School is Out, Let's hit the Road! We're Going to Disney World! PTR 5/27 - 6/11/2010

[AlohaAnnie]

Hello! First of all, Let me say that we are going nuts! We can't wait to get back. I have been reading TR's and PTR's and going crazy. I can't wait to get back to the place where magic happens and my family has experienced the best vacations ever!!!!

Here is one of my Favorite!!! Pics from our May June Trip in 2009!!!

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It is the opening ceremony at Magic Kingdom! It has become a must do for our family for each trip.


Now for the introductions!

Here is a pic from our 2009 Trip to WDW.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/Image600.jpg

We were all hot and sweaty and we do not look our best but we were having fun!!!!

Let me first introduce the youngest member of our family, Allison!!! She is 8 will be 9 in July. She informed me last week that she will officially be a 4th grader on the last day of school! She is currently in 3rd grade. I found this very cute and funny. She is such a character and our spoiled princess. princess:

Next is Aaron. He is 13, and very much a 13 year old! He is in middle school. He is currently in the Middle School Jazz Band and has been invited to participate in our local Youth trumbone Choir for the summer. He plans to join the High School Marching Band. He is such a sweet kid and has so much heart. We adore him. He is also our pirate:, yar! Matey!

Next is my Loving Husband, Shawn. Shawn is also here on the DIS! He is the true lover of Disney!!! He had been wanting to take a vacation to Disney World for years and convinced me in 2006 (our first trip) that we could afford to go. Ever since that first trip in 2006 we have been addicted!!! Shawn recently celebrated his 40th birthday. We had a party here at home and it was half 40th birthday and half a Mickey party!!! I will post a pic of the party later!

Last there is ME!!! My name is Tina, I am a very busy Mom and Daycare Provider! I have to split my spare time between a hundred and one things. I really wish I could DIS and Look at Disney pics all day and night long but alas that is not life!! :sad2: I actually have to be a Wife, Mom, House Keeper, and do my job. So I hop over to the DIS when I can.

Here is one of my Favorite Family Photopass pics from our trip in 2008:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20PhotoPass%202008/image176.jpg

I love that photo!!! We have it framed on our Disney Pic wall!!!

UP Next.... Our Plans for our upcoming Trip and our DVC Story !!! :love:

[AlohaAnnie]

Introductions (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36497418&postcount=1)

A Spring Musical (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36504366&postcount=11)

Our DVC Story (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36505935&postcount=12)

Easter Dress (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36506059&postcount=13)

Toy Story Disney Theme Night 5/1/2010 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36509085&postcount=17)

Travel and Room Plans (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36534380&postcount=23)

Photos of Previous Resorts (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36536877&postcount=26)

I MISS THIS ABOUT DISNEY! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36551664&postcount=33)

Disney's Cars Family Theme Night w/ Friends! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36592431&postcount=34)

Dining Reservations and Other Plans Part 1 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36644583&postcount=41)

Dining Reservations and Other Plans Part 2 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36645121&postcount=42)

Dining Reservations and Other Plans Part 3 (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36645203&postcount=43)

Lilo & Stitch - Ohana - Polynesian - Tiki Tiki Room Disney Theme Night (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36700064&postcount=50)

Online Check-in and Room Requests! (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36722633&postcount=57)

Orlando Weather Tracking (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36722679&postcount=58)

2009 Vacation of Hats Memories (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36722937&postcount=59)

Countdown Calendar (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36769945&postcount=66)

Van is Packed, We are leaving TODAY!!! 5/27/2010 Thursday (http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=36783347&postcount=69)

[wdwgirl03]

I'm first! Love that picture of the MK opening show with all the streamers. Very nice!

Can't wait to hear your plans!

[dramaqueenemj22]

I can't wait to hear more about your trip. I'm subbing :surfweb:

[ElizabethW]

Oh that's just a superior picture :) Love it!

[creativeamanda]

Hey, Tina! I'm over here from my PTR! It's great we're going to be there at the same time. Your family is so cute--we don't have long to go now!

[AlohaAnnie]

I can't wait to hear more about your trip. I'm subbing :surfweb:

Thanks for joining me and :welcome:

Oh that's just a superior picture :) Love it!

Thanks I love that pic too! However, I can't take credit for it. Shawn (DH) took the pic with his Nikon D40 (which I thought was a D60 until he just informed me, NO! it is a D40) Anyhoo, ;) Thanks for joining me and :welcome:


Hey, Tina! I'm over here from my PTR! It's great we're going to be there at the same time. Your family is so cute--we don't have long to go now!

It is coming up!!! So excited!!! :woohoo::dance3::woohoo::dance3: :welcome:



I'm first! Love that picture of the MK opening show with all the streamers. Very nice!

Can't wait to hear your plans!

Awww....Thanks for being first!!! and :welcome:

[that's nice]

Tina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You did it!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I'll be following you along! Love the family pics and the one with the streamers! Really cool.

Can't wait to hear what you have planned!:surfweb: :goodvibes

[MaryAz]

Whooo Hooo-page 1. I am sad :sad1: we will miss you by just one day. Someday I hope our trips overlap!!

[AlohaAnnie]

Tina!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You did it!!! :woohoo::woohoo:

I'll be following you along! Love the family pics and the one with the streamers! Really cool.

Can't wait to hear what you have planned!:surfweb: :goodvibes

Thanks Tim!!!!! and :welcome: to my pre-trippie :goodvibes

Whooo Hooo-page 1. I am sad :sad1: we will miss you by just one day. Someday I hope our trips overlap!!

