20050305 - DFW meet - TLinden16 and iluvdisney are coming to town! Woo Hoo!!

[KristaTX]

In early March Karen is escaping from Massachusetts for a few days and heading to Texas for some warmth, sunshine, and a visit with her Texas DIS friends. Iluvdisney is also going to swing by town for the occasion :). WebmasterKathy and I are planning a DIS meet for 4:00 pm on Saturday the 5th at La Hacienda Ranch. It's about time for another DFW meet anyway, and of course we MUST have one while our friends are in town. OK - so who's coming??


Date: Saturday, March 5th
Time: 4:00 pm
Location:
La Hacienda Ranch
5250 Highway 121
Colleyville, TX 76034
http://www.lahaciendaranch.com/

UPDATE:

Also - we're going to Pete's Dueling Piano Bar in Addison later that evening - (no need to RSVP about it, though): http://www.petesduelingpianobar.com/

I'm trying to get a count for La Hacienda, so here's who's coming for sure. I'll update as more people confirm. PM me if you are coming but aren't on this list yet.

TLinden16
iluvdisney (2)
KristaTX (2)
KayTX
WebmasterKathy (2)
NancyTX
Nebsky&MrBsMom (3)
mommystieg (5)
maci (2)
shatzjsl (3)
dallastxcpa (3)
slimplaw (2)
m&m'smom
Ian, RRBB, & ohanafamily (3)
coinkc (hoping to make it - 2)
jajuan (hoping to make it - 1)
RhondaS (hoping to make it - 1)
Janette (maybe just Pete's)

[TLinden16]

I'll have to see if I can fit it into my very busy schedule. Oh look, it will fit in just nicely right between annoying Kathy and annoying Krista :)

Karen

[WebmasterKathy]

ME!!!

Save me a seat! princess:

[CamColt]

Hey Karen, I heard Jerry is getting jealous. :rotfl2:
You guys are gonna have a blast! I cant wait to hear all about it. :)

[TLinden16]

Wish you could come, Katie :)

[CamColt]

Well, if you have any extra large luggage I could squish in.... :idea:

Id love to hang out with you and Kathy again, and to meet Krista too. From the pictures I saw from Jellyrolls you guys definitely know how to have fun. :banana:

[shatzjsl]

Me! Me! Me!

[TLinden16]

Looking forward to meeting you, Susie! Should be a fun night!

Karen

[janette]

I should be able to make it, nothing on the calendar right now.

[TLinden16]

Yay Janette! Looking forward to meeting you. I'll be the one who talks funny.

Karen

[iluvdisney]

Hmmm. Seems that if I time my road trip back from California to Michigan, I should be able to swing by on my way home. I'll need directions so I don't get lost. I do tend to do that sometimes - get lost on the way back to Michigan. :moped:

[TLinden16]

Yay, Mary! I hope you can make it! I'm sure Kathy or Krista can give you some directions! Did you see on the thread on the CB that there's a dueling piano bar down there? Yay!

Karen

[dturner]

Would love to come to a DFW dis meet.

March 5th, huh??

My son's birthday is March 7th - thinking of going down to Sea World in San Antonio for the opening weekend, if we don't then count me in.

Will let ya'll know closer to March.

[WebmasterKathy]

It's sounding like fun!

[TLinden16]

Kathy, I don't know how not to have fun! It's going to be a great night!

Karen

[RhondaS]

I'm hoping to make it to this meet. :)

[TLinden16]

Hope you can make it, Rhonda! It has the makings of a fun night!

Karen

[m&m's mom]

OK, so far we are good to go.
Better for grownups and leave the M's at home this time?

[Dan Murphy]

I'm hoping to make it to this meet. :) :faint: :duck:

[WebmasterKathy]

The little M's would certainly be welcome at dinner! La Hacienda is a fun place, with yummy food.

But if we move to the bar later, that would be just for the old folks (of course!) :banana:

[rascalmom]

Oohhh! I wish the date worked better for me. We are leaving from DFW for WDW on the 11th. DD's high school musical is the weekend before. Would Okies be welcome at a Texas meet? Maybe next time...

[WebmasterKathy]

Sure, Okies are welcome!

We will make you join in for a rousing chorus of "The Eyes of Texas", though. :cool1: ;)

[slimplaw]

I plan to join you on the 5th. I'll check and see if DH also wants to be there.
Susan

[KristaTX]

Would Okies be welcome at a Texas meet?

