Make A Wish September 5th - September 11th

[Matt1026]

Hello!

I am very new at this and to be honest a little nervous about starting this. I also want to say to everyone that I have enjoyed reading everything. I have learned alot from you all. I feel like I know several of you. I have laughed with you and cried with you. You have given me hope.

As I say we are just starting on our wonderful adventure. We have found out we are approved for our Make a Wish. We will meet with our volunteer on Monday May 11th. My son Lucas is so excited!! He has already told me I know what I want to do on my wish. I want to go to DisneyWorld and I said that sounds great to me!!! So we are very excited. We found out around April 9that we were approved and it has just put an air of excitement in our home. And after ready several of your stories that has just added to my excitement. We of course do not know dates but we do know it will be at least the fall. Lucas' doctor does not want him to travel until after chemo is over and our last chemo should be the end of July. We know we have to have three dates so we are hoping sometime in September. I not sure how long it takes to get your dates approved. I guess you all can help me out with some kind of estimate of how long it took you.

Well I guess I will share with you of how we got here. In February of 2008 my son started having leg pains. And we just thought it was leg cramps or growing pains and then he would just walk and he would just fall into the floor screaming with pain and he would just stay and scream in pain until the pain would pass. We would take him to doctors and no one knew what was going on. To make a very long story short after two months of searching for answers we finally found a doctor who would help us. Lucas my 7 year old had a biopsy and we found out he has LCH (Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis). LCH is disease caused by too many histiocytes, a type of white blood cell, that cluster together and destroy healthy tisses and organs such as skin, bone, lung, liver, eyes, ears, the central nervous system. At this point it was in his L5 vertebra and it was destroyed that was the reason for his back going out. Then within a month he started complaining of an ear ache. Within a few days we had a golf ball size knot on his jaw. That has destroyed b one in his jaw bone . A few week later he started to walk funny and he developed the third lesion that had put a hole in his pelvic bone. At this point he had started his treatment 12 months of chemo (we started in July). We started out once a week for 12 weeks and then we go every three weeks. He also has been taking alot of steroids. So needles to say we have had an adventure. He seems to be responding well to his treatment. That is how we got to Make A Wish. It has been a hard 14 months and this will be a great way to celebrate with what we hope is an end to treatment (which we will not know for sure until he is scanned again in August). We also have a four year old son Alex. It has been hard on him. I know that he feels like he has been put on the back burner. When we go to treatment it is about 2 hours away. So we are on the road for at least four hours. So Alex has to stay home with family. Also everyone always stops and checks on Lucas and there stands Alex. So this will be a great experience for Alex too. I have enjoyed the pictures and stories of the siblings. This has encouraged me for Alex.

Sorry I went on forever. But I will post after we meet with our volunteers on Monday. Please feel free to give me any advice. I need all I can get. It seems these days I do not think to well. So I need help.

Thank you for reading my post.

[maroo]

:welcome: to the DISboards!!! :) We are happy to have you!

You are going to enjoy hanging out here as you guys plan! :)

Bless your hearts...sounds like you guys could use a Wish Trip! :grouphug:

I am so glad you found us! :) I will link this on the Wish Trippers Unite thread and get ya started!! :) Feel free to ask any questions you have! :)

[Corrine 1973]

Welcom Matt to our DisBoards. I am so glad you found us and glad that Lucas was excepted for a Wish.:banana::banana:

My biggest advice for you right now is to make sure you have all the paper work they need ready. Having your Drivers license and the kids birth certificates photo copied already made the process a little easier.;)

As for how long it takes, it really depends on the the wish org., the needs of the family, and what is available. We saw are volenteer in March and just finally got confirmation about our dates for GKTW. We are still waiting for the confirmation on the Airplane tickets.:rolleyes1 While other families have there meetings and find out within a couple of days that there dates have been confirmed. The volenteer should let you know about how long there chapter usualy takes.

September is a great time to go from what everyone is telling me. There select dates open for MNSSHP open at this time and looks it is a real fun time. I looks like my family is going September 14-19 so maybe our dates will overlap.:woohoo:

I would also check out the Give Kids The World web site. It's were wish kids usually stays and is definatly magical.

[BeckySob]

:yay:Welcome!:yay:

Omigosh, your family soooo deserves this trip! You guys will have so much fun! I can totally relate to the sibling issue. But this trip is not only for Lucas, but for Alex and you as well. AWESOME!

Can't wait to hear about your meeting with MAW.
From the time the application was sent in, to the dates being sent, for me took just less than a month! MAW here didn't waste any time! Be sure you can stay at GKTW! It's the most amazing place!

Feel free to ask any questions, large or small.

[Matt1026]

Thank you so much for all of you getting back with me. It makes me feel like I am not alone. That is so comforting to me.

Looking forward to getting to know all of you.

[Matt1026]

I really enjoyed reading about your trip. It has really gotten us excited about everything. I really loved the pictures!!!!

[tinytreasures]

you all are going have so much fun
my other kids enjoyed it as much as our wish child :lovestruc

[Matt1026]

That is good news!!! I am excited for Lucas(the wish child) but his little brother can also use the trip.:thumbsup2

[bellairisa]

Great start to your pre-trip report, definately try to stay at GKTW, I've heard so much wonderful things about it, that when the MAW volunteers came to visit my DD Malia, I requested that we would like to stay there instead of a reg. Disney resort, we'll be staying there this June for a week.
Can't wait to here more for you.

[Matt1026]

Great start to your pre-trip report, definately try to stay at GKTW, I've heard so much wonderful things about it, that when the MAW volunteers came to visit my DD Malia, I requested that we would like to stay there instead of a reg. Disney resort, we'll be staying there this June for a week.
Can't wait to here more for you.

Thank you for the tip. We are getting so excited. Lucas has 2 1/2 months left of chemo. This trip has given us more to focus on.

I can not wait to hear your post trip report. Make sure to take good notes I will be sure to have alot of questions as our trip approaches.

:banana:

[Matt1026]

:cool1:
We got to meet with our wonderful Make A Wish Volunteers tonight. WOW what a feeling! Lucas was so excited to finally get to meet them. They asked him what his wish was and he said without a moment of doubt I want to go to Disneyworld and ride the trains. He did not hesitate for one moment. :love: Alex surprised me and wanted to stay right there with his brother while they talked to him. :love:The boys had a wonderful time with the MAW volunteers. Now the waiting begins. I hope for Lucas' sake it is not a long wait. He does not wait very well.

Looking forward to taking this journey with all of you!!!

[bellairisa]

Yay! I'm so excited for you guys! :woohoo:

[maroo]

:cool1:
We got to meet with our wonderful Make A Wish Volunteers tonight. WOW what a feeling! Lucas was so excited to finally get to meet them. They asked him what his wish was and he said without a moment of doubt I want to go to Disneyworld and ride the trains. He did not hesitate for one moment. :love: Alex surprised me and wanted to stay right there with his brother while they talked to him. :love:The boys had a wonderful time with the MAW volunteers. Now the waiting begins. I hope for Lucas' sake it is not a long wait. He does not wait very well.

Looking forward to taking this journey with all of you!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

Let us know when you guys get DATES! :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Matt1026]

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I finally did it! Lucas is in the green shirt. He is the MAW child. That is my Alex he is 4 years old.

[Matt1026]

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Here are two more pictures. One is of Lucas and the other one is Lucas' dad and his brother. :love:

[Corrine 1973]

Such handsome boys!!!

[Matt1026]

Such handsome boys!!!


Thank you!!!!

[maroo]

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I finally did it! Lucas is in the green shirt. He is the MAW child. That is my Alex he is 4 years old.

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Here are two more pictures. One is of Lucas and the other one is Lucas' dad and his brother. :love:

Your boys are so precious!!

Great pics!!!!!! :)

[Matt1026]

Your boys are so precious!!

Great pics!!!!!! :)

Thank you so much for your directions. Without them I would not have been able to post my pics!!!! :cheer2:Those directions were great!!!

[Nyla]

Hoping this trip is everything your beautiful son hopes for and more!!

You all deserve it!! :hug:

Can't wait to read more!

[maroo]

Thank you so much for your directions. Without them I would not have been able to post my pics!!!! :cheer2:Those directions were great!!!

You are very welcome! Glad they helped! :goodvibes

[Matt1026]

Hoping this trip is everything your beautiful son hopes for and more!!

You all deserve it!! :hug:

Can't wait to read more!

Thank you!! We are so excited!! :yay:We just can not wait until we get our dates. We know it will be September or later because Lucas has his chemo until the end of July.

I noticed you are from Nashville. That is where Lucas goes for Treatment. He goes to the Children's Hospital In Nashville. It is about 1 hour 45 minutes from our home (depending on traffic). Lucas has fallen in love with Nashville.

:love:

[bellairisa]

Your boys are so cute! I can't wait to hear more.

[Matt1026]

I had to send some missing paperwork to MAW today. My husband always likes to wait until the last day possible to do anything so we had to send a copy of his new driver's license to MAW. While I was on the phone getting the address I was able to ask about our dates. One part of Lucas wish for Disney was to do the Behind the Scenes Magic of the Railroad tour (I believe that is what it is called), but you have to be 10 years old to go. But MAW has put in a special request to see if they would make an exception for him. He is only eight. But he sure loves trains and could tell them exactly how those steam engines work. So I was able to ask the question about our dates and she said that we should have an answer within the month. They are waiting on the doctor to sign off (our primary doc is out of town alot). We know that he will not have a problem with it, because we had already discussed it with him. She had shared that September is a great month to go. So that is what we are hoping for!

Also we have found out that Lucas' school is having a special program for him on the last day of school. They are going to have an assembly and they are asking everyone in school to wear Disney themed clothing and the 5th grade chorus is going to sing Disney songs. The school is going to have a penny war or a dollar war (they are not sure which yet) and make a donation in Lucas's honor for MAW. They are wanting to surprise him. The MAW volunteers are going to be with him that day accepting the donation.

I was just excited :banana:and I have felt like all of you have become friends:grouphug: and I wanted to share it with you. Thank you for listening!!!!

[cajunfan]

Hi There! Looking forward to hearing more!

If you have the opportunity, when you are in Nashville, stop by the Disney Store in Opry Mills...and ask if Lynn is there...I work mostly on weekends, but occasionally will work an evening or two during the week! Would love to say Hi! in person.

Good luck with everything!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Hi There! Looking forward to hearing more!

If you have the opportunity, when you are in Nashville, stop by the Disney Store in Opry Mills...and ask if Lynn is there...I work mostly on weekends, but occasionally will work an evening or two during the week! Would love to say Hi! in person.

Good luck with everything!

Lynn

We know exactly where the Disney Store is. We were just there on Monday looking for a Mickey Mouse shirt for Lucas. He is wanting to get ready for Disney. So I told him we will stop in there again before our trip. So will make sure that we stop in and say hello!

[Matt1026]

Lucas had a very exciting day at school. :banana: His school has been having penny wars between the classes but he did not realize that they were taking up the money to be donated to Make A Wish. They had an assembly today and his principal came in his Mouse Ears and Mouse gloves and another teacher:teacher::flower3: came in dressed up like Winnie the Pooh. They started sharing about Lucas and what he goes through each day and that his Wish had been approved and that we are waiting for dates for Disney. Then his principal had his Make a Wish Volunteer come up and then Lucas. He was so surprised! Then they donated the money in Lucas' name to Make A Wish!!!! It was such a special day. One of the most special moments of the day was when I went to Lucas' class to get him his teacher said that a second grader that did not know Lucas wanted to give him a chocolate rose that she won that day. :lovestruc I thought how sweet!! What a blessing!!! We have been very blessed that Lucas' school has supported him so well. Lucas had been working very hard collecting his pennies because he wanted his class to win. After it was over he said I did not know I was doing that for me.

I just feel very blessed and wanted to share!!!

[PookieB]

Lucas had a very exciting day at school. :banana: His school has been having penny wars between the classes but he did not realize that they were taking up the money to be donated to Make A Wish. They had an assembly today and his principal came in his Mouse Ears and Mouse gloves and another teacher:teacher::flower3: came in dressed up like Winnie the Poah. They started sharing about Lucas and what he goes through each day and that his Wish had been approved and that we are waiting for dates for Disney. Then his principal had his Make a Wish Volunteer come up and then Lucas. He was so surprised! Then they donated the money in Lucas' name to Make A Wish!!!! It was such a special day. One of the most special moments of the day was when I went to Lucas' class to get him his teacher said that a second grader that did not know Lucas wanted to give him a chocolate rose that she won that day. :lovestruc I thought how sweet!! What a blessing!!! We have been very blessed that Lucas' school has supported him so well. Lucas had been working very hard collecting his pennies because he wanted his class to win. After it was over he said I did not know I was doing that for me.