I am sad we will miss you guys by one day too!!! :welcome:

[AlohaAnnie]

So Allison recently had her spring musical at school. She was so cute!!! I got a new camera recently. It also takes video. So I took a video of her singing and I thought I would share it. This is my first time attempt at video with this camera, so it is not so good.

Enjoy! Allison is on the bottom row in the pink shirt and skirt with long straight blond hair.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Pictures%20Video%202010/th_AllisonsSpringMusicalcutversion2010.jpg (http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Pictures%20Video%202010/?action=view&current=AllisonsSpringMusicalcutversion2010.flv)

[AlohaAnnie]

We really never thought we could afford DVC or for that matter qualify for it. We always assumed we would be paying for our vacations staying at value or moderate resorts and maybe just maybe DVC would be in the future.

We had originally booked our vacation for 2 nights at Disney's Vero Beach and 12 days 11 nights at Pop Century. We had it all paid for by the end of December 2009.

February 2010, we received an offer to buy into DVC for Bay Lake Tower. So my mind started to spin and I called Shawn and said, "Do you think that Disney would allow us to cancel our current trip take only the money we paid on rooms and apply it to the down payment for DVC and then we could use our points to go on our trip at the same time." He said, "I do not know but I will call".

So we called and the points for Kidani were cheaper and we also received 2009 points along with 2010 points for double the points. We were able to re-book our vacation at AKV's Kidani Village and still go to Disney's Vero Beach for the same 2 nights. On top of that the money we paid for Dining and Tickets we used to buy Premium Annual Passes (which we plan to use for upcoming trips in October 2010 and May 2011) before they expire (we plan to renew) and we were still able to buy the Dining Plan and we have $200 left over! What about them apples!!!

We know we are going to use DVC every year, because our plan was to return to Disney every year for a vacation. Because of the extra years points we are able to return to Disney at Halloween 2010 and in May for the Flower and Garden Festival 2011.

We plan to cruise in Dec 2011 on the new Disney Dream (paying for cruise not using DVC) and spend Christmas at Disney 2011.

Then, we will return to our normal May/June Trips to Disney each year starting in 2012.

The good thing about DVC, I know I am always going to DISNEY!!! Helps the obsessed be more obsessed!!!

A lot of planning has been going on in this place.

So that is our DVC story!

[AlohaAnnie]

I wanted to show everyone Allison's Easter Dress. It is so beautiful and she lets me dress her up on occasion. After church, she told me the dress was itchy and she would never wear it again and she picked it out. The same thing happens with all the Disney Princess dresses she picks out and wears.

So at least I got a picture:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Pictures%20Video%202010/EasterDress2010-1.jpg

and here is one of Mom and Daughter together:

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[Bridora]

Hey! I noticed you've started a PTR--so I came over to read....I'm glad I don't have much catching up to do. :goodvibes

I love that 1st picture you posted of the Opening show at MK. I sooooo hope I get to see that for the 1st time this year!

What an awesome DVC story! We bought ours last year while on vacation, so we're using it for the 1st time this May. You guys have lots of vacations up your sleeves! I can't wait to hear all about them!

Your Allison's dress is beautiful! My DD loves to dress up still in her old Easter/Christmas/Halloween dresses....she wears them until it's impossible to wear them anymore! :laughing:

[AlohaAnnie]

Hey! I noticed you've started a PTR--so I came over to read....I'm glad I don't have much catching up to do. :goodvibes

I love that 1st picture you posted of the Opening show at MK. I sooooo hope I get to see that for the 1st time this year!

What an awesome DVC story! We bought ours last year while on vacation, so we're using it for the 1st time this May. You guys have lots of vacations up your sleeves! I can't wait to hear all about them!

Your Allison's dress is beautiful! My DD loves to dress up still in her old Easter/Christmas/Halloween dresses....she wears them until it's impossible to wear them anymore! :laughing:

Thanks for stopping by and :welcome:

We love that pic, Shawn was so excited when he caught that! You rarely see a pic with the streamers.

It is so nice your DD still wears her dresses. I told Allison we were not buying anymore princess dresses because she will not wear them. She said, OK! So that did not work! :rolleyes: She will wear skirts with shirts, at least I still have that. :lovestruc

[Brave teacher]

YAY!!!! I found you! I'm looking forward to the pics of your meal. I can't wait to see how it went. They are so much fun!

What a beautiful family you have there!! What lovely pictures from Easter. Her dress was very cute.

I love the DVC story. It can truly be really affordable. I'm glad yall got to figure this out BEFORE taking the trip.

Sadly, I'll be missing yall by a few days. Maybe another trip another year.

[AlohaAnnie]

We decided to have a Family Disney Night! I got to first pick since today is my Birthday! So I chose Toy Story!


Here are the Table Decorations:

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We saved table cloth and decorations, threw away the used plates and cups - thinking ahead for the next Toy Story night.

While we were waiting for the pizza to cook the kids colored Toy Story pictures.

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Here is the Menu:

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Here is our Sheriff Woody Cookie!

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Pizza Planet Pepperoni Pizza

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and Alien Green Salads! (not pictured)

We then watched the Movie Toy Story and ate Cheese Crunchies (aka Cheetoes Cheese Puffs)!

Then we played Toy Story Mania on Wii

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Theme%20Nights%202010/th_PlayingToyStoryMania3.jpg (http://s249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Theme%20Nights%202010/?action=view&current=PlayingToyStoryMania3.flv)

We had such a wonderful time. It was so much fun planning what theme we were going to do, what to call the food and then going to buy decorations.

