This one's for the poster who says I never smile:
Wish I was dining there in Sept. But *hopefully* Yachtsman will also be delish.
Oh Boy!!!! Those steaks look scrumptious!! I really hope I can get a ressie there for our Dec trip. I bet you are getting excited for your Sept trip...it'll be here before you know it! You are going to do another trip report, right? If so, it may be enough to take me to right before my trip!!
Yay thank you! And see, you look beautiful and happy!
*goes back to finish reading*
obviously she's never met me
or my boss!
We're already coming up on your last full day?!? I'm not ready for it to end yet!
Very jealous of your Le Cellier meal. I could go for those cream cheese mashed potatoes now. Yes, now, even for breakfast!
The boys really do look like they are all having a great time. I'm sure teens are a pain to deal with sometimes but looks like it was worth the effort!
I think it is a case of misery loving company -- it will make me feel like I am not the only one! 
I've never tried Mission:Space because Charles and the kids always want to ride the orange version, and I don't want to ride the green version by myself.
Charles is always nixing my gift ideas, too. I have stopped asking his advice and just show him what I got afterwards.
Is it wrong of me to be excited to hear about your Epcot meltdown?
On my way to work I often try to phrase how I am going to write my TR's, so this morning I thought about how I could tell the tale of my meltdown with the best possible visual. Hopefully, shocker will be back soon so he can enhance that visual! Hopefully, I will get to it tomorrow. 
He is still incredibly affectionate with me and as time passes I wonder more and more how long it will continue
Our intrepid teenagers were all napping, so we left without them. "Dinner is at eight......be there......we're not waiting for you ...... It's Le Cellier tonight!Yes I called at 7am sharp on my day 90 and I got LeCellier
see, I didn't guess that one! Impressive. We may try to get this next time, failed miserably last time! 
It is SO pretty over in Canada! I'm guessing the lack of smoothie exposure is oldest brother sysndrome. Did he try one? DS10 lived on smoothies on our trip, using up the adult n/a bev! Your dinner sounds yummy!!!!That's got to be tough dealing with DSD's mom. It's great that you have such a good relationship with her. I think every soccer player likes playing forward. But it's great when they can play defense, too. I feel sorry for full time defenders, because they usually get no glory, but they are so invaluable. Some of the best soccer players I know are the defenders. They see they whole field. I'm pretty impressed that your DSD plays goalie, too. It's great that she doesn't have just one position, like so many of the kids. She sounds really versatile.
BTW - I love your new Signature. Very Nice!
I should have been doing a multitude of outdoor projects but decided to goof around instead, been meaning to do it for a while.
The food is so good but it is A LOT. I got '3 course combo' thing (It was so economically reasonable I couldn't pass it up LOL) and had the cheese soup, prime rib and maple creme brule. I was expecting a cup of the soup and they brought me a bowl 
I barely ate any of those fabulous bread sticks and I was so full- I felt like I was pregant with food afterwards!!
these pictures are so sweet! I am glad to see that at 14, your son isn't yet "too cool" to give his mom some love! Yesterday we were watching some show and a couple was kissing and Patrick says "Yuck! the only good kisses are Mom kisses"
I agree with you, LeCellier was the BEST steak I have ever had. Next time I will definietly sub the mashed potatoes though, I didn't love the risotto so much (normally I love it). I had the chocolate moose for dessert and had to fight off the boys for it!
I'm with Jen, a quiet walk out of an empty Epcot is one of the best things in the world!
My older son would not have wanted anything to do with me!
I need to start goofing around more. Actually, I probably need a computer lesson from LJ
The trick is to schedule it at the end of your stay. It is really good. I would go again in a heart beat!
guess he hasn't seen the movie huh.Obviously not!
Hmmn. I can see it both ways actually. If a child has never been they wouldn't have that attachment to make it a personal decision but I can also see that it really is a personal choice. I swear it took the 3 kids 30 minutes to pick their lanyard and 1st pin so it was a big deal. And I still don't have a lanyard (didn't like any of them).Yeah - they probably would just take it for granted. I would also be worried that they might lose it. Those kids have stuff everywhere and they don't give away much stuff. I helped them move and the number of toys that went into that house was ridiculous! BTW - I ended up getting them each a T-shirt!
My DS8 gets like that when he's tired. You get tired telling them to stand!
Oh what a pain! with 21 cards if this was the only time this happened I'll be really impressed!It, unfortunately, is NOT the only time it happened!
A smile pic! Everyone looks like they were in a great mood and having a blast!
Can you believe it? The elusive smile comes to make an appearance!
Very pretty!
So, did the teens get out of control? I'm glad to see LJ eat something else too lol! I was starting to worry about his diet
ah well, I don't really have a relationship with DSD's mom, which is ok. I mean, I get it. It would be weird for me if I were in her shoes. We coexist peacefully. It bugs some people (like my IL's) but it works for us and I think has freed up DSD to have her own relationship with me for which I am very very grateful. Things like soccer are her turf and I completely respect that. She and my DH are the parents and they attempt to work together. Not always very successfully but better than most. I get so frustrated with her when she complains about DH (she bad mouths him, not me, to other soccer parents etc), she has no idea how great her situation is. That's so uncool! And it seems so unneccesary. Why bother to bad mouth him?
The e's dad is completely out of the picture by his choice so it just galls me when DH gets treated like providing information to him is optional. Sigh. I digress. Bottom line though is she is a good mom who loves her kids and is just very very different from DH and I. I guess that's what happens when people have different personality styles. But I think she should keep your DH up to date. That's probably her way of feeling like she has control of the situation.
I completely agree about defenders. They can really make or break a team. I've often wished she would prefer it as I think she'd actually be more of that "star" player in that arena then wing but....she loves the wing. Either side. The goalie thing is a fluke, she played in U11 before we got a FT goalie and it's that same situation now. So it's been 3 years but she did really well at a recent tourney when our tempp goalie overslept (who can do that in a tourney?) and after listening to her mom freak out and complain about how "wrong" it was that K was playing goalie (the other parents get it, sadly she is usually alone at all the games, she really needs a life outside of soccer) she now wants K to have goalie training.
thanks on the siggie
Oooh MEK, I ate there in March!!
Can't wait to hear about the Spaceship Earth meltdown
So use your imagination about what those two words might be. And..no...I will not be using indecent language on my TR!
) so maybe then. re: the meltdown!!
I need to start goofing around more. Actually, I probably need a computer lesson from LJ
yep, exactly.
