Could we be any hotter??? The continuation of my TR, just for fun!

[fl mom of 2 girls]

Yea! My first PM too. Thanks Courtney! I loved every minute of your trip report. I just love all the new pictures on this thread. What a beautiful family you have. Your Mom must be so proud.

 

[CourtneyandRyan]

Oh my goodness!!!! Yall, thank you so much for coming on board!!!!!

I can't believe how many of you "came back"!!!!!!!

I wish I could keep up my tradition of responding to every single post, but I want to be able to give you more pics, and replying to every post will take a lot more time-- -time away from new posts.

So, while I read EVERY SINGLE one, will it hurt your feelings if I don't respond to every one?

I've highlighted a few here....

Love the pics Courtney! And look, Ryan's not wearing the Peterbilt! Yay lol.
Your shirt is so cute.

Did you see on my last day of my TR? On RnR Coaster when I was holding the hat for the picture???? I should have dropped it off the side of the coaster =)

Congrats on being an auntie TrueEyeore!

Loving the pics Courtney. at the scared shark pic and
Loving the fleur de Lis purse too.

Yall have GREAT eyes! I can't believe you can tell it's a f-d-l purse! Great sight!

Hey Courtney, sent your website to all my girlfriends, LOL one of them mailed me back to tell me her daughter is in your dance class.
Its amazing how small B.R. is lol.

Jenny

Whaaattt???? Who is it? PM me- I'm so curious!

Hi Courtney,

Back to the Makeup Tips - I ordered the MK Oil Mattifier - what a great product - it really works! Thanks so much for the tip - I'll definitely be taking it to WDW. Now, if I could just find the Merle Norman Luxivia Powder Foundation - you really CAN'T find it on the internet (except on Ebay if you're very, very lucky). Geeze, you think they'd have web sales to generate more business. I don't see their stores around here anymore either. oh well, thanks again for sharing!

I love the oil mattifier too! I'm so glad you like it!

If you want, I'll go buy you the Merle Norman! Just send me a check and I'll mail it to you! Seriously! It's the best!

Hey! Great pics! Boy that is FOGGY! So are you gonna go back to blonde or are you keeping your dark hair? I think it looks good either way, but I'm just curious.

Ahhh, yes, my hair.... I just had it done and I put a few, tiny golden highlights. But, they are really not chunky, so it still looks the dark brown color... I'll have to take a picture and post it.

Hairy looks GREAT in his new duds!

Courtney - love the shark photo..... "Oh my goodness!!! Whatever SHALL we DO?!" (you know how much Dana loved that!!!)

And, thank you for not thinking I look old. But, I'm five years younger than your MOTHER! yikes!
Renee

Yes, "Whatever shall we do???" Hahahahaha!!! That was so fun!

Hi Courtney,
Just got your PM to come over to this thread. Love the Pensacola pics. I might have to take a drive there sometime since it's about 7 hours away and I'm missing the beach really bad since we moved away from it. Glad you started a new thread since your TR was moved. Now tell us what you decided to do with your hair. It looks good either color but if I had to pick I like it highlighted blonde a tiny bit better. Looking forward to more beach pics.

nichole

You definitely have to go to P'Cola! It's so fun! It'd be worth the 7 hour drive! More pics coming hopefully this afternoon.

HEY Courtney!

I just got your private message inviting me to the new thread! thanks so much! Did you go through your old thread and personally pm everyone for this one??? If so, that's awesome!!!!

I saw the picture of your family on the beach! What a great shot!! Did you all wear the same type of outfit for a reason???? very cool!

I did personally PM everyone from my TR thread, but I have to give a TON of credit to TrueEeyore! She actually collected all of the usernames for me. She went through every single page (all 71 pages), and sent me the list of names. She was a HUGE help!!!!!

Y'all are so cute! I'm so happy you have a new thread, I really enjoyed your trip report! Any plans for your next trip to the world???

No plans yet =( Sad, huh?!

Are there more pictures, huh, are there more???? We want to see more, more, MORE!

Yes, yes, yes.... coming hopefully tonight.

