A Bittersweet Return... Winkler's TR ~ Many Pics! Our time is over!

[aksunshine]

Simply Beautiful!

Thank you!

Oh Alicia, I am in complete tears looking at those posters. What a beautiful tribute to your little Angel! I'm sure being at AK was emotional for you all. I know Levi was there with you in spirit! I am loving your pictures, you look so pretty at WCC. I need some makeup tips too please LOL. I hope you have your power back now!! Can't wait for more!!

Thanks, Alicia! Beth did a great job! Make- up tips anytime!

 

[disneylovinfamily]

Hey Alicia...here are Levi's beautful pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh my, what a great tribute. I am sitting here in tears. levi was so beautiful!

 

[The Moonk's Mom]

The posters look so nice! What a nice way to share him! BEAUTIFUL!

 

[Goofy22]

Hey Alicia...here are Levi's beautful pictures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a Beautiful tribute to Levi's life! He is a beautiful lil guy!

 

[kaysmommie]

I love those pics of Levi. He is the most adorable little boy ever. I added him as a friend on my space last month.

Anyway hope you have your power back on soon.

 

[disneykibbes5]

I have just completely read your report from start to finish. I have been in tears the whole time. The posters are beautiful and so is your whole family. I can't wait to read the rest.

 

[the4princesses]

Dinner tonight was WCC! So after cleaning up, we bussed to MK, and caught a boat to WL.

We had a bit of a wait for our table, so we went looking for "sturdy branches" the health club at WL. Matt ended up getting a complimentary length of stay pass to the gym, which meant I didn't have to listen to him complain about no gym access for the week. He only got to use it one day though.

We got our table and soon Jennifer made her way to say hi again! Here we are!!!!

We had a nice chat before it was time to horse race!!!

Isabelle made 2 passes, it was too funny!

We all had the skillet. Tastey! BTW, Matt would love the recipe for the apple dressing if anyone has it!

On the ride back we got to catch the end of the Electric water parade and part of Wishes!

Then, we hightailed it to our bus, before the line got too long.

I opened the door to a sweet surprise!

I frantically began dialing Beth, wondering where it came from. The best we can figure is Pop sent it. Meanwhile, I had Beth on the phone, walking to the front destk to get a package, and a ran into Tanya!!!! She disappeared before I could find her again, though!

This would be a good time to explain my biggest dilemma. On Frady, I meant to stop at Kinkos to print some posters I designed with Levi's photos on them.Between Isabelle's eye and everything else. I ran out of time. I thought Pop would copy them for me, so I took my USB drive down, but they weren't compatible. So, I called Beth, just to chat, but the posters were brought up. She went to work IMMEDIATELY to remedy my problem! When I returned to our room, I had a message waiting. I had ANOTHER package to pick up. (This is when I ran into Tanya, keep up!) Sealed in an envelope were two posters, designed by Beth, emailed to Betsy, who hand delivered them to Pop for my return. Can you believe it? I'll have to find my window pics to show you. Beth can you post them on here? So everyone can see them better?

I just love my friends here on the Dis! Neither one of these 2 women were going to let anything bad happen on this vactaion if thy could help it! I love you!!!!

hi what day were you at WCC? we were at WCC Sept. 9th 7:00-7:30 pm

what were the dates you all were at WDW? We were at POP Sept. 1-10th!

We had to sit in the back also! We asked them if we were punished?? Our servers name was SARAH.

 

[MouseTriper]

Hi Beth! Thank you for posting those. I'm crying...AGAIN! I thought I was all dried up from reading a bit on Levi's myspace page.

Awwwww I am so sorry!!! My heart just aches for you Alicia. You know I am ALWAYS here for you!!! Levi was absolutely gorgeous and I just wish I could have met him. I know he is one of the most beautiful Angels ever and that he will always be with you, no matter what!!!!

I think that is awesome that Matt was able to show Levi's pictures to so many people. I can only imagine how heart-wrenching that must have been at times however, I am sure seeing the pics of Levi's sweet smile again and the gleam in his eyes as he was having fun at WDW MUST have made your heart skip a beat too. I love all the pictures I see of him, he was just so cute and adorable. I am sooo very sorry!!!!!!

