it.

[nebo]

I couldn't help but notice a hidden them in your last chapter, B.Y.O.P.M. .
Which of course I had to tune into thinking it was bring your own pain medication.

Anyway, it would seem you have a have keister fetish. Now, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with that, far be it for me to pass judgement, well, I'm not sayin', I'm just sayin'.

Hey, little kids playing with your but can happen to anyone, honest. And the reason all the animals seem to have their butts facing you is because you have the camera set on reverse angle. It happens to me a lot at Blizzard Beach.

And Daytona Beach.

Anyway, are you ever eating in Germany, or did I dream that?

[Charleston Princess]

Did you get your walking boot??? (Suddenly I have an urge to sing a few verses of "These boots were made for walking..." :laughing:).

I shall say a little prayer for your sanity every night! I think you are incredibly brave because I don't think I would ever attempt something like that journey! :goodvibes

[oregonmommyof2]

Have a good trip Winkers!!

It's going to be quiet around here with you and Jordan gone... :sad2:

[lisalonglash]

I forgot to post some of Hunter's pictures from MK....

can you guess what this is?
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I'm going with Hunter's empty glass... :laughing:

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Now THAT is talent :rotfl2:

Ode to Jordan
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:lmao:

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That's a framer, Cherie - great picture! :goodvibes

I'm so glad your foot is healing up - enjoy Mount Rushmore today!!! :banana:

[winkers]

we're in minnesota. i'm using ethan's dsi to post and it's super slow.
i got the ok to walk monday but i don't think my dr meant walkingaround rushmore andmall of america, when he said to take it easy for 2 more weeks.

[oregonmommyof2]

we're in minnesota. i'm using ethan's dsi to post and it's super slow.
i got the ok to walk monday but i don't think my dr meant walkingaround rushmore andmall of america, when he said to take it easy for 2 more weeks.

I am so jealous! I want to go to Mall of America so bad! I keep saying that one year I am flying out there to go Christmas shopping...

[carissanboys]

Oh my goodness! A quilt???!!! :rotfl2:

Hope you're having a great time on your adventure - so jealous!! :goodvibes

[winkers]

It's our last night in minneapolis. We're heading south to Nauvoo, IL in the morning. We'll be there for 2 days and then a 17 hour drive to Utah....pray for my sanity!
We've also picked up and extra child along the way. Our niece is going on the rest of the trip with us and then flying home from washington. That's 5 kids in the mini van!:scared1::scared1::scared1::scared1:

I think i may need that prozac now more than ever!

[whogirl'smom]

It's our last night in minneapolis. We're heading south to Nauvoo, IL in the morning. We'll be there for 2 days and then a 17 hour drive to Utah....pray for my sanity!
We've also picked up and extra child along the way. Our niece is going on the rest of the trip with us and then flying home from washington. That's 5 kids in the mini van!:scared1::scared1::scared1::scared1:

I think i may need that prozac now more than ever!

But I bet she didn't bring a giant quilt with her! :rotfl: Hope y'all are having a great time!

[DisneyJo]

Your MIL must have agreed that is was cold and wanted to keep her Grandkids warm in the evening ;) can't believe she took a quilt to the parks :rotfl:

Hope your foot is healing well and your road trip is good :thumbsup2

[winkers]

But I bet she didn't bring a giant quilt with her! :rotfl: Hope y'all are having a great time!

:rotfl2:
thank heavens none of the kids have inherited the quilt gene!

we made it to Utah....I"m sooooo tired! My sister took all the kids to a waterpark so we can sleep.....I guess I should go take a nap.

[Hallowishes]

LOL :lmao: I feel very much the same about my personal space ... i like to refer to it as my personal hula hoop. thats my area and i dont dig on people i dunno being in it! awww, your kids are acting like they like eachother! :goodvibes i guess thats just another part of the magic :wizard: i :love: the crystal palace and ur pics are terrific!

[winkers]

Your MIL must have agreed that is was cold and wanted to keep her Grandkids warm in the evening ;) can't believe she took a quilt to the parks :rotfl:

Hope your foot is healing well and your road trip is good :thumbsup2
she doesn't share her blankets....:laughing:

LOL :lmao: I feel very much the same about my personal space ... i like to refer to it as my personal hula hoop. thats my area and i dont dig on people i dunno being in it! awww, your kids are acting like they like eachother! :goodvibes i guess thats just another part of the magic :wizard: i :love: the crystal palace and ur pics are terrific!

I like your hula hoop!
I try to snap pictures whenever the kids are acting like they love eachother so I have proof!

[winkers]

2 more days and I'll be back home in my bed!:banana:
As much as I love vacations and spending time with family, it's always good to be home.

MIL has been up to all sorts of things while we've been gone. She decided to take out my 3 garden boxes that the kids made for me several years ago so she could park a trailer in our back yard.:headache: She had to have the neighbors tow our truck out of the driveway and take down part of the fence to get it in. it never crossed her mind to ask our opinion on this before she did it. Let's just say I was ready to strangle her when I found out.

Sunday she called D.Jay to tell him that she's lost one of our dogs. She left the back door open, for heaven only knows how long, and Talulah ran away. As of today, she still hasn't found her.:guilty:
We aren't going to tell the kids untill we get home....I tempted to make her tell them.

So there may be an entertaining story about how I hung her by her toenails once I get home.:rolleyes1

[coteau_chick]

2 more days and I'll be back home in my bed!:banana:
As much as I love vacations and spending time with family, it's always good to be home.

MIL has been up to all sorts of things while we've been gone. She decided to take out my 3 garden boxes that the kids made for me several years ago so she could park a trailer in our back yard.:headache: She had to have the neighbors tow our truck out of the driveway and take down part of the fence to get it in. it never crossed her mind to ask our opinion on this before she did it. Let's just say I was ready to strangle her when I found out.

Sunday she called D.Jay to tell him that she's lost one of our dogs. She left the back door open, for heaven only knows how long, and Talulah ran away. As of today, she still hasn't found her.:guilty:
We aren't going to tell the kids untill we get home....I tempted to make her tell them.

So there may be an entertaining story about how I hung her by her toenails once I get home.:rolleyes1

I feel your pain. Pain in the butt that is. Did you read my update about what my MIL did while we were gone?

[whogirl'smom]

I hope you find your dog, Cherie! :sad1: You have the patience of a saint.

[GeminiAngel]

All that stuff is intrusive. But I'm so sorry about your dog. :sad1:
I hope you find her. And yes, let MIL tell the kids. 100%, she has to own up to it.

[reelmom]

Remember there are no Disney trips while you are in jail. I am pretty sure you get a life sentence for homicide. Even if it is justified.:rotfl: I hope that you find your baby.

[jordanyosh]

Ode to Jordan
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:thumbsup2

I hope you're trip is going well..are you back?

How's the foot?

[winkers]

I feel your pain. Pain in the butt that is. Did you read my update about what my MIL did while we were gone?
I haven't yet, but I'll head over there next!

I hope you find your dog, Cherie! :sad1: You have the patience of a saint.
not so much a saint, I don't think saints complain

All that stuff is intrusive. But I'm so sorry about your dog. :sad1:
I hope you find her. And yes, let MIL tell the kids. 100%, she has to own up to it.
dh thinks that's a little too mean of me....I still think it's a great idea.

Remember there are no Disney trips while you are in jail. I am pretty sure you get a life sentence for homicide. Even if it is justified.:rotfl: I hope that you find your baby.
maybe there's a disney prison exchange program?:thumbsup2

:thumbsup2

I hope you're trip is going well..are you back?

How's the foot?

we're still in Utah, going home tomorrow or friday.
The foot is better, it's still swollen and discolored but no longer grotesque!

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, Cherie!!! I hope you find Talulah! :hug:

People always worry about leaving the teenagers at home, but who would have thought leaving the MIL at home could be just as dangerous???

[winkers]

Oh, Cherie!!! I hope you find Talulah! :hug:

People always worry about leaving the teenagers at home, but who would have thought leaving the MIL at home could be just as dangerous???

sadly , I knew how dangerous it could be.

[jordanyosh]

sorry about the dog.

sorry about the MIL

sorry about the garden boxes.

sorry about the fence.

[carrieannie]

I`m pretty much caught up! :surfweb:
you guys are hysterical! :rotfl2:did you ever find out if MIL saw Eeyore?
how on earth did she walk walk around the MK with big blankets like that!! :sad2:

That stinks about Talulah. :sad1: and the flower boxes! and the fence! and the camper. whats up with the camper anyway? :confused:
seems like your enjoying your road trip!! hoping for lots of pictures!!! popcorn::

[carrieannie]

sorry about the dog.

sorry about the MIL

sorry about the garden boxes.

sorry about the fence.

:lmao::rotfl2::rotfl:

I`m sorry,,this just hit me funny...

[jordanyosh]

Hope you are having safe journeys home!:thumbsup2

[winkers]

18 days, 10 states and 100 gray hairs later...we are home!

I'm sooo tired! I love my kids, but oy! I need a break from them as much as they want one from me!

[winkers]

sorry about the dog.

sorry about the MIL

sorry about the garden boxes.

sorry about the fence.
thanks....now I just need to not strangle her.:thumbsup2

I`m pretty much caught up! :surfweb:
you guys are hysterical! :rotfl2:did you ever find out if MIL saw Eeyore?
how on earth did she walk walk around the MK with big blankets like that!! :sad2:

That stinks about Talulah. :sad1: and the flower boxes! and the fence! and the camper. whats up with the camper anyway? :confused:
seems like your enjoying your road trip!! hoping for lots of pictures!!! popcorn::



I didn't want to know if she chased down eeyore or not....if she didn't it wasn't for lack of trying.
She never goes anywhere without a bunch of crap with her, so I guess she's just used to it.:confused3

I totally forgot to tell the kids beforehand about Talulah...stupid, stupid me.
Hunter and Ethan both went running to find the dogs before I had a chance to tell them. They are both devestated.
MIL came up to say hi when we got home and was all perky and happy. Not a mention about Talulah. She saw the boys crying and acted like nothing had happened.
I know she didn't do it on purpose, but sheesh...show some compassion . Or, howbout an "I'm sorry".

[disneyeeyorefan]

You must have patience of a saint b/c I would have decked her:guilty:
hope you find your Talulah soon.

[vamassey1]

Welcome home!

I wish you were coming home to better news. Maybe she'll come back now that you're home and she just hiding out from MIL.

[reelmom]

Please tell me you found your dog. I'm worried about her and the kids.

[Poolrat]

Coming out of lurkdom here.
You are a saint for dealing with your MIL. Me, not so much. My MIL has done her share and is quite happy trying to get family members to fight against each other.
I hope your dog returns and everything can get back to normal and you don't find any more surprises from MIL.

[winkers]

Everyone was excited to ride Expedition Everest...well, everyone except MIL, but she was a good sport about it.

This was one of the rides that Ethan had wanted to try but always chickened out when we got to the line. This year he was determined to conquer the mountain!

Luckily Bailie was there to entertain him while we were in line waiting...
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I think Gene Simmons may have fathered this child...


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Ethan's Yeti face..

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We made it to the train...Ethan was about to wet himself but we talked him into going through with it.

We're one the little train that is going to rocket us up and around Everest with a narrow escape from the Yeti.....the train climbs slowly to the top, then away we go....Ethan is laugh screaming the whole way, but he's loving it.
Our train comes to a stop at the top of a broken track...it then shoots us backwards.........and then it stops!

The little train that might stopped just at the point you're about to go forward again.

we sat and waited.....and waited......and waited....
Ethan was starting to freak out at this point. I did manage to snap a picture..
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After at least 5 minutes we slowly started forward only to stop 10 seconds later for another 5 minutes. It really took all the fun out of it.
Poor Ethan was trying so hard to be brave, but all the waiting really scared him.

When we got off the ride we were given fast passes to come back later.

Ethan said with a very wobbly voice "that was awesome"!

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We grabbed fp's for Dinosaur and walked around for a bit. I could take pictures here for hours, but for my families sake, I try to keep it to a 30 minutes or so.

this is one of our favorite picture spots

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up next...the birds and the bees disney style...