Hi Courtney!! Thanks SOOOOOOOO much for the link!! I am a lucky one; I'll be in Disney next week (MY whole fam too; we leave in 3 days!) Unfortunately, I will be going back to school soon afterward (teacher), so I won't be writing a TR!! (Sorry!) With packing & all, I really won't be able to post now, but I WILL when I return...and I'll let you know how my week was! Again, THANK YOU for inviting me over here; I'm glad that we can spend time chatting (and looking at all of those wonderful C & R pics!!). Looking forward to more pics (GREAT so far; BEAUTIFUL FAMILY!!) and hearing about your hair!!!

Ohh....you are SO LUCKY! I can't believe you'll be leaving SO soon!!!!! Are you all packed????

I can't wait to hear ALL about it! And see pictures!!!!

So glad to find your report. Your family picture is so nice on the beach. We vacation in Orange Beach a lot. My daughter is dancing around in her LSU cheerleading uniform right now. I can't wait for football season to get here! I wish I knew how to post pics, but I am not too computer savy.

GEAUX TIGERS!!!!! Counting down till August 30th!

Ok so I spoke too soon about the P'cola pics........lol I love them. Your family looks so nice.

I have to add beach pics too........lol P'cola 2 weeks ago.
I told my husband you would appreciate our beach umbrella

Oh yeah and the guard dog at my house

Oh my goodness, I LOVE the umbrella! That's the first thing I noticed in that picture before you even said that!!!!

Thanks so much for sharing! Precious child, too!

Thanks for pm-ing me about your new thread! It was the first real pm I've ever had--the podcast one doesn't count. Your Pensacola pics are just as fun as your Disney pics! Did you get to see the Blue Angels practice when you were there? I hope there weren't any jellies when you were there. Can't wait to hear more!



Holly

Oh, girl, there were jellies! But I stayed away from those creatures! We even saw a stingray zoom right past us.... Creepy!

I'm so glad I was your first ever PM!!!! Wahoo!

Hi courtney, Thanks, I am here!
I could use something to get my mind off of things.
My DS broke his arm Monday night at football, and we leave for WDW in 16 days!

Oh, no! That's horrible. I'm so sorry to hear that!

At least it wasn't his leg, right? That would have made a WDW trip really hard.

How's he doing?

 

[CampbellScot]

Ok so I spoke too soon about the P'cola pics........lol I love them. Your family looks so nice.

I have to add beach pics too........lol P'cola 2 weeks ago.

I told my husband you would appreciate our beach umbrella

Oh yeah and the guard dog at my house

I LOVE your Doxie!!!! I have one too, he's a Black and Tan and totally my spoiled baby. Definitely a guard dog!! When he was a puppy he'd howl and cry whenever we left the house. Our neighbors thought we BLOODHOUNDS (as in more than ONE!) for all the howling that was going on in our house!!! Nope it was just our sad baby doxie letting us know how unhappy he was to be in his kennel!

HI COURTNEY!!! Good to see your thread revived!! My step son told the kids at his camp that his step mom "Knows the FOR REAL Belle AND the Beast!!!" H e was one popular boy!!!

 

[TrueEeyore]

Did you see on my last day of my TR? On RnR Coaster when I was holding the hat for the picture???? I should have dropped it off the side of the coaster =)

LOL yeah! I feel like doing that to my DH's Ipod sometimes. I hate it when I'm trying to talk to him and he's just like "Huh? What??" Take the thing out of your ears!

I did personally PM everyone from my TR thread, but I have to give a TON of credit to TrueEeyore! She actually collected all of the usernames for me. She went through every single page (all 71 pages), and sent me the list of names. She was a HUGE help!!!!!

Awww props for me!!!! I feel so special haha.

 

[TrueEeyore]

I'm in, and just wanted to tell you Courtney, my fellow animal lover, to try and put the word out! Amazon.com is still selling dog fight dvd's and literature. They are promoting cruelty to animals, so here is a link where you can write the CEO of Amazon and demand that this offensive material be removed or else you won't shop there anymore! https://community.hsus.org/campaign/US_2007_amazon_fighting3?rk=gdaAiG91R8-dW
I for one am upset that I won't be shopping there anymore, I used to order stuff from there all the time! BUT, if no one speaks up, then what good will it do? Anyway, I am not some Peta fanatic, just a normal everyday housewife who loves animals!

Anyway, Just wanted to say I enjoyed reading your whole trip report, and I hope we can keep this thread going!!

I sent them a letter! I HATE animal abuse.