I just feel very blessed and wanted to share!!!

Wow! That is amazing! Brings tears to my eyes reading about the good in the world! :grouphug: Grats on the MAW trip and I wish all the best to Lucas and your family! :cloud9:

[cajunfan]

Did he find a Mickey shirt that he liked? We have a red one, a blue one and a green one (not many of these left)...

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Did he find a Mickey shirt that he liked? We have a red one, a blue one and a green one (not many of these left)...

Lynn


We finally found one. A very nice lady went to back and found us one. There was not much left by the time we arrived Monday afternoon. He got the blue one (that is his favorite color) but thank you for asking.

[Matt1026]

Wow! That is amazing! Brings tears to my eyes reading about the good in the world! :grouphug: Grats on the MAW trip and I wish all the best to Lucas and your family! :cloud9:

Thank you so much!!!! We are excited.

Yes you are right about the good in the world. That has been the positive part of Lucas' disease. We have been blessed by so many special people and how the Lord has allowed them to be in our lives. We were eating at a restaurant right before Lucas was starting his chemo and a lady oveheard us talking about it and a total stranger put $60.00 in his pocket and said put this toward a Ninetendo DS he will need that during his chemo. It is amazing running across these special people. And also this board. It has been amazing getting to know people on these boards and just kind words that people share and they right just make your day.

So thanks for sharing!!

[Matt1026]

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Here is a picture of Lucas with his principal the day that his school presented Make A Wish a donation in his honor.

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Here is Lucas with his Make a Wish Volunteer Clara and Winnie the Pooh and Mr. Wells

[bellairisa]

What a wonderful story about your ds's school and donation!! :love:

[Matt1026]

What a wonderful story about your ds's school and donation!! :love:


It truly was a very special day. But the funny thing about the whole day was the entire school was so excited about collecting the money and so was Lucas. Little did he know that it was for him. He was very surprised at the assembly when they made the announcement. We are very blessed to be a part of such a great and caring school.:hug:

[maroo]

oh, that is so awesome! He got to be sponsored by his school! It doesn't get much better than that!

Lauren was able to be the chair for the MAW collections at her high school this year and it was a highlight for her to be able to give back.

How cool!

I am finally getting caught up on all of my trip and pre-trip reports!! :) I am enjoying reading yours! And I agree...illness can bring the best out in people. The Lord works in the hard stuff, too...and sometimes we see it more clearly in the hard stuff.

[cajunfan]

I LOVE that train shirt he is holding up!!!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

oh, that is so awesome! He got to be sponsored by his school! It doesn't get much better than that!

Lauren was able to be the chair for the MAW collections at her high school this year and it was a highlight for her to be able to give back.

How cool!

I am finally getting caught up on all of my trip and pre-trip reports!! :) I am enjoying reading yours! And I agree...illness can bring the best out in people. The Lord works in the hard stuff, too...and sometimes we see it more clearly in the hard stuff.


We are so blessed to be such a part of a caring school. They have really got behind Lucas and our family and have supported us so much.

[Matt1026]

I LOVE that train shirt he is holding up!!!

Lynn

Lucas loved that you noticed his train shirt. It was wonderful surprise for Lucas when our MAW volunteer had brought it with her. She said MAW was going through Lucas' information and read how much he loved trains and they had some extra shirts and sent one down for Lucas and one for this brother. Needless to say he has wants to wear it about everyday.

[cajunfan]

I also noticed his blue Mickey shirt! (It is fun to see stuff from the store on people...of course we saw lots when we in WDW last OCT! :goodvibes.

Can't wait to hear when you get dates.

Lynn

[Matt1026]

I also noticed his blue Mickey shirt! (It is fun to see stuff from the store on people...of course we saw lots when we in WDW last OCT! :goodvibes.

Can't wait to hear when you get dates.

Lynn


Yes that was the shirt that we got. It was so funny trying to explain to him why I was buying the shirt and why he was to wear it to school that day. It was Mickey so I did not have to say much. :thumbsup2

As someone was sharing in their PTR it is like waiting for Christmas. We can not wait until we hear from our dates.

[cajunfan]

I hope your summer is going well!

We are having the Mickey Sale (semi annual clearance sale) at the store right now, so stop in the next time you all are in town!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

I hope your summer is going well!

We are having the Mickey Sale (semi annual clearance sale) at the store right now, so stop in the next time you all are in town!

Lynn

Thank you for the info. We are actually going to be in town tomorrow. Lucas has his chemo at Vandy. I will have to my husband we are going to have to make a pit stop.

Thank you for passing along the information.

[maroo]

Thank you for the info. We are actually going to be in town tomorrow. Lucas has his chemo at Vandy. I will have to my husband we are going to have to make a pit stop.

Thank you for passing along the information.

Hey there!!

Lauren and I are going to be in Nashville this weekend meeting one of the DISers that I am planning to go to Disney with in Sept 2010.

We are going to do some shopping and swimming and lots of eating out! :goodvibes

I went to one semester of nurse practitioner school at Vanderbilt...I love that place. I am sure you guys probably don't like it so much now. :sad2:

[Matt1026]

Hey there!!

Lauren and I are going to be in Nashville this weekend meeting one of the DISers that I am planning to go to Disney with in Sept 2010.

We are going to do some shopping and swimming and lots of eating out! :goodvibes

I went to one semester of nurse practitioner school at Vanderbilt...I love that place. I am sure you guys probably don't like it so much now. :sad2:

Actually we love the place but we do get tired of seeing it so much. I reminded Lucas that tomorrow was chemo day and he said ALRIGHT!!. He just loves his doctor and his nurse. They treat him so special there. Most people are amazed at how Lucas gets excited about going to his treatment. He is at the point that he helps flushes his port and everything. He gets involved with it. They tease him that he would be a great nurse one day.

We love going to Nashville. :love: It is about a 2 hour drive from our home. My husband always says he can see himself living there one day. I love shopping in Nashville!!! and eating but I love eating anywhere.:)

Have a wonderful trip!! Enjoy yourself.

[cajunfan]

Hey ya'll! Stop by the store in Opry Mills! I will be working Saturday 11-3pm. (06/20).

Thank you for the info. We are actually going to be in town tomorrow. Lucas has his chemo at Vandy. I will have to my husband we are going to have to make a pit stop.

Thank you for passing along the information.

Did you all make it there? I worked tonight from 6-10...

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Hey ya'll! Stop by the store in Opry Mills! I will be working Saturday 11-3pm. (06/20).



Did you all make it there? I worked tonight from 6-10...

Lynn

No we were not able to make it. We were all tired and just wanted to get home. My husband said I knew you were tired when you did not want to go shopping.

I told him you that had shared with me about the sale. He knows I love the store and he said oh no not another connection. I said yes isn't it wonderful!!!:banana:

[cajunfan]

How is everyone doing in your house? (Both Lucus & Alex doing well?:goodvibes)

Was this past trip Lucus' last chemo, or does he have one more? (Hoping you guys will get dates soon!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

How is everyone doing in your house? (Both Lucus & Alex doing well?:goodvibes)

Was this past trip Lucus' last chemo, or does he have one more? (Hoping you guys will get dates soon!

Lynn

Eveyone is doing well. The heat has been bad this weekend so I have been trying to convince the boys it is best inside. Both boys are doing well. Lucas has been extremely hyper this week. He had chemo on Monday and he does a week of steroid. 40mg a day for five days. We just finished the steroids and needless to say he is bouncing.

We have two more treatments (we pray). One July 6th and the last one should be July 27th. We then go back for one day of scans.

We sure hope we have our dates soon. I talked to our MAW volunteers in May and they were saying we should have them by the middle of June but we are still waiting and boy is it getting harder each day. We have been lucky that the entire process has went quickly well until this point. My concern is my work. The time off is first come first serve. There can only be one person off at a time. So we have given them the dates I know is safe. But someone can pick those dates while I wait. But I know it all work out just fine. So keep your fingers cross that we can get our dates soon!!!!

[cajunfan]

It will work out! You will get dates, and they will work! I have faith!

Glad to hear everyone is doing well.

Lynn

[maroo]

I would definitely call them...maybe later this week...if you don't have dates yet.

I am not sure they realize how difficult it is for some parents to get off work. They sometimes think...and they should be right...that a Make a Wish trip should give you preference on your time off.

It would be best for everyone involved to only do the paperwork on the dates one time...so I would imagine MAW would want to be aware that you are afraid the vacation time for your dates will be taken if you wait too long.

Hopefully you will know soon, though!!

And hopefully this heat breaks, soon, too. It is really hot down here, too. I am melting. :rotfl:

[Matt1026]

Thank you for the advice. :) With any other thing I would be calling but it is funny how with MAW being so generous and all I just feel bad about calling and bothering them. I know that sounds silly because with any other thing I would be calling. But you have a good point that it would be easier to get a date and set than to have to change everything. Do you suggest going through our MAW volunteer or calling our local chapter?

Yes we are melting down here. I was complaining about it over the weekend and someone shared at least it is not the ice storm. It seems everyone in our town is still feeling the trama of the ice storm.

Thank you again for your advice

[Matt1026]

WE HAVE OUR DATES!!!!!!!!!!:banana: We will leave September 5th and be returning September 11th. :cool1: We are so excited. Can not wait to start planning. Please we welcome all of the advice.

[maroo]

WE HAVE OUR DATES!!!!!!!!!!:banana: We will leave September 5th and be returning September 11th. :cool1: We are so excited. Can not wait to start planning. Please we welcome all of the advice.

I am SOOOOOO excited!!!!

I am so going to be in Disney over those dates!!!! :) :woohoo:

Your park days will probably be Sept 6-10th and I will be in Disney from Sept 4-9th. We will have to figure out a way to have a little DIS meet! :) In the past I have come to GKTW for breakfast to meet up with folks, so that I don't take up any precious park time. Totally up to you, of course!! :) You may not even want to meet any crazy DISers. :rotfl:


Do you know how to change your title so you can add your dates?

You can go to your very first post and click EDIT, then GO ADVANCE, and then just retype or type over the title in the first box at the top. Then click SAVE and you are done. :)

I will change it on the Wish Trippers thread, too!! :) That is great news! Feel free to tell the group over there, too!

[cajunfan]

YEAH!!!!! DATES!!!!!

Definitely have to get your planning done soon!

Not sure when I will be back at the store, but let me know when you might be able to make it there and I will try to meet you there!:goodvibes Another one of those crazy people that like DIS meets....

Lynn

[Matt1026]

I am SOOOOOO excited!!!!

I am so going to be in Disney over those dates!!!! :) :woohoo:

Your park days will probably be Sept 6-10th and I will be in Disney from Sept 4-9th. We will have to figure out a way to have a little DIS meet! :) In the past I have come to GKTW for breakfast to meet up with folks, so that I don't take up any precious park time. Totally up to you, of course!! :) You may not even want to meet any crazy DISers. :rotfl:


Do you know how to change your title so you can add your dates?

You can go to your very first post and click EDIT, then GO ADVANCE, and then just retype or type over the title in the first box at the top. Then click SAVE and you are done. :)

I will change it on the Wish Trippers thread, too!! :) That is great news! Feel free to tell the group over there, too!


We would love to meet up with you then! That sounds exciting We can work out a time and a place. My son would love to meet you I just know it.

So I am needing help on planning which park on which days. I know that we will be arriving on a holiday weekend so I did not know if the MK would be wild over the weekend or what. So please help advise. I know I have to be careful because I like to do it all and I know I will have to slow down and stop and smell the flowers. I know my boys will love the GKTW and I may not get them to leave there. My DS loves trains and he may never leave GKTW.

Thank you for letting me know how to make the change. Again if you can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it.

[Matt1026]

YEAH!!!!! DATES!!!!!

Definitely have to get your planning done soon!

Not sure when I will be back at the store, but let me know when you might be able to make it there and I will try to meet you there!:goodvibes Another one of those crazy people that like DIS meets....

Lynn

Oh we would love to meet up with you. I know our next trip is Monday but that will be a fast one. So hopefuelly on or around July 27th we will be down there. Maybe we can work something out then. Then we will have a long day in August because Lucas will have all of his scans. So we usually let him going shoppping after that because of all of the stress. So yes I would love to work out something to meet you.

