Wow that must have been a bad headache. I hope it is better and stays away! Just caught up again. Missed all last week. A week of happiness and sadness and lots of work around here. I have a new niece and a friend lost her husband to cancer. It has been inspiring to see how everyone at my school has gathered around her and her family. Then a quick ER visit last night for Louie when he thought he could fly off my headboard.Thank Goodness he was fine but it was good to have the Dr confirm that. All in all an exhausting week. It has been nice to sit around today and catch up.
12 more days until our quick weekend trip. I think our plans are drive up to POP 10/5 do the halloween party that night (I think I have decided to be Minnie mouse in her witch costume), epcot the next day (surprising my little man with a coral reef lunch) and then Cape May for breakfast on sunday and Dtn disney stop before we leave for home. Busy weekend. Hope we can catch up a some point! I will PM you my number before we leave :0)
Yeah, I don't know what that headacher was all about. It was powerful, but it disappeared quickly.
So glad Louie is fine. I spent many hours in hospitals with my boys, so you might just go ahead and brace yourself for the future.
We will see you the 5th, 6th, or 7th before you leave.
Love the shopping at AK. Glad to hear you had a great time with your girls. I love going to Rainforest for a nice Disney fix. What a cute bunch of kids. Bella looks exactly like a little girl I know from the preschool I volunteered at this past summer. I haven't been to Coronado in forever. LOVE the iPhone cases!
We are lucky to have a Rainforest here.
They are kind of spread out around the country.
Trent was looking at phone cases last night, but he was looking at Florida Gator ones, definitely not Mickey ones.
I feel like I am always trying to keep up with the DIS lately! I love it so much but sometimes it's a lot of work! Anyways... all caught up here & enjoying your tour of Coronado Springs. We may have to check out the Pepper Market sometime. Looks like a little something for everyone.
Happy Birthday, Amy!
There were many things to choose from at Pepper Market. All of us agree that we will return sometime.
Isn't there any possibility at all of Trent or Drew eventually meeting someone, marrying and having kids?
I doubt it. Drew is not interested in kids at all. He dates casually, but nothing serious. He's kind of immature, too, so if he does anything, it will be a looooong while. Trent just turned 28, but he's going on 60. He's so set in his ways that he reminds me of an old man. The biggest thing with him is that the second a girl starts to get possessive, it drives him crazy. To me, it's kind of natural for a girl to get somewhat possessive when you have been dating her exclusively for a while, but whenever one starts questioning where he has been or who he was with, he gets so aggravated and says he's not answering to someone the rest of his life. Well, if that is the way he feels, I can't see him ever getting married. It's really, really sad to me, because he would be a great dad. He's good with kids, and always has been. I guess he'll just have to be happy being an uncle the rest of his life.
Catching up... I enjoyed all of your Animal Kingdom pictures! And it looks like you had a great weekend! I'm with you on the Mickey head mug!
We did have a nice weekend. I have nine busy days of school, and then I am off!!!
It sounds like you all had a great weekend. I hope Jill got to rest some today. She is super woman
I think she has discovered that even a super woman has to take it easy sometimes, and this is definitely one of those times.
Those pictures of the yummy food at Pepper Market were torture for me....I'm doing a 7-day detox cleanse diet (something Anna's got me on but I really do see the point) of fruits and veggies only. I'm on day 5 right now and I'm CRAVING carbs and meat! I can't wait for some eggs, bacon and a big buttery biscuit on Wednesday morning! After that I'll start eating sensibly again (as to not undo all this "good") but I have to at least indulge in that!
What about Trent and Drew? If it makes you feel better, if one (or both) of them have said they don't want kids, just know that Ray and I didn't either. I was 25 when we got married and we didn't decide we wanted kids until I was 32. And I didn't have Seth until I was 34. So there's hope!
Drew may grow up someday, but it will be a long time. He does well to take care of himself, much less someone else. Trent is just a pain when it comes to girls. He brings perfectly sweet, cute girls into the picture, but whenever they start acting like they have some vested interest in him, he starts backing away. It may be them to some degree, but I think he gets too aggravated too fast. Being a girl, I guess I remember being a bit possessive when I liked someone, so I more see the girl's point. He takes one little question as that they are 'grilling' him, and he gets really annoyed. So, if he continues to be that way, I just don't see him ever getting married. I think your
wife might have the right to ask questions now and then.
And it's not that he is even doing anything he needs to hide. He just doesn't like possessiveness and questions, especially when he's tired from work. It's sad to me, because I really don't ever see Jill's girls having first cousins from my side or Jill getting to be an aunt from our side.
I am glad they have all of the little boy cousins to offset that a bit.
I will add, in his defense and to be fair to him, he has had a couple that went overboard in the possessive department, so I guess when he senses one heading toward that, he just puts on the brakes very quickly so that it doesn't get out of hand. I think that because it's very hard for him to tolerate a normal level of possessiveness and questioning, and because obviously some of that is going to be present in a relationship, it's going to be a miracle if he can have a relationship.
Trent would be interested in your eating plan. He's big into all things healthy.
Yikes! Sounds like a horrible headache to put you back in bed that late. I'm glad you woke up feeling better.
Sooooo,
If there is no in-law trip in Feb. will the girls be coming along in March? We will have the space during your time with us if it's a yes!
Oh, I brought back both of those dressed up Minnies and another dressed as Tink.
I was thinking they would be cute on a bulletin board with a caption like "you can be anything you dream of".
I'll let you know what happens with March. Somebody is going to have to verify things with John's mom. She's the one who has been insisting on this trip, and for some reason it can't be with her daughter's family, who has gone to WDW and is planning to go to
Disneyland. It
has to be with John's family.
I can't wait to walk into that lobby in 31 days!
The gift shop looks huge too! I can definitely do some damage in there! And I bet Sophie would look super cute in the seersucker outfit!
I think my niece Mia would look cute in the little Minnie-adjective t-shirt! Auntie may have to pick that up for her!
I'm glad your headache went away. I hope you were able to enjoy your Sunday!
There were several character shirts like that Minnie one. I think Donald was one.
I really just hung out at home all day. I had errands I had planned to do after church, but I'll do those after school today.
I totally forgot! I took a picture on my way to work today that I thought might make you guys chuckle. The exit that I take to get to my store (on Wonderland Road) will be closed next week and this is the sign that went up on Friday:
Poor Alice!
Cute. I would have had an immediate Disney thought, too.
I'm so excited for you guys to have an opportunity to relax and enjoy the magic after all the stress. And I cannot wait to hear all about the fun you will have introducing Princess Sophie to WDW!
That gives us one adult per child in our family, which is nice. Jill will have Sophie, John will help Brooklynn when she needs it, which is not much these days, so she's easy, and I will try to keep up with Bella. Also, it gives the two young couples a night to go out to enjoy Kona one night while I stay in with the 5 girls. Also, just in the past two weeks, Brandy has talked Sloan into a few days with the two older boys, so they will be there, too. Jill and I will take Carson and Parker with us one night so that Brandy and Sloan can have a date night, too. Dawn is keeping Micah at home, because Brandy doesn't like taking really little ones to WDW. She says he'll be ready for next year's trip. 
It's gone now, thank heavens. I plan to pull my suitcase out in a little while and start throwing some things in it. 