Allison helped me to decorate the table Saturday Morning. Aaron had a Soccer game so Allison helped me make the cookies. It was great family time.

We are planning to have 3 more Disney theme nights before we leave on vacation. Then, we plan to have a Disney theme night once per month.

[AlohaAnnie]

YAY!!!! I found you! I'm looking forward to the pics of your meal. I can't wait to see how it went. They are so much fun!

What a beautiful family you have there!! What lovely pictures from Easter. Her dress was very cute.

I love the DVC story. It can truly be really affordable. I'm glad yall got to figure this out BEFORE taking the trip.

Sadly, I'll be missing yall by a few days. Maybe another trip another year.

Hi! and :welcome: Thanks for joining me, and I agree I am so glad that we joined before we went on the trip and it worked out so well for us.

I actually have to work :rolleyes1 lunch and naps before I could post about the Disney Theme Night. :rotfl: I have so much more I could post today but I have to save some for another day plus the little ones will be waking up soon and then I have to pick up Aaron from school. Sheesh!! Life gets in the way of the DIS.

Cheerio!!!

[creativeamanda]

That DIsney night looks so fun! We're going to have to do it sometime--just don't know when. We have baseball right now, and it seems like sometimes we leave the house at 6am and don't get home until 10pm!

[dramaqueenemj22]

The picture of you and your dd is sooo beautiful. And your Toy Story themed family night looked like so much.

[that's nice]

Tina-
It looks like you guys had a great time with your Toy Story night. Your pizza looks really good! popcorn::

I would love to do a Disney themed night but I'm not that creative and my DW works till 8 or 9 pm so she isn't home for dinner. :confused3

Your DVC story has got me wondering about DVC. (thanks alot!) I wonder if it is doable. :scratchin

[AlohaAnnie]

That DIsney night looks so fun! We're going to have to do it sometime--just don't know when. We have baseball right now, and it seems like sometimes we leave the house at 6am and don't get home until 10pm!

Maybe after baseball season is over you can have a Disney night. It was really fun and it was nice because we did it as a family. The planning, decorating, and the food.


The picture of you and your dd is sooo beautiful. And your Toy Story themed family night looked like so much.

Thanks! Allison is my princess, she is getting older and I miss the little girl days. She is changing on me. It is so sad for me. Family night was fun!!

Tina-
It looks like you guys had a great time with your Toy Story night. Your pizza looks really good! popcorn::

I would love to do a Disney themed night but I'm not that creative and my DW works till 8 or 9 pm so she isn't home for dinner. :confused3

Your DVC story has got me wondering about DVC. (thanks alot!) I wonder if it is doable. :scratchin

That Pizza was good ;) Maybe you can do something special with Juliana and make your own version of a Disney night. It doesn't have to be all creative. :goodvibes And after joining DVC and being scared of it for years before we joined I bet is it doable. Just look into it and when the time is right it will work out.



Crazy Us Story:

Shawn and I have been laughing for days!!! Because we both realized that we spelled Sheriff wrong. It is so funny for us. First, he started it by spelling it wrong on the menu for Toy Story night. Then, I was making the cookies and grabbed his menu because I wasn't sure how to spell and did not feel like looking it up on onelook.com. When I seen it on his menu, I thought that doesn't look right but surely he did spell check on WORD!!! Nope!!! So we have been laughing about for a while. It is just too much, first he said, Sheriff was a word I had a hard time with spelling! :rotfl: Guess you had to be there! :confused3 So we are laughing about that. Then we are laughing more because election day just passed and there were about several hundred signs that said sheriff around our town for the last few months. Guess you have to laugh at yourself on occasion. :rolleyes1

Update next.......

[AlohaAnnie]

We are driving!!! :car:

We are leaving Indiana on Thursday evening 5/27, with an overnight stay in Tennesse.

We plan to arrive at Disney on Friday afternoon 5/28. We booked a one night stay at Coronado Springs Resort on an Annual Passholders rate. We got a good discount and we have never stayed at this moderate resort before, plus the rate was the same as staying at a downtown disney hotel for one night. Why not stay on property! :yay:


On Saturday 5/29 and Sunday 5/30 we will be at Disney's Vero Beach. Our kids have not been to the ocean despite our 3 previous trips to Disney World. So the plan is to spend sometime at the beach for a few days. Plus I have so many good beach memories as kid when we lived in Oceanside, CA. I want them to have some beach memories too! :beach:


On Sunday 5/31 - Thursday 6/10 - We are checking into AKV Kidani village for 11 day 11 night stay! :woohoo: We chose a studio with a savanna view and not a one bedroom because we wanted to stay for a longer vacation and we wanted to go back to Disney a few times over the next 2 years.

On Friday 6/11 it is check out day and time to drive home. :sad: Always a sad day for me but this time I hope I feel better because we have DVC and we will be back for sure. :love:

[Bridora]

I love your Sheriff Woody cookie--too cute! :goodvibes

We love the beach, too! I don't think we'll be going this year, though. :sad1:

I do want to see Vero Beach one day, though. I'm looking forward to your TR to see all your beautiful pictures!

[AlohaAnnie]

I love your Sheriff Woody cookie--too cute! :goodvibes

We love the beach, too! I don't think we'll be going this year, though. :sad1:

I do want to see Vero Beach one day, though. I'm looking forward to your TR to see all your beautiful pictures!

Thank you :lovestruc I look forward to sharing our vacation with everyone :yay:

[AlohaAnnie]

So with all our wonderful memories of Disney fresh in my mind because we are leaving at the end of this month and I have reviewed pictures from past Disney vacations. I thought it would be nice to post some pics of the resorts we have previously stayed at! Plus, the kiddos are sleeping and I don't feel like cleaning or reading at the moment.