[Corrine 1973]

Yeah for dates!!!!:banana::dance3::cheer2:

Looks like we will just miss each other.:sad1:

[maroo]

We would love to meet up with you then! That sounds exciting We can work out a time and a place. My son would love to meet you I just know it.

So I am needing help on planning which park on which days. I know that we will be arriving on a holiday weekend so I did not know if the MK would be wild over the weekend or what. So please help advise. I know I have to be careful because I like to do it all and I know I will have to slow down and stop and smell the flowers. I know my boys will love the GKTW and I may not get them to leave there. My DS loves trains and he may never leave GKTW.

Thank you for letting me know how to make the change. Again if you can give me any advice I would greatly appreciate it.

It is really hard to tell this far out...I know it seems like it should be easy to tell, but the hours keep changing for the parks.

Looks like your park days will be Monday - Friday of that week.

Sun Night- Not sure when you get in, but try not to miss the Candyland Party. It is a cool playground and probably a fun party!

Monday is Labor day. So I would stay away from the MK that day, for sure. It will probably be busy all over Disney. Mon AM the Disney Characters should come to GKTW. So you could spend some time with them and get pictures, etc. That is really fun. You could use your Sea World ticket, spend time at GKTW, go to Universal (which could be fairly busy, too).

Tuesday will be a GREAT Disney day...supposed to be very low crowds since everyone is going home after Labor Day weekend. I would make that a long Disney day...depending on what parks you want to attend, I might even make that the longest Disney day? (We will be at DHS this day and my friend is trying out for American Idol.)

Wednesday - I would probably do another Disney day. (We will be at MK early this morning for Crystal Palace meal and then doing MK that morning and leaving after lunch to go back home.)

Thursday - I would make this a Universal Day and a short day so you can make it back to Christmas at GKTW.

Friday - Your last Disney Day


But...I am not sure what parades you are interested in.

Would you like for me to do a full planner for you? If so, PM me and I can work on it this weekend. :) I need to finish up my Sept plans, too!

[HeatherSue]

Your boys are adorable (or handsome, as the case may be ;))! I can't wait to hear more about your wish trip!

[Matt1026]

Thank you so much!!! They are the joy of my life!!!!!

[cajunfan]

How's the planning going? Are both boys excited? Do you have a good set of maps? My son used to love to go through the maps and determine what he wanted to do!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

How's the planning going? Are both boys excited? Do you have a good set of maps? My son used to love to go through the maps and determine what he wanted to do!

Lynn

We have our planner done!!! Thank you Maroo!!! We have our ADR's at Crystal Palace and we actually get to visit with Maroon in person. And we are going to the Sci Fi at DHS. Oh the boys are so excited. We started the countdown calendar so they can not wait until each day they wake up and mark one more day down. No I do not have maps but that is a great ideal. They boys love to look at maps when we travel.

[xanphylus]

Order the maps on the Disney website. They are really nice and you can let the kids help you pick which things to have put on their very own personalized disney maps!! :cool1: My daughter thought this was the coolest thing ever! They even send you stickers to mark special things on the map. It's nice to sit there and let them dream about all the fun they are about to have! :goodvibes

[cajunfan]

Definitely order the Disney Maps online. They are a beautiful keepsake if nothing else!

If you want to PM me your address (or let me know when you might be down in the store again!), I can get you an extra set of maps. (I am a planning freak, so I always keep extra maps! (I hound all my friend to bring me extra maps home when they go)

Lynn

[jenb1023]

Looking forward to hearing more about your plans for the trip!

[Matt1026]

When I first started this site I was thinking WOW what a wonderful way of getting information about our trip and tips to help plan the best trip EVER for my sons!!! But what I have received far out weighs anything I have ever expected. We have 57 days left before we leave on our trip and the magic has already started. It is so overwhelming how total strangers have cared for me and my family. The advice you have offered and encouragement has been such a blessing. And also thank you for sharing your family and their stories. I know at times it is not easy. They have been such encouragements! Sometimes you feel like you are all alone and then on this site you are able to reach out to someone and guess what they are there to lean on. And the BIG GIVE!! It is so incredible.

You have all been such a blessing!!!

I am sorry about being so mushy but I felt like this is something that I need to share.
:love:

[Corrine 1973]

When I first started this site I was thinking WOW what a wonderful way of getting information about our trip and tips to help plan the best trip EVER for my sons!!! But what I have received far out weighs anything I have ever expected. We have 57 days left before we leave on our trip and the magic has already started. It is so overwhelming how total strangers have cared for me and my family. The advice you have offered and encouragement has been such a blessing. And also thank you for sharing your family and their stories. I know at times it is not easy. They have been such encouragements! Sometimes you feel like you are all alone and then on this site you are able to reach out to someone and guess what they are there to lean on. And the BIG GIVE!! It is so incredible.

You have all been such a blessing!!!

I am sorry about being so mushy but I felt like this is something that I need to share.
:love:

I know exactly what you mean and feel the exact same way!!!!!:hug:

[snubie]

Just catching up from the BIG GIVE site.

The story of the last day of school brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful thing for his school to do.

[Matt1026]

Just catching up from the BIG GIVE site.

The story of the last day of school brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful thing for his school to do.


It was so overwhelming that day. Lucas was just speechless. We are so blessed to be a part of a school who really go the extra mile to support their students. What is so cool is everywhere he goes this summer everyone from his school remembers that and asks when are you going on your Wish Trip. So it has made Lucas feel very special. He says Mom I do not even know these people.

[Matt1026]

We got alittle bit of pixie dust today.:wizard: A friend of mine from Elementary School(yes an old friend) was in Disney this past week and sent cards from Mickey Mouse to the boys. They thought it was so cool:thumbsup2 that Mickey knows they are coming!!! I can not believe it is getting closer. We are getting so excited. Only 50 more days!!!!!:banana:

[Figmificent]

I'm subscribing to follow along! So excited for you all, you'll have a wonderful time!

[Matt1026]

I'm subscribing to follow along! So excited for you all, you'll have a wonderful time!


It has already been such a wonderful journey and we have not even left town yet. I know it is only going to get better and I just can not wait. It is so wonderful to have a great distraction from Lucas' chemo!!!!

I hope you enjoy the ride with us!!!! All of the wonderful people on the boards have helped make this an incredible journey.

[Eeyores Butterfly]

Hi Matt! I have been following your thread but have not posted yet. I'm glad this is a bright spot for you all. Your family seems very wonderful and I know you will have a blast!

[Matt1026]

Hi Matt! I have been following your thread but have not posted yet. I'm glad this is a bright spot for you all. Your family seems very wonderful and I know you will have a blast!

Thank you for coming along of these incredible journey with us. We are so looking forward to our trip. At the end of each day we have a calendar and we have begun the final countdown. It is exciting to see we are getting one day closer. It will be so nice to get away and laugh and just have a great time. We are so looking forward to it.:thumbsup2

[Matt1026]

We got an email from our wish volunteer this morning asking about our send off party. :cool1: She wanted to know what we wanted to do. With the dates being still 42 away (yes we are counting) it is making it feel more real. Sometimes it feels like a dream but I believe our dreams are about to come true for my child and my family. :woohoo:

[jenb1023]

We got an email from our wish volunteer this morning asking about our send off party. :cool1: She wanted to know what we wanted to do. With the dates being still 42 away (yes we are counting) it is making it feel more real. Sometimes it feels like a dream but I believe our dreams are about to come true for my child and my family. :woohoo:

You absolutely should be counting the days! That makes it so much more fun! I can't remember - are you doing a countdown chain or calendar? That made it a lot more tangible for my DD. You should make a ticker for in your signature too - that always makes me smile when counting down to a trip. Maroo is an expert if you need help with one - she has at least five or so going right now. Looking forward to hearing details about the sendoff party.

[cajunfan]

Hi there!

I will put maps in the mail today (tomorrow at the latest...may need boxes...as my "stash" of them were ruined from the ceiling collapse!...have some at work, but maybe not the size needed)

Lynn

[Matt1026]

You absolutely should be counting the days! That makes it so much more fun! I can't remember - are you doing a countdown chain or calendar? That made it a lot more tangible for my DD. You should make a ticker for in your signature too - that always makes me smile when counting down to a trip. Maroo is an expert if you need help with one - she has at least five or so going right now. Looking forward to hearing details about the sendoff party.



That is a great ideal. I will have to get with Maroo on that. 39 more to go!

[Matt1026]

Hi there!

I will put maps in the mail today (tomorrow at the latest...may need boxes...as my "stash" of them were ruined from the ceiling collapse!...have some at work, but maybe not the size needed)

Lynn

The boys will be so excited!!! Your ceiling collapsed OH my!!!

Again Thank you just does seem enough for all you are doing for my family. Thank you already for touching my family.

We thought of you today. We were in your area today. I wanted to go by the mall and had every intention but the day was so long at the hospital and we were all exhausted so we headed into home. Had intended to be in bed early but I am so addicted to these boards and had not had my daily dose. So here I am.

Hopefully we can run into you soon at the mall.

[Matt1026]

Well I can not believe it. A year of chemo maybe over.:yay: We will have scans in about 30 days and then have a meeting with the doc and see where he is at. Hopefully it will be over. When we started chemo we promised Lucas a big party to celebrate. We had never dreamed we would be celebrating Disney style.:cheer2: What a way to end this chapter of our lives.

[MomTo4+more]

It's a great way to end this chapter in life! :woohoo:

[cajunfan]

Yeah! Chemo is over! I can only imagine how happy you all are that this phase of your life is over.

The maps went out yesterday. I had boxes to fit at work. There are three sets of maps. You will be able to tell that one set is different from the others. It is a little older and will not have some of the most recent additions/changes (like no American Idol). I figured you could keep that one for yourself, and give the boys the other two since they are identical.

You all will have to come down to the mall for just a "fun" day. I usually only work one day during the week (most of the time it is Wednesday night) because I work a regular 8-5 job too. But I am usually there on weekends.

Lynn

[maroo]

You guys are done with chemo?!?!? :yay: :woohoo: :cheer2: :woohoo: :yay:

That is fantastic news!

Woo Hoo!!!!!!!! :rockband::dancer:party::jumping1:

[jenb1023]

Well I can not believe it. A year of chemo maybe over.:yay: We will have scans in about 30 days and then have a meeting with the doc and see where he is at. Hopefully it will be over. When we started chemo we promised Lucas a big party to celebrate. We had never dreamed we would be celebrating Disney style.:cheer2: What a way to end this chapter of our lives.

I hope you are right about no more chemo! That would be great news! Keep us posted!

[Matt1026]

Thank you all for celebrating with us. Now we wait the 30 days until his scanned. My 5 year old said the cutest thing this morning. The doctors keep talking about Lucas getting a clean report. My 5 year old said today I sure hope bubby's dirt is all gone from inside. I must of looked very puzzled at him and he said Mom I hope the chemo cleaned all of the dirt out so he will have a "clean report". I had never thought of this way. My boys take everything very literal.

We are so blessed to be planning our trip and not focusing on the next 30 days.

[Matt1026]

Yeah! Chemo is over! I can only imagine how happy you all are that this phase of your life is over.

The maps went out yesterday. I had boxes to fit at work. There are three sets of maps. You will be able to tell that one set is different from the others. It is a little older and will not have some of the most recent additions/changes (like no American Idol). I figured you could keep that one for yourself, and give the boys the other two since they are identical.

You all will have to come down to the mall for just a "fun" day. I usually only work one day during the week (most of the time it is Wednesday night) because I work a regular 8-5 job too. But I am usually there on weekends.

Lynn


The boys will be so excited! Yesterday as we were leaving the city (the boys love to look at the sky line) Lucas said can we come back to Nashville and just have fun. I said we will be planning that for sure. So maybe we can make a visit with you!!!

[wkualum]

can't believe I'm just now getting over to your PTR!? :confused3 I thought i had subscribed to it but obviously I was wrong!

Can't wait to see more planning as the trip gets closer. We just got our dates today and I'm super duper excited!!!

[Matt1026]

can't believe I'm just now getting over to your PTR!? :confused3 I thought i had subscribed to it but obviously I was wrong!

Can't wait to see more planning as the trip gets closer. We just got our dates today and I'm super duper excited!!!


Welcome aboard fellow Kentuckian!!! Congrats on getting your dates! :banana: It made it more realistic when we finally got our dates!!!!

Thank you for taking this journey with us!!!

