Hey Laurie! After a busy week or so I'm back! And I had a LOT of catching up to do on your TR! - I had to pick back up on page 12 so brace yourself!
Nice shots from the kids while you were on the "Walk in Walt's" tour, and yes - that pulled pork sandwitch looked very good. And your shots from the tour were really great. I hope they still have the 50th anniversary display set up in the opera house when we're there - I really want to see that. Sad that the tour ends on a sad note, but that was the way his life ended. And at least he died knowing that Roy was going to see his dream come to life in WDW.
Nice character interactions with the country bears and pooh and his bunch. And that was so cool that you got those balloons for your anniversary dinner at the PCH grill and then that you shared them
Very nice card that they made and the food looked great. AND what a nice ending to the evening, being able to walk outside and catch the fireworks!
Ahhh, made it to the last day! Breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen with the birthday and adoption celebrations, what a good way to start it. Lots of smiles and yummy goodies. Great shot of Alice and Addy. And Baloo, what a special end to the breakfast. And the TinkSassy thing was funny - never know when you'll bump into a DIS'er!
Cool shots at CA, it is interesting to see the construction progression as I read different people's TRs. Nice that y'all got into TSM so quickly but what a bummer that Screamin' went bad for you
I'm looking forward to riding GRR, we didn't ride it in '05. It looks like a blast and yes, the theming is very cool.
All of those changes at CA are going to be amazing, I guess it means we'll have to go back next year to see it all - lol.
The Pat E Cake thing looked like fun - some great cake decorating skills in your family :-] Kudos on making up to the top of the treehouse. I haven't been up there since I was 7 and it was still the Swiss Family Robinson theme.
Interesting experience at the Rainforest Cafe and although it was a bit overblown, it is good to know that the management there takes customer service and courtesy so seriously. We love that place and don't miss going there whenever we take a trip. Cool pictures in there - especially of the fish.
Y'all really did it up, hitting CA and then DL to use those FPs. Too bad about the crowds, but at least you got to see the fireworks one more time. And no, I had never noticed the Walt Disney star under the sign - I'll have to look for it when we go.
Hehehe, why is it that we always end up with that last blast shopping spree to break the budget?
Kudos to Mike for keeping you from getting sideswiped on the way out
Great random shots, I especially liked the ones of the Alice ride and the shots of the Columbia (both the daytime and the Fantasmic! shot) - very cool. And all those pics of the DLH grounds, just makes me more impatient to get there!
Thank you for the detailed food reviews and all those food pics. And each page brought more detail to the stories you told us along the way :-] Loved all the shots of the Monster's Inc ride, another one we haven't been on.
Oh boy, so y'all leave tomorrow for Mike's job interview aye? Very cool that you'll be able to incorporate a mini trip and a twins first adventure! And big YAY that you invested in the AP! Best of luck and you have our prayers on Mike getting that job and finding a cheap (and safe) place to stay
I must admit looking at the added pictures of the Lilo & Stitch character meal that it is a wee bit weird having the little girl Lilo be so big. Oh, that is funny, I didn't know they added Woody and Bullseye (with a funky afro) to IaSW! More pics and more reviews! I can't belive how organized you are and how much info you're able to collect/remember.
Very cool that the Mad Hatter made a big deal out of correcting Kody's name on his cake
And the Alice interaction looked wonderful. When we went as a kid I had a great interaction with her and she gave me a big hug. I had an instant crush on her ;D
I like those abstract close-ups you took of the baloons btw - good eye.
Oh! That is wonderful that you'll be able to have both trips on the same Photopass CD and very nice that she extended the timeframe to the 24th
Great to see the twins making such good progress, and our Bean was one of those that crawled/walked/talked at her own pace and now you just can't keep her down - lol.
Hey, that second day of the yard sale paid off! Whoohoo!
Oh thank you so much for the picture of my beloved Mt Shasta. I love that area so much. Scotty and I would love to retire in that area.
I tried for Shasta pics for ya too, but the clouds were not cooperating on either of my drives to Redding and back
YAY!!!!!
THAT IS
FANTASTIC!!!!
More prayers and good luck to Mike, you guys have a safe trip and lots of fun. And I'm also sending some good "low crowd" mojo your way!!!
Where are all the die-hard garage salers????
2 days!!!
I started it then got side tracked to the folders I want to do for the kids then somehow started a game of Chutes and Ladders!!! Huh, where did the day go??
so I can start packing. Anthony & Addy are going into respite care (with the best lady EVER)....kids love going to her house & she was the fairy godmother that loaned us some money for this trip. 
We'll take them tomorrow afternoon & they're dying to go. So I'll get there stuff packed tonight. Gonna hold off packing the rest until they go. They still don't know where we're going & figured it would be too hard to explain....so will wait until we're back....hopefully with good news.
