I have come to revel in your excitement too! I just keep telling the kids "I know something you don't know!"
is just getting sssoooo excited about their upcoming trip. I am not going with them this time, I have so many other things going on in my life. Church happenings with trips to go on. Next month, to Gatlinburg, Tn. for a ladies retreat with my church, or a week-end doing scrapbooking, they are both the same week-end. In May a defiinite trip to Gatlionburg with my Seniors group for a whole weekend of Gaither Family Fest
.In July, I plan to go to the beach
with my niece and her family. In August, there will be a trip with my Seniors to either Savannah, Ga. or Gulf Shores, Al. I have been trying to convince her that they need to go to WDW during one of the school breaks. Can you believe they have NEVER
even been to WDW? It is kinda hard for her to plan trips because her DH is an over the road truck driver, and he doesn't always know when and how much time he will be off. Well, I need to get off here and get the office and desk back into some semblence of order. Lookin' to hear from all of you
Talk to you later, bye now
Thank you I am going to need it.
Hello everyone ! I am so glad that so many of you have jumped on board to read and to comment what is being planned. My DD
in our house so I may be MIA for a few days. Right now DH is sick.
Sending ya get better wishes!
your Mom is on board!! Hi Mom!! 
I made a spreadsheet (oh how I love my spreadsheets and lists 
) using the menues from allears. I then calculated the total price for my family to dine at each restaraunt including 7.5% tax and 18% tip. Buffets were easy to calculate because it is one set price and there is no guess work. Menu restaraunts were easy for the kids because most kids meals are $7.59 including drink and dessert. Then I just guessed what my husband and I would likely purchase based on their entree' prices and drink (no dessert or appetizer for us if it is a la carte). eww, we had that nasty thing right before Christmas....DD8 was so sick that she just laid there while DH and DD5 decorated the christmas tree....that is the girls 2nd favorite part during christmas.
YEA
OFF TOPIC:
Ok, so DH and I won two adult 7 day tickets to Universal Studios. We want to keep our June trip a Disney trip and seeing how the free tickets expired at the end of the year. So anyway I didn't want the tickets to go to waste so I did exactly what US marketing team wanted me to do. I booked us 5 nights at the Hard ROck Hotel in September around my Husbands Bday. The total was less than $700. I only booked one room so this may be a little getaway just the two of us. So excited!!
We got to ride it for the first time on our honeymoon last summer; I loved it (and, I normally hate motion rides.)
and we want to see the star wars weekend at the studios.
Studios is on our agenda for Friday (our last day). We are saving it for Friday because we have a lot of star wars fans in our group
Alpha loves stormtroopers. He has about 50 in his collection. He also has an AT-TE and other medium sized ships that I have no idea what their names are. To me, most of the storm troopers look the same but he knows each one by name and can tell if one is missing.
Omicron and Delta watch the clone wars all the time and like re-enacting the battle scenes. Omicron has an AT-TE and some figures and some ships but doesn't play with them everyday like Alpha does.
Chi enjoys the movies and understands the basic concept but isn't a 'fan' like her brothers.
OK, enough of that history...Here is my list of Studios attractions that we have not seen together.
- ****Star Wars Weekend*****
- Jedi Training Academy
- The American Idol Experience :::still on the fence on this one. Not sure if we want to do this - sorry but I just don't see the fun in it unless you know who will be performing. Nathan (the dad in the other party we are going with) is an opera director at the local university so I may offer to watch their children while he auditions then it would be fun. But if he doesn't want to or doesn't make it we may just skip this:::
- Backlot Tour (line was too long)
- Honey, I shrunk the kids movie set adventure
- Indiana Jones (I have seen it but not DH or the kids)
- Lights! Motor! Extreme Stunt show
- Beauty and the Beast (I am making them watch this with me this time)
- One Man's Dream (I love this attraction but kids and DH haven't seen it)
- Playhouse Disney live on stage! (I think Tau would love this as he now knows who most of the characters are)
- Sounds Dangerous (still skipping this, not for babies or DHs who are def)
- Streets of America (or maybe we did this and I just don't remember)
- the Great Movie Ride (line was always too long)
- the Magic of Disney Animation (doing this for DH - the architect and artist)
- Block party bash (I haven't seen it since Cars have been added)
- HSM3 - If it is like the HSM2 then I will likely be disappointed again. But if Chi wants to see it I will make it a priority
Wow! I didn't realize there was so much we haven't done until I wrote it all out. Chi told me last night that her favorite ride was the Rockin Roller coaster because she read in her teen beat magazine that it was the Jonas Bros favorite ride. DH and I love the Tower and will def do that again. And the boys all loved Toy Story so we will def do that also.
Fantasmic I would like to see again but not worth waiting for an hour or two for seats. Just my opinion.
Coming up...Finalize plans for the yacht ressie and Tau's birthday
My boss is also our state senator so we sometimes have 'company' as he likes to call it and he takes them on a tour of our facility and but to have a constant line of tourists watching over your shoulder while you work?? 
.Oh sweetie, I am so glad you posted that painting of you and Tau. I get all teary-eyed every time I see it. Her DH even titled it. He calls it "The Gift". Isn't that just so sweet ? I am surprised that my DD has not spilled the beans about the trip. Hey, Clara, thanks for the encouragement to her. You know, "We...must...be...strong..." I love it, love it. mWell, I gotta go, it is time to close up here and go HOME
See yaHey, everybody, it's me, it's me, the Mom ! I am just so happy to see(hear) from all of you again ! Yeah, they were definitely a bunch of sick puppies. The last time I went over there, I didn't even get out of my car,because I don't want to catch anything