[Matt1026]

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A Big ThanK YOU to Cajunfan. The boys received their BIG GIVE today and boy they were excited. They just loved everything!!!! We already had to play the card games and I learned a new game tonight. Thank you so much for including us. My husband and I enjoy our gifts. The Star Wars gift was just perfect.

I am going to include more pictures. Having trouble getting it down. So here is the first one of them holding their gifts.

But thank you again. Oh the maps were wonderful. It really helped in planning when you can see everything on the map.

[Matt1026]

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The boys holding all of their goodies!!!!


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My husband enjoying his gifts. The boys are already making plans for it.

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[Matt1026]

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The boys holding their BIG GIVE presents.

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Thank you Figmificent for the wonderful I Spy Bags. The boys really like them. After they opened them my 5 year old disappeared and I went to find him and he was sitting on the steps just playing away with his bag. I went back to get my husband to show him (because he looked so cute) and my husband had the other one just playing too. They already have alot of fun with the bags.

They were wonderful and we truly apprecaite it. You are very talented.

[Matt1026]

What is the size everyone is using for their pictures? My seem so small.

[Corrine 1973]

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The boys holding their BIG GIVE presents.

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Thank you Figmificent for the wonderful I Spy Bags. The boys really like them. After they opened them my 5 year old disappeared and I went to find him and he was sitting on the steps just playing away with his bag. I went back to get my husband to show him (because he looked so cute) and my husband had the other one just playing too. They already have alot of fun with the bags.

They were wonderful and we truly apprecaite it. You are very talented.

I know what you mean. My kids got theirs yesterday and just loved them. I have never seen them before but now don't see how I could have gone through our Missouri trip with out them.:scared1:

What is the size everyone is using for their pictures? My seem so small.

I use the 640x480 Large size to get the size of the pictures on my PTR. Hope this helps.:)

[Figmificent]

Glad the boys are enjoying them! Good things don't usually happen when children disappear, especially when they're quiet :laughing: Seems like the adults are enjoying these as much as the kids ;) You are most welcome!

[Matt1026]

Glad the boys are enjoying them! Good things don't usually happen when children disappear, especially when they're quiet :laughing: Seems like the adults are enjoying these as much as the kids ;) You are most welcome!

My husband is still enjoying it and my mom came over to watch my boys and of course the boys could not wait to show her all of their goodies and when I went home for lunch and I caught her playing with it.

Thank you again.

[Matt1026]

Thank you so much Princess Caitlin!!! The boys enjoyed their gifts so much. Lucas asked how did you know how to get just the right things. He said she knew to get me by favorite puzzle book. He has just started to get into those word search puzzle books and just loves it. So he was thrilled!!!!

Lucas and his puzzle books

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They were still in the P.J.'s that day. Lucas says it is still summer break and P.J. days are the best. I have to agree.


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[Matt1026]

I have be meaning to post these pictures but I am just now getting the hang of this picture thing. This was my poor attempt to create a Disney Castle Cake. This was our celebration to begin our official Disney Countdown.


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[VroomVroomLightning]

I love your Disney cake! Soo cute! Hope you and your family are having a good weekend!

[Matt1026]

I love your Disney cake! Soo cute! Hope you and your family are having a good weekend!

Thank you so much for your kind words about the cake. It was fun!!! That is the important part.

We are having a great weekend just hanging out and enjoying a cookout! Have a wonderful weekend too.

[wkualum]

That IS a great cake -- don't be so hard on yourself.

It's good to see all the goodies the boys are getting from The Big Give! That is one of my favorite parts of reading the PTRs -- to see all the goodies those ladies send to these kids.

Have a great weekend! It's warm on this side of Kentucky. I guess we've been spoiled by a cool summer so I won't complain. It IS August afterall :)

[Matt1026]

That IS a great cake -- don't be so hard on yourself.

It's good to see all the goodies the boys are getting from The Big Give! That is one of my favorite parts of reading the PTRs -- to see all the goodies those ladies send to these kids.

Have a great weekend! It's warm on this side of Kentucky. I guess we've been spoiled by a cool summer so I won't complain. It IS August afterall :)

Thank you for!!! At least the cake tasted good. That is what coutns.

The Big Give has been great. It is like Christmas coming home and finding what Santa has left on your doorstep.

I know July has been great but I afraid August is going to be bringing the heat back.

[jenb1023]

Great updates! Love the photos and big give gifts so far! We definitely need bigger pictures though - if you are using photobucket just pick a larger size.

[Matt1026]

Great updates! Love the photos and big give gifts so far! We definitely need bigger pictures though - if you are using photobucket just pick a larger size.

Thank you for so much for your comments. I am trying with the sizing of the pictures but I must be doing something wrong. :confused3 I go in and resize and think I have done it until I get over here and see the posting. I am going to try to work on the pictures again and hopefully I can get it right. The boys received another Big Give today and I will post those pictures tonight. :surfweb: I am going to work on that sizing problem.

Stay tuned to see if she can get it right................

[jenb1023]

Thank you for so much for your comments. I am trying with the sizing of the pictures but I must be doing something wrong. :confused3 I go in and resize and think I have done it until I get over here and see the posting. I am going to try to work on the pictures again and hopefully I can get it right. The boys received another Big Give today and I will post those pictures tonight. :surfweb: I am going to work on that sizing problem.

Stay tuned to see if she can get it right................

Photobucket can be very hard to work with! At least I think so unless I am totally clueless. I wouldn't worry about resizing the old ones but any new ones you load in there, pick large or just link them as is. We don't mind huge photos! Glad to hear another package arrived!

[maroo]

Thank you for so much for your comments. I am trying with the sizing of the pictures but I must be doing something wrong. :confused3 I go in and resize and think I have done it until I get over here and see the posting. I am going to try to work on the pictures again and hopefully I can get it right. The boys received another Big Give today and I will post those pictures tonight. :surfweb: I am going to work on that sizing problem.

Stay tuned to see if she can get it right................

I agree with Jen...I would not worry about resizing the old ones.

I always "preview" what I am about to post to check my picture size. And I learned the hard way that you can go smaller, but you can't go "bigger" once you have resized it...so I usually start with cropping the picture, then resize it to Large, then post it. And that usually works.

If you still have trouble, call me and I can walk you through it. I should be around my computer quite a bit for the next few days and don't mind walking you through it. You should have my number...if not, PM me and I can send it to ya again. :)

[VroomVroomLightning]

When I upload mine I use the "medium" size on photobucket. That is when you log into your photobucket account and go to upload there is a drop down menu and I pick "medium" if I am going to post them on a discussion board! I hope this helps!

[Matt1026]

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I did it!!! I did it!!! I found out that somehow everything was preset to thumbnail view and I was saving it right but it was always going back to thumbnail. YES!

By the the real subject at hand. Another BIG GIVE!!! The boys received the wonderful crayon roll up packs. They were wanting to play with those right away and I talked them into saving them for the plane ride. I told them how they always have their crayons falling out of their boxes and dropping. Well with this wonderful gift that problem is solved. We loved these so much. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR BIG GIVER!!! Much appreciated!!!

[MomTo4+more]

A month from tomorrow and you're on your way!! can you tell I am excited for you? I bet it will fly by!

[Matt1026]

A month from tomorrow and you're on your way!! can you tell I am excited for you? I bet it will fly by!

We are so excited too!!:banana: I am looking at a calendar now with the days that we have marked off until we go!!!! We are in such a need for a vacation. But you will not be too far behind us before it will be your turn. Part of me hopes the days will past fast (well to be honest most of me)but it is such a wonderful distration right now in our lives. It is wonderful to be able to focus on such an exciting trip. Thanks again!! Stay tuned as the excitement builds!!!! :woohoo:

[Matt1026]

Alittle disappointed. :sad1:We were told at our last appointment that Lucas' scans would be 30 days from his last chemo. But they have called and it will not be until Sept. 17th (for the scans) and then we wait until Sept. 21st for the results. So we were hoping to be able to celebrate by t he time we left but now we have the scans the week after we get back. But I we are thankful we have the trip to keep us distracted from thinking about the scans.

[MomTo4+more]

Alittle disappointed. :sad1:We were told at our last appointment that Lucas' scans would be 30 days from his last chemo. But they have called and it will not be until Sept. 17th (for the scans) and then we wait until Sept. 21st for the results. So we were hoping to be able to celebrate by t he time we left but now we have the scans the week after we get back. But I we are thankful we have the trip to keep us distracted from thinking about the scans.


Distraction is a wonderful thing! He will have happy memories of your trip when he has to go through the scans.

[xanphylus]

Hello! My daughter- also 8- wants to know if your boys know how to use cootie catchers? She wants to make them some as part of her Big Give presents to them! :goodvibes She wanted me to ask you if she needs to write down instructions for them. I told her that the parents most likely remember them from being kids as well and wouldn't need instructions, but I promised I would ask! :lmao: She is making most of their gifts herself and hopes they will like them. I am helping her and letting her go shopping for some small gifts as well, but this is her project and she wants to do something really cool for them. :thumbsup2 Apparently cootie catchers are all the rage here in Ga!

[Matt1026]

Distraction is a wonderful thing! He will have happy memories of your trip when he has to go through the scans.

Thank you for sharing that. :) He always likes me to tell him something to think about (before he starts) and that is a wonderul ideal!

Still praying for you and your family.

[Matt1026]

Hello! My daughter- also 8- wants to know if your boys know how to use cootie catchers? She wants to make them some as part of her Big Give presents to them! :goodvibes She wanted me to ask you if she needs to write down instructions for them. I told her that the parents most likely remember them from being kids as well and wouldn't need instructions, but I promised I would ask! :lmao: She is making most of their gifts herself and hopes they will like them. I am helping her and letting her go shopping for some small gifts as well, but this is her project and she wants to do something really cool for them. :thumbsup2 Apparently cootie catchers are all the rage here in Ga!


How sweet and thoughtful of her. Tell her I remember those well. But my 7 year old (almost 8) likes instructions very well and would really like to read her directions (if that is not too much trouble). He thinks it is cool that he can read and figure things out.

What a special little girl to think of others. We can not wait!!!! Tell her she made me smile today and I really needed that. :)

[Matt1026]

Just received some exciting news!:banana: Our MAW just called to arrange our Going Away Party (yes this is really happening). :thumbsup2 It will be August 27th, 9 nine days before we leave. That is the night that we finally get to see our flight info. We are very anxious to finally know when we are leaving. We live about 2 hours from the airport. So we are trying to decide if we should leave the night before, but it will all depend on the time we leave the morning.

It is just exciting to see everything coming together.

[VroomVroomLightning]

YAY!! That will be exciting!! I bet you all are soo excited!!

[Matt1026]

yay!! That will be exciting!! I bet you all are soo excited!!

we are soooooo excited!!!!!! Just can not wait!!!!!

[Corrine 1973]

Yeah for a going away party, I can't wait to hear more.:yay::yay::yay:

Just yesterday (OK so I am exagerating) it seemed like we had so much time and now you are down to a month and were are only a week behind you.:scared1:

Still so much to do.:confused3

[Matt1026]

Yeah for a going away party, I can't wait to hear more.:yay::yay::yay:

Just yesterday (OK so I am exagerating) it seemed like we had so much time and now you are down to a month and were are only a week behind you.:scared1:

Still so much to do.:confused3


I know it is wild. I remember the planning list when we were at the bottom and now we are the second and you are right behind us. I know I am going to blink and we will be at Disney.

[xanphylus]

I told my daughter about you being happy about what she is making and I think she feels a little better about her work now. We had a little melt down during the cootie catcher making process, but all is well now and hopefully you can read her handwriting! :lmao:
She tried, all I can say is she tried! I ended up making one as well- my first ever cootie catcher may I add! I will have her try to write down the instructions later. She has open house at school in the morning and is kinda against anything school like at the moment. Who knows why? She loves school! Go figure! She is also making them some other surprises! She loves craft making! Hope to finish soon.... but who knows with her.. :cutie: She tries so hard to make it perfect. :)

[Matt1026]

I told my daughter about you being happy about what she is making and I think she feels a little better about her work now. We had a little melt down during the cootie catcher making process, but all is well now and hopefully you can read her handwriting! :lmao:
She tried, all I can say is she tried! I ended up making one as well- my first ever cootie catcher may I add! I will have her try to write down the instructions later. She has open house at school in the morning and is kinda against anything school like at the moment. Who knows why? She loves school! Go figure! She is also making them some other surprises! She loves craft making! Hope to finish soon.... but who knows with her.. :cutie: She tries so hard to make it perfect. :)

I know it will all be just wonderful. It is coming from her heart and that makes it perfect!!! That is exactly what we will see when we get the BIG GIVE. It a beautiful little girl with a beautiful heart. Her handwriting will be just fine and might just look like my son's. We are also headed to open house tonight. So please tell her we wish her the best for her new school year. Also tell her I am so very proud of her because she is giving so much to my child. She already has been such a blessing to my family!!! And we know it will be perfect, again because it comes from her heart. There is no better gift than one from the heart!!!!!