You caught me lurking. Thanks for sending the PM, though. I have now officially read the whole thread and will be coming back frequently to check in. I leave in 4 days for the World, so I'll miss some next week.

Love the family pictures.

I'm late in joining, but I'm here. Will have to catch up on all the chatter this weekend. BTW, we leave for The World in just 22 days

Woo hoo! I hope y'all have fun!!

 

[KayleeUK]

Thanks for the invite Courtney just catching up

 

[CourtneyandRyan]

Hi Courtney thanks for the invite on this thread! I love your pictures--how about some more of your house? I love how you decorate!

Thank you so much!!!! We're actually working on the outside of the house/landscaping now! And working on a few window treatments, a runner for my sideboard in my dining room, etc... So, maybe I can post some pictures of those things!

Hi Courtney! I'm in! I was starting to feel like a stalker after checking the old site all day.

6 days to WDW!

Awww! How funny!

And can you say jealous??? 6 days--- that's less than a week!!!!

You're going to have a BLAST!

So excited there's a new Courtney thread!!

And hey, can I date your little brother?

Sure! He doesn't have a girlfriend!!!
Insert yourself to the right of the picture =)

I forgot to say in my last ya ya ya that we are going back to P'cola this weekend. Ya'll need to come on down...........LOL

Here are a few more of my beach pics http://www.myspace.com/danawhatley

The pics are on the right side of the page

So COOL!!!!! I don't have my space, so I'm not able to click in anything to view them, but I'm so excited you get to go back this weekend!!!!!

Have SO much fun!!!!!

Wow my first pm! Great to see you are still at it and can't wait for the beach pictures. Thanks!

Yay!!! So glad I could send you your first PM!!!!

'Sup?

So do they just move your tr without telling you because there are other ones on there that are complete? Well I am glad you started a new but you know what has to come next. You have to start planning a new trip!!! I'm sure you won't be too hard to convince

Oh and by the way, not to rub it in or anything but I have 44 days left until free dining at POFQ and WL

Yea, apparently. I know there are other ones on there that are complete too, but I'm not sure why those never got touched.... But at least I could get all of yall back on to this one!!!!!

Oh, FREE dining is going to be AMAZING!!!!!!

Hi Courtney, Hi Everyone! So glad we can continue the fun!

I'm lovin' everyones' pics! We're headed to Busch Gardens (Williamsburg) on Monday, so I'll add some more to the fray when we get back. It may not be Disney, but it beats staying home!

And Court--- you're doggie clothes are adorable!! We can't have dogs (DS Riley is seriously allergic) but I'll pass your website on to all my doggie-lovin friends....

Have such a great time at Busch Gardens--- I hear that place is SO much fun!!!!! Can't wait to hear all about it!!!!

And thanks for spreading the word about Waggin' Rags!!!!!

Not to rub it in either or anything but I have a little over 1 day until OKW and the umm "wonderful" heat.

AHHH!!!!! Girl- HAVE SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I can't WAIT to see all of your pictures!!!!

Wow girl! So many people already!! You are quite the popular one! You'll be one busy lady if you reply to every post like you did on the TR lol. Either way, can't wait to read some more stories, and if you need any help with anything, just let me know

I know-- I just don't think I can respond to every single post like I did before... Not that I don't want to, but because it really does take a lot of time!

Thanks again for ALL of your help compiling "the list!"

Hi Courtney, I just found your trip report the other day courtesy of this thread! I loved it! Sounds like you guys had a really great time!

BTW, I have season tickets to LSU basketball and I know I've seen you there! Were you there about 3 years ago?

Yep--- Does this look familiar???

I'm the one closest to you.

And how nice! My and the camera man become good friends b/c I was always on the end by the goal (yes, very scary when HUGE BBall players are coming full speed at you!).... They did this for my last game!

Hey Courtney!
Just wanted to let you know that I sent a link to your doggie site to my in-laws down in FL. They have a Chi-wow-a. I am NOT going to try to spell that correctly!!! He's soo little that the smallest sizes of "commercial" doggie duds are huge on him. But, they love that little fool dog and I know she'll have you make her some stuff for him.

And, I would like to second the above motions. Your little bro is ADORABLE. Super cute. Though I myself am old and gray, I can still appreciate a total cutie.

