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helenabear
08-19-2002, 05:52 PM
Our day started very early. I was up at 5 am figuring that my husband, Luis, and I should leave by 7:00 latest if we wanted to get there at a reasonable hour for lunch... this was figuring on a 4 ½ hour drive. I thought we were doing pretty well when we walked out the door at just about 6:45. As we got to the end of the street, I saw a beautiful sunrise and almost asked for my camera, when I realized I had left it at home :rolleyes: So we turned around and went back for it. At 6:50 we were ready to try it again.

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This is the beautiful sunrise we saw. I am so glad we saw this or I would seriously have made it all the way to Michigan before I remembered my camera.

Luis and I made pretty good time up to Battle Creek, Michigan. It took us less than two hours to cross state borders and 260 miles & 3 ½ hours later, we pulled into the parking lot at the mall.


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Here we have John, Dan & Luis chatting away. They were probably listening intently to Kitty talking about her four trips per year that she takes ;) (j/k)

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Kitty and iluvdisney (Mary) had both brought albums from past trips along to share and here we have Brisully (Brian), nativetxn (Katholyn), Mary, Kitty & Juli all looking at her pictures.


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A long shot of the group as they share stories from previous trips.


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Here we have Kitty's DH, Mike, looking on as Kath agrees with Kitty that her lime green ribbon is very noticeable and that John must have been blind not to see it.


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Dan must know us all too well as he came out prepared for the pictures to be taken. I wonder if he would have felt silly had none of us been there to take this.


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And because John wasn't able to spot that very bright lime green ribbon of Kitty's, he was forced to wear this nametag all afternoon. Rather fitting don't you think? ;)


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Mike, Kath & Kitty couldn't help but look at John and snicker to themselves thinking of that nametag on his back. In Kitty's case, she couldn't help but laugh out loud at him :p

see John, this is what you get for pushing me to post pics so quickly ;)


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These are Kitty's two handsome young men, Michael and Danny.


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Group shot (Luis was taking the pic and Michael & Danny opted out of it).
Front row: John, Katholyn, Kitty, myself, Mary & Juli
Second row: Dan, Mike & Brian


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Luis looks like he is up to no good in this picture. I don't think I want to know what he was thinking. He does have nice eyes, though, doesn't he? ;)


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Dan fiddles with his camera (boy was that a shocker for us to see :rolleyes: ) while Mary & Brian look on.


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Another long shot of everyone at the table chatting away.


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Juli & Brian being... well, Juli and Brian :teeth:


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And Juli was so kind as to clean up after all of us messy eaters ;) Isn't she such the dear? :sunny:

A few left starting in the late afternoon while the majority of us hung around until just after 7 pm. Luis and I stopped for gas before heading on the road home. This LFP (I'll let John explain that one to you all) hit traffic so it took 3 hours 35 minutes to get home. It was a very tiresome day with all that driving, but truthfully it was worth every minute we spent in the car!

I had been on these boards for about 3 ½ years before I made it to my first meet this past April. If you haven't been to a meet before, I do recommend it... even if you have to drive several hours to get there! They are tons of fun and I look forward to the next one I get to go to!
nativetxn
08-19-2002, 06:03 PM
Elaine, it was just so great to meet you and Luis. I love to hear him roll those "r's"

Thanks for <b>finally</b> posting your photos ;) Just teasing you sweetie and you know it :)
yepod
08-19-2002, 06:06 PM
Thanks Elaine, very nice pictures;) And it was so nice seeing you & Luis again:D
glo
08-19-2002, 06:23 PM
Great pictures of some great people!!!
Thank you so much for posting!!!
Fire14
08-19-2002, 06:47 PM
I wouldn't know what to do if I wasn't being me. As for the cleaning up, well I spend most of my work days Cleaning up in one form or another why should it stop on my days off.
yepod
08-19-2002, 07:47 PM
Thoughts from the DMC:

In the first pic of Luis, he isn't chatting, he's calming down from the break neck ride he experienced on the way to the meet:eek: :eek: "Might as well have been at MGM on RNR"
Although to quote the LF PRINCESS "260/3.5 hrs=74 mph":eek: :p :eek: isn't that faster than TT OR RNR:confused: :rolleyes: :confused: ;)
If you could post pictures as fast as ya drive............................