DH and I are native Okies, rascalmom ::yes::, and we even lived in Edmond for several years (UCO and OC graduates). I'd love to meet you, and wish you could make it :(.

This is going go be a great meet :).

[TLinden16]

Glad to see more folks signing up for this meet! I'm looking forward to meeting everyone!

Karen

[Pluto2003]

There are three, I think. Lunch or dinner? DIS friends and steak fajita's along with Texas Margarita's........ :banana: (love the dancing bananna)
It couldn't get any better......... We will have to check and confirm if we can make it.... :wave:

[KristaTX]

Pluto2003 - The Colleyville one on highway 121 at 4 p.m. :). I hope you can make it.

[Grog]

Hope you all have a great time :) I'll be in San Antonio that weekend. I'm getting up dark and early Sunday morning for the Alamo anniversary.

[Krystina'sMommy]

Wish I could join y'all! We moved from Irving (now live about 8 hrs straight SOUTH!) almost 2 years ago, but I remember La Hacienda. YUMMY!! Have FUN! Stay safe! :wave2:

[maci]

I will be there!

But just found out, no Margaritas for me! We are having our 3rd :earboy2: in Sept!!

[WebmasterKathy]

MACI!!!!!

Congrats! :cool1: :bounce: :grouphug: :cool1: :flower:

[maci]

Thanks! :)

[TLinden16]

Congrats, Maci! Looking forward to meeting you! Do they make virgin margaritas?

Karen

[SideshowBob]

Hrrrmmm..... you never know. :)

[Kirby]

Oh, and I'm manning a cookie booth that afternoon. Haven't made a meet yet but one day I hope that I can!

Ya'll have fun!

[maci]

Thanks Karen!

Dont know if they make virgin margaritas or not?? Might have to find out though!

[KristaTX]

:flower:

[mommystieg]

Always room on the calendar for a DIS meet :Pinkbounc

[TLinden16]

Thanks for putting the list together, Krista!

Looking forward to meeting you, Mommysteig!

Karen

[TLinden16]

I'll be in Texas two weeks from today. Is the state ready for me?

Karen

[iluvdisney]

I'm going to be there too!!! Can't wait to see you again - this is going to be fun, fun, fun!!! :wave:

[TLinden16]

Yay Mary! See ya in a couple of weeks!

Karen

[dallastxcpa]

Please add three more if it's not too late.

[WebmasterKathy]

dallastxcpa- it'll be great to meet your little gang!

Less than two weeks- can I wait that long for La Hacienda? I'm getting hungry already, and ready to see old and new friends!

[TLinden16]

Yay dallastxcpa! Looking forward to meeting you! Should be a fun night.

Karen

[mshrm]

Ive not done a dis meet but might be possible. Im in East TX about 2.5 hours from DFW. Can someone PM me the details.

[TLinden16]

One week until the meet everyone! Woofreakinghoo!

Karen

[KristaTX]

:flower1: :thewave: :cool1: :thewave: :flower1:

[WebmasterKathy]

Krista- please put me down for 3.

DH and mom will be coming with me. :)

[TLinden16]

Kathy, her DH, and her mom!

Karen

[iluvdisney]

I will be leaving Calif in the middle of the week and making my trek to Dallas - can't wait to see everyone!!! :moped:

[WebmasterKathy]

Woo-hoo, Mary!!!

[TLinden16]

Yay Mary! See ya in a few days!

Karen

[Nebsky]

Me, Mr.BsMom and Mr.B will be there.
Just three of us. Probably just for La Haceinda only though


See yall then!

[Pluto2003]

I am sorry we will not be able to make this Saturday. Make the meet memorable........Doug and Ann

[KristaTX]

Thanks for letting us know, Pluto. Maybe next time ::yes::.

[Ian]

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[RRBB]

Interpretation of above post:

"I'll be there with my mommy (RRBB) and daddy (ohanafamily). I can't wait to meet everyone."

[KristaTX]

Glad you and your parents will be able to come, Ian ::yes::. See y'all tomorrow.

[WebmasterKathy]

Ian, we can't WAIT to meet you!!!! :sunny:

[Celluloidgal]

Sorry Krista...I can't go today :sad2:
Steve has a "errand" to run...I'll fill you in later ;)

I haven't been on in awhile. Busy trying to get our church discussion board up & running. Nice to "see" everyone again. Maybe next meet...
"Ya'll have fun now, here." (Needs to be read in a thick southern accent)
:grouphug:

[maci]

I am actually not going to be able to make it either.