[jenb1023]

Glad you figured out the photobucket thing! I love the photo of the boys and the crayon roll-ups!

How exciting to know more about your party!

Sending prayers and good thoughts about the chemo and scans.

[Matt1026]

Glad you figured out the photobucket thing! I love the photo of the boys and the crayon roll-ups!

How exciting to know more about your party!

Sending prayers and good thoughts about the chemo and scans.

I was so glad that I finally figured it out. :cheer2:I knew that I was following the steps that Maroo had posted but somehow my computer had a setting that everything would be saved thumbnail now that I turned off that feature hopefully that will be taken care of .:woohoo:

We are so excited about the party!!!! And finally knowing when we are leaving. Thank you for prayers and good thoughts. That is what has given me the strenght for each day!!!:goodvibes

[cajunfan]

Do you folks get Louisville or Nashville news stations? I was watching WKRN (Channel 2 on Comcast..201 digital) and there was a "teaser" about how someone had taken advantage of someone going on a wish trip!!! I am going to try to catch it, but I have a special event to work at the store tonight and I may miss it...I can not imagine what people would do ...but then there are some crazy people out there!

Hope your week is going well...I can not believe that August is here and we have started schools already!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Do you folks get Louisville or Nashville news stations? I was watching WKRN (Channel 2 on Comcast..201 digital) and there was a "teaser" about how someone had taken advantage of someone going on a wish trip!!! I am going to try to catch it, but I have a special event to work at the store tonight and I may miss it...I can not imagine what people would do ...but then there are some crazy people out there!

Hope your week is going well...I can not believe that August is here and we have started schools already!

Lynn


We get some of our news from Nashville. I will have to check that out (if we get that channel) or I will try to get on line with their station and wwatch that. I am like you I can not believe people would do that.


Yes our school starts next week. The boys are very excited about it. We have had a great week. We got to meet with our MAW volunteer and we are starting to make plans. So excited ! Four weeks from tonight we will be in Nashville. We are planning on going down the night before. We thought it might be easier on the boys that way.

Take Care,

[cajunfan]

You mean you are flying out of Nashville and you will be here the night before????

We may need to get together...I actually live fairly close to the airport.

PM me...

Lynn

[wkualum]

Oh stinky! I was hoping you'd fly out of Louisville and Mikaela and I could come wish you all off.

[Matt1026]

You mean you are flying out of Nashville and you will be here the night before????

We may need to get together...I actually live fairly close to the airport.

PM me...

I got to see the news that you were talking about. It ended up being a family on their MAW trip and 5 teens found out about it and broke into their home and was robbing them. But a neighbor was keeping a close eye out for them and called the police. So they were able to get them. But how scary is that. It really makes you think. We are are so excited about our trip and we live in small town USA and everyone know that we are going and when. I told my husband we may need to rethink somethings about annoucing our trip. This maybe a warning to other wish families. I will be PM you

Lynn

Oh stinky! I was hoping you'd fly out of Louisville and Mikaela and I could come wish you all off.


Nashville is only 2 hours away for us and Louisville is about 3 1/2 hours so we picked to fly out of Nashville. So Nashville was it!! How thoughtful of you to think of us and come to see us off. That would of been awesome!!!!

[Matt1026]

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Thank you VroomVroom Lightning so much for the wonderful blankets and treasures. As you can see from the pic above Lucas is very excited about his blanket. He could not wait to wrap himself up in it. We have one that was given as a family gift. Both boys love it and they tend to fight over it. So it was so wonderful that they have their own blankets. Lucas first reaction was "they are so soft and smell so fresh". He stayed all cuddled up in it today. Also he has been sick to his stomach tonight and he is finally asleep and is cuddled up with his new blanket. So it is already given him comfort. Also little brother loved his too. He had a little accident today and his face is strached up pretty bad (glad I got the picture first) and he put his under his face and said it was so soft to his boo boo. So they are already comforting both boys. They said they are having breakfast with Tigger and will make sure to say hi for you. Thank you so much. They were wonderful!!!!

[Matt1026]

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Here are two more pics of the boys. The boys are just amazed how everyone knows their favorites. They loved the pez and the parachute men. They keep asking how do they do that. Thank you so much!

[VroomVroomLightning]

I am so happy that they loved them. I was having a kind of bad day and seeing that they liked them brought my spirits right up! You all are very welcome! My nephew sleeps with his one I made him everynight too. And whenever he has a boo boo he goes right for the blanket and his special pillow. I love how kids can melt your heart with the simplest things they do. I hope Lucas is feeling better and that he wakes up feeling better.

[Corrine 1973]

All the wonderful Big Give Presents you have been given. You would think that your trip is just around the cornor. Wait a second, it is.:scared1:

I love to see the boys faces with their speciel presents. Everyday I see that there is a new post on your PTR I rush right over in hopes of seeing more great pics of the creative things they are giving them.:thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing!!!!:cloud9:

[Matt1026]

I am so happy that they loved them. I was having a kind of bad day and seeing that they liked them brought my spirits right up! You all are very welcome! My nephew sleeps with his one I made him everynight too. And whenever he has a boo boo he goes right for the blanket and his special pillow. I love how kids can melt your heart with the simplest things they do. I hope Lucas is feeling better and that he wakes up feeling better.

I had to share one more story with you. When little brother woke up this morning I was concerned how bad his face would look. Itwas so swollen yesterday. But it looked so much better today. I told him I was surprised and he said it was because I slept on my special blanket . I thought you might enjoy that .

[Matt1026]

All the wonderful Big Give Presents you have been given. You would think that your trip is just around the cornor. Wait a second, it is.:scared1:

I love to see the boys faces with their speciel presents. Everyday I see that there is a new post on your PTR I rush right over in hopes of seeing more great pics of the creative things they are giving them.:thumbsup2

Thanks for sharing!!!!:cloud9:

We feel so blessed with all of the Big Give presents that we have received. I wish I could capture the expressions on their faces. Watching Lucas carry in that box yesterday was priceless.

I know can you belive we are about 4 weeks before we leave. :woohoo::woohoo: But that means it is even closer for you!!!!:thumbsup2

This has been an incredible journey so far and I am glad you have came along for the ride. That's makes this journey even more special.

[Matt1026]

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Another wonderful Big Give.:banana: But today it was for little brother. This is was so exciting for him. The outfit was wonderful. It fit him perfectly. He really loved the outfit!!! :love:

Thank you so much!!!! He looks so cute in it (if I say so myself).

[Corrine 1973]

Yeah, another big give present!!!

Is that your son, I could have swore it was Lightning McQueen!!!:lmao:

He looks so handsome, and happy in his outfit.

Can't wait to see it in WDW!!!!:yay:

[wkualum]

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Another wonderful Big Give.:banana: But today it was for little brother. This is was so exciting for him. The outfit was wonderful. It fit him perfectly. He really loved the outfit!!! :love:

Thank you so much!!!! He looks so cute in it (if I say so myself).

He certainly DOES look cute!!! The boys have gotten some fantastic things!!

[Matt1026]

Yeah, another big give present!!!

Is that your son, I could have swore it was Lightning McQueen!!!:lmao:

He looks so handsome, and happy in his outfit.

Can't wait to see it in WDW!!!!:yay:

He is going to love your comment! I told him he would have to save it and wear it to DHS when we go see Lighning!!

[Matt1026]

He certainly DOES look cute!!! The boys have gotten some fantastic things!!

Thank you ! We sure have felt blessed!!!

[snubie]

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Another wonderful Big Give.:banana: But today it was for little brother. This is was so exciting for him. The outfit was wonderful. It fit him perfectly. He really loved the outfit!!! :love:

Thank you so much!!!! He looks so cute in it (if I say so myself).

I am so happy to see that the outfit fits. It was a pleasure working on this for Alex. May you have a magical vacation.

[jenb1023]

I love the blankets, Alex's new outfit and those smiling faces!

[Matt1026]

I am so happy to see that the outfit fits. It was a pleasure working on this for Alex. May you have a magical vacation.

Thank you so much. You did such a wonderful job. The fit could not of been better. I had to fight him to get it off. He really loved it.

[Matt1026]

I love the blankets, Alex's new outfit and those smiling faces!


Lucas was not happy with me posting one of those pics. But I explained to him it just showed how truly excited he was over his new blanket.

[Matt1026]

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Thank you so much Cajunfan. It was like Christmas day at our house today. My DH just loved his shirt and so did the boys. He was as bad as the boys he said I can wear this to work tomorrow. I reminded him that we have told the boys they had to wait until the trip and so was he. Needless to say he was excited!

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Lucas very excited holding all of this goodies!!!! I think his face says it all!!

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My sweet baby boy holding his presents.

Stay tuned more to come!

[Matt1026]

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Little brother hugging his Lightning. He thought it was cute and it could ride the plane with him.



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Posing with all of this gifts. He really loved the P.J.'s. He would live in PJ's if he thought he could. He wants to wear them the night that Mayor Clayton from GKTW tucks him in. He thinks he would like to see his new PJ's .


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Posing with all of this gifts. He just loved the beach towel. He has to have one for school for rest time. As soon as we get back from Florida he will take it to school to nap on. He said it was so soft! He loved everything too! He really loved the bandaids. He wanted to put on one. I said remember we are going to save these things for Florida.

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The boys posing together!!! They loved their shirts. I wish I could of put sound to the pictures. They are were so excited. They just giggling and giggling. It was like Christmas morning around here. I especially loved the T-Shirts and the neck line on the shirts that you mad e for me. I can not wait to send you pictures of us in our shirts in front of the castle. We will be heading your way3 weeks from tomorrow. We can not wait to meet you!! Thank you again from the whole family!!!!

[VroomVroomLightning]

I can't wait to see what they got!!


We must of been posting at the same time!! Those boys of yours are too cute! And seeing your husband so excited too! I am so excited that your family is getting this wonderful trip!

[Matt1026]

I can't wait to see what they got!!


We must of been posting at the same time!! Those boys of yours are too cute! And seeing your husband so excited too! I am so excited that your family is getting this wonderful trip!

My husband and I feel like little kids!!! It is a great feeling. My husband has never been to or seen anything like Disney. It is going to exciting seeing it through his eyes and that of the boys!!! You can not tell I am so excited!!:banana::banana::banana:

[HeatherSue]

Oh my gosh, I've missed out on so much! I am loving all the pictures and commentary! Your boys are so sweet, and so are you! I love that your husband wanted to wear his Star Wars shirt to work! :rotfl: What a wonderful family you have!

[Corrine 1973]

Another great Big Give!!!!

I can see how you guys can feel like Christmas. I don't think there was as many presents under my tree this last Christmas.:rotfl2:

I have to make sure Liam doesn't see the picture of your DH's t-shirt, he will want one two. He is absolutly crazy about star Wars.

[cajunfan]

Those pictures and stories made my day!

I LOVE, LOVE LOVE the picture of Lucas hugging his presents!

Too funny about the hubby wanting to wear his shirt!

Glad everyone liked everything!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Another great Big Give!!!!

I can see how you guys can feel like Christmas. I don't think there was as many presents under my tree this last Christmas.:rotfl2:

I have to make sure Liam doesn't see the picture of your DH's t-shirt, he will want one two. He is absolutly crazy about star Wars.


My husband had seen that shirt on another TR and loved it. He is huge Star Wars fan and has been since he was 10 years old. So he was so excited about it. This time has been so wonderful for my family. Just to see my DH act like a little boy has been such a blessing!!!

[Matt1026]

Those pictures and stories made my day!

I LOVE, LOVE LOVE the picture of Lucas hugging his presents!

Too funny about the hubby wanting to wear his shirt!

Glad everyone liked everything!

Lynn

I wish I could of put the sound effects in. That would of made it even better. They are still enjoying everything. The boys slept with their stuff toys. I went to wake Lucas up this morning and he was already awake but he was still in bed playing with Buzz.

[Matt1026]

Oh my gosh, I've missed out on so much! I am loving all the pictures and commentary! Your boys are so sweet, and so are you! I love that your husband wanted to wear his Star Wars shirt to work! :rotfl: What a wonderful family you have!