[winkers]

Welcome home!

I wish you were coming home to better news. Maybe she'll come back now that you're home and she just hiding out from MIL.

Please tell me you found your dog. I'm worried about her and the kids.
sadly, we still haven't found her. Hunter is taking it the hardest.
Our other doxy, Sophie, is totally lost without her.

Coming out of lurkdom here.
You are a saint for dealing with your MIL. Me, not so much. My MIL has done her share and is quite happy trying to get family members to fight against each other.
I hope your dog returns and everything can get back to normal and you don't find any more surprises from MIL.

Luckily, MIL isn't someone who does these things on purpose. In fact she's blissfully oblivious 99% of the time.:rotfl2:
So, I keep reminding myself that she didn't mean to upset me.

[Charleston Princess]

Love Ethan's yeti face, but I can really tell he is not enjoying the stopped train in that later picture!!! I would have been freaking out as well, though!

[vamassey1]

Your kids are such great picture hams. I'm laughing the whole time I'm looking at your pictures.

I glad Ethan has conquered the mountain. So sorry you got stuck for a while.

[winkers]

Love Ethan's yeti face, but I can really tell he is not enjoying the stopped train in that later picture!!! I would have been freaking out as well, though!
he was trying so hard to be brave while we were just sitting there....he said he loved the ride but refused to go on again later.

Your kids are such great picture hams. I'm laughing the whole time I'm looking at your pictures.

I glad Ethan has conquered the mountain. So sorry you got stuck for a while.

my kids come alive when a camera shows up! Bailie likes to pretend she doesn't like having her picture taken, but judging from the 200 self portraits, me thinks she's lying.

[lisalonglash]

Hi Winkers, sorry for my absence :flower3:

I'm sorry about Talulah - I hope she finds her way home soon :sad1: Your MIL is quite something :headache:

Great update! Wooohooo for Ethan - brave dude :thumbsup2 Sorry about the ride malfunction - I hope that doesn't ruin it for him! More awesome pictures - seriously, you children are such wonderful photo subjects! :goodvibes

The birds and the bees, hey? :rolleyes:

[DisneyJo]

I'm so sorry about everything Cherie, is your MIL still alive? I hope your doggie makes it back home :hug:

OMG you got stuck on EE and in the dark bit, my girls would have freaked!!!

[glennbo123]

I had a little guy who similarly wasn't sure he was ready to tackle Everest. I haven't hit that yet in my TR, but it's coming up.

Sorry to hear you had to wait so long at the top, and that it happened on Ethan's first ride. It heightens the anticipation when you're sitting there, but a few seconds is plenty!

[reelmom]

The picture of Hunter laying on the ground is soooooooooooo funny. I love seeing all your pictures. You can tell that you have a great time together.

[winkers]

Great update! Wooohooo for Ethan - brave dude :thumbsup2 Sorry about the ride malfunction - I hope that doesn't ruin it for him! More awesome pictures - seriously, you children are such wonderful photo subjects! :goodvibes
:
he was being so brave! It was crappy luck that it got stuck on his first ride.

OMG you got stuck on EE and in the dark bit, my girls would have freaked!!!
:rotfl: girls always have a little more emotional reactions.

I had a little guy who similarly wasn't sure he was ready to tackle Everest. I haven't hit that yet in my TR, but it's coming up.
!
I hope he rides and with a better result.

The picture of Hunter laying on the ground is soooooooooooo funny. I love seeing all your pictures. You can tell that you have a great time together.

we have a repeat picture of Bailie being run over by a covered wagon from our road trip....we got a few odd looks for that one.

[jordanyosh]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pics of the kids while they were in line...:rotfl2: They are so like me!;)

Sorry about Everest, but Ethan survived! So maybe he'll be okay from this point forward.

[winkers]

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pics of the kids while they were in line...:rotfl2: They are so like me!;)
.

there has been questions raised about their parentage....;)

[jordanyosh]

there has been questions raised about their parentage....;)

You are bringing the funny tonight:rotfl2:

[All7OfUs]

Way late in the game here, but I'm loving it nonetheless. Your EE pix crack. me. up!

Too funny!

I wish I had more of the goofy shots with the props all over the place, but my kids weren't so game. Funny, but after we got home and saw the ones we did do, ended up being their favorites. :confused3 Sometimes, Mom DOES know best...

[winkers]

Way late in the game here, but I'm loving it nonetheless. Your EE pix crack. me. up!

Too funny!

I wish I had more of the goofy shots with the props all over the place, but my kids weren't so game. Funny, but after we got home and saw the ones we did do, ended up being their favorites. :confused3 Sometimes, Mom DOES know best...
Welcome!
my kids all LOVE to be center of attention! So taking goofy pictures is no problem for them....I have a hard time getting a "normal" shot.

[winkers]

Around 6 this morning our neighbour knocked on our door to tell us that Talulah was in our yard!

We are so happy to have her home. She looks like she's been fed well but she was filthy!

The kids are so excited! Hunter has been moping around since we got home. I guess I can now let MIL live a little longer.;)

[Evette]

Around 6 this morning our neighbour knocked on our door to tell us that Talulah was in our yard!

We are so happy to have her home. She looks like she's been fed well but she was filthy!

The kids are so excited! Hunter has been moping around since we got home. I guess I can now let MIL live a little longer.;)

Hi Cherie,
Another lurker here and I'm enjoying your TR. I wanted you to know that I'm really happy to hear that Talulah is back home!

[glennbo123]

Around 6 this morning our neighbour knocked on our door to tell us that Talulah was in our yard!

We are so happy to have her home. She looks like she's been fed well but she was filthy!

The kids are so excited! Hunter has been moping around since we got home. I guess I can now let MIL live a little longer.;)

That's awesome! What a relief! And a lucky break for MIL.

[vamassey1]

Around 6 this morning our neighbour knocked on our door to tell us that Talulah was in our yard!

We are so happy to have her home. She looks like she's been fed well but she was filthy!

The kids are so excited! Hunter has been moping around since we got home. I guess I can now let MIL live a little longer.;)

Fabulous news! I'm sure Talulah is trilled to be home too. Give her extra treats.

[reelmom]

I'm so glad that she made it home.

[GeminiAngel]

:hug: That is great news!! :yay::woohoo:

[coteau_chick]

OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh Maybe George was following you. LOL ! Courtney is so scared of Dinosaur and it broke with them on it. I think you might remember it from my last trip report. They had to climb out of the ride on a ladder guided by a cm with a flashlight. She was so mad. I love you pictures. I like the one of you pulling the cart.:rotfl2:

[winkers]

Hi Cherie,
Another lurker here and I'm enjoying your TR. I wanted you to know that I'm really happy to hear that Talulah is back home!
Hi! I love it when the lurkers talk to me!

That's awesome! What a relief! And a lucky break for MIL.

Fabulous news! I'm sure Talulah is trilled to be home too. Give her extra treats.

I'm so glad that she made it home.

:hug: That is great news!! :yay::woohoo:
The only one who isn't happy about her return is Sophie, the other doxey. She was getting alot of extra attention and now she's back to fighting for lap space.


OOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhh Maybe George was following you. LOL ! Courtney is so scared of Dinosaur and it broke with them on it. I think you might remember it from my last trip report. They had to climb out of the ride on a ladder guided by a cm with a flashlight. She was so mad. I love you pictures. I like the one of you pulling the cart.:rotfl2:

I think I'd be a little creeped out about walking through dinosaur.

That picture of me has got to be one of the most unflattering ever.....I look like I have a radial tire around my waist!

[Charleston Princess]

Oh, I am so happy that Talulah came home!!! :hug:

[praisehisname]

Cherie, I am soooo glad Talulah made it home. I can only imagine how upset your kids must have been while she was away!

Denise

[winkers]

Oh, I am so happy that Talulah came home!!! :hug:

Cherie, I am soooo glad Talulah made it home. I can only imagine how upset your kids must have been while she was away!

Denise

thanks, we are so glad to have her home!

[winkers]

Our favorite restraunt in AK is Flame Tree BBQ.....ok, so it's the only one we've tried, but we love it so much we've never felt a need to try anything else. We are.....my family is....ok, ok, I am a creature of habit.

I figure I better be honest because D.Jay will happily correct me when he reads this.
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Besides the bbq sandwiches being amazing, I LOVE the seating areas. If you follow the path down and around far enough you forget you're in a theme park. Since I know I'll never actually make it to the jungles of asia, I imagine myself there as I enjoy the birds and the pond. After 16 years of being a Mom, I have awesome imagination skills. At least that's what the kids say when I tell them they should keep their rooms cleaned, have their homework done, take showers without being threatened, and get along with eachother.

Last year while we were enjoying our lunch I was attacked by a duck who decided my finger looked tastey.
I always think of Dawn (punkin) when I'm there because I know she'd pee her pants about how close all the birds get.:laughing:

I normally have alot of pictures of the birds here, but this year there were things going on I thought best not captured for the family album.
And I was a little too busy trying to distract Hunter and Ethan...which didn't work.

Obviously, the first week of feb. is mating season for birds in AK.
It was a little strange just how many of them were....together.
Evan and Bailie laughed about it, then Hunter looked and after about 30 seconds of watching to figure out what was going on. Well, when he did the look of horror on his face was priceless.

Of course Ethan wanted to know what all the birds were doing. And why there were 4 ducks chasing after one poor one who was sqwaking like she was being killed.:eek:

I never thought of disney as being the place for the birds and the bees discussion.:rotfl2: I don't remember how, but we were able to get Ethan's attention on something else long enough to eat.
Hunter never wants to eat there again!


After lunch we headed to use our fp's for Dinosaur. I like this ride alot, but it kills my back. On our way over to dinoland I noticed a dinosaur statue I hadn't before, so of course it was picture time.
There were to older couples sitting near by who seemed to enjoy the show we put on.

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Wasn't it nice of my dear sweet child to take all those pictures of me being stuck?


up next....primevil potty and I'm gonna smack someone!

[MRYPPNS]

OMG Winkers...you are too funny for words! Love the high school comment about MIL!!!!

[praisehisname]

Love all the dinosaur pictures! I can never get my kids to do fun stuff like that.

Denise

[Native NYer]

LOVE the photos and the comments :lmao:

[Poolrat]

[QUOTE=winkers;33323127]Hi! I love it when the lurkers talk to me!



As long as you are just reading our posts and don't really hear us ( or see us at home ) , I guess it is OK :rotfl::lmao:

I am soooo glad Talulah is home. She must have figured out it was safe to come back.
Yes let MIL live for while longer ....


Love the AK update - Where else would you talk bird and bees except Disney AK? :eek::scared:

The pictures of you being captured by the dinosaur :rotfl::lmao:

[vamassey1]

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

This is the best set of pictures yet. I can just imagine the stares you got!!

[NotSoEvilStepmother]

Oh. My. God.

That picture of MIL made my day!!!! :rotfl::rotfl:

[Charleston Princess]

Mating season at the Flame Tree? :eek:

Those pictures with the dinosaur were hysterical, but I have to say, the pictures of you struggling to get out of the dinosaur's grasp were truly laugh-out-loud funny!!! :lmao:

[glennbo123]

I loved seeing you stuck on that dinosaur. I'm sure whoever took the pictures was having the time of their life documenting it. But my favorite was the MiL picture. I don't care who y'are, that's funny!

[carissanboys]

WTG Ethan for being brave enough to ride Everest! :thumbsup2

The dinosaur pictures and captions were just too funny. :rotfl: Of course, your foot getting stuck wasn't funny at all.

:rolleyes1

[GeminiAngel]

:rotfl::rotfl: What a funny update!

[DisneyJo]

Those photos are hilarious and the captions even funnier :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[wigdoutdismom]

Note to self, do not jam your leg into a small opening while posing for a photo with a dinosaur at AK!

Cherie that was so darn funny! You all look like you have so much fun!

[winkers]

OMG Winkers...you are too funny for words! Love the high school comment about MIL!!!!
thanks! It is nice that she has no problem with how old she is. If I put that on a picture of my mom she would kill me!