This has just been a bad week, and I have way to much to do this weekend.

I am sorry, Ihope everyone has fun!

[m&m's mom]

Add 3 more to mine.
The 2 M's and Bill are coming too.

[WebmasterKathy]

Yay, Coral! It'll be great to see you somewhere other than on Gerault Road! :teeth:

Maci and celluloidgal- we'll look forward to seeing you next time, when life's not so hectic. :)

[RRBB]

We had so much fun at the meet today. ::yes::

http://www.bachosaurus.com/DISMeet-05Mar2005/DISMeet050305-GroupShot-web.jpg

[RRBB]

Oh, and it looks like Ian has found himself a DISney-lovin' girlfriend. ;)

http://www.bachosaurus.com/DISMeet-05Mar2005/P3050473-web.jpg

[slimplaw]

Yes, a good time was had by all. We enjoyed the meet and were happy to see all of you. BTW, Ian is precious.

Susan

[janette]

:sad1: I heard I missed a chance to meet Ian, I would have loved to see the babies. Hopefully next time. They are adorable :)

[ohanafamily]

:sad1: I heard I missed a chance to meet Ian, I would have loved to see the babies. Hopefully next time. They are adorable :)
Ummm, he wanted to meet you too, he even wore the shirt you sent him (where is a guilt-trip smilie when you need one?) Seriously, we all had a great time. I have but one regret, Nephosaurus was short one Wonka Bar... but that is another story...All of us (Dragons included) had a great time...

janette, we can get together some other time, TagBabyIan will be happy to meet you. If you are nice (and aren't sick), RRBB might even let you hold him... He might even give you a gift... He is a good shot when he urps up... :rolleyes:

:jumping2:

[jajuan]

This sound (and looks) like everyone had a great time. Did anyone go to Pete's after? I was sad not to make it. Hopefully next time.

[WebmasterKathy]

jajuan,

We look forward to another chance to meet you soon. :) We had a great time at the meet at La Hacienda.

A few of us did go to Pete's after. It was fun, but PACKED. Like sardines. :teeth: If we try Pete's again, maybe it'll be on a Friday instead of a Saturday. I wonder if the Ft. Worth location is a little less mobbed?

[TLinden16]

It was really nice to meet everyone yesterday! I sure had a great time.

I was very impressed by the Texas hospitality over at Pete's. I was just sitting on a bar stool, enjoying the evening, and I got groped twice. The first time I thought it was an accident, but when it happened a second time...

Karen

[m&m's mom]

I think that's how Texans just say "Hi!" ;)
Had a wonderful time as always! What a great group of people!

Too funny "Who has the Disney Credit Card?" 20 people in unison "I do!" That poor girl had the funniest look on her face after that :rotfl2:

[shatzjsl]

Great fun yesterday and last night!

[mommystieg]

Oh, and it looks like Ian has found himself a DISney-lovin' girlfriend. ;)

http://www.bachosaurus.com/DISMeet-05Mar2005/P3050473-web.jpg

Li'l April just can't resist a man with fuzzy feet :earboy2:

[RRBB]

Li'l April just can't resist a man with fuzzy feet :earboy2:And Ian seems to have a thing for older "women". ;)

[TLinden16]

Hi everyone! I'm back in Boston. It's a balmy 45 degrees here right now, and snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. Wonder if I can get a flight back to Texas before it hits ;)

Thanks for coming to the meet everyone! I had a great time meet everyone, and seeing all of the beautiful and well behaved children! There is a great group of DISers in the DFW area, and I'm glad I got to meet you!

Karen

[iluvdisney]

Hi y'all!

I arrived back in windy and freezing Michigan late last night along with body aches and pains (the RSD and arthritis havekicked in big time). I had a great time seeing everyone and listening to all the wdw stories - it was great to meet you all! Texas sure does know how to throw a great meet! I don't think I've ever seen so many DISers in one place except for WDW, of course.

It was great spending time with you again Karen and Kathy - thanks for letting me drop in.

And, Krista, it was a lot of fun - and I was so happy to be able to meet all the Texan DISers - what fun I had! :wave2:

[shatzjsl]

Mary and Karen,

Glad you got home safely. It is sunny and supposed to be nice and warm here today. Time to come back!!