Our first stay was at Port Orleans Riverside in 2006, Here are some pics:

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We really enjoyed this resort and the main pool here. It reminded me of being at Summer Camp. We also liked the counter service food court here.

Our Second Stay was at Pop Century, My Mother and Niece tagged along in 2008.

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We enjoyed Pop! It was nice and the pool was fun. We did slightly miss the luxury of a Moderate resort compared to a Value Resort. Like the fridge and the curtain the separates the bathroom from the rest of the room. We really enjoyed Everything Pop's Dining. It was busy but very nice and my picky eaters enjoyed their cheese fries and nachos! :)


In 2009 we stayed at 2 Disney Resorts:

#1 was a one night stay at Beach Club:

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We did not go to a park, we just hung out at Storm Along Bay and watched Illuminations from the bridge that night along with exploring the Boardwalk. Our room was a waterview, we ended up at a quiet pool that was right outside our room and we were really close to the International Gateway Entrance by Epcot. It was nice. We were wishing we could have stayed here the entire time. But the budget did not allow that.

We also stayed at Caribbean Beach Resort in a Pirate Standard Room in 2009:

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The pirate rooms were themed very well and we enjoyed the room but we were way out in the country. We knew this when we booked it. I really enjoyed how close we were to our van but when it came to swimming or refillable mugs we had to drive to the main house because we did not enjoy the quiet pool that was close to us. Overall, we did enjoy Caribbean Beach Resort and would stay here again. But the room would have to be closer to the main pool and refillable mugs. We also did not like the counter service food court here. It was ok, but the choices were very limited.

[wdwgirl03]

Great updates! I love your DVC story and your comment about it helping the obsessed be even more obsessed. Ain't that the truth! It's so great knowing we can keep going back...it makes coming home a little more tolerable.

What a fun movie night! I enjoyed the video too. That is my favorite game on the TSM video game. haha!

One of the things we love so much about DVC is getting to stay at all the different properties. Our goal is to stay at them all and we are well on our way (our home is SSR so we've stayed there, BCV, VWL, and AKL/Kidani)! Something else to look forward to with being Vacation Club members. :banana:

[creativeamanda]

I love looking at the different resorts! One day we'll have to buy DVC, but until then, I'll content myself with putting Beach Club, CBR, CR, and maybe the Ft Wilderness cabins on our list of to-dos.

[AlohaAnnie]

Great updates! I love your DVC story and your comment about it helping the obsessed be even more obsessed. Ain't that the truth! It's so great knowing we can keep going back...it makes coming home a little more tolerable.

What a fun movie night! I enjoyed the video too. That is my favorite game on the TSM video game. haha!

One of the things we love so much about DVC is getting to stay at all the different properties. Our goal is to stay at them all and we are well on our way (our home is SSR so we've stayed there, BCV, VWL, and AKL/Kidani)! Something else to look forward to with being Vacation Club members. :banana:

I plan on staying at every DVC resort also, I would like to experience each one. We also have plans to stay at a few that are not on the DVC list and use the Annual Passholder discount. Like, the Polynesian, Grand Floridian, and PORFQ. You know those one or two night stays when you arrive in town before you go to the parks :rolleyes1 Actually, that is my excuse. Glad you like the video, Allison is such a character! :laughing:



I love looking at the different resorts! One day we'll have to buy DVC, but until then, I'll content myself with putting Beach Club, CBR, CR, and maybe the Ft Wilderness cabins on our list of to-dos.

Gotta Have a list of Resorts to stay at!!! We still have that ;)

[that's nice]

Your view of the POP pool was amazing!

I would like to stay at the Beach Club someday. That resort looks lovely!

Your sheriff/sherriff story is soo funny! I didn't even notice. I must admit I am not the best speller in the world. :rolleyes1

[Bridora]

Your day at Beach Club sounds nice! I can't wait until we get to stay there just for StormAlong Bay!

I love how the dresser in that Pirate Room is stacked up crates! That is cool...thanks for posting those pictures, I haven't seen many of those rooms!

[AlohaAnnie]

Your view of the POP pool was amazing!

I would like to stay at the Beach Club someday. That resort looks lovely!

Your sheriff/sherriff story is soo funny! I didn't even notice. I must admit I am not the best speller in the world. :rolleyes1

We really loved the POP pool it was fun and the kids swam in it everyday and the Beach Club was so much fun we are looking forward to staying there again. Spelling not my forte :rolleyes:

Your day at Beach Club sounds nice! I can't wait until we get to stay there just for StormAlong Bay!

I love how the dresser in that Pirate Room is stacked up crates! That is cool...thanks for posting those pictures, I haven't seen many of those rooms!

Storm Along Bay was fun and the kids really enjoyed it. The sand is fake sand it is not like beach sand but still fun to play in. You can't make a sand castle out of it :confused3 The pirate room was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed it.

[AlohaAnnie]

Does anyone miss this!!!


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I Do!!!! I love falling asleep to this channel and waking up to it in the morning at Disney, I wish I could see it from home.

[AlohaAnnie]

So we invited our Friends over for Disney Cars Night! JP, Amy, and their 7 year old Triplets Carson, Emily, and Megan. We had so much and so did they. They love Disney Too!!!

We had to split between 2 tables since there were so many of us. So I made an Adult Cars Table:

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And a Kids Cars Table:

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Here is the Menu:

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The Kids colored Cars Pictures:

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and Played Hot Rod or Hot Potatoe:

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as you can see we used a Lightening McQueen Car as our Hot Potatoe!