Love all the dinosaur pictures! I can never get my kids to do fun stuff like that.

Denise
I think my kids just give in and do it fast in hopes that fewer people will wittness the craziness.

LOVE the photos and the comments :lmao:
thanks! Thanks to my geriatric computer it took me about an hour just to do those.

[QUOTE]



As long as you are just reading our posts and don't really hear us ( or see us at home ) , I guess it is OK :rotfl::lmao:


The pictures of you being captured by the dinosaur :rotfl::lmao:
Actually, I do hear different voices in m;y head when I read posts.

Obviously it's a fake dinosaur, because I would have given a real one a hernia when it tried to pick me up.

:lmao::lmao::lmao:

This is the best set of pictures yet. I can just imagine the stares you got!!
Bailie is fully concious of the stares and lets me know the count.


Oh. My. God.

That picture of MIL made my day!!!! :rotfl::rotfl:
I'm glad I could give you a laugh! I amused myself too.

Those pictures with the dinosaur were hysterical, but I have to say, the pictures of you struggling to get out of the dinosaur's grasp were truly laugh-out-loud funny!!! :lmao:
I was seriously just praying that I wouldn't fall on my face.


. I don't care who y'are, that's funny!
a little larry the cable guy??
I plan on showing her the edited picture later, I think she'll think it's funny.


The dinosaur pictures and captions were just too funny. :rotfl: Of course, your foot getting stuck wasn't funny at all.

:rolleyes1
that's ok, I'm used to being the foder for my families amusement.


:rotfl::rotfl: What a funny update!
thanks!
did you get all moved?

Those photos are hilarious and the captions even funnier :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
thank you! It's nice when everyone agrees with how witty I am.;)


Note to self, do not jam your leg into a small opening while posing for a photo with a dinosaur at AK!

Cherie that was so darn funny! You all look like you have so much fun!

It wasn't really that small of an opening either. I just had on my huge bunion shoes.

[winkers]

On August 3rd, we headed out on at 18 day, 10 state road trip. 6 humans in a mini van. And you wonder why I need prozac?

Our first destination was Mt. Rushmore. For 12 years whenever I heard that name, the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I'd have a panic attack.

12 years ago we headed out with our 2.8 children to Minneapolis for d.jay's brother's wedding. I had always wanted to go to Rushmore so we decided to stop along the way.
Evan was 4, Bailie 2 and I was 6 months pregnant.
Within 2 hours of leaving home it began.
I felt like I was in the middle of a war zone.....a poop and puke war zone. For 12 hours they both had explosive diahrea and vomiting. We would drive 5 minutes then pull over so Evan could puke or to change Bailie's diaper.
It was a living hell.

By the time we got to Rushmore all we wanted to do was collapse.
Rushmore was under major construction at the time so we couldn't even get very close, Bailie puked all over in the cafeteria and I was just about dead.

Not a great memory. Oh, and they did continue with the poop puke routine the entire 24 hour drive.:sick:


It became the trip that shall not be mentioned.

When we decided to head to Minneapolis this summer, I wanted to go back to Mt. Rushmore so we would have some good memories of it. Some people never learn.


We headed out of a monday afternoon planning to stop for the night at my uncles in Montana. This "should" have been a 5 hour drive.....it took 8.
We were stuck in construction for hours!

It was late by the time we got there but it was so nice to be greated by family and a hot meal. One of the things my aunt made was a whole wheat salad. Insert forboding music.

D.Jay, Ethan and I slept in the room connected to my uncles and about 5 minutes after laying down, D.Jay was making sounds like a thunder storm. Then he would laugh hysterically while I told him to be quiet. Repeat 99 times.

We left around 8 a.m. and within 10 minutes Evan started up. Imagine 15 hours in a mini van with a cattle yard.

Thanks to mapquest, we went on the scenic route and a trip that should have taken 10 hours took 15! We were really late getting to the Mt. Rushmore area so decided to stay the night there.

Only 1 problem...it was Sturgis Ralley week. All the hotels were booked within a 2 hour radius. We were surrounded by bikers.. I've never seen so many motor cycles in my life, not to mention tatoos and men who shouldn't be wearing leather pants. Our little family stuck out like a sore thumb.

We finally found a room for $160 for the night and that was the cheapest we found that had any available. On the bright side, it was a great place and about as close to the mountain as you can get.

We made it to Rushmore in the morning and I"m happy to say it was 100x's better than before. There was no puke or poop to be seen.
Everyone got along and I hiked the trail a day after I was told I could walk, but to take it easy. Let's just say my foot hurt a little that day.

Here's a few pictures I took. As you will see, nothing is sacred.

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[praisehisname]

Great pictures! I'm so glad this trip was better than the first one!

Denise

[GeminiAngel]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::lmao ::lmao::lmao:

I love you guys!!!

[winkers]

Great pictures! I'm so glad this trip was better than the first one!

Denise
It's nice to have good memories of the place!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::lmao ::lmao::lmao:

I love you guys!!!

I love you too!

[bedillamouse]

Wow I've missed a few posts...I'm still trying to figure out why your MIL needed a trailer in the backyard. Did she put it back there after the dog went missing...maybe she thought oh this is it....they're kicking me out??

Your picture are great....I am the type of person who gets their foot stuck or hand or whatever all the time...I am impressed you did not fall down getting your leg out. Believe me I would have fallen...brusied my hip and made a huge scene. It always happens to me...awful! I'm just impressed you put the pictures on here. It made my day. I was having a bummer of a day and you made me laugh out loud...Thank you!!

Can't wait to hear more about your 10 State trip.

[All7OfUs]

Those are wonderful pictures of Mt. Rushmore!!

I've been on several of THOSE kinds of road trips, camping trips, vacations- you name it! Horrible, I tell you, horrible!!

[winkers]

Wow I've missed a few posts...I'm still trying to figure out why your MIL needed a trailer in the backyard. Did she put it back there after the dog went missing...maybe she thought oh this is it....they're kicking me out??

Your picture are great....I am the type of person who gets their foot stuck or hand or whatever all the time...I am impressed you did not fall down getting your leg out. Believe me I would have fallen...brusied my hip and made a huge scene. It always happens to me...awful! I'm just impressed you put the pictures on here. It made my day. I was having a bummer of a day and you made me laugh out loud...Thank you!!

Can't wait to hear more about your 10 State trip.
I learned a long time ago not to try to figure out what MIL is thinking, because I just can't think the way she does.

I am an uber clutz! I'm always covered with bruises and most of them I can't remember how I got.


Those are wonderful pictures of Mt. Rushmore!!

I've been on several of THOSE kinds of road trips, camping trips, vacations- you name it! Horrible, I tell you, horrible!!

I think all parents have experienced those kind of trips. I'm not sure what it says about my sanity that I tried it again.:laughing:

[winkers]

After rescueing my foot from the ferocious dinosaur, I led my pack of embarassed family members towards Primeval Whirl. This has become a family favorite and the kids were excited to get grandma on it. I think MIL was learning to be nervous if the kids seemed overly excited about a ride.

We had just gotten in line with only about a 10 minute wait, when Ethan decides he HAS to go potty NOW.....back through the line Ethan and I went and we were bummed that we would miss the ride. When we got to the exit the cm told us we could come back and catch up to the group when we were done.:banana:

I spotted this while I was waiting for Ethan.....I thought it was funny.
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We hurried back to the ride and were able to catch up a few minutes before our time to ride.

Evan, Bailie, and I got in one car and as the safety bar came down, we discovered Bailie had a little problem....


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We were all dying from laughter and barely managed to get the cm's attention, so she could fix it before we left the platform.

Free at last
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After our time travel visit to MIL's childhood, we treked over to Tough to be a Bug.....this is a sentimental favorite of mine because we first saw it in Disneyland 6 years ago. I had never experienced anything like it before.

We wound our way through the tunnel that leads under the tree of life...

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Grabbed our super cool bug eyes...
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Seconds after we made it to the doors for our 15 minute wait....they appeared..............

a laughing, screaching, cheering, foul mouthed mass of Spirit Fingers.


In general I have nothing against cheerleaders. Yes, they are a little too excited about a ball and where it's going, but I can ignore them.

But you put a group of 25 along with their chaparones, and I use that term loosely, and they become so annoying that only the Brazilian tour groups can rival them for the #1 annoying thing at Disney World.

We were pushed and elbowed untill I was a bout to hit someone. Not to mention the "chaparones" were as bad if not worse than the girls. And the language they were using could have made a sailor blush.:mad:

I think the only person in the area who wasn't ticked was Evan, who was just embarassed to be seen with his family.

The spirit fingers with hair continued to scream and squeal throught the show, even Ethan was annoyed. If you can annoy an 8 yr old boy, you're good!

We decided to spend a little time exploring before FOTL. We came across a group in Africa and stopped to listen. the kids got involved and played some instruments, and I had to snap this pic of MIL with some of her cargo....

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Somewhere along the way Hunter found this

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[Charleston Princess]

So glad to hear that this year's Mt. Rushmore trip was better than the one years ago!

What a relief that Bailie was able to get her arm freed before the whirling began! :lmao:

Ughhh -- large groups of school-age children are just a recipe for obnoxious behavior! In fact, I can hear that kind of thing right now as the students have a locker break! :sad2:

[JenAusty]

Love all the dinosaur pics- they are funny.

I'm glad your trip went good. That looks really cool. Road trips can be a lot of fun but can also be a huge hassle and pain in the butt. Thanks for sharing your trip.

I've never been on PW- but after seeing your pics it looks a lot cooler than I thought it was. So maybe in the future i'll try it. :goodvibes

[coteau_chick]

Wow I had to catch up on three updates. I have been too busy. I had to LMAO at you getting stuck. I thought I was the only one who got into messes like that. I would have been screaming that I couldn't breathe. If I feel trapped I panic and can't breathe. I am crazy like that. I loved all of your pictures. It sure looks like yall had fun.

[DisneyJo]

The Mount Rushmore photos are great, the girls were actually watching the Mt Rushmore Phineas and Ferb episode today :rotfl:

Sorry the cheerleaders spoilt the ride, luckily I haven't met any of them yet!!!!

Love all the silly photos :rotfl:

[DisneysRedhead]

Just finished getting through your TR so far! Looks like you guys had an awesome time. Reading about your MIL has definitely made me appreciate my future MIL a little bit more! You are far more patient than I!

[winkers]

Ughhh -- large groups of school-age children are just a recipe for obnoxious behavior! In fact, I can hear that kind of thing right now as the students have a locker break! :sad2:
I don't know how you teach middle school!:worship::worship::worship:
There isn't enough prozac in the world to get me through a day of that!


I've never been on PW- but after seeing your pics it looks a lot cooler than I thought it was. So maybe in the future i'll try it. :goodvibes
what I like most about it is the car spins as you go through the track, so it's a new ride each time.


Wow I had to catch up on three updates. I have been too busy. I had to LMAO at you getting stuck. I thought I was the only one who got into messes like that. I would have been screaming that I couldn't breathe. If I feel trapped I panic and can't breathe. I am crazy like that. I loved all of your pictures. It sure looks like yall had fun.
I was in public so I tried to keep whatever dignity I still had!


The Mount Rushmore photos are great, the girls were actually watching the Mt Rushmore Phineas and Ferb episode today :rotfl:

Sorry the cheerleaders spoilt the ride, luckily I haven't met any of them yet!!!!

Love all the silly photos :rotfl:
Do you have cheerleaders in the UK? If not, you're very lucky.

Just finished getting through your TR so far! Looks like you guys had an awesome time. Reading about your MIL has definitely made me appreciate my future MIL a little bit more! You are far more patient than I!

Welcome to my crazyness!

No matter who your MIL is, there's always someone who's got it worse.:thumbsup2

[winkers]

it's time to play an exciting round of "if the shoe fits"....

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[rentayenta]

I can't believe how much you and Bailie look alike- she's your mini me! :cutie: Where in AK was that cart/wagon you were sitting in? Great photo op!