In the next pic of Luis, he's plotting with (let's see who was sitting to his right & to HIS right?..............:smooth: )
And as a result I came up with a new nick name for my LFP LOL;) ;)

I think that was YOUR mess on Juli's tray, El:eek: :rolleyes: :eek: ;)
Of course she was nice, she was CDMC and I might add did an excellent job of it (Thanks Juli fo ryour help)
:D :D ;)

And in closing, I still think of you as I originally told you El, (that was the only MP in our collection) no matter what mean & vile things I say to you SHORT ROUND;)

Really I do El OXOXOXO
Kitty 34
08-19-2002, 07:49 PM
Great pics Elaine!!! It reminds me once again of a great afternoon spent by all of us!!!:cool:


LOL on your commentary!!!:jester: :bounce:


And yes, Luis has very pretty eyes!!;)
Kama89
08-19-2002, 08:00 PM
Yoooo hoooo!?!? *Kama peeks into Elaine's picture thread* Please tell me there are no frogs in this one!? Were there frogs at the mall?? No? Ok then...I'll come in and look at the pics then.

Lookin' good everybody! Boy that green ribbon of Kitty's just jumps right out at ya doesn't it?! Wow! :bounce: Amazing how it just grabs your attention.
Brisully
08-19-2002, 08:22 PM
Great Pics Elaine. Nice seeing everyone!!!!!
gina2000
08-19-2002, 08:37 PM
LOL! Looks like you all had a wonderful time.

Love that nametag, John!

Hehehehehehehe.....maybe we can borrow it for the riddle......
CRB#33
08-19-2002, 08:47 PM
LOL Gina, I think John gets too many of the riddles for that nametag. I think it should be mine :rolleyes:

Thanks Elaine for the wonderful pictures! It really is great to meet you all. Someday, I hope it will be in person!
KimRaye
08-20-2002, 12:16 AM
WHEW!!! Thanks for eliminating any 'old, incriminating, unflattering' pics of me!! (Of course, that would be ALL pics of me!) ;) Great narrative Elaine!! You've learned from the Master, I see! ;) Great to SEE 3 new DISers I've never MET before!!

Wish I could've been there. :( Thanks for sharing Elaine, I hope your allergy headache is long gone!

I wonder if he would have felt silly had none of us been there to take this. ROFLMBO!!! Thanks for the laugh!
:p
Dan Murphy
08-20-2002, 12:31 AM
Thanks, Elaine, for the great pictures of a great day. Always nice to see everyone. I do like that sunrise picture, so pretty!!! :sunny:
catsrule
08-20-2002, 12:45 AM
Great pictures Elaine. Lovely eyes, Luis.:cool:
One thing I gotta ask, Kitty's name is really Kitty?:confused: I always thought it was the name of one of her kitties! :teeth:
iluvdisney
08-20-2002, 05:53 AM
Nice pictures - I had a great time that day and it was so nice meeting all of you - good times shared and hopefully we'll all do it again sometime soon! :)
dizneenut
08-20-2002, 08:24 AM
Great pics!! :)
Kitty 34
08-20-2002, 08:30 AM
Originally posted by catsrule
Great pictures Elaine. Lovely eyes, Luis.:cool:
One thing I gotta ask, Kitty's name is really Kitty?:confused: I always thought it was the name of one of her kitties! :teeth:


Yes, my name is Kitty!!!:teeth: and I have three kitties named, Tiger, Kippy and Kelly.:bounce:
newmousecateer
08-20-2002, 08:41 AM
Very nice pictures Elaine. Thanks so much for sharing them with us. :D
catsrule
08-20-2002, 01:37 PM
Excellent name, Kitty!
helenabear
08-20-2002, 04:42 PM
KimRaye, I had too much fun picking on John that I decided to be nice to you. Oh and you too Kath since I knew you were joking :teeth:

Now John... truly I know what you really think of me and the MP is very happy here at my house :)

Kitty, next time you need to bring a few pictures of your kitties too :)
Big V
08-21-2002, 06:45 AM
Great photo's! Thanks for sharing. Dis Meets are the greatest!:cool:
cotye
08-21-2002, 02:53 PM
Great pics! :)
#1 Disney Fan
08-22-2002, 08:14 PM
DIS Meet pictures... yea! :teeth:

Thanks for taking the time to post and share these with us Elaine. :) It did look like a fun meet.

Good job you realized that you forgot your camera when you were so close to home and not any further!!! Yikes!
IASW Rider
08-23-2002, 11:05 AM
Great pictures as always, Helenabear! And it looks like you all had a great time, too! I'm jealous - I want to come to one of those DIS Meets, out there! :(

Thanks for the great Meet Report! Have a great weekend! :)