Clearly, your parents have properly instilled the Disney bug in all future generations of your family. 
I would love to do some sort of extended family trip like that someday, when/if we and SIL/BIL have kids. Looks like fun!
It sounds like it's going to be a great trip! Can't wait to hear all about your plans. 
Here is a recent photo of us from a summer trip.
Oh, wow, Dylan has grown up so much since the last WDW trip!
Way to go for your nephew picking WDW for his trip!
That's cool to see DHS w/o the hat. We were there in 1990, shortly after it opened, so I'm sure we saw it that way, but I don't know that we have any pictures.
Here's the Christmas tips thread I subscribed to:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2233038
It's super-long, so I can't say I've read it all, just jumped around and picked up random tips.
Looking forward to more!
PS-There's nothing nerdy about details and spreadsheets! Of course, I work in accounting too...
The curse is all of the money spent to keep up the tradition!Hi Alison! I'm here!! So excited for you guys!!
Dylan is getting to be such a big boy!
Love the pic of you and your sis at "MGM".
So cool that your nephew chose WDW as his trip! My son is a junior in high school and has already decided that's where he wants his trip to be, too! Fine by me!
Wow, this is a great photo of all of you!! Love it
Hi Everyone, I'm Angelyn, Alison's sister.
I'll be tagging along . . .
Nice to meet you!
Im in! Im so excited for you!!!!!!
Dylan just makes me smile- for reasons you understand why. He reminds me of my little guy! Blonde hair..blue eyes...
Looks like this is going to be a fun trip!
We don't have one planned yet. But we are going sometime next summer, just don't know when!
I know, our boys are so simliar. I am loving your TR right now, because it is almost like visualizing some of the things that Dylan will be doing. I love the age that they are at. So fun, and every word that comes out of their mouths is very honest and usually funny.
"Oh, really? HEH-heheheheheheh." Then a quick whisper. "Todd. Angelyn says Elijah wants to go to Florida for his graduation." A couple more whispers back and forth, and then, a bunch of clicking and tapping noises. 
I pictured a 'war room' type scene in the middle of their living room, 
where someone pushes an "alert" button and all the sudden a huge screen lowers from the ceiling with a 3-d holographic map of WDW.
Getting Started
I was excited to see Alison's PTR. To me, it means that time is getting close for a much-needed vacation!!
I have been to WDW twice in my lifetime, my son Elijah has been once and this will be hubby Bryan's first trip. We're from southern California and have been long-time Disneyland annual passholders. With young kids within driving distance of DL, it just can't be beat!! It is a great way to spend an evening or a quick weekend of entertainment with the kids, when all you have to do is drive up and go.
So when Elijah said he picked WDW as his graduation present choice, I of course immediately called Alison for advice. I told her, "I can't believe it. We told him he could go to Disneyworld, Hawaii or Boston/NYC and he picked Disneyworld!!"
What I heard next over the phone can only be described as a cackle from Alison.
That's right, they've already got a search going and have immediately snapped into planning mode.
The best part of your post is that you recognize that Todd gets excited about the planning too. It's not just me.... And now you are sucked in too.
Alison mentioned that, as kids, our family used to go to Disneyland for one day every summer. So I dug around and found a couple more pictures.
The first is not actually at Disneyland, but I'm sure that it we were on the way there. (In fact, it looks like it might be Solvang?)
The second is at Disneyland right after I left for college in San Diego. Alison came down with the church youth group and I drove up with friends. This is just inside the main gate.