And I did start my pre-trippie. :rolleyes1 see siggy for link

[winkers]

I can't believe how much you and Bailie look alike- she's your mini me! :cutie: Where in AK was that cart/wagon you were sitting in? Great photo op!
It's near Asia on the way to Everest....I get so confused in that park so my directions are as clear as mud.



And I did start my pre-trippie. :rolleyes1 see siggy for link

observant, thy name is Cherie.

[MAGICFOR2]

Wow! I'm finally caught up- I fell asleep with my laptop and woke up to one of those infomercials, but I'm here! :rotfl2: I've been so busy lately. and traveling too. We're in Boise for awhile now. I'm glad your roadtrip went well - thanks for sharing! I can't believe your MIL caused so much trouble while you were gone.

[winkers]

Wow! I'm finally caught up- I fell asleep with my laptop and woke up to one of those infomercials, but I'm here! :rotfl2: I've been so busy lately. and traveling too. We're in Boise for awhile now. I'm glad your roadtrip went well - thanks for sharing! I can't believe your MIL caused so much trouble while you were gone.

I've woke up to an informercial before...it's never a good thing. I always seem to suddenly become consious during the colon clense.

[winkers]

Which is more important.....remodel the kitchen or go to disney world?

The logical side says the kitchen....it's still boasting it's original 1960's metal cabinets.

But on the other hand we only have 3 more years till Evan will be graduating.

Sometimes I'd swear there are two different people in my head arguing like they're on a debate team. Yes.....my mind is a scary place.

[rentayenta]

I :lovestruc my kitchen so I vote kitchen. :blush:

[winkers]

I :lovestruc my kitchen so I vote kitchen. :blush:

ok, where's the fainting smilie?

I asked my mom and sister the same question and they both looked at me like I'd sprouted horns.:rotfl2:

I just need to win the lottery so I can have both!

[jordanyosh]

Nice update!

The seating areas at FT are sooo cool especially the ones by the river.

Mating season....hmmm....I got nothing for you....I've never seen ducks getting their love on....don't know if I want to...

Your foot getting stuck is not related to your surgery is it?;)

[Sarilas]

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Chérie!!!!!!!! (With emphasis, cuz I've been gone so long.) :rotfl:

I'm 99.999% sure we sat at this very same table on our last day in the parks! Birds were swooping in and stealing my girls' hot dogs 'n grapes. You ever seen a woman karate chop a bird the size of her 2 year old?

It was RAD. ;)

[winkers]

Mating season....hmmm....I got nothing for you....I've never seen ducks getting their love on....don't know if I want to...

now that I've been to animal kingdom during duck "season" I can cross that off my bucket list.


Your foot getting stuck is not related to your surgery is it?;)
nope...:) Funny thing is, it's usually stuck in my mouth.

Chérie!!!!!!!! (With emphasis, cuz I've been gone so long.) :rotfl:

I'm 99.999% sure we sat at this very same table on our last day in the parks! Birds were swooping in and stealing my girls' hot dogs 'n grapes. You ever seen a woman karate chop a bird the size of her 2 year old?

It was RAD. ;)
Did you happen to get that on video?

It's been a LONG time since I've heard "rad".:rotfl2: I think I just had an 80's flashback involving huge hair and shoulder pads.

[Sarilas]

Oh I can bust out the 80's lingo something fierce. That's what happens when you grow up in Orange County, I think. The lingo never leaves (even when you're displaced, halfway across the country)!

Unfortunately Jose was too busy defending the food on the table to video tape my heroics against the birds. Darn shame too. I'm just CERTAIN it was my finest moment...

[MAGICFOR2]

I've woke up to an informercial before...it's never a good thing. I always seem to suddenly become consious during the colon clense.


:lmao::lmao::lmao:Where is that tag fairy?:worship::worship:

[praisehisname]

I vote for Disney! You can always remodel the kitchen later, but like you said you only have a few more years with your kids at home...

Denise

[winkers]

I vote for Disney! You can always remodel the kitchen later, but like you said you only have a few more years with your kids at home...

Denise

:thumbsup2

Do you think anyone will think I'm odd if I tell them that at least one of my imaginary friends agrees with me?

[NWOhioAngela]

Which is more important.....remodel the kitchen or go to disney world?

The logical side says the kitchen....it's still boasting it's original 1960's metal cabinets.

But on the other hand we only have 3 more years till Evan will be graduating.

Sometimes I'd swear there are two different people in my head arguing like they're on a debate team. Yes.....my mind is a scary place.

Without a doubt choose the time with the kids.
I cherish the last family vacation we had before my DD left home,got married and started her own family (not necessarily in that order:rolleyes:) We just can't get that back. We'll have great trips with our grandkids now, but its different. Do it now.

Besides, metal cabinets might make a comeback if you wait long enough:thumbsup2

[reelmom]

Another imaginary friend agreeing with you to go to Disney World. The voices in my head are telling the voices in yours to go.

[JenAusty]

Ok.. sooo this is easy for me. I would definitely choose disney. With or without kids- its just my choice. I love decorating and it would be awesome to remodel. But at the same time.. how many chances are you going to have to go to disney world- you might as well take it. Your kitchen will always be there for you when you want to remodel it. hehe Plus, vaca with kids are important. When I was younger, my family didn't get to go on vaca a lot. In fact we only went to disney once. Those are some of my most cherished memories and I'm sad he didn't go on more.

[fan4mickey]

I don't post much but I have to say I love your trip report.

In regards as to whether you remodel the kitchen or take a trip to Disney, I would have to say Disney. I say this, not because I suffer from a Disney addiction, but because the kitchen will always be there and the kids do grow up and move away.

You have such a beautiful family and you tell a great story!

[winkers]

Besides, metal cabinets might make a comeback if you wait long enough:thumbsup2
:rotfl2:
the only thing I like about them is I can stick things on them with magnets.

Another imaginary friend agreeing with you to go to Disney World. The voices in my head are telling the voices in yours to go.
:lmao::lmao:

It's good when the voices in my head agree with the voices in my imaginary friends heads.

Ok.. sooo this is easy for me. I would definitely choose disney. With or without kids- its just my choice. I love decorating and it would be awesome to remodel. But at the same time.. how many chances are you going to have to go to disney world- you might as well take it. Your kitchen will always be there for you when you want to remodel it. hehe Plus, vaca with kids are important. When I was younger, my family didn't get to go on vaca a lot. In fact we only went to disney once. Those are some of my most cherished memories and I'm sad he didn't go on more.
the only reason I'm considering it is 2 doors have recently fallen off and are unrepairable. And now one of the drawers is on it's last leg. Real classy!:)

I don't post much but I have to say I love your trip report.

In regards as to whether you remodel the kitchen or take a trip to Disney, I would have to say Disney. I say this, not because I suffer from a Disney addiction, but because the kitchen will always be there and the kids do grow up and move away.

You have such a beautiful family and you tell a great story!

Thanks for posting! Writing tr's is my own little therapy...much cheaper than going to a professional.

[Lilo'sMommy]

Another lurker appearing! You have such a fun family! Thanks for sharing all the fun pics with us.
I have to say that I agree with those voting for Disney. Memories you make are definitely worth more that new cupboards!
BTW, I just have to comment on the dancing video- I LOVED it! I had to watch it twice, though, cause I had to pay attention to your son dancing thru the first time, and then I spent the second time watching the little boy in front of him. I was laughing so hard there were tears in my eyes! You could turn that in to America's Funniest Home Videos and win 10,000.00 and then get new cupboards and a trip to Disney!!:cool1::rotfl:

[winkers]

Another lurker appearing! You have such a fun family! Thanks for sharing all the fun pics with us.
I have to say that I agree with those voting for Disney. Memories you make are definitely worth more that new cupboards!
BTW, I just have to comment on the dancing video- I LOVED it! I had to watch it twice, though, cause I had to pay attention to your son dancing thru the first time, and then I spent the second time watching the little boy in front of him. I was laughing so hard there were tears in my eyes! You could turn that in to America's Funniest Home Videos and win 10,000.00 and then get new cupboards and a trip to Disney!!:cool1::rotfl:

You're in Farmington, home of Lagoon? I know that place very well.

I didn't even notice the boy infront of hunter, I guess I'll have to go back and watch!

[disneyeeyorefan]

Disney!!!!:banana:

[MRYPPNS]

Kitchen. It's the heart of the home.

[MAGICFOR2]

Oh Cherie, I would have to vote Disney, too! Our two are grown and one lives in Texas now - the other one has a wife that doesn't want to be around us much - all of the family things we did are a treasure now and we won't get that time back.

[jordanyosh]

Another imaginary friend agreeing with you to go to Disney World. The voices in my head are telling the voices in yours to go.

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[jordanyosh]

I know when you're thinking of going so I'm gonna go with WDW.....:thumbsup2

[Sarilas]

Disney World, naturally! Besides, your kitchen cabinets are vintage and that whole retro thing is so in right now. (See that, problem solved!)

You want to go in November for free dining. Yep. You think the 15-21st sounds perfect. You do.

[coffeehousemom]

I vote Disney BUT I have an idea for kitchen. You said that they are metal cabinets etc well how about youtalk to your high school shop teacher & see if maybe he can come up woth a "project" for his class to do metal work on fixing or replacing the bad parts? That way you get Disney & a partial new kitchen & the school gets a great real life experience project to work on.

Our trade schools & high schools around here love to do that kind of thing all you have to pay for is materials & the students provide the labor.;)


Hope this helps.

[DisneyLaura]

Which is more important.....remodel the kitchen or go to disney world?

The logical side says the kitchen....it's still boasting it's original 1960's metal cabinets.

But on the other hand we only have 3 more years till Evan will be graduating.

Sometimes I'd swear there are two different people in my head arguing like they're on a debate team. Yes.....my mind is a scary place.

I'm going to vote for your Disney trip too!

:thumbsup2

Do you think anyone will think I'm odd if I tell them that at least one of my imaginary friends agrees with me?

Here's another friend telling you to go to Disney!

I vote Disney BUT I have an idea for kitchen. You said that they are metal cabinets etc well how about youtalk to your high school shop teacher & see if maybe he can come up woth a "project" for his class to do metal work on fixing or replacing the bad parts? That way you get Disney & a partial new kitchen & the school gets a great real life experience project to work on.

Our trade schools & high schools around here love to do that kind of thing all you have to pay for is materials & the students provide the labor.;)


Hope this helps.

Oh I like that idea!

[vamassey1]

OOOhh this is a hard one. I too would love to get my kitchen updated, but I can't pass up a chance to go to Disney.

Sorry I'm not much help.

[winkers]

Disney!!!!:banana:
:banana::banana:

Kitchen. It's the heart of the home.
I guess the heart of my home is a little on the broken side.:laughing:

Oh Cherie, I would have to vote Disney, too! Our two are grown and one lives in Texas now - the other one has a wife that doesn't want to be around us much - all of the family things we did are a treasure now and we won't get that time back.
I don't know what I'll do once my kids are out of the house. The only good thing I can think of about them all being gone one day is...I can clean a room and it will still be clean 10 minutes later.

I know when you're thinking of going so I'm gonna go with WDW.....:thumbsup2
:rolleyes1

Disney World, naturally! Besides, your kitchen cabinets are vintage and that whole retro thing is so in right now. (See that, problem solved!)

You want to go in November for free dining. Yep. You think the 15-21st sounds perfect. You do.
I guess my kitchen must be the thing to have if you like the whole retro thing.

I would love to go in november!!! But it's not gonna happen this year. D.Jay sister is getting married so if we go anywhere that month it will be to minneapolis.

I vote Disney BUT I have an idea for kitchen. You said that they are metal cabinets etc well how about youtalk to your high school shop teacher & see if maybe he can come up woth a "project" for his class to do metal work on fixing or replacing the bad parts? That way you get Disney & a partial new kitchen & the school gets a great real life experience project to work on.

Our trade schools & high schools around here love to do that kind of thing all you have to pay for is materials & the students provide the labor.;)


Hope this helps.
That is a great idea!!!!:thumbsup2
I'd like to have a talk with the brilliant person who decided metal cabinets are a good thing.