See my Hidden Mickey and our Leaning Tower of Tires (Chocolate Donuts) which was a huge hit. The kids and adults ate them all!

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Here is some of the food:

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and Finally, we all watched the movie Cars!!

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It was a lot of fun!

I think we are going to do Lilo & Stitch/ Polynesian Ohana night next!!!!

[Angies1274]

Joining in!!:goodvibes (I followed you over from my TR:)) Your plans look great!!:thumbsup2 Congrats on joining DVC!! We've always assumed we would stay value or moderate too...but your DVC story made me wonder if it was possible...hmmm..

Love your Disney Theme Nights!! It looks like you had so much fun!!:thumbsup2

Oh..I know what you mean about the beach. We've been to Disney 4 times now and still haven't made it to the ocean. Hopefully next trip! My SIL took my nephew a few years ago to Disney's Vero Beach and loved it!

Thanks for posting your pics of the Beach Club!:cloud9: We're really hoping to stay there one day!!

Okay..I'm all caught up! Can't wait for more!:)

[that's nice]

Another great Disney theme night!

I think I've would of been hitting the donut tower too!!! popcorn::

Your Poly night sounds like it could be interesting... you gonna do a pig roast? LOLOL

[Bridora]

Looove that donut tower of tires! How awesome is that?!?!

All those food pictures make me hungry--I think it's time for lunch! :lmao:

[AlohaAnnie]

Joining in!!:goodvibes (I followed you over from my TR:)) Your plans look great!!:thumbsup2 Congrats on joining DVC!! We've always assumed we would stay value or moderate too...but your DVC story made me wonder if it was possible...hmmm..

Love your Disney Theme Nights!! It looks like you had so much fun!!:thumbsup2

Oh..I know what you mean about the beach. We've been to Disney 4 times now and still haven't made it to the ocean. Hopefully next trip! My SIL took my nephew a few years ago to Disney's Vero Beach and loved it!

Thanks for posting your pics of the Beach Club!:cloud9: We're really hoping to stay there one day!!

Okay..I'm all caught up! Can't wait for more!:)

:welcome: and thanks for joining me and the family :hug:

DVC, it always makes you wonder! ;) So glad to hear great reviews of Vero Beach. We are really looking forward to it. I was thinking that we should have put it at the end of the vacation instead of the beginning. We will see how it turns out. Disney Theme night was really fun. I am currently planning our Lilo & Stitch, Polynesian - Ohana Night! It is coming together and I have already planned a menu.

Beach Club was fun and we really enjoyed it. I would highly recommend staying there and enjoying it!

[AlohaAnnie]

Another great Disney theme night!

I think I've would of been hitting the donut tower too!!! popcorn::

Your Poly night sounds like it could be interesting... you gonna do a pig roast? LOLOL


Ha!Ha! :rotfl: Pig Roast! I am not that much of a homemaker! The donut tower was fun, at first, I thought Donuts at dinner :scared1: You are suspose to have donuts for dinner but I gave in and it was fun.



Looove that donut tower of tires! How awesome is that?!?!

All those food pictures make me hungry--I think it's time for lunch! :lmao:

Mmmm....I have been planning my lunch all morning. Can't wait!!!

[AlohaAnnie]

13 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance3::cheer2::cheer2::dance3::dance3::woohoo:

[AlohaAnnie]

Dining Reservations and Other Plans

Friday 5/28 – Tony’s Town Square - Dinner - we have never ate here. This will be the end of our travel day and our one night stay at Coronado Springs.



Saturday 5/29 – Whispering Canyon Café for Breakfast - The plan is to check out of Coronado Springs. Head to Wilderness Lodge for Breakfast and then hit the road for our 2 night stay at Disney's Vero Beach, this will be our first off Property DVC stay.


Monday 5/31 – Tutto Italia - This is the beginning of our stay at AKL Kidani and our first Disney World DVC stay. We plan to spend the day at Animal Kingdom and have dinner at Epcot.

Tuesday 6/1 – Crystal Palace for Lunch - We also plan to spend the day at Magic Kingdom. I like lunch more than dinner because you get a break from the heat and afterwards, we will head back for a nap if we are tired and return later that night or head to a different park. We love park hopping!

also on Tuesday 6/1 – Allison has an appointment at BBB in Cinderella's Castle, she has had make overs twice before. She told me she is going to wear a skirt and not a princess dress because they are too scratchy!!! :laughing: I am getting use to this attitude :sad2: I got her to keep the Belle Dress on long enough for a Photo session last year:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0376_570.jpg

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/Image112.jpg

But before too long(about an hour and a half), she was back to this!

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Wednesday 6/2 – Cape May Clambake - We really like this dinner. Last year we were the family of the day, we had a special table cloth, buttons, light house on our table and the kids got free kids drinks with a light up tinkerbell. Shawn was not feeling well this day, this dinner was perfect because there were so many good choices.
Here are a few pics:

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Thurday 6/3 – Whispering Canyon Café for Dinner - We ate here in 2008 and really enjoyed it. It was nice to visit the Wilderness Lodge and we are looking forward to returning.

Here are a few pics:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20PhotoPass%202008/IMG_2343.jpg

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More in the next Post.......

