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

i have a small break in my typing (still not out of the woods yet....have lots left to do!) so i thought the least i could do was do a short update. again, i'm so sorry to neglect the dis. when real life happens, some things have to be put to the side for awhile. I MISS YOU GUYS!!!!! :grouphug: i promise i will catch up on all your TRs and PTRs as soon as i'm not so swamped.

before i get on with the trip, i have to share these pictures with you. my brother and stepmother took margot to get her pictures made a couple weeks ago. audrey (my stepmom) send me 3 pictures from the ones she ordered and i'm putting those below. there are 2 more that i want but i have to order them and i can't share them because they're copyright-protected until i actually pay for them.

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i have this one in a wallet.....

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this one's my favorite. those are brett's hands and i love how she's looking up at him.....

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they said she did SO GOOD and she's such a little ham! she's smiling in every single one of the pictures that i've seen :lovestruc (you can view them online).

oh, and this one's cute too. brett sent it to me on his phone because she's wearing an outfit her aunt dawn bought for her.

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on to the TR!

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when i last left you WAY back when, we had just enjoyed the amazingness that is holiday wishes. the next thing on our agenda was to head towards the castle to watch "celebrate the season," a show in front of the castle. here's a couple of shots i took along the way......

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isn't it pretty? i can't wait to see it again!

on the way we saw anna, chris and luke in the distance and headed towards them. anna mouthed to me not to say anything about luke's face, so when i saw him, i just said, "hey, luke. are you having fun?" he just looked at me all pitiful and said, "i fell." :guilty: i said, "i know, i heard. you're one tough dude, huh?" he just nodded. poor little guy!

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at least he got some yummy hot chocolate!

we took some pictures of each other in front of the castle while we were talking.

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anna's one and only picture on front of the castle that night. :sad2:

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anna said luke had been talking about the spitting camels the whole night so they were gonna go over to adventureland to ride aladdin's carpets before the parade started later. (if you didn't read my april/may 2008 TR, go look at this installment. luke was cracking up a the camel spitting in anna's mouth while we were riding that! http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=26952150&postcount=1713 )

in the meantime, ray and i got a place in front of the castle for the show. here are some castle pics i took while we were sitting there.

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anna, chris and luke actually made it back in time to see the show but they watched from the opposite side that we did. so some of these pictures are hers and some are mine. mine were ALL BAD!!!! i don't know why but i couldn't get a good shot of this show. it was REALLY cute though!

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this was taken from where anna was watching....

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continued in next post: http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33378512&postcount=2542
 
this part was great! wait til you see it on the video.

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can you see the snow?

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and of course i have video! :thumbsup2

about midway through this one watch for pluto to sing....that was my favorite part!



sorry about my phone beeping at me during this. i was getting text messages when i was recording it!







this was my second-favorite part.....donald is hilarious in this! not really sure what chip and dale are supposed to be here?









the big finish.....watch for the snow! :thumbsup2



after the show, we headed over to our top secret location (which will be explained next time) to meet anna for the christmas parade. i took these on the way over. i thought the castle looked cool through the trees!

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up next.....VIP SEATS FOR THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.....:cool2:
 
AW! Margot is so cute! :cutie:

Wow, that show in front of the Castle looks so neat! I definately want to go there during Christmas again. I really want to see that show AND the Castle looks so neat!
 
That looks like a cute show! Sometime I'll figure out a way to get there in December! I just love the castle lights.

Margot is such a cutie!!!
 

Hi Dawn! I'm glad you were busy, cuz now I'm not behind! I was on a vacation to see family in Calif, DL and Lion King in Vegas - now we're temporarily in Boise!

Loved the pics of Margot! She gets cuter every day! :cutie:

Poor Luke - I'll bet he was in some pain. :sad2:

Thanks for sharing the videos - so fun!
 
Margot's pictures are adorable! She looks a lot like her Daddy :goodvibes

Those castle pictures are GORGEOUS! And the show looks so adorable. Poor Luke. But I'm still surprised at what a big boy he was! What a fun night :goodvibes
 
Poor Luke, he looks roughed up. I am glad he was able to continue his night and still have fun.