:headache:
I'm going to vote for your Disney trip too!

!
:yay:

OOOhh this is a hard one. I too would love to get my kitchen updated, but I can't pass up a chance to go to Disney.

Sorry I'm not much help.

Actually you are helping make me feel somewhat normal since most of my family think I'm crazy for even thinking of a vacation over a new kitchen.

[winkers]

My brain can be a very scary place sometimes. I've had 101 different plans and justifications rolling around in there for a couple of weeks.

So, here's what I'm thinking. There is absolutley no way I can take the kids to disneyworld and redo the kitchen. The cupboards alone cost the same as an 8 day trip for 6.:eek:

Originally my thought was to go the first week of febuary with the kids, but then I thought maybe if I pushed it back to the first week of May, it would give me a little more time to save up the money so I could do both.

But my little sister called me awhile ago with some good news...she's expecting and it'll be the first part of may. No disneyworld trip in may.
I'm so excited for her. Those who have followed my trs probably remember what an ordeal she's had. Between cancer and a few other complications it was a miracle when she got pregnant with her first , and she's 2 now. So this is just an extra bonus!

I'll be going to stay with her for 2 weeks to help out. Really it's purely selfish on my part.

So I'm back to square one....and then it hit me! D.Jay and I haven't been on a vacay by ourselves for almost 5 years.

Here's the plan dh & I go by ourselves and I get the new kitchen.:banana:

He loves the idea and I'm kinda excited about it too. Disney is a totally different experience without the kids. Now, I just have to figure out how I'm going to finance this, convince dh we can afford it and then I'm set.


See, I told you it's scary in here.

[Sarilas]

Oh I like the way you think!

[praisehisname]

Do it!!! Tom and I are going in December without the kids, and I cannot wait! Think you could swing December instead of February???

Denise

[winkers]

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I think they forgot something....

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[winkers]

Oh I like the way you think!
:rotfl:

Do it!!! Tom and I are going in December without the kids, and I cannot wait! Think you could swing December instead of February???

Denise

I would love to go in December but I won't be able to this year, it's a really hard time for dh to get away.

[Sarilas]

Okay, the one without Simba is my new favorite! lol

[Charleston Princess]

I am liking the idea of an adults-only trip plus the new kitchen!!! :banana:

[vamassey1]

I have to say I like the way you think too!!!

Dennis and I did an adult only trip in 2002 and loved it. We keep saying we're going to go back during the F&W Fest one year. Now that we only have one at home it might be something we can actually do.

Go For It!:cheer2:

[winkers]

Okay, the one without Simba is my new favorite! lol
it is priceless! To someone who doesn't know about the simba pictures, it would really look funny.

I am liking the idea of an adults-only trip plus the new kitchen!!! :banana:
:thumbsup2
I'm just getting my "plan of attack" ready......d.jay won't know what hit him.

I have to say I like the way you think too!!!

Dennis and I did an adult only trip in 2002 and loved it. We keep saying we're going to go back during the F&W Fest one year. Now that we only have one at home it might be something we can actually do.

Go For It!:cheer2:

When we went solo 5 years ago it was the first time either of us had been to WDW. The entire time we kept saying "oh the kids would love that"! So, then I decided we had to take the kids, just once. Well that turned into 3 times.
I am looking forward to being able to relax a little.....I have a hard time doing that on vacations.

[Native NYer]

LOVE your logic. This way you get everything you want :)

[vamassey1]

When we went solo 5 years ago it was the first time either of us had been to WDW. The entire time we kept saying "oh the kids would love that"! So, then I decided we had to take the kids, just once. Well that turned into 3 times.
I am looking forward to being able to relax a little.....I have a hard time doing that on vacations.

We did the same thing! It wasn't my first trip, but it was for Dennis. Within hours he was hooked and trying to figure out how to come back with the kids. Now that that's done I think we too will be able to take advantage of the time alone and enjoy just being there.

[winkers]

LOVE your logic. This way you get everything you want :)
yep, I can have my cake and eat it too!
does anyone even know what exactly that means?:rotfl:

We did the same thing! It wasn't my first trip, but it was for Dennis. Within hours he was hooked and trying to figure out how to come back with the kids. Now that that's done I think we too will be able to take advantage of the time alone and enjoy just being there.

I think we'll be more relaxed because we've been there several times before and we won't be concerned about all the things the kids would love.

[winkers]

We had a little meet with Lilo & Stitch Stitch is Bailie's favorite so it was a must do.
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Next we went to FOTLK. We chose that over Nemo for purely sentimental reasons. Lion King was the first disney we took Evan to see. He was almost 1 and we went to the drive inn. :cloud9: Whenever I see the Lion king I think of him as a little boy......I can't believe that little boy is now 16 and a little over 6 ft.

MIL was blown away by how great the show was. I knew she would be and the kids love getting into the animal noises....well the boys do. Bailie just sits and pretends she doesnt' know the strange people she's sitting with.

AFter the show it was time for a little shopping. The kids all had money burning a hole in their pockets.

Bailie bought this sucker and was very proud of how big it was...
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Somehow she had missed the even bigger ones.....

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Ethan got a cute mickey pack....

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We had a bit of time to kill before the parade so we just wandered a bit.

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these birds remind me of Roman Centurians
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We picked out our favorite parade spot....right across from the safari next to where the parade starts. D.Jay and Evan went in search of snacks and we all enjoyed some popcorn while we watched the parade.


We were all really tired at this point and we had plans to go to fantasmic that night so we headed back to the resort for a little rest.

The kids went for a little swim, I don't have any idea what D.Jay and Mil did, but I laid down for a nap. Between my foot and back I wasn't sure which hurt worse and I was getting a killer headache. I have to be carefull when the headaches hit because they have a tendancy to make me pass out. Lots of fun.

By the time everyone was back in the room I knew I needed to just hang out at the resort, take a pill and get some rest. Bailie wanted to stay with me so we said goodbye to the others as they headed for Fantasmic.

Bailie and I made a quick trip to the food court for some dinner....said hello to Phil the frog along the way and on the way back up the stairs Bailie triped and her diet coke went everywhere! It looked like a coke puddle. I called mousekeeping to let them know about the new water feature and that's about all I remember that night.

When I take one of my little friends they either knock me out or make me act strangely if I'm not able to get to sleep. I vaguely remember everyone else getting back frozen into peoplecicles.


up next....the sun will come out...tomorrow.

[praisehisname]

I'm so sorry you got a headache and missed Fantasmic. That was sweet of Bailie to stay back with you! :hug:

Denise

[Sarilas]

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Best. Moment. Ever. :rotfl:

[Charleston Princess]

That picture of Bailie and Hunter with their suckers is great!!! :lmao:

What a shame you had a headache descend on you :(. Hope you felt better in the morning.

[winkers]

I'm so sorry you got a headache and missed Fantasmic. That was sweet of Bailie to stay back with you! :hug:

Denise
I think she volunteered so she could spend the time on the phone with her friends.


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Best. Moment. Ever. :rotfl:
I agree! The look on her face says it all!

That picture of Bailie and Hunter with their suckers is great!!! :lmao:

What a shame you had a headache descend on you :(. Hope you felt better in the morning.

today was the first time I really looked at that picture, I nearly fell out of my seat from laughing

[wigdoutdismom]

She does look like she's about "had it" with him.....:rotfl2:

[winkers]

She does look like she's about "had it" with him.....:rotfl2:

like any brother..he enjoyed every second of teasing her about it.
She was a good sport at least.

[glennbo123]

That Bailie and Hunter picture is hilarious!!!

Their faces tell the whole story! Way to capture the moment!

[winkers]

That Bailie and Hunter picture is hilarious!!!

Their faces tell the whole story! Way to capture the moment!

thanks, I did do a little back patting myself when I saw it.:laughing:

[GeminiAngel]

Ya gotta put that in picture of the day. Enter it over at the other site too for the contest.

[k_reile]

the picture of just evan could be a senior picture!!

[oregonmommyof2]

My DD5 just saw the sucker picture, and now she has sucker envy too...

[DisneyJo]

Do you have cheerleaders in the UK? If not, you're very lucky. Not really :thumbsup2

Which is more important.....remodel the kitchen or go to disney world? As a child my Dad spent the new carpet money on a WDW trip, twice :rotfl2: Not sure if that contributed to the divorce or not ;):rotfl2:

Somehow she had missed the even bigger ones.....

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OMG that's hilarious :rotfl2:

Sorry you got a headache but how sweet Baylie stayed with you!

[nebo]

[QUOTE=winkers;33456176]yep, I can have my cake and eat it too!
does anyone even know what exactly that means?:rotfl:



QUOTE]

Hi Cherie, just got back again myself, hope your foot is doing ok.
Now, just for a chance to be a Cliff Claven, your above quote is actually a misquote, it's one of those sayings that has become distorted over the years. The original quote is; "You can't eat your cake and have it too", but for some reason it turned into "You can't have your cake and eat it too." No idea why.
Kinda like when people say; "Money is the root of all evil." Then they tell you, "Look it up, it's in the Bible." But the actual phrase is ; "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil." But the beginning get's left out.

Ok, I'm sorry, no wonder everybody hated Cliffy. :lmao:

[vamassey1]

Once again I love your pictures. Is you MIL trying to Hula? Absolutely love FOTLK, so glad you got to share it with your MIL. I too love the picture with the suckers.

Sorry about the headache, but I glad you got some much needed rest.

[winkers]

Ya gotta put that in picture of the day. Enter it over at the other site too for the contest.
good idea!

the picture of just evan could be a senior picture!!
thank heavens we have 2 more years before worring about senior pictures! I can barely deal with him being 16!

My DD5 just saw the sucker picture, and now she has sucker envy too...
You're welcome!:rotfl2:

As a child my Dad spent the new carpet money on a WDW trip, twice :rotfl2: Not sure if that contributed to the divorce or not ;):rotfl2:
!
:lmao: that's funny!.....not the divorce part!

[
Hi Cherie, just got back again myself, hope your foot is doing ok.
Now, just for a chance to be a Cliff Claven, your above quote is actually a misquote, it's one of those sayings that has become distorted over the years. The original quote is; "You can't eat your cake and have it too", but for some reason it turned into "You can't have your cake and eat it too." No idea why.
Kinda like when people say; "Money is the root of all evil." Then they tell you, "Look it up, it's in the Bible." But the actual phrase is ; "The LOVE of money is the root of all evil." But the beginning get's left out.

Ok, I'm sorry, no wonder everybody hated Cliffy. :lmao:
You're home! I can't wait to read about your latest adventures!
I knew if I posted that someone would have the answer! But even the original phrase makes no sense to me....I thought maybe it was a spin off from Marie Antoinette's "let them eat cake".




. Is you MIL trying to Hula? .

I believe she is...:laughing:

[punkin413]

Is it just me, or do the animals always have their butts facing you? Normally, I'm not excited about butt shots, but while on the safari as long as the picture isn't blurry and I can see an animal....it's good.

almost all my safari pics are of animal butts. it's great.

i loved the picture of you guys on the bike thing and hunter being run over. too funny!!! :rotfl:

Ethan said with a very wobbly voice "that was awesome"!

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so proud of him that he did it! way to go, ethan!!! :thumbsup2

Last year while we were enjoying our lunch I was attacked by a duck who decided my finger looked tastey.
I always think of Dawn (punkin) when I'm there because I know she'd pee her pants about how close all the birds get.:laughing:

:scared1: i've actually eaten here before and the birds were FREAKING me out! it was the trip in september 2007 when i came with tara and erin and erin kept feeding them. i was like, "DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS!!!!! THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SAY NOT TO, YOU RULEBREAKER!" we got in a tif about whether or not there really were signs.