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

Those posters are beautiful!!! Made me cry again! So sweet. Wonderful that you had those.

 

[mkluvsmickey]

Love the pictures of Levi - just beautiful!

Was that a Mickey head painted on your toenail in one of the pictures? Love it!

My husband always asks about the gym too - crazy! If I was 1/4 as dedicated as he is I'd be in fantastic shape!

 

[aksunshine]

What a Beautiful tribute to Levi's life! He is a beautiful lil guy!

Thank you, isn't he though?

The posters look so nice! What a nice way to share him! BEAUTIFUL!

Thanks Kim.

Oh my, what a great tribute. I am sitting here in tears. levi was so beautiful!

Thank you, I'm really missing him.

I love those pics of Levi. He is the most adorable little boy ever. I added him as a friend on my space last month.

Anyway hope you have your power back on soon.

Thank you. I still haven't figured out myspace. Farrah is going to give me a tutorial if I ever get up there!

I have just completely read your report from start to finish. I have been in tears the whole time. The posters are beautiful and so is your whole family. I can't wait to read the rest.

Thank you.

hi what day were you at WCC? we were at WCC Sept. 9th 7:00-7:30 pm

what were the dates you all were at WDW? We were at POP Sept. 1-10th!

We had to sit in the back also! We asked them if we were punished?? Our servers name was SARAH.

We were there Aug. 31. Pop Aug 30- Sept 6. Sorry we missed you.

Awwwww I am so sorry!!! My heart just aches for you Alicia. You know I am ALWAYS here for you!!! Levi was absolutely gorgeous and I just wish I could have met him. I know he is one of the most beautiful Angels ever and that he will always be with you, no matter what!!!!

I think that is awesome that Matt was able to show Levi's pictures to so many people. I can only imagine how heart-wrenching that must have been at times however, I am sure seeing the pics of Levi's sweet smile again and the gleam in his eyes as he was having fun at WDW MUST have made your heart skip a beat too. I love all the pictures I see of him, he was just so cute and adorable. I am sooo very sorry!!!!!!

Awww, Beth, gosh darnit, I'm crying again.

Those posters are beautiful!!! Made me cry again! So sweet. Wonderful that you had those.

Thank you.

Love the pictures of Levi - just beautiful!

Was that a Mickey head painted on your toenail in one of the pictures? Love it!

My husband always asks about the gym too - crazy! If I was 1/4 as dedicated as he is I'd be in fantastic shape!

Thank you. I miss him so much.

Yes, that is a MM on my toe. Isabelle had one too.

I am about half as dedicated, but short on time! Over the summer I lost 20#, but it is coming back.

 

[aksunshine]

Great news! My power is restored!!!! I am so overwhelmed with chores now, but I wanted to at least get the first part of day 1 in.

Dispite the good news, the anniversary of our accident is getting near and I am begginning to feel the effects. I spent today holding back tears.

 

[disneylovinfamily]

Great news! My power is restored!!!! I am so overwhelmed with chores now, but I wanted to at least get the first part of day 1 in.

Dispite the good news, the anniversary of our accident is getting near and I am begginning to feel the effects. I spent today holding back tears.

As always your ae in my thoughts and prayers but especially now with the anniversary drawing near. Cry if you need to sweeti, you have suffered the greatest loss that any person can suffer, the loss of your baby. I am here if you need me. I know you have great friends here on the dis but if you ever need to talk, send me a pm and I will send you my #. hugs girl

 

[Dylan_&_Blake's_mom]

You have every right to cry. I can't imagine your pain. I'm sure the anniversary will be extrememly hard. You and Matt hold on to eachother and to sweet Isabelle and I know you will get through it. You are truly strong. My prayers are with you as always. I will be sure to put in some extra prayers to try and help you through this difficult time. I am also here ANYTIME you want to talk I'd give you my # in a heart beat as well.