Margot's pictures are beautiful.
 
OMG everything is just so gorgeous...including Margot! What adorable pictures. :cutie:

I love the castle show video! And i can't wait to hear what the VIP spot for the Christmas parade is because I will sooooo be sitting there when we go :)
 
love margot's little painted toenails!! I have decided I really am in trouble if I ever have a girl...I have been looking on etsy...the art/craft website and they have some adorable Minnie/mickey/princess type designs!! They are too adorable!!
 
Margot is such a cutie pie!!! When is the next time you are heading to see her?

What gorgeous castle pictures!!! I just love how pretty it looks all decorated! Between that and the castle show photos/videos I am ready to decorate for Christmas! :laughing:
 
Awww, I love Margot's pictures!! She is such a sweetie pie!!!

Oh wow...I am gonna have to watch the Christmas show!! that is something we haven't done yet! :goodvibes

I love your castle pictures! I am so excited and can't wait to see it soon!!!
 
Love the Tonga Toast pictures, yummy!

The castle is so beautiful, hopefully I will be heading back to see them real soon....

Your niece is so adorable, thanks for sharing the pictures.
 
great update and pics.

I know how it goes with work now. I got a paralegal job and am in my 3rd week.

those pics of Margot are too cute.

I am off to Europe on Thursday so I will catch up again when I return. If your on Twitter follow along, link is in sig. I will b eposting live from there when I can.
 
Loved seeing the pictures of Margot. She is precious! I know you are excited to get to see her again next weekend.

The Christmas pictures are great. You are looking quite festive in your hat and light up jewelry. Brooklynn got that necklace last year and loved it.

We're focused on our October trip right now, so I've been looking at MNSSHP stuff on youtube. I'm saving watching your videos for when we get back from that trip, because then we'll be starting the countdown to the December trip. It'll be so fun to see the castle all lit up again. I love every different holiday at Disney World!
 
Adorable pictures of your niece! Awhhh! She is a smiley baby girl!

Poor Luke! His face was so puffy! Tough little guy!

Can't wait for more! Sorry, so busy at work! We'll be here, no hurry!
 
The photos of Margot are so cute, beautiful :goodvibes

The Castle photos are gorgeous, can't wait to see it all lit up like that again. Can't wait to here about your VIP parade seats!
 
Margot is such a cutie and her cute little toenails were painted!:cutie:

The video from the show is great! One day I will see it myself, even if I have to go by myself.
 
isn't it pretty? i can't wait to see it again!
Meeeeeeee toooooooo!!!!!! :yay: Not to much longer :woohoo:

in the meantime, ray and i got a place in front of the castle for the show. here are some castle pics i took while we were sitting there.


That is an AWESOME picture!!!! :thumbsup2


That's a great one too.....Love it with all the characters and it's perfectly in focus!!!
 
after the show, we headed over to our top secret location (which will be explained next time) to meet anna for the christmas parade.

:santa:Okay, we have moved up to the Nov 19 party so you have 78 days to spill the beans.....you gotta tell us the top secret parade location :) and let us know if any old Disneyholics can get in or if you have to be pixie dusted
 
Ok Dawn you thought you were behind I just read 30 pages of your report (I skipped most of the responses though).

Glad to hear about Brett and Margot - great news

Poor Luke - The first couple of pictures didn't look too bad (from a mom's point of view) until I just saw the last one where you meet them after it happened - he's all black and blue too! Poor Baby - I totally understand my DS8 just got hurt a couple of weeks ago at the playground. He was looking behind him to see if the kid he was playing tag with was after him and when he turned around he ran into a metal bar that was the railing of the stairs to the slide (OUCH) I had to take him to the ER and he ended up getting four stitches in his eyebrow and he was such a big boy didn't even flick an eyelash when he got the novacaine shot (I would have cried). Tell Anna I totally understand why later she broke down (((HUG))
 















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