Obviously, the first week of feb. is mating season for birds in AK.
It was a little strange just how many of them were....together.
Evan and Bailie laughed about it, then Hunter looked and after about 30 seconds of watching to figure out what was going on. Well, when he did the look of horror on his face was priceless.

oh, that is just too funny! :rotfl2:

by the way, the pics of you getting stuck in the dinosaur are PRICELESS! ;) oh, and i love the caption on MIL's picture about knowing the dino from high school. :lmao:

Seconds after we made it to the doors for our 15 minute wait....they appeared..............

a laughing, screaching, cheering, foul mouthed mass of Spirit Fingers.

:scared1: oh, the horror! we ran into them once last december and it was while i was waiting with luke while ray, anna and chris were riding ToT. we were down in the hallway where you get off the ride and you should've heard the SHRILLS coming from that area as they got off the ride. it was BLOOD CURLING!!!!

Next we went to FOTLK. We chose that over Nemo for purely sentimental reasons. Lion King was the first disney we took Evan to see. He was almost 1 and we went to the drive inn. :cloud9: Whenever I see the Lion king I think of him as a little boy......I can't believe that little boy is now 16 and a little over 6 ft.

ray and i went to see the lion king the first summer we were dating. that was the summer after i graduated from high school. oh.....memories.

Somehow she had missed the even bigger ones.....

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:rotfl2: great picture!!!

[winkers]

:scared1: i've actually eaten here before and the birds were FREAKING me out! it was the trip in september 2007 when i came with tara and erin and erin kept feeding them. i was like, "DO NOT FEED THE BIRDS!!!!! THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SAY NOT TO, YOU RULEBREAKER!" we got in a tif about whether or not there really were signs.

!!!

I remember that in your tr!:rotfl2:
Most of the birds don't even wait for someone to feed them, they just help themselves!

Every time I saw a bunch of hungry birds I thought about you and smiled.:)

[jordanyosh]

Bailie bought this sucker and was very proud of how big it was...
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Somehow she had missed the even bigger ones.....

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oh NOW I understand the title of this update...No comment;)

[oregonmommyof2]

oh NOW I understand the title of this update...No comment;)

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[winkers]

oh NOW I understand the title of this update...No comment;)

:lmao::lmao:

[winkers]

After waking from my drug induced coma, I made the mistake of trying to get out of bed. In my efforts to make my back co-operate with me I'm sure I sounded like a moose stuck in a tree.

After several failed attempts I was finally somewhat upright. It took another 5 minutes to actually make it out of the bed. Seriously. At this point it might be easier to tell you what didn't hurt......I think my hands and elbows were still good.

My left foot felt like a hot poker was being shoved in it and my right felt like about 10 hot pokers were stabbing me which causes not only the foot but my whole leg to hurt.

My neck was so stiff I could barely move it and my back was in knots.

I don't know what it is, but I swear there's a WDW curse that takes over my body while I'm there. I must be hard headed because I keep going back.


I really don't remember alot from this morning other than being excited about it getting up to 75 that day! Imagine that...in Florida. ;)

MIL was so excited to hear we were in for some warmer weather. To celebrate she left her 2 blankets at the resort and just wore her parka.

Everyone hurried to the bus stop, while I hobbled to the elevator and then walked ion a zombie like manner to the bus stop.

You know how Elaine from Seinfeld dances in the one episode, I can't think of her name....anyway that was how I looked as I tried to walk. It wasn't pretty, but the kids were very amused by it.

We missed our bus buy about a minute thanks to my zombie lurch so we had about a 20 minute wait for the next bus. Goody. Lots more time for the kids to make fun of and imitate me.

On the bus D.Jay informed me that I was going to be riding in my own chariot that day. I was adamant that I would not be, I could walk just fine, thank you very much.

After it took me almost 20 minutes to walk from the bus stop to the front gates at Epcot the entire family was on his side.

Personally, I just think they all like a chance at pushing me around.

We headed for TT to find that it was down. So, we went to mission space. Ethan and I waited while everyone else rode. This is the only ride I don't do. It makes me sick even on the "easy" version. And Ethan still hasn't recovered from his first visit.

Back to TT, got in line and were in a car within 5 minutes. Then we sat there for 20 minutes.:confused3
We finally made it around the track and Evan and Bailie had a good time laughing at MIL about her hair after the ride.....
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I was excited when we ran into Marie...it was the first time we had found her in the parks....


I'm not sure how I feel about having the same body shape as a giant kitten
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The sun was so bright that morning!
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up next.......if we're in innoventions there must be fighting....

[Sarilas]

Awe, I'm sure you had a very cute zombie lurch. lol We ran into Marie at Epcot too; I'm starting to think we're cosmically related somehow. Zombie lurch, same tables at Flame Tree, odd, yet AWESOME kids...

It must be so.

[Sarilas]

Oh, AND you have the exact opposite of our kids, three boys one girl, and my father lives with us. See what I mean!

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do...

[vamassey1]

So glad you opted for the chariot. Best way to get around one of the largest parks. I'm so jealous you found Marie. We have never seen her. She's so feminine.

[GeminiAngel]

My father was in an unusual amount of pain during our trip. I think it was the the damp and the cold combined.

[jordanyosh]

The sun was so bright that morning!
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This picture just cracks me up!

[winkers]

, odd, yet AWESOME kids...
.
:lmao:
Oh, AND you have the exact opposite of our kids, three boys one girl, and my father lives with us. See what I mean!

Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do...
I know!! it's scary!!

So glad you opted for the chariot. Best way to get around one of the largest parks. I'm so jealous you found Marie. We have never seen her. She's so feminine.
sometimes I'm a little embarassed by how excited I get when I run into an unexpected character...:laughing:

My father was in an unusual amount of pain during our trip. I think it was the the damp and the cold combined.
that could have had something to do with it....but I was used to the cold.

This picture just cracks me up!

me too! If Rafiki didn't have plastic eyes, he'd be squinting too.

[MAGICFOR2]

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Bailey looks like she's the only one who knows the truth - kind of like the Emporer's New Clothes! :rotfl2:

[MAGICFOR2]

yep, I can have my cake and eat it too!
does anyone even know what exactly that means?:rotfl:


I don't know, but I love cake!:thumbsup2


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Oh, this is precious! :rotfl2:Bailie has such an expressive face!

I'm sorry you weren't feeling well - and then that you were "lurching" when you got up. I hope things get better. Love the pic of Marie - I didn't know she made appearances!

Oh, and DH and I have done WDW twice alone. We do find that it's very relaxing, and it can be romantic, too!

[Charleston Princess]

I am cracking up that MIL left her two blankets but wore her parka on the 75 degree day!!! :rotfl:

What a shame about your back :(.

[winkers]

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Bailey looks like she's the only one who knows the truth - kind of like the Emporer's New Clothes! :rotfl2:
I wonder what someone would think looking at that picture if they didn't know simba was sopposed to be there?

Love the pic of Marie - I didn't know she made appearances!

Oh, and DH and I have done WDW twice alone. We do find that it's very relaxing, and it can be romantic, too!
I didn't know she did either.
I'm looking forward to a relaxing vacation!

I am cracking up that MIL left her two blankets but wore her parka on the 75 degree day!!! :rotfl:

What a shame about your back :(.

under her parka she had another jacket on too....as soon as it got warm her parka was riding on the wheelchair with me.

[Charleston Princess]

under her parka she had another jacket on too....as soon as it got warm her parka was riding on the wheelchair with me.

Lucky you! :rolleyes:

[Poolrat]

My brain can be a very scary place sometimes. I've had 101 different plans and justifications rolling around in there for a couple of weeks.

So, here's what I'm thinking. There is absolutley no way I can take the kids to disneyworld and redo the kitchen. The cupboards alone cost the same as an 8 day trip for 6.:eek:

Originally my thought was to go the first week of febuary with the kids, but then I thought maybe if I pushed it back to the first week of May, it would give me a little more time to save up the money so I could do both.

But my little sister called me awhile ago with some good news...she's expecting and it'll be the first part of may. No disneyworld trip in may.
I'm so excited for her. Those who have followed my trs probably remember what an ordeal she's had. Between cancer and a few other complications it was a miracle when she got pregnant with her first , and she's 2 now. So this is just an extra bonus!

I'll be going to stay with her for 2 weeks to help out. Really it's purely selfish on my part.

So I'm back to square one....and then it hit me! D.Jay and I haven't been on a vacay by ourselves for almost 5 years.

Here's the plan dh & I go by ourselves and I get the new kitchen.:banana:

He loves the idea and I'm kinda excited about it too. Disney is a totally different experience without the kids. Now, I just have to figure out how I'm going to finance this, convince dh we can afford it and then I'm set.


See, I told you it's scary in here.


As I was reading all the responses for Disney over the kitchen I started thinking...
Then I read this response.... How did you know that was what I was thinking????
You are not crazy and I am really glad I am not the only going with Disney over a remodeled Kitchen.


I am trying to justify upgrading my tickets from a solo ( 1/2 pleasure 1/2 work trip to WDW) to an annual pass. Problem is I don't have another trip planned anytime soon. But if I got the pass then rooms would have a discount. How's that for fuzzy disney math???

[Poolrat]

Somehow she had missed the even bigger ones.....

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:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: hilarious !!! That's how it would be at our house but my DD would also have her hands around my DS's neck :lmao:

[DisneyJo]

You poor thing, why do you always get sick at WDW? So not fair :hug:

Wow I've never seen Marie in the parks before, fantastic oh and I forgot to say on our 2007 trip they forgot to put Simba in our photo too, DM photoshopped one on :thumbsup2

[winkers]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2: hilarious !!! That's how it would be at our house but my DD would also have her hands around my DS's neck :lmao:
oh, I have those kind of pictures too!

I forgot to say on our 2007 trip they forgot to put Simba in our photo too, DM photoshopped one on :thumbsup2
That's right! I totally forgot about that! I can't believe you remembered.:thumbsup2

[winkers]

I'm sorry it's been awhile since I updated! I was on a roll there for a bit, but I got behind again, thanks to life.

The start of the school year is always crazy! My little Hunter is 12 today! I can't believe how fast time goes by.

I'm hoping to have another update done tonight or maybe tomorrow morning...it depends on how rapped up with Beatles rock band the kids are.

[Charleston Princess]

Happy Birthday to Hunter!!! :goodvibes

[Sarilas]

Happy birthday, Hunter!

[GeminiAngel]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUNTER!!!

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[Poolrat]

Happy birthday Hunter !!!!!!!:cake::cake::cake:


Hope it was a great day!

[winkers]

We headed over to The Seas for a quick stroll around before our lunch adr at Coral Reef. D.Jay and I had loved this place when we went on our adults only trip but this was the first time for the kids.....
Lets just say we were all a little underwhelmed. We were seated as far from the tank as possible and could on occasion make out the shape of a fish as it floated by.
The food was just "ehh"...ok, it had definatley gone down hill in taste and quality since our virsit time. Luckily, none of us are really picky eaters so we were all ok.

the age old ritual of a man protecting his meat....


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I have no idea what this is...but someone ate it.
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Hunter enjoyed eating his fish infront of the fish tank...;)

After lunch we went on an adventure with Nemo. MIL took the kids to innoventions (my idea of a living hell) while D.Jay and I went to get fp's for soarin' and some pain meds. He had a headache and I had a body ache.

While we were gone we had several calls from different kids complaining about eachother or MIL. She and Bailie really don't get along well. By the 10th call I gave up and decided we better go back and play referee. As an attempt to calm some of the crappiness, we bought everyone a little something from mousegears.

Bailie loved her's...

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We also had gotten some school bread and a few other pastries from Norway. Everyone sat and ate and attempted to remember that they love eachother and we were in WDW dang it!!

The best way to cheer the kids up was a ride on Figment...this is a family favorite. I don't know why really....probably because it's silly and a skunk farts......yep that's the level of my families maturity.

That reminds me......One day I hatched a plan to come up with some familiy "mottos" in an effort to forge some bonding. I thought the kids would be all over it and have fun.

During dinner that night I made my grand announcement and asked for suggestions........
I now give you the Kendall family motto

Flatulence Forever!

I just shook my head as everyone laughed hysterically. That's just a small example of my efforts going down the toilet.....