 

[MouseTriper]

Dispite the good news, the anniversary of our accident is getting near and I am begginning to feel the effects. I spent today holding back tears.

My prayers are with you more than ever!!!!! I know you miss Levi terribly. You don't have to be strong, let the tears come. You have every right to break down when you need too....as long as you remember you have so many people who love you and care for you and your family. I am here for you anytime, major hugs to you!!!!!

 

[aksunshine]

Day 4

I had asked Isabelle to wait until the morning to open the new basket, since it was so late when we got in. So after we got ready and had a quick breakfast in our room, she got busy!

Afer we assembled our new mess as best as possible, we headed to the buses. I detoured and filled our mugs, then it was off to wait for Epcot!!!!

We got to Epcot and scooted in, the park was pretty dead! So, we stopped in Spaceship Earth, it was in rehab last year, so this was our maiden voyage!

A glance at the board showed eveything as being walk on or 5 min.

We hit Universe of Energy next, as Isabelle had wanted to see it last year, and we missed it. This was my first mistake of the day! Did you know that it is a 45 min. long attraction? Holy Cow!!!! Then, of course, you have games after. Isabelle got to see dinosaurs, though! LOL! Really, that was the only part she cared about.

By the time we got out, all of the other attractions were filling up. We stopped in at Club Cool. This is one of our favorite stops!

I just love the watermelon soda! Isabelle loves the Fanta. Matt samples everything, everytime. LOL! And I mean EVERYTHING!

Matt talked Isabelle into trying Beverly, too! I asked her to wait until I got out my camera, but she wanted to sneak off, she thought it was a special treat, although Matt didn't tell her that!

We headed for The Land after, having lunch at Sunshine Seasons. I really like this CS, there is plenty to choose from. Matt had the 1/2 of a Chicken, I had Salmon, Isabelle had the Chicken leg. Apparently I didn't take pictures. Sorry. We split the Key Lime pie and the chocolate cake. Yum! We rode Soarin, the Boat ride, and Isabelle stopped at the Kidcot Sation.

After that we started trying to discuss our options about BBB. We needed to be there soom, so what to do?

 

[aksunshine]

We bussed back to Pop, which waiting for a bus to arrive was the problem here! Since it took so long for a bus to come, I asked Matt to go directly to the DTD stop with Isabelle and I would drive over to World of Disney with Isabelle's things. By the time I frantically gathered everything, I called Matt and the DTD bus still hadn't arrived, so I asked him just to head towards the car. This wasn't our only incident with the busses being slow, as in a half hour. Isabelle was tired and I was so worried she might fall asleep in the car on the way.

We didn't waste time looking for a decent parking space. Matt dropped us near the back entrance of WofD and we high tailed it to get her checked in to her 1PM appointment at 1:08. The lady at the desk said I could change Isabelle first, so we headed for the Restroom. Where was Matt?

 

[aksunshine]

Where was Matt and would Isabelle be whiny and cranky through the entire makeover?

Our pager soon lit up, we only waited about ten min, and we met Isabelle's Fairy-Godmother- in -training, Christy. We just loved her, and will request her if we decide to go again!

The good news, Isabelle wasn't too whiny, just dazed and far-away looking, the bad, Matt still hadn't showed up! I didn't want him to miss it!

I started snapping pictures.

This would be a good time to complain about my camera, I was less than pleased with my photos this year.

I wasn't real pleased with the photopass photographer, he totally missed alot! But, we did go to the studio after. I'll pst Photopass pictures when I get my CD!

 

[aksunshine]

Here are the rest of BBB! This is about where
att showed up, finally! I was getting worried!

I had to take a picture of the chandelier. wouldn't pasel pumpkins make a great wedding theme?

 

[sl_underwood]

I am sorry you are having a rough time but you are far to hard on yourself. Grief is one of those things that can truly destroy a person and yet you perservere. Cry when you need to, know we will all be here for you.

The BBB pics are precious. I am sure Isabelle had a wonderful time and felt like a princess before it was over.