Thank you so much! This trip has turned my DH into a little boy again. Which has been such a blessing. I guess Mickey still makes us all kids at heart!

[Terry718]

I just saw the pics of the boys - don't know how I missed that! My goodness your boys are beautiful and they look so darn cute! Love, love, love the pictures!!

[Matt1026]

I just saw the pics of the boys - don't know how I missed that! My goodness your boys are beautiful and they look so darn cute! Love, love, love the pictures!!

Thank you so much!!!!

[cajunfan]

Another great Big Give!!!!

I have to make sure Liam doesn't see the picture of your DH's t-shirt, he will want one two. He is absolutly crazy about star Wars.

No worries Corrine!...He may be getting one too!!;)

It will hopefully be like Christmas at your house next week...just waiting for a few things.

Lynn

[jenb1023]

Love the new stuff and photos and seeing and hearing about DH's and the boys excitement!

[Matt1026]

Love the new stuff and photos and seeing and hearing about DH's and the boys excitement!

It ease my DH and tell everyone I have " My Three Sons". It is somtimes like having 3 little boys. But my DH has sure earned it.

[VroomVroomLightning]

Just checking in to see how you and the family were doing! Hope everyone is doing ok and staying out of the heat. If you are having the heat problems we are here in Cincinnati, I feel so bad for you all! Keep Cool! :cool1:

[Matt1026]

Just checking in to see how you and the family were doing! Hope everyone is doing ok and staying out of the heat. If you are having the heat problems we are here in Cincinnati, I feel so bad for you all! Keep Cool! :cool1:

You just made my night! Your post really lifted my spirits. It has been one of those days everything that could go wrong has went wrong. So it was nice to know someone was thinking of us! Believe it or not the heat has not been to bad around here. The boys are back in school so we are adjusting to that schedule. Stay cool!!!! Hopefully the heat will lift soon.

[Matt1026]

We received another Big Give yesterday. I was not able to post it last night because we had a bad storm roll through last night and we were without power for a few hours. Since the ice storm it does not take much these days for us to lose our power.

Thank you so much tricia. The boys loved their shirts. They were so cute. I am just amazed at all of the talentof the Big Givers. My youngest really kpet rubbing his Mickey and saying feels so soft. He just loved that part. They boys are wanting to wear their shirts to school to show them offf and it is getting very hard to convince them to wait and keep them nice for Disney. I was telling them just think all of the new shirts that you will have when you come back and you can share with everyone the wonderful people who made these shirts for you.But thank you again they were wonderful and they agree they will be wonderful to wear at Animal Kingdom.



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[tricia]

You are very welcome. This is my first time participating in a Big Give and I was very nervous. (what if the shirts don't get there in time? what if they don't fit? what if the kids don't like them? etc.) Thank you so much for posting and letting me know that they got there OK and that the boys liked them.

Oh, and don't you hate being without power with kids in the house. It is like the end of the world to them sometimes. My boys were home alone the other day and i got a call from my oldest. "Mom, we have a situation" I'm thinking OMG, :scared1: what is wrong? He says "The power is out, how do I get it back on?" :lmao: I told them to go outside and play, as the weather was nice. By the time they came back in it was back up.

[Matt1026]

You are very welcome. This is my first time participating in a Big Give and I was very nervous. (what if the shirts don't get there in time? what if they don't fit? what if the kids don't like them? etc.) Thank you so much for posting and letting me know that they got there OK and that the boys liked them.

Oh, and don't you hate being without power with kids in the house. It is like the end of the world to them sometimes. My boys were home alone the other day and i got a call from my oldest. "Mom, we have a situation" I'm thinking OMG, :scared1: what is wrong? He says "The power is out, how do I get it back on?" :lmao: I told them to go outside and play, as the weather was nice. By the time they came back in it was back up.

Your shirts were wonderful!!!!! They were just perfect for the boys. You did a great job.

Oh the power thing is big around our house. We had a major ice storm to hit us the end of January and our entire town was without power for I believe 6 days. I mean nothing in our town. We had to drive at least 45 minutes to get gas for generators and food. The towns that were that far away were running out of batteries, gas, and supplies because everyone from our town was heading there to get supplies. We were without power for 10 days. So when the power goes out my children (and to be honest me too) get very nervous. Our infra structure is still weak in our area because of the ice storm and they are still working to repair the system.

Thank you again.

[VroomVroomLightning]

You just made my night! Your post really lifted my spirits. It has been one of those days everything that could go wrong has went wrong. So it was nice to know someone was thinking of us! Believe it or not the heat has not been to bad around here. The boys are back in school so we are adjusting to that schedule. Stay cool!!!! Hopefully the heat will lift soon.

I understand having those days. I am glad the heat isn't too bad there. It is supposed to storm here sometime today. So hopefully it will cool off soon around here too! Your trip is coming up soon! I am so excited for you guys! I arrive the night before you guys leave :sad2: So sad we wouldn't be able to meet up!

[Matt1026]

I understand having those days. I am glad the heat isn't too bad there. It is supposed to storm here sometime today. So hopefully it will cool off soon around here too! Your trip is coming up soon! I am so excited for you guys! I arrive the night before you guys leave :sad2: So sad we wouldn't be able to meet up!

I agree it would of been great to be able to meet up with you. There is another family that is arriving right after we leave. So it would of been great to meet some of the families that we have talked to on the boards!

[Matt1026]

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It is amazing how all of you time the Big Give just when we need it the most.Alex has had a hard time adjusting to school. He was very sad:sad2: And the Big Give really made him happy. :) So a big thank you to a Friend of Mickey. Everything was just wonderful. Alex ca not wait until he can wear his pirate hat on the Pirate and Pal Firework cruisepirate:pirate: The boys loved all of their treasure. Yes we did have to have a treasure hunt with all of the goodies. It was a great night of fun!!! So thank you for that!

Thank you so much for for all the "BIG GIVE" for bringing the best gift of all the gift of joy, excitement and laughter in our home!!!

:grouphug: HUGS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!

[Corrine 1973]

That is so funny. Liam recieved those pirate hats and the same pirate treasure box yesterday. Now the boys all match.:rotfl2: The treasure box was one of his favorite gifts.

I agree with you and Vroomvroomlightning. I would have been nice for us all to meet there. I feel a little gipped that we miss each other by only a couple of days.:guilty:

[Matt1026]

That is so funny. Liam recieved those pirate hats and the same pirate treasure box yesterday. Now the boys all match.:rotfl2: The treasure box was one of his favorite gifts.

I agree with you and Vroomvroomlightning. I would have been nice for us all to meet there. I feel a little gipped that we miss each other by only a couple of days.:guilty:

Oh my boys just loved those treasure boxes. My youngest even slept with his. I had to convince to put it at the head of this bed so he would not crush it in his sleep.

I know I can not believe the three of us miss each other by just days!!! That would of been great to meet each other!!!

I PM that info to you.

[Corrine 1973]

Oh my boys just loved those treasure boxes. My youngest even slept with his. I had to convince to put it at the head of this bed so he would not crush it in his sleep.

I know I can not believe the three of us miss each other by just days!!! That would of been great to meet each other!!!

I PM that info to you.

I got it, thankyou so very much. You know why.:rolleyes1

[xanphylus]

You can tell the boys they have cootie catchers coming there way! :lmao: Cooties ahoy! Anyway- my Aleks didn't wanna write out directions... go figure. She is getting enough writing at school by what I gather... third grade must be a lot of writing and learning new words. She even had to have a thesaurus this year! She and Davy (my almost one year old DS) made them something extra special- I won't ruin the surprise, but she was very proud of herself. :rotfl: You should have seen them at the table with their creations! It was cute!
Anyway, hope you guys are doing good - Aleks says she wishes you guys were going at the same time as us! She is just excited as all get out to miss school for Disney!:lmao:

[Matt1026]

You can tell the boys they have cootie catchers coming there way! :lmao: Cooties ahoy! Anyway- my Aleks didn't wanna write out directions... go figure. She is getting enough writing at school by what I gather... third grade must be a lot of writing and learning new words. She even had to have a thesaurus this year! She and Davy (my almost one year old DS) made them something extra special- I won't ruin the surprise, but she was very proud of herself. :rotfl: You should have seen them at the table with their creations! It was cute!
Anyway, hope you guys are doing good - Aleks says she wishes you guys were going at the same time as us! She is just excited as all get out to miss school for Disney!:lmao:

Please tell her we are so excited and just can not wait to have our own cootie's. I do not blame her with all of that writing. I know it is amazing what my 2nd grader is already doing. in school. So please let her know we can not wait!

We are doing well and getting very excited about our trip. Please tell her we would of loved to be there the same time as her and we all could meet. Tell her my boys are excited to miss school too!!!

[Matt1026]

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We have had another Big Give. WOW!!! :woohoo:The boys received two bags filled with goodies!! :yay:What talent you have in making those bags. They were adorable!!! I have overwhelmed with the talent of all of the Big Givers.

Thank you so much both boys enjoyed those so much!!! :hug:

[Corrine 1973]

Another great Big Give!!!!

I agree with you, I am truley amazed on how talented the people with the big are and how big their hearts are.

Less than two weeks before you go.:banana::banana::banana:
How excited are you???:dance3::yay::banana::cheer2:

[Matt1026]

Another great Big Give!!!!

I agree with you, I am truley amazed on how talented the people with the big are and how big their hearts are.

Less than two weeks before you go.:banana::banana::banana:
How excited are you???:dance3::yay::banana::cheer2:

Excited!!! Oh my!!!! We are so excited and can not wait. My family just needs some time away. We are anxiously awaiting to see if the year long chemo has kept his disease in remission and the tumors have responded. So I am very anxious about that. Also I have just learned there maybe cuts at work so I am very worried about my job. I may not have a job when I get back. So needless to say with all of this going on I am needing a break very badly. Oh my where did all of that come from. Maybe I needed to vent alittle. So this trip has helped take my attention away from all of the stress.

[wkualum]

Excited!!! Oh my!!!! We are so excited and can not wait. My family just needs some time away. We are anxiously awaiting to see if the year long chemo has kept his disease in remission and the tumors have responded. So I am very anxious about that. Also I have just learned there maybe cuts at work so I am very worried about my job. I may not have a job when I get back. So needless to say with all of this going on I am needing a break very badly. Oh my where did all of that come from. Maybe I needed to vent alittle. So this trip has helped take my attention away from all of the stress.

Aww so sorry to hear about your work. You'll be leaving for your trip very soon (2 weeks from today!!!!) so that definitely gives you something else to think about. Everyone will get to leave their problems in Kentucky!! I pray that everything works out for you and you continue to keep your job. It's just really sad hearing of people losing their job.

And be expecting a little more Big Give mail *hopefully* tomorrow :rolleyes1 :thumbsup2

[Matt1026]

Aww so sorry to hear about your work. You'll be leaving for your trip very soon (2 weeks from today!!!!) so that definitely gives you something else to think about. Everyone will get to leave their problems in Kentucky!! I pray that everything works out for you and you continue to keep your job. It's just really sad hearing of people losing their job.

And be expecting a little more Big Give mail *hopefully* tomorrow :rolleyes1 :thumbsup2



This trip has been a great distraction for me. We have alot on our plates once we return. Lucas has his MRI, CAT Scans and Bone scans the Thursday we return and then on that Monday we finally get our results. We are praying that we will find out he is remission and the tumors have responding. Also I am hoping I come back to a job. Thank you so much for your prayers. Knowing that people are prayng really gives me the strenght to face the days a head.

But right now we have Disney to look forward too!!! That is where I am trying to keep my mind!!! The Big Give has been so exciting. WE just can not wait to get home to see all of the great surprises. Thank you for your words tonight I really needed it!

[jenb1023]

I've been off the boards for a week and look at all the great big give gifts you have received! I am glad the trip and the gifts are giving you guys the smiles you need and something to look forward to. Feel free to vent here any time when the stress gets you down! Your trip will be here before you know it! :yay::yay:

[Matt1026]

I've been off the boards for a week and look at all the great big give gifts you have received! I am glad the trip and the gifts are giving you guys the smiles you need and something to look forward to. Feel free to vent here any time when the stress gets you down! Your trip will be here before you know it! :yay::yay:


It is so nice to be able to go to a place and vent and also that everyone understands what you are going through. I can not believe our trip is finally so close. Also I can not wait until it is here but there is another part that has reallly enjoyed all of the excitement and distraction that this trip has allowed. So at times I wish it would not be so close.

