Discovering DVC timandlesley style-A PTR, 19 days TRIP REPORT LINK PG.119!!!!!

[iluv2go2disney]

Hey Lesley,
I just recently found your PTR and it is GREAT. You have an adorable family.
Your Gatlinburg trip looked great. Next to Disney that is our favorite place to go. We live in Ky and tend to go a couple of times a year.
I am so excited because our trip is during the same dates as yours. We will be there June 20 - 27. Maybe we'll see each other. I think we are eating at the Crystal Palace on the same day as you, within like 5 minutes.
This may be a stupid question, but we booked our flights through Southwest also and I can't seem to figure out how to get a refund for a lower fare? Can you help me out with this?
Wendy

 

[MAGICFOR2]

I've loved your last two updates with the kids! Only 34 days to go!!

 

[stacikristine]

Lauren was SOO cute at her graduation. The first song was my favorite. The monkey part was adorable. She's a natural on stage! And the butterfly show was VERY neat! I've never even heard of something like that. The pictures are great. I really like that one of Luke too! Your kids seem like they just love life.

 

[ArielSRL]

Wow, I'm jealous! I have until June 3rd with students, 12 days I think! I am so ready too!

Don't be too jealous...teachers go back Aug 3rd, kids Aug 10th.

 

[mylag1rl]

The butterfly conservatory looked awesome. What a neat thing for kids to hold butterflies ! Reminds me of something that would be at Disney

 

[Trentmom]

The butterfly exhibit looked amazing

The expressions on the kids faces holding the butterflies are great

 

[punkin413]

cute pictures! they have a butterfly area at the top of the tennessee aquarium in chattanooga and it's really cool too. but it's SO hot and humid in there! i bet lauren's hair was even curlier than usual!

 

[Nicole786]

Now that you are within the month, time will sure fly by!! I loved laurens graduation and the butterfly garden pics, that looks like so much fun!! Here is a link to the mousekeeping envelopes I made before I left my trip, it was no big deal I do them all the time so if you need another design let me know. I need something to occupy me while i'm not counting down to disney

click here for envelopes

 

[Jeanine3kids]

Thanks for the advice on the budget Lesley I ordered my 7 day ticket today from undercover tourist and I saved 100 I am very excited

 

[MegansMom]

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the Butterfly show and the videos of Graduation----so wonderful!!! I can't believe how close the trip is getting....I am sure you have PLENTY to do!!! Enjoy the madness!!!

 

[timandlesley]

Hey Lesley,
I just recently found your PTR and it is GREAT. You have an adorable family.
Your Gatlinburg trip looked great. Next to Disney that is our favorite place to go. We live in Ky and tend to go a couple of times a year.
I am so excited because our trip is during the same dates as yours. We will be there June 20 - 27. Maybe we'll see each other. I think we are eating at the Crystal Palace on the same day as you, within like 5 minutes.
This may be a stupid question, but we booked our flights through Southwest also and I can't seem to figure out how to get a refund for a lower fare? Can you help me out with this?
Wendy

So glad you found us. Yes, Gatlinburg was fun, hoping to return next presidents day weekend. If you bump into us please be sure to say hi!!! For Southwest, on the main page on the right hand side click on "view or change my flight". It walks you through it from there, you enter your flight confirmation number and then cancel original and click on the flights you want that are now lower in price - then the credit is put into a holding account for you for a year!
Lesley

I've loved your last two updates with the kids! Only 34 days to go!!

Glad you enjoyed it! 31 days today baby!!!!

Lauren was SOO cute at her graduation. The first song was my favorite. The monkey part was adorable. She's a natural on stage! And the butterfly show was VERY neat! I've never even heard of something like that. The pictures are great. I really like that one of Luke too! Your kids seem like they just love life.

Glad you enjoyed her singing, it is such fun to watch her! Gald you enjoyed the butterfly show too, it was great! Yes, we do enjoy life together
Lesley

Don't be too jealous...teachers go back Aug 3rd, kids Aug 10th.

Oh, well then I'm not jealous, we go back August 26th so I can't complain!

The butterfly conservatory looked awesome. What a neat thing for kids to hold butterflies ! Reminds me of something that would be at Disney

It really was fun!