:dance3:

[AlohaAnnie]

Dining Reservations and Other Plans Part 2


Friday June 6/4 – Lunch at Chefs De France! We ate Dinner here last year and it was nice. We are looking forward to trying lunch!
Here are a few Pics:

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I think I got a little carried away there!!! :laughing:

Saturday 6/5 (Star Wars Weekend - We are heading to Hollywood Studios)!!! We are having lunch at Hollywood & Vine - We ate here last year and it was nice to get out of the Heat of Hollywood Studios and sit down for a meal. The funny thing is I made the ADR so we could get out of the heat not for the characters, I could not remember all the characters names and nobody else could so we asked a family at another table. They knew them all. We did enjoy this lunch.


Sunday 6/6 (Another day at Hollywood Studios and Star Wars Weekend!!!) – On this day we will be eating at Mama Melrose’s for Lunch. Once again, I scheduled a lunch so we could get out of the heat for a while and relax. We have never ate at Mama Melrose. We have a reservations at 3 Italian eateries. We wanted to try them all and compare them, since we have not been to one of them.


Monday 6/7 - We are having Breakfast at Cape May. We have never had breakfast here, this will be new for us. This is also our Mommy/Daughter - Daddy/Son day! Shawn and Aaron are heading to Disney Quest for some game fun. Allison and I are having Tea at the Grand Floridian in the Garden View Tea Room. We did the Perfectly Princess Tea Party in 2008 and it was such a wonderful experience. Since then we have a tradition to have tea together at the Garden View Tea Room. We did this in 2009 and we are going to repeat this for 2010! I am not sure what we will do for the rest of the day. Probably swimming!


Tuesday 6/8 We have dinner at Ohana’s. We love this place!!! It is so much fun and we think the food is good too.

Here are a few pics:

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We had a late reservations so we could catch Wishes while we were eating:

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Part 3 up next......

[AlohaAnnie]

Dining Reservations and Other Plans Part 3


Wednesday 6/9 We are having Dinner at Liberty Tree Tavern. This is our all time favorite place to eat at the world. It is so simple and my picky family loves it. We really miss Chip and Dale!!!

Here are a few pics:

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Thursday 6/10 Lunch at Le Cellier. Shawn really loves Le Cellier! So we go here every trip. We are not fans of the Cheese soup but we like the pretzel bread and the boys like the steak. Allison usually gets a hot dog and I try their sandwiches at lunch.

Here are few pics:


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The Twins:

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That is all for our Dining Reservations, :rotfl: Like that isn't enough. Sorry I got carried away with the pics. I just can't help myself. :rolleyes1 Up Next....The vacations of Hats!!!......

:dance3:

[that's nice]

13 Days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance3::cheer2::cheer2::dance3::dance3::woohoo:

WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!! :worship::worship: :woohoo::woohoo: :yay::yay:

I saw your dining choices and I'll be back later to comment on them! :thumbsup2

[creativeamanda]

We love Liberty Tree, as well. Cape May is also a favorite of ours. Of your places, we are going to:

Cape May, Tutto Italia, and Crystal Palace (but we are doing breakfast here).

We love Mama Melrose's--the Chicken Parmesan is delicious!

[Bridora]

Love 'Ohana! We aren't going this year, but we are trying Kona for the first time!

Liberty Tree Tavern was our first character dining experience way back when...in 2003...:goodvibes Need to get back there sometime.

Are you going crazy like me? I am so ready to be there!

Your pictures from Le Cellier look awesome! I'll have to go there sometime, I looooove pretzel bread!

[that's nice]

Love the PP pics!!! Your DD is a cutie! :cutie:

We had a Cape May ADR for March but we ended up canceling it. It wasn't fitting in to our schedule. We will be eating there someday.

WWC- We ate there in March and I ordered the skillet. The chicken and potatoes were awesome but the other stuff... :crazy2: I wasn't really feeling it.

Chefs- Never ate here...

Ohana- I think it is my favorite meal in all of WDW. The food is awesome. The views are amazing. There is NO WAY to leave here hungry!

LTT- Never ate here

LeCellier- I had the best filet here!!! I loved the different breads and had the smores for dessert. Melody got the moose!!! It was a great meal!:goodvibes

[Angies1274]

Great ADR choices!!!:goodvibes Love all the food pics...yum!!:thumbsup2

We haven't tried Ohana's or Le Cellier yet but they are definitely on the top of our list for next trip!!

We love Liberty Tree Tavern!! It's one of our very favorites....but I really miss the characters.:sad2: I wish they would bring them back!!!

Oh and your daughter is so adorable!!:cutie: I love the BBB pictures!! :)

[AlohaAnnie]

We love Liberty Tree, as well. Cape May is also a favorite of ours. Of your places, we are going to:

Cape May, Tutto Italia, and Crystal Palace (but we are doing breakfast here).

We love Mama Melrose's--the Chicken Parmesan is delicious!

Shawn loves Chicken Parmesan so that is wonderful to hear. Glad to hear someone else likes Cape May and LLT! It is a few of our favorite places to eat at the world. :goodvibes

Love 'Ohana! We aren't going this year, but we are trying Kona for the first time!

Liberty Tree Tavern was our first character dining experience way back when...in 2003...:goodvibes Need to get back there sometime.

Are you going crazy like me? I am so ready to be there!

Your pictures from Le Cellier look awesome! I'll have to go there sometime, I looooove pretzel bread!

We ate at Kona for Breakfast last year. It was good but we have never had dinner there. I do not know if the picky eaters could handle it. When I took them to Boma, they threatened me. :scared1: So I try to be careful now. :rotfl:

I am so CRAZY LIKE YOU!!! :crazy: I am losing it, I so need a vacation from my life and it is just not happening soon enough. I am packing, cleaning, making plans, packing......packing, and packing again!!! :laughing: Really, I am! The Pretzel bread is really good but the cheese soup is not all that but you should try the cheese soup at least once you may like it.


