rentayenta
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- Feb 28, 2007
Just looking hinting for an update.
Oh I love the PLAN!!! Seeing it all together is great!!
May I request permeation to come on board?
Yikes! My head is spinning just trying to wrap my mind around all you went through to get to the end result of your trip!
I understand your pain having to plan everything around a soccer schedule, except it's baseball in this house. Gives me a big headache
I'm going to have to go back and read your TR from your Alaska cruise, that's one I really want to take!
Joining! Your trip sounds great! I can't wait to hear about your exploration of AKL.
I'm here...and not really late!
Nice trip down memory lane, complete with great pictures. The E's look so cute in that first picture.
And Taylor - Wow - good for him. I'm sure its much more fun for him than a family vacation.
Just saw this pm and wanted to pop on to say hi and I will be here! I am so behind and haven't been on the Dis much at all since we got home a few weeks ago. But I'm really looking forward to this report.
What's Taylor up to in London?
I went to the Opening Ceremony it was brilliant.
Following over from the cruise board. You are off to a great start
I'm Here!!! Great start. I still cannot fathom how you keep it all together. I would be a nervous wreck with all that planning.
Way to go Taylor!!! I bet he is having a ball. Wouldn't you love to be that age again!
Can't wait to read more.
good back story, it simplies it for me instead of being way lost on your pretr. lol
and awesome that he got to go to the closing ceremony, that i bet was pretty cool.
i was really hoping chicago would have gotten 2016, i was pumped to go to some game.s
I am glad Chicago did NOT get the games!
I love the "lessons learned" from your previous trips. I agree with all of them, and they're great reminders.
joining in!
Hi! Joining in! Love your TR's!! I was so happy to see you started a new one! (I promise to do a better job keeping up with this one!!)
Great start! Can't wait to hear more!!!
party pooper just cause you work there. lol
Love the intro and back story! I am looking forward to reading about your trip.
Hi Cynthia!
All caught up and ready to hear the rest of the story!
Joining in! Can't wait to hear about your trip!
Just looking hinting for an update.
I wanna join in on the fun too!
While I, myself, don't have a blended family, I do work for a divorce/custody/family law attorney so I can sympathize with you on the hassles of planning any sort of trip. It sounds like all of your hard work panned out in the end.
yep i get lost easy, so i appreciate the simplifications of it.Dan!
funny how my babbling on and on and overexplaining the convoluted overthinking I do, can do that to folks! I'll try to work on it. No promises though! Although since it's after the fact, less overthinking and explaining one would hope.
yeah the weather is hit or miss...we are having great weather now.Well it wasn't the actual closing ceremony, it was some kind of after party concert but it still looked quite cool! He doesn't get back till after labor day so for now we are living on FB updates.
I had mixed feeling about that one. Weather wise, Chicago would be BRUTAL at that time of year and I can say that since I lived there for a decade. I do think London did a brilliant job of it and really hope we get something in the US in my lifetime that I can go to! Vancouver would have seemed easy from Seattle but getting tickets was harder than you'd think for US citizens. Still, we really wish we'd tried harder.
actually there plan seemed pretty solid.
Like anyone WANTS that kind of major construction to deal with. Chi-town has enough commuting challenges as it is. I didn't look into that much when the proposed it, I would be curious to see what venues and locations they had in mind though.
Financially it can make or break a town.
yep i get lost easy, so i appreciate the simplifications of it.
yeah the weather is hit or miss...we are having great weather now.
that would have been neat to get some tickets to winter stuff.
actually there plan seemed pretty solid.
there were not many things they would have to build besides the olympic stadium.
they had the bulls stadium for bball, and UIC for other rounds...with the size of the mccormic place they were going to have like 9+ events there. a little redue of lincoln park for some rowing along the beachfront/water area...alof of other events were going to take place in things that were already established use solider field for soccer etc...
but ohh well, i have heard rumors. that they are going for 2024 so we will see.
I'm joining in...enjoyed the back story and looking forward to hearing about your adventures!
Leaving tomorrow morning for Cape Cod!!!!!!
rentayenta said:Wow, that's a to of work for pics. Did Jeff just want it all off his phone because I know Michael would?
I am back from Phx and have only got thru your first page but.....so far, the pictures are awesome! Each of you look fabulous and I especially love your top in the first picture on the deck of the ship!
Great start! I mean, a TR that has coffee in the title? I'm in! Loved the back story and getting to know about your family.
Great backstory!! I especially loved seeing the e's so young, such adorable little guys.
I have a hard enough time just making a trip work for my family, I can't imagine having to juggle step kids and their schedules. Not an easy task, but certainly one you're up to.
You being from a blended family has prepared you well in knowing the in's and out's of how to make this all work.
My hat is off to you my dear.
Been looking forward to your trip report, since reading the pre trip report!! Looking forward to more!!