[xanphylus]

Also I can not wait until it is here but there is another part that has reallly enjoyed all of the excitement and distraction that this trip has allowed. So at times I wish it would not be so close.

I hear you on the distraction bit!! And I second that motion! :lmao: Distraction is a blessing sometimes. Its not quite the same in my little boat as yours, but I definitely need the distraction right now. Bills are piling up and they are cuting hours at DH's work again... I can't wait for our trip, but the sooner it gets here, the sooner it is over. :sad1: But still, I can't wait! Its going to be such fun! :cool1: And even better- you don't think about the issues in life when you have such a great thing coming and you know its coming! :thumbsup2 Anyway- enough of my mumblings..... Have a great day!

[Matt1026]

I hear you on the distraction bit!! And I second that motion! :lmao: Distraction is a blessing sometimes. Its not quite the same in my little boat as yours, but I definitely need the distraction right now. Bills are piling up and they are cuting hours at DH's work again... I can't wait for our trip, but the sooner it gets here, the sooner it is over. :sad1: But still, I can't wait! Its going to be such fun! :cool1: And even better- you don't think about the issues in life when you have such a great thing coming and you know its coming! :thumbsup2 Anyway- enough of my mumblings..... Have a great day!

Mumble away!! Trust me as you said I understand where you are coming from. I hope things work out for you and your DH. Trust me I know about the bills piling up and all. But right now we have Disney and our trips to look forward too.. That is all good!! You have a great day too!

[Matt1026]

We received some wonderful Big Give presents today. :woohoo: It has been a very bad today so hopefully I can my act together and post the pics tomorrow. I am truly sorry about the delay. It has been one of those days and to top it all off I lost my wedding rings tonight. I found my wedding band but I can not find my engagement ring. We have someone coming out tomorrow with a metal detector so I am praying that we are able to find it. I am just heart broken. :sad2::sad2:

Looking forward to a brighter tomorrow.

[cajunfan]

I hope today turns out much better than yeaterday!!!

You WILL find your ring!:thumbsup2

Lynn

[Corrine 1973]

I hope you find your ring as well!!!:grouphug:

[xanphylus]

You'll find it! Don't forget- we are all praying for you! Have a better day today!!

[Matt1026]

You'll find it! Don't forget- we are all praying for you! Have a better day today!!

Thank you so much! We have a "search committee" coming over tonight so keep praying.

[wkualum]

Thank you so much! We have a "search committee" coming over tonight so keep praying.

Prayers and the good ole finger crossing headed your way!!

** Edit ** WOW, 6 weeks until we leave. I guess I better read through all these posts again and write down some tips on what to bring and stuff....Time to get into gear I guess! :)

[jenb1023]

I am sorry you had a rough day yesterday! I hope you find your ring! No worries about photos and updates - you have been doing a great job!

[Matt1026]

Prayers and the good ole finger crossing headed your way!!

** Edit ** WOW, 6 weeks until we leave. I guess I better read through all these posts again and write down some tips on what to bring and stuff....Time to get into gear I guess! :)

I had said that all along I was going to do that. Guess what I am 9 days out and I am still trying to get to that. When I was 6 weeks out I thougth I had plenty of time and now it has slipped up on me and it is here. So it is good to start early.

I am sorry you had a rough day yesterday! I hope you find your ring! No worries about photos and updates - you have been doing a great job!

Thank you both for your words of encouragement.

[Matt1026]

After hours of searching and some very sore muscles and alot of bug bites my ring was finally found. We were all very tired and was about to quit and my sister at the last resort looked in one more place and she found it. I cried and cried again. But boys thought I had finally lost my mind. Mommy you found it so why the tears. I said they were tears of joy.

So thank you for all of your prayers. That gave me strenght as we searched because I knew that alot of people were praying and I knew we would find it. So thank you all so much. Hopefully by this evening I will have my mind together better and post some cute pics.

We do have our MAW party tonight so we are so looking forward to that. Finally the information that I have been wanting to see our flight times. YES!!! So we are off for pizza and a celebration tonight!!!!!

[Corrine 1973]

Yeah!!!!!!!

[xanphylus]

Hooray!!! Told you you'd find it! :cheer2:

[2specialkids]

WooHoo!! So glad you found your ring!
Have fun tonight! :dance3:

[jenb1023]

So glad you found your ring!!! Have a wonderful time at the party tonight! Take some pictures for us!

[VroomVroomLightning]

YAY for finding the ring! My sister in law lost hers last year at my nephew's party and we had a search party looking for hers too. After some searching and thinking we found it! So I know the searching for that and how it goes! Can't wait to see some pictures!

[MomTo4+more]

I am so very happy that you found it! Hope your party was a blast!

[maroo]

We received some wonderful Big Give presents today. :woohoo: It has been a very bad today so hopefully I can my act together and post the pics tomorrow. I am truly sorry about the delay. It has been one of those days and to top it all off I lost my wedding rings tonight. I found my wedding band but I can not find my engagement ring. We have someone coming out tomorrow with a metal detector so I am praying that we are able to find it. I am just heart broken. :sad2::sad2:

Looking forward to a brighter tomorrow.

After hours of searching and some very sore muscles and alot of bug bites my ring was finally found. We were all very tired and was about to quit and my sister at the last resort looked in one more place and she found it. I cried and cried again. But boys thought I had finally lost my mind. Mommy you found it so why the tears. I said they were tears of joy.

So thank you for all of your prayers. That gave me strenght as we searched because I knew that alot of people were praying and I knew we would find it. So thank you all so much. Hopefully by this evening I will have my mind together better and post some cute pics.

We do have our MAW party tonight so we are so looking forward to that. Finally the information that I have been wanting to see our flight times. YES!!! So we are off for pizza and a celebration tonight!!!!!

Gosh...I must admit I had no idea your ring was lost since I have not read all of my threads in a couple of days. :blush: But I am so, so glad you found it!!!!

I hope the MAW party is awesome!!! You guys all deserve it!

[Sandy321]

After hours of searching and some very sore muscles and alot of bug bites my ring was finally found. We were all very tired and was about to quit and my sister at the last resort looked in one more place and she found it. I cried and cried again. But boys thought I had finally lost my mind. Mommy you found it so why the tears. I said they were tears of joy.

So thank you for all of your prayers. That gave me strenght as we searched because I knew that alot of people were praying and I knew we would find it. So thank you all so much. Hopefully by this evening I will have my mind together better and post some cute pics.

We do have our MAW party tonight so we are so looking forward to that. Finally the information that I have been wanting to see our flight times. YES!!! So we are off for pizza and a celebration tonight!!!!!

So glad you found your ring!! :goodvibes

it is the little things sometimes isnt it? Glad the prayer support helped you find your ring! :wizard:

[wkualum]

After hours of searching and some very sore muscles and alot of bug bites my ring was finally found. We were all very tired and was about to quit and my sister at the last resort looked in one more place and she found it. I cried and cried again. But boys thought I had finally lost my mind. Mommy you found it so why the tears. I said they were tears of joy.

So thank you for all of your prayers. That gave me strenght as we searched because I knew that alot of people were praying and I knew we would find it. So thank you all so much. Hopefully by this evening I will have my mind together better and post some cute pics.

We do have our MAW party tonight so we are so looking forward to that. Finally the information that I have been wanting to see our flight times. YES!!! So we are off for pizza and a celebration tonight!!!!!

Yipppeee!!! Awesome news that you found your ring!!

Have a great time at the party tonight! Can't wait to see pictures (hint hint :rolleyes1)

[cajunfan]

Have a great time at the party tonight! Can't wait to see pictures (hint hint :rolleyes1)

Same here! I hope the party isjust too much fun!!!!

And pictures are always nice!

Lynn

[Corrine 1973]

I hope your send off party was fun, I can't wait to hear all about it and hear about your flight times. Just think a week from tonight you'll be trying (let me stress the trying part) to go to sleep in a hotel room before your flight to WDW!!!!:scared1::banana::banana::dance3::dance3::c heer2::yay::yay:

Hope you are all doing well "Wish Buddie".:lovestruc

[Matt1026]

Hello - I am sorry I have not posted any current pics from the Big Give or about our party. But the boys have summer colds and the church that I grew up in is having a homecoming this weekend and also a reunion for the youth that grew up there. So I have been the group getting all of this together (yes one week from our trip:eek:). It is exciting because alot of these people I have not seen in 25 years. So I am behind on my postings and pictures. I promise I have them and will post this weekend. My computer is slowing down so bad this days I am trouble getting my pictures downloaded. So I am committed to work on that..

The party was more of an informative meeting for my husband and I. I am glad the grandparents came to entertain the boys. We spent most of the time going over a packet of information. We fly out on September 5th at 11:05 am and fly out of Orlando at 3:30 pm on September 11th. I was hoping for an earlier flight but this means we do not have to go down the night before. I mostly disappointed about that because we were hoping to have a meet with Cajunfan.

We are planning on packing tomorrow. I know next week will get busy before I know it so I at least want that behind me.

For all of the Big Give's. I am so sorry I have not posted the pics but it has been so wild around here. The two nights searching for my ring did not help me out and really got me behind. But I have it back on my finger. Thank all of you for your words of encouragement and prayers!!!!! But we have enjoyed the gifts so much!!! Thank you just does not seem to be enough!!But we thank you for the bottom of our hearts.

[Matt1026]

I had a very wonderful and draining weekend. I had a reunion with some friends that I have not seen in 25 years. It was great. The reunion ended alittle early for me because began not feeling well. He has cough and running nose. He is starting to run a low grade fever. Please pray for good health for all of us. I am not feeling well either.

Here are some pics of the wonderful autograph books. They both really loved them. So a big thank you is coming your way!!!! I hope you felt it. My DW especially liked the train sticker on one ofthe pages. He is going to ask the engineer of the steam locaomotive to sign the page with train sticker. He thought that was so cool. He asked how did she know I was wanting to do this. Both boys are amazed that said they all know what we want to do. So thank you for the books and already giving the boys alittle pixie dust.

The books were wonderful and we thank you so much.

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[Matt1026]

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The fun continues !! We gt our Big Give and included in this one was some of the best drawings ever!!! WE loved the drawings and the cards. That made it all so special. And once again Big Give came through again. Both boys have started playing domiono's . So they were all excited about the game. Again they asked how did they know we started playing this game. Thank you so much for all of the goodies. We have a great time going through it all!


Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

[Matt1026]

AS I am typring this I am listening to my DW cough and cough!I can hear it in his chest. Please pray forhis health and that of our family. We are 6 days from leaving on our trip.

[Matt1026]

PS I have pics coming from some more Big Give and also our celebration party!!My bed is calling my name!

[jenb1023]

Don't worry about not staying current with photos. We all know life gets really busy sometimes especially with a trip so soon! You've done a great job keeping us all updated and posting photos!

I am so happy the boys liked their autographs books! I enjoyed making them for them and hoped they would like them. Thank you for the photos and the thank yous - they mean a lot!

[Matt1026]

Don't worry about not staying current with photos. We all know life gets really busy sometimes especially with a trip so soon! You've done a great job keeping us all updated and posting photos!

I am so happy the boys liked their autographs books! I enjoyed making them for them and hoped they would like them. Thank you for the photos and the thank yous - they mean a lot!

Thank you for the words. I know that alot of you have went to alot of hard work for my family and I just want to get pictures on quickly to let you know our appreciation for all you have done. It has been great. We started packing last night and the boys have packed their autograph books in their backpacks they said just in case they see someone. I tried to explain that they will have to wait until they are in the parks before they seen someone but they want to be ready. I then agreed because you never know.

Thanks again.:hug:

[cajunfan]

Abosolutely keep those autograph books in the backpacks! Those are important...don't want them in checked luggage!

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Abosolutely keep those autograph books in the backpacks! Those are important...don't want them in checked luggage!

Lynn

The boys are loving those backpacks. We packed them up last night with all of their goodies.So they are ready to go!!!! I promise pics are coming!!!!

[Matt1026]

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Here is my DW in his Buzz Lightyear shirt. Thank you so much for the wonderful shirt! It was awesome. He wants to wear it the day he get to meet Buzz. He says Buzz will really like it. You are so very talented. Thank you again. It was wonderful.

[Matt1026]

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Thank you so much for all of the Big Give goodies! The boys really enjoyed them. My youngest thought he was socool in his new shades! They are going to save their washclothes for GTKW. They thought they would be a great ideal . So thank you again they enjoyed it all. They are still making sweet music with the tamborines!

[maroo]

Are you feeling better?

Gosh, I hope so!! :hug:

Praying for you guys!