The butterfly exhibit looked amazing

The expressions on the kids faces holding the butterflies are great

It was such a good time, I think it will be an annual event for us.

cute pictures! they have a butterfly area at the top of the tennessee aquarium in chattanooga and it's really cool too. but it's SO hot and humid in there! i bet lauren's hair was even curlier than usual!

Very cool, this wasn't humid at all so that was nice. Lauren's hair is just super duper curly anymore.

Now that you are within the month, time will sure fly by!! I loved laurens graduation and the butterfly garden pics, that looks like so much fun!! Here is a link to the mousekeeping envelopes I made before I left my trip, it was no big deal I do them all the time so if you need another design let me know. I need something to occupy me while i'm not counting down to disney

click here for envelopes

Thanks Nicole! Yes, time is flying by, can't wait! I'm enjoying your report.
Lesley

Thanks for the advice on the budget Lesley I ordered my 7 day ticket today from undercover tourist and I saved 100 I am very excited

Yeah!!!!!!!!!! I'm happy for ya!

Thanks for sharing the pictures of the Butterfly show and the videos of Graduation----so wonderful!!! I can't believe how close the trip is getting....I am sure you have PLENTY to do!!! Enjoy the madness!!!

Glad you enjoyed them, so much to do indeed!
Lesley

 

[Lovemy3babes]

I used to follow an older report way back when but then lost touch with you guys. So, I've been trying hard to get caught back up with your newest one. It took me awhile but I got through all 83 pages. I can't believe you are going for 18 days! That is crazy cool.

 

[The Marsons]

Hey Tim & Lesley,

It's nearly eight o clock here in the uk and i have just spent the last two and a half hours reading every page of this report!

I read your trippie last year remembering you decorating your kitchen with those Mickey heads.

This one has certainly been just as good. Hope Tim's knee is ok, has he had any more trouble since?

Your trip in the log cabin, sure made me laugh out loud. My little boy George was wondering what i was doing! That spider thing is what happens to us, me and Chris are so scared and spend a good half an hour trying to get it, this makes the kids upset and then one of us just pounces on the thing!

Love all your plans and so pleased you became DVC members! Did you think about Wilderness Lodge points, as i remember how much you liked it there?

We went to the Food and Wine Festival in October and Nov for three weeks. The food was just yummy, and those three weeks were just bliss.

I'm going to University in September to train as a elementary teacher so we are heading back August next year. Hoping i can juggle studying and being a mom and wife at the same time, but looking forward to doing something i have always wanted.

Will certainly be checking out your blog (if you don't mind!).

Sorry if i've rambled but it's sure been a great way spending a Thursday night, your trippie and a cup of tea!

Sarah

 

[dddisrunner]

LOVE the butterfly pictures! How COOL! I cannot believe Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! For as much as we are hoping time flies, I hope/wish it would stand still while we are there!

 

[sharonW]

It is so much FUN reading about all the experiences
with your family, not only disney, but all the things throughout
the year you do. Quality time with family..thats what its all
about!!! I really enjoy the "ride" so much! Hope you stick around
forever!!! Loved Lauren on stage and the butterfly conservatory
is very very cool! I am feeling your excitement to the happiest
place on earth!!

 

[iluv2go2disney]

So glad you found us. Yes, Gatlinburg was fun, hoping to return next presidents day weekend. If you bump into us please be sure to say hi!!! For Southwest, on the main page on the right hand side click on "view or change my flight". It walks you through it from there, you enter your flight confirmation number and then cancel original and click on the flights you want that are now lower in price - then the credit is put into a holding account for you for a year!
Lesley

I have one more question about this. I looked at our flights and going down has dropped but coming home is now 40.00 higher than we paid. Can we just change part of our flight or do we have to do the whole thing?

 

[timandlesley]

I have one more question about this. I looked at our flights and going down has dropped but coming home is now 40.00 higher than we paid. Can we just change part of our flight or do we have to do the whole thing?

You can just change one flight

 

[timandlesley]

I used to follow an older report way back when but then lost touch with you guys. So, I've been trying hard to get caught back up with your newest one. It took me awhile but I got through all 83 pages. I can't believe you are going for 18 days! That is crazy cool.