Where was I? Oh yeah, Ethan couldn't wait for Grandma to be surprised by the skunk smell. She had a satisfingly disgusted reaction and made his day.


We wound up at Honey I shrunk the audience.......hadn't planned to go but we had some time to kill.

As we entered I was directed to the wheelchair entrance while the family went through another way. I told the cm that I could get up and hobble to a seat but he insisted that it was perfectly fine for me to stay in the wheel chair......
I guess he didn't understand that I wanted to get up, but I finally gave up.


One of the most fun things to do with a WDW newbie is take them to club cool for the beverly "experience".
Evan started getting drinks for MIl to sample. He started with China and after 2 or 3 slipped in Italy.............

we all waited cameras ready to capture the look of disgust that would surely cross her face when she had a good mouthfull of it.......cricket,cricket......

She asked for more! Beverly!!
We were all stunned and a little disappointed that we didn't get to see her face go into convulsions.

I guess I shouldn't have been surprised....MIL will eat ANYTHING, and I mean anything....the only thing she doesn't like is peanutbutter and chocolate together! (I told you she was odd)

As we exited club cool, I looked around and Future World looked as tho it had been hit by a plague.......of cheerleaders.... Moses should have cursed Pharoah with a plague of overly excited, cheering teenage girls.....Heck, Pharoah would have done anything to get rid of them.;)

Seriously, they were everywhere to my horror and Evan's delight. I don't know how anyone can be that naturally "peppy" without drugs.

As we entered the building for Soarin' I was crossing my fingers that Ethan would be brave enough to ride. His first time on it was in DL when he was 3 and didn't go over too well.

But with the help of his big brothers and a few hundered cheerleaders, cheering him on,.....oh wait this isn't a musical..........

With the help of his brothers he walked through that line got onto the seat and nearly wet himself.

Once it was up and going he finally relaxed and enjoyed the ride! It's so fun to see kids overcome their fears. I think it helps them in the real world to know they can take on scary things and be ok if not better afterwards.

Next we journed through spaceship earth or as I will always call it the golf ball.
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up next........I'm so excited I can't even feel my head....

[Sarilas]

SHE LIKED BEVERLY?

No words.

[vamassey1]

Yeah another update!

We hit Coral Reef on our trip in June and it was disappointing. When DH and I did it on our adult trip in 2002 we loved it. Don't think we'll be going back there.

All kids love getting something new. Best way to settle any fight.

What did MIL think of Honey I Shrunk the Audience? Did the rats get her?

Beverly? YUK! There's no accounting for taste.:sad2:

We loved the redone Golf Ball. I wish I had gotten a picture of us in the future. Yours are so funny.

Congrats to Ethan for conquering a new fear. It really is a ride not to be missed.

[MAGICFOR2]

I can't believe MIL liked the Beverly:eek:

[All7OfUs]

Our families would get along splendidly!!! My kids are constantly trying to oust each other from one another's presence with their own personal "flamethrowers", and then roll for minutes with 3 year old like glee!!
The worst of it is that I cannot for the life of me keep a straight face, which makes it all the worse. Yup, right up there with the Winkers-Mature-o-Factor.

Too bad the Coral stunk, as long as we're on that subject...

And to continue on... our total favorite in all of Future World is "The Figment Ride". Who can beat skunk farts for an 8 and 10 year old? :confused3

Beverley brings chuckles to all in the know! Can't wait to try it on our newbie of the TC3 later (oops, almost said next! :scared1:) this year!! Oh, I get to finally say THIS year!!!!

[Charleston Princess]

The whole Innoventions episode with all of your children calling to complain was priceless! I would have been tempted to stop answering the phone. ;)

Your MIL liked Beverly??? Wow. I don't even know what to say. :laughing:

Hurray for Ethan riding Soarin' -- nothing like trying to look impressive to cheerleaders to make a teenage boy overcome his worst fear. :lmao:

[DisneyJo]

That whole installment was hilarious from skunks, flatulance, MIL liking Beverly and all the kids phoning you, you can never ever say you have a boring trip can you :rotfl:

[wigdoutdismom]

Why am I not surprised that MIL liked Beverly? That woman can ruin a good joke, that's for sure!

[winkers]

SHE LIKED BEVERLY?

No words.
either she's Italian and we didn't know or she has no taste buds!

We hit Coral Reef on our trip in June and it was disappointing. When DH and I did it on our adult trip in 2002 we loved it. Don't think we'll be going back there.

.
I was glad we used ddp for it and not "out of pocket". Paying for a less than stellar meal isn't as bad when it's already paid for.

I can't believe MIL liked the Beverly:eek:
I think I need to get her some for christmas.

Our families would get along splendidly!!! My kids are constantly trying to oust each other from one another's presence with their own personal "flamethrowers", and then roll for minutes with 3 year old like glee!!
The worst of it is that I cannot for the life of me keep a straight face, which makes it all the worse. Yup, right up there with the Winkers-Mature-o-Factor.


I can't keep a straight face either.......which just eggs them on even more.

The whole Innoventions episode with all of your children calling to complain was priceless! I would have been tempted to stop answering the phone. ;)

:
some days I hate my cell phone!

That whole installment was hilarious from skunks, flatulance, MIL liking Beverly and all the kids phoning you, you can never ever say you have a boring trip can you :rotfl:
nope, when it comes to my family it's never boring!

Why am I not surprised that MIL liked Beverly? That woman can ruin a good joke, that's for sure!

:lmao::lmao:

[DisneyLaura]

All caught up - She liked Beverly! Yuck.

[winkers]

All caught up - She liked Beverly! Yuck.

if Beverly ever needs a spokesmodel...MIL would be good.:rotfl2:

[vamassey1]

if Beverly ever needs a spokesmodel...MIL would be good.:rotfl2:


I need a picture of that!:rotfl:

[winkers]

I need a picture of that!:rotfl:

hmmmm....how do I convince her to put on a bikini and pose with a can of beverly?:idea:

[vamassey1]

hmmmm....how do I convince her to put on a bikini and pose with a can of beverly?:idea:


If anyone can do it, you can!:cheer2:

[Native NYer]

I'm in shock that your MIL enjoyed the Beverly.

I felt the same way about the Coral Reef. It's not what I was expecting at all.

Are you planning another trip for 2010?

[wigdoutdismom]

I've got a picture of the perfect bikini for MIL (for her Beverly ad) over on my thread, it was taken at the KS State Fair and the bikini is made of duct tape!

[jordanyosh]

hmmmm....how do I convince her to put on a bikini and pose with a can of beverly?:idea:

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[winkers]

I felt the same way about the Coral Reef. It's not what I was expecting at all.

Are you planning another trip for 2010?
it was alot better the first time we went .

I'm hoping for a trip in feb....still not sure.

I've got a picture of the perfect bikini for MIL (for her Beverly ad) over on my thread, it was taken at the KS State Fair and the bikini is made of duct tape!
:rotfl: I'll have to go check it out

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

:lmao::lmao::lmao:
I just spit my water all over the keyboard

[jordanyosh]

February. February. February.:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:

[JenAusty]

I loveee those suckers. I've never seen the really big ones though. Those are sweet.

I'm sorry you stop at CR wasn't the best. It it Dh and I's favorite place and we haven't had a bad experience but we always make our resse right when they open for dinner- so we are one of the firsts to get seated and get our food. The food does look yummy in the pictures though.

[winkers]

February. February. February.:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:
cheap airfare. cheap airfare. cheap airfare.:cheer2::cheer2::cheer2:
do you think that will help?

I loveee those suckers. I've never seen the really big ones though. Those are sweet.

I'm sorry you stop at CR wasn't the best. It it Dh and I's favorite place and we haven't had a bad experience but we always make our resse right when they open for dinner- so we are one of the firsts to get seated and get our food. The food does look yummy in the pictures though.

When dh and I went in 2006 we loved it. I think they've changed the menu quite a bit, it just didn't seem as good as we remembered it to be.



I'm going to take some cold medicine and go back to bed.....hopefully I'll feel good enough to update this afternoon.

[lisalonglash]

Lets just say we were all a little underwhelmed. We were seated as far from the tank as possible and could on occasion make out the shape of a fish as it floated by.
The food was just "ehh"...ok, it had definatley gone down hill in taste and quality since our virsit time. Luckily, none of us are really picky eaters so we were all ok.

I'm sorry you were disappointed :sad2:

the age old ritual of a man protecting his meat....

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Boys are weird :rotfl2:

Hunter enjoyed eating his fish infront of the fish tank...;)

Oh, the delicious irony! :laughing:

While we were gone we had several calls from different kids complaining about eachother or MIL. She and Bailie really don't get along well. By the 10th call I gave up and decided we better go back and play referee. As an attempt to calm some of the crappiness, we bought everyone a little something from mousegears.

Mouse Gear cures all ills ::yes::

We also had gotten some school bread and a few other pastries from Norway. Everyone sat and ate and attempted to remember that they love eachother and we were in WDW dang it!!

:hug:

The best way to cheer the kids up was a ride on Figment...this is a family favorite. I don't know why really....probably because it's silly and a skunk farts......yep that's the level of my families maturity.

:lmao: You know, that's the one ride we missed on our list this year. Looking forward to trying it out next time - it sounds like it's right up our alley! :rotfl:

I now give you the Kendall family motto

Flatulence Forever!

Bahahahaha :rotfl2:

She asked for more! Beverly!!
We were all stunned and a little disappointed that we didn't get to see her face go into convulsions.

What's wrong with her tongue?! :scared1:

As we exited club cool, I looked around and Future World looked as tho it had been hit by a plague.......of cheerleaders.... Moses should have cursed Pharoah with a plague of overly excited, cheering teenage girls.....Heck, Pharoah would have done anything to get rid of them.;)

Cheerleaders en masse?! :scared1:

Once it was up and going he finally relaxed and enjoyed the ride! It's so fun to see kids overcome their fears. I think it helps them in the real world to know they can take on scary things and be ok if not better afterwards.

Well done for riding Soarin', dude! :thumbsup2

Next we journed through spaceship earth or as I will always call it the golf ball.
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That's what we call it too! Well, Mickey calls it "the big golf ball in Eggpot"! :rotfl2:

up next........I'm so excited I can't even feel my head....

I can't decide if it's good or bad to be so excited you can't feel your own head :lmao: Looking forward to finding out though, Cherie!!! popcorn::

[winkers]

I really love world showcase durring the day but at night it's magical. When I walk around there at night, it's even easier for me to imagine myself in a different country. And since my imagination is about as close as I'll ever get to them, it's pretty cool.

I was excited for MIL to get her first real look at world showcase. I knew she would absolutely love it. And of course, I was right.:laughing:

We were headed to Tutto Italia. I'm so glad I only have to spell it because my tongue and foreign languages don't get along well. I have a hard enough time with English. When I made the adr, I had to resort to telling the cm "you know, the restraunt in Italy"?

I warned MIL before we started on the way not to worry, that we'd be back another day to fully enjoy all the countries. It's hard for me to just walk by them without a little exploring, so I knew it was killing her to just see a glimpse.

Hunter decided he had to go to the bathroom RIGHT NOW. What is it with kids anyway? I can ask them if they need to go and of course they never have to. But 2 minutes later, they're gonna blow. What's up with that?

To accomodate my little bathroom inspector, I think he was just on a mission to use every bathroom in WDW, we stopped in Mexico. Which worked out pretty well. MIL was able to look around a bit. After, we went out to show her the view of WS from the balcony on the aztec temple. These ended up being some of my favortie pictures from the trip.

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a little peek at china...

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We arrived in Italy and checked in. Then it was my turn to use the bathroom. Well, there was a little problem. As I said before me and foreign languages aren't friends.

Thanks to the Italian on the bathroom doors, I walked into the wrong one. Boy was I surprised to see D.Jay standing in the girls bathroom.

sheesh, I think they label them that way just for idiots like me. I'm still teased about that at least once a week.

We had all just been seated when d.jay decides he needs to get up and go somewhere. He didn't say where he was going or what he was going to do. That just irks me....hello, after 17 years ya think he would know that I'm snoopy and need to know his whereabouts at all times.;)

Hunter had been complaining of a headache for awhile. I felt really bad for him because he really looked beat.