[wkualum]

Thank you so much for all of the Big Give goodies! The boys really enjoyed them. My youngest thought he was socool in his new shades! They are going to save their washclothes for GTKW. They thought they would be a great ideal . So thank you again they enjoyed it all. They are still making sweet music with the tamborines!

Oh good!! I'm so glad that you did get them and that they liked the things Mik and I sent.

I hope you and the family are feeling better and that all the cooties leave in time for Saturday. I'm SOOOO excited for you guys and can't wait to read your TR when you return. You'll get so many great pictures and memories. :banana::banana:

[Matt1026]

Are you feeling better?

Gosh, I hope so!! :hug:

Praying for you guys!


We just back from the doctor and he has bronchitis and an ear infection. :sick: He has never in his life had an ear infection. So we have started on medicine. He seemed to be feeling better today. So keep praying that we all do not get sick.

I am glad to hear you are feelling better. :hug:

[Matt1026]

Oh good!! I'm so glad that you did get them and that they liked the things Mik and I sent.

I hope you and the family are feeling better and that all the cooties leave in time for Saturday. I'm SOOOO excited for you guys and can't wait to read your TR when you return. You'll get so many great pictures and memories. :banana::banana:


You did such a great job. We also loved the note!

We have started medicine so hopefully this will be out of our system by the time we leave! We just can not wait to leave!!!!

[wkualum]

We just back from the doctor and he has bronchitis and an ear infection. :sick: He has never in his life had an ear infection. So we have started on medicine. He seemed to be feeling better today. So keep praying that we all do not get sick.

I am glad to hear you are feelling better. :hug:


Wowsers! I hate that he has an ear infection but THANKFUL that you found it now. Poor thing would have been miserable flying with that. His antibiotics have plenty of time to work before Saturday so he should be feeling MUCH better!

We are both battling allergies in our house. The weed pollens are horrible this year it seems. Good ole Kentucky air -- gotta love it!! :)

[LisaZoe]

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Here is my DW in his Buzz Lightyear shirt. Thank you so much for the wonderful shirt! It was awesome. He wants to wear it the day he get to meet Buzz. He says Buzz will really like it. You are so very talented. Thank you again. It was wonderful.

I'm so glad he likes it! I hope you all have a wonderful trip!

[Matt1026]

Wowsers! I hate that he has an ear infection but THANKFUL that you found it now. Poor thing would have been miserable flying with that. His antibiotics have plenty of time to work before Saturday so he should be feeling MUCH better!

We are both battling allergies in our house. The weed pollens are horrible this year it seems. Good ole Kentucky air -- gotta love it!! :)


Yes we understand the Ole Kentucky air! We are all suffering with that too. The weather has been great and I was wanting to open my windows but with a family who suffers with allergies I thought I better not do that. So I understand.

[Matt1026]

I'm so glad he likes it! I hope you all have a wonderful trip!

Thank you again. I was also amazed with the fit. It was just perfect.

Thank you so much!!!

[Matt1026]

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Cajunfan the boys just loved their backpack. My DW thought he was so cool with his sunglasses on. He said let me put them on first so everyone will see how cool I am. They loved all of the special goodies tucked inside. We already have them packed and ready for the airplane! Thank you again for all you have done for us. The packing tips were great too!

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Here he is with his MAW volunteers at the party. It turned out more of just a time for them to go over our information for the trip. We had a pizza and the MAW volunteers brought cupcake. They were good let me tell you!

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Here he is opening his presents from the MAW volunteers.

[Corrine 1973]

Just LOVE the pictures!!!!

More perfect Big Give packages. They just never seem to stop. Such wonderful Pixie dust. And Cajunfan. . .there are not words to describe how magical she truely is.

Just 4 more days.:scared1:How is the packing. With all the great outfits you just now need to decide where to wear what when.:thumbsup2

[Matt1026]

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It was a very happy day at our home today! OUr DW was so excited because he was picked the Student of the week at his school. So he was very excited hearing about that. Seeing all of the wonderful Big Gives waiting for him just pushed him over the edge. He was not feeling well and had to go to the doctor so this really cheered him up and added to the excitment of the date.

Thank you Princess Sarhliz. The boys loved it all. With the two hour drive to airport and the time waiting in the airport and the airplane ride itself I am sure with all of the great big give goodies we will not be bored. We love jig saw puzzles so we had to break one of those out. We had great fun. So thank you so much for the wonderful Big Give. It was awesome!

[Matt1026]

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These have to be some of cutest outfits that I have ever seen. I know they will be the hit at Disney. They were so cute!!! I am also so amazed at the fit. They were perfect. The boys just loved them and if I say so myself look very handsome in their outfits. I loved my shirt too! That was so special. I appreciate you thinking of me.

We really loved them thank you so much!

[Matt1026]

I am so sorry for the all of the individual post tonight. My brain is not functioning well these days. With a cold and with Saturday fast approaching I am not thinking too well these days. So I have my pictures grouped so this is the easiest way for me.

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Thank you tygansmom 829121. The boys really loved their goodies. My DH really loved the sticker book. He thought that was way cool! My youngest really loved the card and thought your son did a great job with his pictures of MIckey so he wanted to take his picture with the card. Thank you again for all you did the boys really liked it all. Even the biggest boy in my home. :hug:

[Matt1026]

Just LOVE the pictures!!!!

More perfect Big Give packages. They just never seem to stop. Such wonderful Pixie dust. And Cajunfan. . .there are not words to describe how magical she truely is.

Just 4 more days.:scared1:How is the packing. With all the great outfits you just now need to decide where to wear what when.:thumbsup2

I know what you mean about Cajunfan. She has been a blessing. We were hoping to meet her in person because we thought we were going to have to go down the night before to catch our plane but our flight was later than expected on that Saturday. But we are hoping another time.

We are just about packed. That was my goal on Sunday to get as much done as I could. I knew this week was going to be wild especially with my job. It is alot to get everything done there and be gone a week. I had not planned on my DW getting sick and me not feeling well. But we are all starting to feel better.

I am so excited about all of the new outfits for the boys. I can not wait to dress them for the parks. Have you started packing yet?

[Corrine 1973]

Just a bit. I have been putting away the outfits from the big give away for the trip so their will be no temptations.:rotfl2:

[xanphylus]

The fun continues !! We gt our Big Give and included in this one was some of the best drawings ever!!! WE loved the drawings and the cards. That made it all so special. And once again Big Give came through again. Both boys have started playing domiono's . So they were all excited about the game. Again they asked how did they know we started playing this game. Thank you so much for all of the goodies. We have a great time going through it all!

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!

You are very welcome!! I am sure Aleks will flip seeing pictures of her drawings on the computer!! :goodvibes She was so proud of her brother helping her draw on the pages! I thought it was a hoot when he did one almost by himself! That's big work for an almost 1 year old- I think even he was proud! :rotfl:
I will show them tomorrow!

[Tygansmom829121]

You are very welcome. I'm glad that they liked everything. Actually Tyler is my daughter and she wanted to contribute something. I couldn't resist your family because I am originally from Kentucky. Kentucky will always be in my heart. We all hope you have a great trip!!!:banana::banana::banana:

[Matt1026]

You are very welcome. I'm glad that they liked everything. Actually Tyler is my daughter and she wanted to contribute something. I couldn't resist your family because I am originally from Kentucky. Kentucky will always be in my heart. We all hope you have a great trip!!!:banana::banana::banana:

I am sorry about.. Please tell Tyler I am sorry and Alex really liked her drawing. That is one thing that has been great about this site it has been awesome to see the connections that we all have . Thank you to a fellow Kentuckian!

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Thank you so much Toadstool. The boys really loved their pillowcases. Lucas has this thing he does when he really likes something. He acts like he is fainting. Needless to say when he saw the train he "fainted". He loved that so much. He has a train blanket that he sleeps him and so the pillow case will compliment that well. Alex had been given a cars blanket from the big give and he sleeps with that everynight now (because it so soft) so his pillowcase will compliment that really well. The boys really loved then and they fit just fine. So thank you again.

[*Toadstool*]

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Thank you so much Toadstool. The boys really loved their pillowcases. Lucas has this thing he does when he really likes something. He acts like he is fainting. Needless to say when he saw the train he "fainted". He loved that so much. He has a train blanket that he sleeps him and so the pillow case will compliment that well. Alex had been given a cars blanket from the big give and he sleeps with that everynight now (because it so soft) so his pillowcase will compliment that really well. The boys really loved then and they fit just fine. So thank you again.
Yay! I am glad they liked them. Thanks for posting the pictures. :goodvibes
I'm now trying to explain to my DD that little girls aren't supposed to have train pillowcases. ;)

[cajunfan]

Just 2 more sleeps and you are on your way to the house of the mouse!!!!:cool1::cool1::banana::banana::banana:

Lynn

[Matt1026]

Just 2 more sleeps and you are on your way to the house of the mouse!!!!:cool1::cool1::banana::banana::banana:

Lynn

I still can not believe we are going. It still seems so unreal. The suitcases are almost ready. Just a few final items and we will be on our way!!!!:yay::yay::yay:

[jenb1023]

What great big give items! You will be in WDW before you know it! Have a wonderful trip and I can't wait to hear all about it and to see all of the photos!

[Corrine 1973]

You leave the day after tomarrow!!!!:scared1:

I am sure you are going to be pretty busy tomarrow getting things done before your trip so I wanted to wish a magically trip now. I am sure that you will all have a great time and I can't wait to read all about your trip.:banana::banana:

[cajunfan]

ONE MORE SLEEP!!!!

This time tomorrow morning, you will be on your way to that magic carriage ride to Mickey's House!!!

Lynn

[wkualum]

Yahoo!!! Tomorrow is the day!!!

:cool1::banana::cool1::banana::cool1::banana:

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[tricia]

Have a great trip.

[Cee]

We're right behind ya, Matt. Arriving on Sunday(9/6) and staying in the Treehouses! Have a Magical vacation!:cloud9:

[Sandy321]

AWESOME!! :cool1::cool1::cool1:

9just lurking on your threads!! :goodvibes)

[2specialkids]

:woohoo: Tomorrow's the big day!! I'm so excited for you!! Have a great trip and take TONS of pictures. (Oh, and try to get a little sleep tonight :laughing: )

[Matt1026]

:woohoo: Tomorrow's the big day!! I'm so excited for you!! Have a great trip and take TONS of pictures. (Oh, and try to get a little sleep tonight :laughing: )

THank you!!!! I love pictures. My family will probably get tired of me going on wait. Let's take another.

I hope I will get alittle sleep. We have to be up at 5:30 am. But we can not wait!!!

[Matt1026]

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We had another wonderful Big Give. Alex just loved his hat. He was excited because it matched his backpack. Lucas was so excited about his train shirt. A part of his wish was to ride the trains at Disneyworld. We are not sure of all that awaits him about that. But he said he will wear his train shirt that day.

[Matt1026]

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I just had to share this pic. I went in to check on my youngest last night and he had my Minnie Mouse in his bed and they were snuggling and he fell asleep with his arm around her. I was just thinking to myself he must be having sweet Disney Dreams.

[wkualum]

Aww how sweet! Just a bit over 12 hours and you'll be in the air on your way to see Ms Minnie IN PERSON!!!!

Good luck on your trip!! I am super excited for you all and can't wait to see all the pictures and read the trip report!

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Edited to add dancin' nanners!!

[xanphylus]

Have a GREAT trip!!! :cool1: Can't wait to see the pics and of course, read a trip report!! :goodvibes Kiss Mickey for us all! And as always- praying for your safe and happy trip!!!!!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

[Rebecuberduber]

Just wanted to say I've been following along with your pre trip report and I look forward to hearing all about your trip when you return! I hope you have a magical time!!

[StefaniLyn]

Have a wonderful, amazing, and magical trip! I can't wait to hear all about it when you return!

[wkualum]

Just wanted to say welcome home to Kentucky!!! Can't wait to hear all about your entire trip and to see pictures.

Of course take your time and rest up, but..... ;)

[Matt1026]

Yes we are back!! So sad. I have alot of pictures and I mean alot of pictures. I thought I was the pictures Queen but I believe I have been de-throned by Maroo. Boy she even beats me!!! So I believe between her and me we are up to around 500 pictures. That does not even count Photo Pass. I am so extremely tired that my brain is not really working. I took a journal with me and at the end of the day I would record everything that happened that day so I would not forget. I promise that I will have it started ASAP. I can not wait to share it with you. It was magical!!! Alot of pixie dust!