The kids sure have grown up haven't they!?! Glad you found us again. Wow, 83 pages through, you are devoted 18 days will ROCK, we can't wait! Yes, it's 'crazy cool" indeed
Lesley

Hey Tim & Lesley,

It's nearly eight o clock here in the uk and i have just spent the last two and a half hours reading every page of this report!

I read your trippie last year remembering you decorating your kitchen with those Mickey heads.

This one has certainly been just as good. Hope Tim's knee is ok, has he had any more trouble since?

Your trip in the log cabin, sure made me laugh out loud. My little boy George was wondering what i was doing! That spider thing is what happens to us, me and Chris are so scared and spend a good half an hour trying to get it, this makes the kids upset and then one of us just pounces on the thing!

Love all your plans and so pleased you became DVC members! Did you think about Wilderness Lodge points, as i remember how much you liked it there?

We went to the Food and Wine Festival in October and Nov for three weeks. The food was just yummy, and those three weeks were just bliss.

I'm going to University in September to train as a elementary teacher so we are heading back August next year. Hoping i can juggle studying and being a mom and wife at the same time, but looking forward to doing something i have always wanted.

Will certainly be checking out your blog (if you don't mind!).

Sorry if i've rambled but it's sure been a great way spending a Thursday night, your trippie and a cup of tea!

Sarah

Wow, I'm honored, thanks for taking the time to read through, glad you enjoyed it. Yes, enjoy the blog, just updated that today actually. So are you doing free dining in August? You went for THREE weeks to food and wine!?! Wow! We can't wait to experience it this year. Yes, we can stay at the Villas at Wilderness Lodge on points, will try to switch that out for one of our trips this year actually, I can call in a few weeks to attempt that, we'll see how successful I am. Thanks for posting, glad you are along for the ride!
Lesley

LOVE the butterfly pictures! How COOL! I cannot believe Memorial Day Weekend is upon us! For as much as we are hoping time flies, I hope/wish it would stand still while we are there!

Hi Diane,
Glad you enjoyed them. I hope you have an awesome weekend, school willl be out and we'll be meeting eachother in Disney by the pool before you know it!!!! I agree about time standing still while we are there!
Lesley

It is so much FUN reading about all the experiences
with your family, not only disney, but all the things throughout
the year you do. Quality time with family..thats what its all
about!!! I really enjoy the "ride" so much! Hope you stick around
forever!!! Loved Lauren on stage and the butterfly conservatory
is very very cool! I am feeling your excitement to the happiest
place on earth!!

So glad you are enjoying it. Yes, that is what it is ALL about. Thanks for posting.
Lesley

 

[timandlesley]

Well, I'm happy to announce that as of today we have 29 days until Disney It feels SO good to be in the 20's!!!
Here is a picture of our countdown calendar:

As you can see the 28 is marked out too. It was Lauren's turn to cross one off the other day and she couldn't reach her row
Here is a closeup of how many days we have left:

I am soooooooooooo excited!!!!
I also wanted to share something cool with you. Tim and I were playing around on Zazzle.com and saw they had their large prints on sale. They had this awesome Mickey siloutte (I know I'm not spelling that right, but you get the idea). Well, I thought it was awesome, but then I wanted to add my own touch, so I typed in my favorite Walt Disney quote and WALA (Is THAT a word? ) Here is what we had:

I JUST LOVE IT!!!!! My dad works for a framing company and had it professionally framed for us for only 19.00, grand total this cost about 30.00. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! Here is a close up of the quote at the bottom:

It really makes our Mickey room more complete dontcha think (I know that's not a word ).
Well, my goal this weekend is to get our itinerary typed out, I can't believe we're in the 20's and I haven't figured that out yet. Tim is going to be working on getting that info into templates for our iPhone (thanks to Nicole), then I will work on our budget and getting money together for the trip. We are so close I can TASTE IT! Only 7 more days of school!!!!
Have a GREAT Memorial Day Weekend everyone!!!!

Lesley

 

[dddisrunner]

Lesley, you are TOO funny! Your excitement is jumping through the screen!! I LOVE that print..HOW COOL! That is my favorite quote too!!! Yes, I think that makes your Disney themed room just about PERFECT!! Have a GREAT weekend too! I am giving you a full on tongue out rasberry for only 7 days of school because I still have 18 I will have 1 day off before we leave for WDW!!!