Love the PP pics!!! Your DD is a cutie! :cutie:

We had a Cape May ADR for March but we ended up canceling it. It wasn't fitting in to our schedule. We will be eating there someday.

WWC- We ate there in March and I ordered the skillet. The chicken and potatoes were awesome but the other stuff... :crazy2: I wasn't really feeling it.

Chefs- Never ate here...

Ohana- I think it is my favorite meal in all of WDW. The food is awesome. The views are amazing. There is NO WAY to leave here hungry!

LTT- Never ate here

LeCellier- I had the best filet here!!! I loved the different breads and had the smores for dessert. Melody got the moose!!! It was a great meal!:goodvibes

Allison is a cutie!!! She is one of the loves of my life :lovestruc When we go to WCC, I agree, I am not ordering the skillet unless I am forced to. I am going to let Shawn order his skillet or we are leaving some food items off it. You should try LTT sometime, it is good. My pickey eaters (Shawn & Allison) love it. Hopefully, you can try Cape May sometime. Love the variety of vegetables, fruits, and soups and more....

Great ADR choices!!!:goodvibes Love all the food pics...yum!!:thumbsup2

We haven't tried Ohana's or Le Cellier yet but they are definitely on the top of our list for next trip!!

We love Liberty Tree Tavern!! It's one of our very favorites....but I really miss the characters.:sad2: I wish they would bring them back!!!

Oh and your daughter is so adorable!!:cutie: I love the BBB pictures!! :)

Aww..Thanks Allison is my dream daughter come true. She is a girly girl but can't stand scratchy dresses. I enjoy letting her be a girl.

LLT - Definately miss Chip & Dale. They were so funny, in 2006 - they had a light saber fight in the restaurant. It was so hilarious!!! :rotfl2: Wish I had video of that one. :rolleyes:

On with an update......Lilo & Stich Polynesian Ohana Night!!!

[AlohaAnnie]

Hi Everyone!!! :wave:

We had Lilo & Stitch Polynesian Ohana Night the past Saturday 5/15/2010.

We did not make a menu and it was not as elaborate as the Toy Story or the Cars night but it was family fun. It was raining!! Blah...could have done w/o that and I am sure Shawn agrees, he cooked on the grill in the rain. It was just sprinkling but had to get our steak on.

Here are a few pics:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Theme%20Nights%202010/053.jpg Table all decorated!!! We called the night our Lilo & Stitch - Polynesian - Ohana - Tiki Tiki Room night!! Way tooooo many titles.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Theme%20Nights%202010/054.jpg Steak Kabobs! Yummy! This is why Shawn cooked in the sprinkling rain. We also had salads w/ the Ohana Honey lime dressing, fruit kabobs, chicken strips and I made dipping sauces the soy dipping sauce was good but the peanut sauce was terrible and was a shame compared to Ohana's Peanut sauce.


For Dessert we had Pineapple Angel Food Cake:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Theme%20Nights%202010/041.jpg

Here is Allison doing the Hula (see the wet deck behind her!!!)

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/046.jpg

Poor Aaron, I rarely post a pic of him here but he is usually playing video games! and will not participate in my disneyish stuff. Oh well. :confused3

After dinner, we watched the movie Lilo & Stitch! It was great, we had not seen it in a while. Overall, it was a great family time.

[wdwgirl03]

Wow, Disney nights must be the new thing, I have seen those on so many trip reports lately! They look like so much fun and I'm amazed at how much effort everyone puts into them. :thumbsup2

[Brave teacher]

WOW Tina! Loving the Disney nights! You are doing an awesome job with them. The family fun is the best reason for doing them.

Your plans sound awesome. BTW, you have gotten me very hungry now. Love the food porn!

[Angies1274]

Ahh...I love your Lilo and Stitch night!!:thumbsup2 What a great idea!! It's too bad that it rained but it looks like it was still so much fun!:goodvibes

[creativeamanda]

That Polynesian/'Ohana night looked wonderful!

[that's nice]

Another great Disney night!

I can feel for your DH but I grill in the rain all the time. I grill year round. I've grilled when it was -5 out and in snowstorms. The steak looks great!!! It is 1am here and you got me getting hungry with all the great food!!!!!! :goodvibes

[AlohaAnnie]

Wow, Disney nights must be the new thing, I have seen those on so many trip reports lately! They look like so much fun and I'm amazed at how much effort everyone puts into them. :thumbsup2

They are fun!! I got the idea from a PTR, I was reading in fact, I got it from Brave Teacher!



WOW Tina! Loving the Disney nights! You are doing an awesome job with them. The family fun is the best reason for doing them.

Your plans sound awesome. BTW, you have gotten me very hungry now. Love the food porn!

I love the food porn too!!! We are looking forward to eating on vacation.



Ahh...I love your Lilo and Stitch night!!:thumbsup2 What a great idea!! It's too bad that it rained but it looks like it was still so much fun!:goodvibes

Thanks! Rain, all it has done is RAIN for days around here. I am looking forward to sunshine and hot weather! :lovestruc

That Polynesian/'Ohana night looked wonderful!

Thank you! It was wonderful and fun. We were so tired from being busy all day but the menu was simple and I had decorated that morning. So it worked out.


Another great Disney night!

I can feel for your DH but I grill in the rain all the time. I grill year round. I've grilled when it was -5 out and in snowstorms. The steak looks great!!! It is 1am here and you got me getting hungry with all the great food!!!!!! :goodvibes

Mmmmm....Food! We really like grilled meats around here. I don't know if Shawn has cooked in -5 degree temps but he has cooked out in 30 degree temps. :laughing: In the summer, we live on salad and grilled foods and fruit. It is in season :confused3

:goodvibes

[AlohaAnnie]

So we did online check in yesterday for Coronado Springs and for our Vero Beach Stay.