Susie

[m&m's mom]

Hi everyone! I'm back in Boston. It's a balmy 45 degrees here right now, and snow is in the forecast for tomorrow. Wonder if I can get a flight back to Texas before it hits ;)

Thanks for coming to the meet everyone! I had a great time meet everyone, and seeing all of the beautiful and well behaved children! There is a great group of DISers in the DFW area, and I'm glad I got to meet you!

Karen

Karen- Glad you got home ok. It sure was fun meeting, dining and visiting w/ you and Mary.
I am going to say a special thanks for the comment about the well behaved kids. Since you were across from my 2 I am going to hope you mean mine as well as the other nice kids.

Come see us again, Ya' hear!

[TLinden16]

Yes, m&m'smom, I mean your kids too :) Although, I think the little one was afraid of me. Everytime I asked her a question, she wouldn't say a word, and would give me the evil eye. She sure has mastered speaking with her eyes, and at such a young age. She's a cutie :)

Karen

[iluvdisney]

That was a great time - I keep telling everyone around here that will listen about all the sweet DISer families that I met in Texas - sure hope I can get down that way again sometime! :sunny:

[WebmasterKathy]

A tablemate from Saturday can use your hugs!

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?p=7910730#post7910730

It's amazing that someone can be running around all healthy and laughing and joking one day, then be in open heart surgery the next. Sounds like everything's going well, but send healing pixie dust anyway! :grouphug:

[KristaTX]

I know it's been a week, but I am finally getting around to posting a few pictures. It was a great meet; I think there were 27 of us there. Thanks for coming to town, Karen and Mary. And thanks to everyone who came out, and to those of you who have posted pictures already. Okay - here goes:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/pc09723810d7ffcc23da2152390c7dba8/f4dcf9b5.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p173902d201f2a3eeeb6264c6928a88d5/f4dcf9ba.jpg

On the left is Mary, Karen, and Kathy, and on the right is m&m's mom and her sweet family:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p3cc5e461b5c1d95ec62ad6ef4482c317/f4dcf9a5.jpg

Mommystieg and her adorable family:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p5fab6ffd9b90acc7bbd642f50dc8b913/f4dcf9b1.jpg

ohanafamily, RRBB, and Ian (notice his very first Mickey shirt - a gift from DISer Janette):
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p146607779d54b495522ab40a768020cb/f4dcf9aa.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/pf98fd5464b50d7f4186e9f47b30487f2/f4dcf9a0.jpg

Susan (slimplaw) and Ray:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p773b151770ff5121a9a8f286407de2e6/f4dcf99d.jpg

Tom (Kathy's DH), Nancy (Kathy's mom), and Suzy (shatzjsl):
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p5f1789c78a729e5d7529ba5deb808856/f4dcf23f.jpg

MrB'sMom, MrB, and Nebsky:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p2c2234ae3a943cb75576dae1cf14055c/f4dcf238.jpg

KayTX and her DH (my mom and dad :) ), and KristaTXsDH and me:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p42dc6e4cb276b066d4877de8b3cefc8e/f4dcf231.jpg

Me and Karen:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p6e93d657a6a5c92d99cc70c7537393aa/f4dcf22f.jpg

And here are some of us at Pete's Dueling Piano bar later that evening. That place was PACKED. Nancy, Tom, and Janette aren't in the picture, but they were also there:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid160/p28c784ab396ddbadad3b1a81a6f309a9/f4dcf237.jpg

[iluvdisney]

Great pictures Krista - brings back some warm memories of a week ago since I am now freezing my butt off. :cold: Texans sure know how to throw a really fun meet - wish I had had the energy to join in the other fun times. Next time I'll be ready!

[TLinden16]

Mary, you're just jealous that I got groped and you didn't.

Karen

[shatzjsl]

I was looking at the pictures and wondering why Lauren wasn't in any of them. Duh, she wasn't there!! :crazy:

[Mr.BsMom]

Great pictures Krista! Thanks for posting them!

We'll think about you all this weekend... Only 2 more days!!!! :cool1: :Pinkbounc :banana: :banana: :Pinkbounc :cool1:

[TLinden16]

Have fun, Kelly!

Karen

[KristaTX]

:cool1: Have a great time, Kelly, Jeff, and Mr.B!! Wish I was going to be there to run into you at Buzz again ::yes::.

[Mr.BsMom]

:cool1: Have a great time, Kelly, Jeff, and Mr.B!! Wish I was going to be there to run into you at Buzz again ::yes::.

I'll shoot Zurg a couple times for ya... :earboy2: