~A XMAS STORY~decorations, crowds, pixies..AND A BLOODY NOSE~ACTUAL UPDATE 11/9 p190

[Brenle]

Loved the photo looking up to the palm tree tops. Thinking of heading to Sci-Fi this spring - waiting to hear how you liked it, or not.

 

[OneTreeHillAddict]

You got some GREAT shots of the TOT! I love it when the sky looks like that.

You doggies think they're people. My cat is like that...she thinks she's "better" than the other felines around here. She used to sleep with me when she lived inside.

We had three Beagles when DS was little. They were brats. We named them Tom, Dick, and Harriet. They were so cute and sweet. You're so right...if they don't get their way they cry until they do.

It snowed here agian today! More than last time. Twice in a couple of weeks...just crazy!

 

[scottny]

the pic of Sherman lying there under your blanket is too precious. he is adorable.

The pic of Ray eating the pizza made me laugh.

Glad you had a good time.

 

[Charleston Princess]

Beautiful shots of ToT and the rest of Sunset Boulevard -- hard to believe it was chilly with the sky that blue!

 

[timandlesley]

Hey Dawn. What an awesome update. So cute about the "crazy elevator". Loving all of the photopass pics, especially the one where Luke was peeking through his arm, so cute! That pic of you and Anna in the TOT elevator was awesome. I LOVE Ray's shirt, wish I could find one of those for Tim!!!!
Can't wait for your Sci Fi meal, those shakes KICK BUTT!!!!
Lesley

 

[LISAMWDW]

Great updates! Sherman in your bed is hilarous! So adorable! I have a dog that thinks he is not a dog too!

Love the Crazy Elevator! Very nice of you and Ray to stay with him so his parents could ride!

Sci Fi does have the best shakes! Yum! Can't wait to hear how your lunch went!

 

[mansionterror]

Another great update Dawn! Good call on not taking Luke on the crazy elevator...Colby rode it when he was 3 and swore never to ride again! Don't get me wrong he loves Ghosts and things like that...he just didn't like the "falling" sensation of the elevator.

 

[tinkgurl]

OMG so cute!!!

You look so serious haha.

 

[FauntleroyFAN07]

the rider switch thing was awesome, it worked really good when we went to epcot you will see later in our report.

 

[ktmetke]

You guys always have the coolest shirts!!

I love the one Ray is wearing with the Stormtrooper eating the Mickey bar ....where did you get that? I think my hubbie would like it too!
I love when guys wear Mickey shirts!!

 

[End_User-X]

Look how clean the street is. They keep it spotless.

This is a GREAT photo. I like the composition and the contrast of the sky with the palm trees, with the ABC Commissary peeking through.

Ray's phone must be hacked/jailbroken to have video. I wish Apple would hurry up and come out with an official video app!

 

[KristinAnne]

You have some great shots in there! The sky is so blue! Looking at your pictures makes me want to go back so bad!! I want a vacation!!

 

[Happy Elf]

Great update! I was at your ToT picture of you and Anna! Glad to hear the child swap worked well....I'm sure we will be using that in June. Luke looks so cute on the speederbike and I love Ray's stormtrooper shirt!

 

[hlrababy]

What a great update!!! The sky was just gorgeous!!!!!!

Awww, I love the pic of Luke peeking through Chris's arms!! He is so cute!!!

 

[punkin413]

They know they are loved - of course they belong right there with you! That's a very sweet picture.

I remember you saying the baby's name now. As soon as I read it again, I remembered it.

Jill went to the doctor today. All is well. I'm not crazy about Isabella for a name, either. It's a pretty name, but it's such a popular name for girls right now, and I like less common names. I'm sure she'll either end up being the perfect Isabella, and I wouldn't be able to picture her with any other name, or we'll end up calling her a nickname. Brooklynn calls her Bella Rie, so she'll probably end up being Bella.

i'm glad all is good with jill! i think isabella is a really cute name. by boss's adopted baby is named isabella. i also love bella. both are very cute! or belle. that one holds a special place in my heart because she's my favorite princess.

I was gonna say how great of an update this was and how fun you all are but seriously... what's up with Ray and that Red Sox hat?! Doesn't he know that the Yankees are the only team worth rooting for? I mean seriously...

Loved the update! Your TOT pictures came out great, I love the poses! And the PP pic of Luke with his head popping up is too cute. Can't wait to hear about Sci-Fi! I always hear such mixed reviews on here but we loved it on our last trip.

oh, he loves him some red sox. he's been following them for a few years now that he's burned out on the braves. my sister's boyfriend is a yankees fan too so they get into some interesting conversations!

this was our second time at sci-fi - i love that place!

Loved the photo looking up to the palm tree tops. Thinking of heading to Sci-Fi this spring - waiting to hear how you liked it, or not.

thanks! that updated will be coming soon! probably this weekend.

You got some GREAT shots of the TOT! I love it when the sky looks like that.

You doggies think they're people. My cat is like that...she thinks she's "better" than the other felines around here. She used to sleep with me when she lived inside.

We had three Beagles when DS was little. They were brats. We named them Tom, Dick, and Harriet. They were so cute and sweet. You're so right...if they don't get their way they cry until they do.

It snowed here agian today! More than last time. Twice in a couple of weeks...just crazy!

thanks! yeah, that sky was so pretty.

beagles are just so sweet!!!! i have to tell you the story of how we came to own a beagle. when i was 18 and ray was 22 we were both working at a restaurant in downtown nashville (we had been dating almost a year). well, on the weekends we wouldn't get off until really late and we'd usually have to be there by 10:00 the next morning, so instead of driving all the way back to the town we both lived in, which was about 40 minutes away, we'd go to my dad's house because he lived about 10 minutes from downtown. i would sleep with my sister and ray would sleep in my room. ray has insomnia (always has) and one night he couldn't sleep and the only movies he could find were my brother and sister's disney movies. they were only 8 and 11 at the time. he had never seen "the fox and the hound" before so he watched it. the next day we were at work and looking at the sunday paper and he goes, "where are the classifieds? i want to get a dog?" he already had two dogs (a pug and a mutt) so i was like, huh??? he said, "i want a HOUUUUUUNNNNND DOG!" just like copper says in the movie! it was so cute. we found an add for beagle puppies for $40, so that afternoon we went and bought our first beagle. we had to get a girl because his other two dogs were girls and we named her lucy. his mom was like NO WAY, that we had to get rid of her but she fell in love with her within a week. in fact, when ray moved out, he was going to take lucy and his mom was like, "um.....no! that's my dog." lucy is still with us - she's almost 15 years old, but in really bad health. she's such a sweet girl!

when ray and i got our first apartment together, we had to have a beagle again so that's when we got sherman. anyway, that's our beagle story!

it snowed there??? aren't you guys near the beach? we haven't gotten ANYTHING!

the pic of Sherman lying there under your blanket is too precious. he is adorable.

The pic of Ray eating the pizza made me laugh.

Glad you had a good time.

yes, and he knows it!

thanks!

Beautiful shots of ToT and the rest of Sunset Boulevard -- hard to believe it was chilly with the sky that blue!

thanks! it was warming up but it was still chilly. i was so surprised that it was that cold that day.

Hey Dawn. What an awesome update. So cute about the "crazy elevator". Loving all of the photopass pics, especially the one where Luke was peeking through his arm, so cute! That pic of you and Anna in the TOT elevator was awesome. I LOVE Ray's shirt, wish I could find one of those for Tim!!!!
Can't wait for your Sci Fi meal, those shakes KICK BUTT!!!!
Lesley

thanks! i got that shirt for ray at tattooine traders, the store that you come in to when you get off star tours.

Great updates! Sherman in your bed is hilarous! So adorable! I have a dog that thinks he is not a dog too!

Love the Crazy Elevator! Very nice of you and Ray to stay with him so his parents could ride!

Sci Fi does have the best shakes! Yum! Can't wait to hear how your lunch went!

thanks! yeah, sherman is way worse than eli in thinking he's a person. he's a crazy dog.

i didn't mind staying with luke so they could ride. last time they came the couple they were with didn't do that so they couldn't ride anything. i've been 5 times in two years so i think i could handle not getting to ride everything!

Another great update Dawn! Good call on not taking Luke on the crazy elevator...Colby rode it when he was 3 and swore never to ride again! Don't get me wrong he loves Ghosts and things like that...he just didn't like the "falling" sensation of the elevator.

thanks! i figured that luke wouldn't be riding it. i didn't want to freak him out where he wouldn't ride anything else the entire trip! your little one is so brave to ride it at 3 years old!

OMG so cute!!!

You look so serious haha.

yeah, i love that picture of chris and luke.

i think i was concentrating on hearing us scream!

the rider switch thing was awesome, it worked really good when we went to epcot you will see later in our report.

i think that was the only time we had to do it. every other ride that he didn't ride we had fastpasses for so it didn't matter anyway. but it's a great thing to have!

You guys always have the coolest shirts!!

I love the one Ray is wearing with the Stormtrooper eating the Mickey bar ....where did you get that? I think my hubbie would like it too!
I love when guys wear Mickey shirts!!

thanks! i got it at tattooine traders, the store that you come in to when you get off of star tours. you can go in there even if you don't ride the ride. you can't miss it over near star tours - it looks like it's made of dirt.

Look how clean the street is. They keep it spotless.

This is a GREAT photo. I like the composition and the contrast of the sky with the palm trees, with the ABC Commissary peeking through.

Ray's phone must be hacked/jailbroken to have video. I wish Apple would hurry up and come out with an official video app!

i know - everything there is so clean! that's something ray always comments on, too. it's such a contrast to other theme parks. go to six flags and look under the tables sometime and see all the gum....YUCK!

thanks! i love that picture too.

i have no idea about ray's phone. i'm so not a techie....he takes care of all that stuff!

You have some great shots in there! The sky is so blue! Looking at your pictures makes me want to go back so bad!! I want a vacation!!

thanks! i know - i want to go back too! so far i'm dealing really well with not returning for so long. talk to me this time next year and see how i'm doing though!

Great update! I was at your ToT picture of you and Anna! Glad to hear the child swap worked well....I'm sure we will be using that in June. Luke looks so cute on the speederbike and I love Ray's stormtrooper shirt!

thanks! yeah, the child swap was great! luke loved that speeder bike. we went back to it later! you'll see those pics at the end of this day.

 

[punkin413]

What a great update!!! The sky was just gorgeous!!!!!!

Awww, I love the pic of Luke peeking through Chris's arms!! He is so cute!!!

thanks! yeah, the sky was really pretty that day. i love that picture of luke too!

 

[punkin413]

look what i got for margot!!!!!!! i'm the aunt so i'm here for the spoiling. i got these off disneyoutlet.com and i got all three for $15 total!

i got this in 0-3 months so she can hopefully wear it immediately. it says "disney princess."

i got this in 3-6 months so she can wear it in the summer.

and i got this in 6-9 months so she can wear it next fall. i think it will be so cute with little tights!

 

[aldisneygrl]

You are definitely going to be the "favorite" aunt! And she is going to be one "stylin'" little girl!

 

[VandyFan10]

Awwwww.....little princess!!

They are going to LOVE you if you keep buying clothes for her!!

Hope everyone is doing well!

 

[VandyFan10]

i think i called erica during this ride. so both my hands were occupied - one holding my phone and the other one gripped on anna. well, that was the first time i'd ever ridden without holding on to the handles and it was AWESOME!!!!! every time we'd drop i'd come out of my seat like at least 6 inches. so fun! and so scary at the same time.

I knew about this picture already, and of course I knew you called me but I didn't realize it was at the same time.....really funny!!

This pic is hilarious!

CUTE!!!!