We are not doing online check in for our stay at AKV - Kidani. We want to request a certain location. Hopefully we will get it.


We want 2nd floor or up, we have a savannah view. We would like to be as close to main check-in area as possible (close to laundry) we do not have a one bedroom but a studio) and close to pool. So we will see. :cool1:

:dance3:

[AlohaAnnie]

We have been tracking the Orlando Weather!


Here is the link:

http://www.accuweather.com/us/fl/orlando/32830/forecast-month.asp?view=table

:woohoo::woohoo:

[AlohaAnnie]

So one of our goals for our 2009 vacation was to have fun trying on different Hats around Disney! We are going to do something similar this year because it was so much fun and we got some great pics!

Here are a few of those pics:

Canada
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0107_1585.jpg

Downtown Disney
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Pirates!!!
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0312_1328.jpg

Mexico
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0627_821-1.jpg

China
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0632_826.jpg

UK
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0699_890-1.jpg

France
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0701_892.jpg

Norway
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0722_913-1.jpg

Germany
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0753_943.jpg

No we do not let him drink beer!!!
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0744_935-1.jpg

America
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0775_965.jpg

Morocco
http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%202009%20Pictures/DSC_0779_969.jpg

We had so much fun doing the hat thing, there were times the kids did not want to participate but it was few and far between. In fact, they started to add props and doing funny faces at times. We are definately going to do it again!!!

[Angies1274]

YAY! for online check-in!:yay:

Love all the hat pictures...what a great idea!:thumbsup2 I just might have to steal that for our next trip!!;) (If I can convince the boys...that is.:rolleyes1)

[AlohaAnnie]

YAY! for online check-in!:yay:

Love all the hat pictures...what a great idea!:thumbsup2 I just might have to steal that for our next trip!!;) (If I can convince the boys...that is.:rolleyes1)

If you can convince the boys and they like it! It will be fun :goodvibes

[AlohaAnnie]

3 days!!!!

:dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3::dance3:
:banana::banana::banana::banana:
:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:
:cheer2::cheer2:
:cool1:

:wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard::wizard:

[Bridora]

For not being "as elaborate" your 'Ohana/Lilo & Stitch/Tiki Room night was awesome! All your food looks soooo delicious!

:woohoo: For online check-in!

I hope you guys have a safe & fun trip!

3 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[creativeamanda]

I love online checkin! We also try on the different hats throughout Epcot, but he have not tried at different other locations. We're going to have to!

3 DAYS! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[AlohaAnnie]

For not being "as elaborate" your 'Ohana/Lilo & Stitch/Tiki Room night was awesome! All your food looks soooo delicious!

:woohoo: For online check-in!

I hope you guys have a safe & fun trip!

3 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! Hope you and yours have a safe and wonderful trip too!



I love online checkin! We also try on the different hats throughout Epcot, but he have not tried at different other locations. We're going to have to!

3 DAYS! :banana: :banana: :banana:


:banana:

[AlohaAnnie]

Here is our Countdown Calendar! Allison just filled in the 1 day left this morning.




http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Pictures%202010/IMG_0093.jpg




:banana::banana:1 day!!!!:banana::banana:


:dance3:

[creativeamanda]

I am so excited for you and also that we'll be there soon, as well!

[AlohaAnnie]

I am so excited for you and also that we'll be there soon, as well!

Thanks!!! Maybe we will see eachother!

:goodvibes

[AlohaAnnie]

Van is all packed! The kids are at school for their last day and it is only 9:51am, Rut..ROh!!! I am way too excited. :yay:


Shawn still has to go to the bank and get a car wash before we leave. We also have to pick Aaron up from school at 3pm (he is in middle school) and wait for Allison (she is in grade school) to arrive off the bus around 3:45ish.


Then we are off on holiday to...................


party: Disney World party:

Here a few pics of the packed van:

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Pictures%202010/KidsArea05-27-2010LeavingDay.jpg
Kids Area

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg232/AlohaAnnie_2008/Disney%20Pictures%202010/BackLoaded5-27-2010LeavingDay.jpg
If we did not have the beach stuff in there it would not look so stuffed!!! We have 2 chairs and Umbrellas, along with Body Boards and beach toys. :beach:

See everyone when we get back!
:goodvibes

[AlohaAnnie]

Hiya! Everyone!

We are back, we arrived late this past Saturday Home!!!


I have been getting unpacked and catching up on sleep along with getting back into real life!!! :scared1:


Plan to start Photo Pass and getting my trip notes and photos together. Hope to start the TR sometime next week.

:cheer2:

I also have to catch up on some PTR's and TR here!

:yay:

[Bridora]

Welcome back! I hope you guys had a wonderful time. Can't wait to see your pictures...! :goodvibes

[Angies1274]

Welcome back!!:goodvibes I hope you had a great trip! I can't wait to read all about it!!:thumbsup2

[AlohaAnnie]

Welcome back! I hope you guys had a wonderful time. Can't wait to see your pictures...! :goodvibes

We had a wonderful time!! Other than the flu thing but I will tell more about who got it and when during the TR.

Welcome back!!:goodvibes I hope you had a great trip! I can't wait to read all about it!!:thumbsup2

I can't wait to start the TR, I have been trying to get a great title. I guess I am just going to have to go with it :goodvibes

[wdwgirl03]

Welcome back!