Great pics and great thread. Thanks for diving in again.

Aww, thanks for spreading the word about the dog clothes!!!!! I can never spell that c-word either! =)

Glad you're here reading along!

Hey Court,
Wher'd ya get your bag??!?!?!?!? from what I see of it, I LOVE IT!

sam moon! It's a store in Dallas, and it's THE BEST!!!! Check it out-
www.sammoon.com

Oh my first PM - how exciting!!!! Can't wait to see more of your pictures!

Yea! My first PM too. Thanks Courtney! I loved every minute of your trip report. I just love all the new pictures on this thread. What a beautiful family you have. Your Mom must be so proud.

Yay!!!! Glad I was both of yalls first ever PM!!!

Thanks SO much for your nice comment fl mom!

HI COURTNEY!!! Good to see your thread revived!! My step son told the kids at his camp that his step mom "Knows the FOR REAL Belle AND the Beast!!!" H e was one popular boy!!!

Awwww.... That is the sweetest thing ever! I still think what he believes is PRECIOUS!!!! Love it!

 

[TrueEeyore]

That's cute that they had you on the big screen for your last game.
I want to see some more pics of your house too. Maybe I'll post some of mine sometime.

 

[Desiree]

Awesome! I think I remember that game too! Geaux Tigers!

 

[tink25]

I'm in!
Oh....and Go Cocks! There's just way too much Tiger on this thread!

 

[Dizmom0923]

Hey Courtney. This thread is is getting long really fast. I just got my PM and I am going to try to catch up tonight.

 

[dimoe]

Wow thanks for the invite . 12 pages already I think this going to a be a popular thread. I have read the whole thread . Love the pic of your family. You have a very photogenic family Courtney.

 

[CourtneyandRyan]

So.... Where were we when we last left P'cola???? Ah, yes, we went to dinner on our first night there!

Dinner was YUMMO!!!!! Um, when is dinner NOT yummo? It's always good!!!!

Got back to the condo, went to sleep, then woke up ready for our first day at the beach!!!!!

As was the case ALWAYS, Ryan, Cody (my brother), and me were the first ones out on the beach.... The boys hit the ocean, I hit the sand... Until I got hot. Then I hit the ocean too! The weather was so beautiful, and the ocean was clear! I was totally fine with hanging out in the shallow part! And b/c they were with me, and b/c I love them, they were only allowed in the shallow part too! We did spot a few jelly fish, which made me run back for the sand. No mam, me and the jellies are not friends.

Here's the guys (plus Will now, my sister's boyfriend) looking for the jellies:

And yet again:

We all played football in the water, and after about two hours, were ready to hit the pool. Enough sand in the britches for one day. But before we went, I wanted a shot of the guys....

And... of their better sides.... Hahahahaha!

Off to the pool we went!

And why I'm the only one facing this way, I have no idea! Leave it to me to make the picture off!

After "swimming" aka hanging out in the pool for a few hours, we headed on up and got ready for dinner.... This night, dinner consisted of a hot dog and a coke from the dog races.

We headed to the greyhound dog track. It's just like a horse track. You bet on which dog you think will win each race, or place in each race, etc.

It was SO much fun!

But for the safety of the dogs, you can't take pictures, so unfortunately, I don't have any to share.

But, it looked a little something like this (taken from a website online)

It was fun, but after it was all said and done, WE WERE TIRED!!!!!

So we headed "home" to rest up for tomorrow: another day at the beach, but most importantly, MY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

 

[mandy200587]

Now I've seen some of those but I don't recall seeing the backside picture. Your brother is a cutie though.

 

[Disneyolic]

Well, that's exactly what I would have done. Hit the beach early, wait till I got hot, and then went on it! Ahhhh.

 

[catherines_mama]

Add me to the mix. I feel so late for the party! Not even fashionably late!

We've been at WDW since Wed... ya'll have been busy since then!

 

[cherbear]

Well, that's exactly what I would have done. Hit the beach early, wait till I got hot, and then went on it! Ahhhh.

 

[cherbear]

Are there ghosts here? Cuz I thought I just replied to DM's post with a picture....and now it's not there. Am I losing it?

 

[Disneyolic]

nevermind....

 

[Disneyolic]

You're not crazy Cher...I've remixed it...hold on.