Another theme from this trip was Hunter closing his eyes in all the pictures. I think I took about 6 here just to get those peepers open.

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Italian is my favorite type of food, so I have a hard time deciding what to eat here, it all sounds so good.

I settled on the cannaloni

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A few years ago Hunter announced that he's going to be a chef when he grows up, in so doing he ruined my grand scheme. See, with the 3 boys I would be set for life. Evan wants to be a pilot, he co-opperated, so I can get really cheap airfare!:thumbsup2

Hunter was going to be a dentist....you know how often I seem to need those. Again, giving me free dental. And Ethan could choose anything that would benefit me in the future.....dr, lawyer,billionaire, whatever, I'm not picky.


It's funny that Hunter decided on being a chef because he used to be the pickiest eater. Drove me crazy for years, but once he started cooking, he's willing to try anything once. So I think that had something to do with his choice of pumpkin ravioli.

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MIL's dish .

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If there's a steak on the menu, Evan will order it. He loves dead cow.

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Ethan's ginormus personal size pizza

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When the food came Hunter still wasn't feeling well. His head still hurt and he needed sleep. It's funny how someone can go from death's doorstep to super-duper excited in 2 seconds.

A man in a chef's shirt, or is it a coat...anyway a guy walked up to our table and said "is there a Hunter Kendall here?"

Hunter's eyes got huge as he realized that the chef had come out to talk to him. He was so shocked and nearly gagged on his mouthfull of food.
That was D.Jay's secret. He had asked the manager if it would be possible to have the chef come out and meet our budding chef.

He was awesome! It made Hunter feel like the star of the universe. Just remembering it brings tears to my eyes. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I love my husband! He is an amazing dad!


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The chef talked to him for a bit, told him how he got started and asked Hunter what his favorite thing to make is. Those 5 minutes were the highlight of the trip for him.


Before my eyes I watched Hunter go from near death to top of the world in seconds.:love:

A little proof that he was feeling better...
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Yes, Evan was on his 5th of 7 refills of rootbeer. If disney decides to take the beverage away from the ddp, you know who to blame.

We finished up our meal....the desserts there are so yummy. Hunter was still in a state of shock and continusly babbling about his own personal "meet n greet".

As we were walking away from the restraunt I asked him how he felt about the whole thing.

"I'm so excited I can't even feel my head"!:rotfl2:

That has become a favorite saying for the family. That is one of the amazing things about WDW, there's always something to surprise you. Such a simple thing meant the world to my 11 yr old. I know he'll always remember that.

just a sec....gotta go get a tissue.


We continued on our way through the world, just taking our time.

Japan...

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We made a stop in Morroco to get D.Jay's favorite dessert...baklava. He isn't one to get excited about food normally, but the first time he tried the pistachio baklava, well.......he had a moment.

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I came out with baklava to go to see the kids goofing around. So, I decided I needed to too.....thankfully there's no photo evidence of this.

I hopped down from the fountain at the exact second Hunter came shooting out of no where and we collided..............

my first thought was....don't drop the baklava! For a second I thought I was going to loose my grip on it and there would go my $21 bucks of enjoyment for D.Jay.

Once I knew it wasn't going to fall, I thought....I hope hunter's ok.

perhaps my priorities were a little askew at the time.:rotfl2:


Once I discovered that Hunter had survived the incident, we headed towards the bus.

up next....D.Jay say's good bye to his money.

[Sarilas]

"I'm so excited I can't feel my head!" :laughing:

That was incredibly sweet to have the chef come out and talk shop... I wouldn't have even thought of doing such a thing!

[MRYPPNS]

That was wonderful that Djay got the chef to come out and chat with Hunter! Even cooler is that I just realized it was plaid shorts day for your kids!!! I'm odd, I know.

[winkers]

"I'm so excited I can't feel my head!" :laughing:

That was incredibly sweet to have the chef come out and talk shop... I wouldn't have even thought of doing such a thing!
I didn't either...never crossed my mind.

That was wonderful that Djay got the chef to come out and chat with Hunter! Even cooler is that I just realized it was plaid shorts day for your kids!!! I'm odd, I know.

my kids love plaid! Their bedroom floors are a sea of plaidness.

ok, I'm having a brain fart. I can't remember if it's their or thier...niether of them look right to me. :upsidedow

[jordanyosh]

So cool that Hunter got to meet the Chef and even cooler that the wandering husband was the one who made it happen.

That canneloni looks good, but the pumpkin ravioli...that's sounds awesome.

Baklava. My best friend in high school was half Greek. His mom made the best baklava....

[lisalonglash]

I really love world showcase durring the day but at night it's magical. When I walk around there at night, it's even easier for me to imagine myself in a different country. And since my imagination is about as close as I'll ever get to them, it's pretty cool.

I agree, WS is very cool at night - just so very pretty :goodvibes

Hunter decided he had to go to the bathroom RIGHT NOW. What is it with kids anyway? I can ask them if they need to go and of course they never have to. But 2 minutes later, they're gonna blow. What's up with that?

I dunno. My boys do it too. Selective bladders? :laughing:

To accomodate my little bathroom inspector, I think he was just on a mission to use every bathroom in WDW, we stopped in Mexico. Which worked out pretty well. MIL was able to look around a bit. After, we went out to show her the view of WS from the balcony on the aztec temple. These ended up being some of my favortie pictures from the trip.

Great pictures! :thumbsup2

Thanks to the Italian on the bathroom doors, I walked into the wrong one. Boy was I surprised to see D.Jay standing in the girls bathroom.

Sorry, Cherie, but :rotfl2: No way have I ever done that accidentally :rolleyes1

We had all just been seated when d.jay decides he needs to get up and go somewhere. He didn't say where he was going or what he was going to do. That just irks me....hello, after 17 years ya think he would know that I'm snoopy and need to know his whereabouts at all times.;)

Yep, we NEED to know these things! Men! Geesh! :rotfl:

Hunter had been complaining of a headache for awhile. I felt really bad for him because he really looked beat.

Aww, poor dude :sad2:

A few years ago Hunter announced that he's going to be a chef when he grows up, in so doing he ruined my grand scheme. See, with the 3 boys I would be set for life. Evan wants to be a pilot, he co-opperated, so I can get really cheap airfare!:thumbsup2

Hunter was going to be a dentist....you know how often I seem to need those. Again, giving me free dental. And Ethan could choose anything that would benefit me in the future.....dr, lawyer,billionaire, whatever, I'm not picky.

That's a good plan! Hmm... I wonder what my boys should be... :rotfl2:

Hunter's eyes got huge as he realized that the chef had come out to talk to him. He was so shocked and nearly gagged on his mouthfull of food.
That was D.Jay's secret. He had asked the manager if it would be possible to have the chef come out and meet our budding chef.

Wow, how awesome for Hunter! And what an incredible memory for him :cloud9:

He was awesome! It made Hunter feel like the star of the universe. Just remembering it brings tears to my eyes. I don't know if I've mentioned it before, but I love my husband! He is an amazing dad!

D.Jay - you're a good dude :thumbsup2

Yes, Evan was on his 5th of 7 refills of rootbeer. If disney decides to take the beverage away from the ddp, you know who to blame.

:lmao:

"I'm so excited I can't even feel my head"!:rotfl2:

Hilarious! Now, THAT is pretty darned excited! :laughing:

We made a stop in Morroco to get D.Jay's favorite dessert...baklava. He isn't one to get excited about food normally, but the first time he tried the pistachio baklava, well.......he had a moment.

The man "had a moment" about baklava? :laughing:

Once I knew it wasn't going to fall, I thought....I hope hunter's ok.

perhaps my priorities were a little askew at the time.:rotfl2:

Nah, sounds right to me :lmao:

up next....D.Jay say's good bye to his money.

He's in WDW. Saying goodbye to his money is just a given :rotfl:

[Charleston Princess]

That is just so awesome that Djay thought to ask if the chef could come out to talk to Hunter!!! :goodvibes

[winkers]

Baklava. My best friend in high school was half Greek. His mom made the best baklava....
I've tried to make it but it doesn't turn out quite right.

That is just so awesome that Djay thought to ask if the chef could come out to talk to Hunter!!! :goodvibes

I thought so too. I'm sure he has no idea how much it meant to him.

[winkers]

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Sorry, Cherie, but :rotfl2: No way have I ever done that accidentally


The man "had a moment" about baklava? :laughing:



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you puposefully went into the wrong bathroom...I'd like to hear that story!

"a moment" was the best way I could describe it and keep it dis friendly.

[glennbo123]

Hunter decided he had to go to the bathroom RIGHT NOW. What is it with kids anyway? I can ask them if they need to go and of course they never have to. But 2 minutes later, they're gonna blow. What's up with that?

My son James used the restroom near Test Track 3 times in one morning. My daughters started calling it "James' restroom".


Hunter's eyes got huge as he realized that the chef had come out to talk to him. He was so shocked and nearly gagged on his mouthfull of food.
That was D.Jay's secret. He had asked the manager if it would be possible to have the chef come out and meet our budding chef.


I love Disney moments like this. Good job D.Jay!

[Sarilas]

My mom was a chef and one of the first things she learned to make in culinary school was baklava... YUM!

[winkers]

My son James used the restroom near Test Track 3 times in one morning. My daughters started calling it "James' restroom".

!

I think every family has a member with a bladder the size of a raisnin.

When I was growing up we would make trips to my grandparents every few months, it was about a 3 hour drive. Well, my little brother would need to stop 5 or 6 times! Many roadside weeds were fertilzed by him.

He's now 25 and we still tease him about it.:laughing:

[winkers]

My mom was a chef and one of the first things she learned to make in culinary school was baklava... YUM!

mine tasted ok, just not as good.....maybe baklava tastes better when you're mesmerized by the belly dancer in Marakesh?;)

[MAGICFOR2]

I think I need to get her some for christmas.
:lmao::lmao:

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:

[MAGICFOR2]

Cool Update! I love the pics from the Aztec balcony. I didn't know you could go up there. That was so sweet of DJay to get the Chef to come out for Hunter! In the pic, both guys have their eyes closed - I must be sleepy, I was giggling to myself that they were so bored they fell asleep. :goodvibes

I'm glad you, Hunter and the Baklava all survived the crash! It is hard to see where you're going when you can't feel your head!:lmao:

[wigdoutdismom]

Hey it's good to know that a headache can be cured by a visit from a Chef! What a sweet moment!
I can't wait to see what DJay does with his money!

[winkers]

Cool Update! I love the pics from the Aztec balcony. I didn't know you could go up there. :
it is a cool little place to get a nice view around ws.


I can't wait to see what DJay does with his money!

it's more what his family does with his money...:thumbsup2

[vamassey1]

I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy after reading this.

I love the pictures of the kids all lined up on the balcony. I've never taken pictures from there so that will go on the never ending list for next time.

I'm the guilty person in our family. I have the smallest bladder. I once came out of the bathroom during our breakfast stop on a trip to find every one making bets for how far I would make it before we had to stop again. I think I know where every bathroom is in the parks, but I don't rate them like Jordan. I also don't recall entering the wrong bathroom either. I can totally understand your family's enjoyment of that misconception.

Having the Chef come speak to a budding young Chef is the best! Your DJ is a keeper.

[Sarilas]

mine tasted ok, just not as good.....maybe baklava tastes better when you're mesmerized by the belly dancer in Marakesh?;)

I think just EVERYTHING tastes better when somebody else makes it. :thumbsup2

[winkers]

I'm the guilty person in our family. I have the smallest bladder. I once came out of the bathroom during our breakfast stop on a trip to find every one making bets for how far I would make it before we had to stop again. I think I know where every bathroom is in the parks, but I don't rate them like Jordan. I also don't recall entering the wrong bathroom either. I can totally understand your family's enjoyment of that misconception.

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:rotfl2: There's one in every family!

I think just EVERYTHING tastes better when somebody else makes it. :thumbsup2

I agree....now who's going to make my dinner?