MagicBands + Margaritas + Muggles + Minions = TRP. New TR link is up! 10/31

Yay for having trips start to come together! I like when that happens!

I can't believe that they wanted to get drenched like that. I don't blame the adults for just watching. Good use of single rider lines and stuff to make maximum use of time! I would have hated to been at the MK on that day! :eek:
 
Ok, I will go without both of you. LOL! Did Vinny like it?
He hated it.

Hope the shoulder heals up. Thank god you can put on deodorant. LOl.
Nice view from the balcony.
The drinks on the balcony and in the lounge looked good.
YUM! Love those Lapu lapu’s.
Fun times at ‘Ohana.
Nice PP pic in Epcot.
EE is fun. Scary but fun. LOL
LOL. They did get wet.
Nice group photo when u were leaving.
Like I said on FB I am jealous. I would love to do the breakfast. Tell darth to say hi to me. LOl. Oh wait. Did I say that to mary Ellen. Either way I am jealous. LOL. SW is my all time favorite movie. Vinny said we could cancel Italy and Paris and go. I thought about it. He got mad. LOl.
All caught up again.
 
I can not for the life of me remember if I replied to the last update, I'm sorry. Love Dinosaur! Great first ride I'd say. Tons of detail, fun, scary, what more do you need. Your photo looks like how I end up in that scene, LOVE IT!

EE single rider is great. The boys look happy to be drenched.

Congrats on the SWW meal, that looks fabulous. It might be a little pricey but you're saving a lot of time not standing in line for photos. I would have totally gone for that too.

Sounds like all the chips are falling into place for the Easter trip, very cool.
 
I am getting quite a collection of MB. I have started putting AP and the resort and month/year of trip so in fact they are now souvenirs.

Sucks I won't be there for Star Wars Weekends but those dining options have my curiosity piqued.
 

:cool1: for under thirty days! I think performing on Easter kinda is both neat and...well, not so neat. :rolleyes:

I will think it is more neat if 1) it is DL and Main Street that they march in (could be DCA, we find out Tuesday) and if 2) it doesn't conflict with my Brunch reservation :rotfl: If it does, hopefully I can move the time, I would much rather eat there I think.

Easter day definitely looks like it will be a memorable one! An egg hunt? IN disney?

Yes, however they could be all gone. Sounds like it's a seasonal thing so not just on Easter and you have to buy a clue map thingy. Still though, could be fun and does include souvies of some sort.

Spa time just you and your mom sounds nice. :goodvibes

nothing booked yet, they are off in NOLA all week with my nephew so we won't firm up a thing till they get back

:cool1: for park days and dismeets!!!

I am very excited for our meet!

I will be interested in how you like your breakfast there. I think that was one of the places I think sounded good for breakfast. (since they have a mimosa there, right? ;))

:rotfl: probably, I am not sure. I would think most of them probably have that available but honestly don't know. I will do some research for sure while there.


Despite multiple not so great pp/mm experiences, I tend to always go back to getting one too...

I am always happy to have the pics at the end of the day.

Boys are so hard that that age... the GROW and GROW and GROW!

That they do!

How cool! I sometimes think that Fantasmic is just too much of a commitment and wish that there was a firework display at DHS.

I agree, and while I like Fantasmic, I don't need to see it every time.

That is so neat! I have not really paid attention to the membership magic stuff. I probably really should.

Were it not for the magazine, I'd have enver noticed it.

I kinda feel like we don't really need to do a lot of planning. It is such a short trip... and we both seem to be pretty laid back. That being said... I dod still watch for that flight there. (kinda have to get there in order for the weekend to start. ;))

Yes, we do need to get there! And we will :goodvibes

I am super impressed with your training. I am fully prepared to be waving you on in August. Honestly, it will be nice to have someone waiting for me at the finish line. :goodvibes

I seriously doubt you will be waving me on, I will be waving you on! You are definitely faster, there is no doubt. Yesterday's race confirmed that. Some contributing factors I think that impacted performance and I'm not unhappy with the result but I'm not over the moon either.

I am really trying to figure out a breakfast for after the ToT race. I would like it to be in the BW area... I had not even considered the Swan or Dolphin.

Check out the menu, it looks really good! It's my top choice if it works out timing wise. I did really enjoy Captains Grille and would eat there again no problem.

I can see booking through open table being a much better idea. I am not totally against the CC hold...because I do think people were abusing the system. (booking multiple multiple ADRs for one time) However, sometimes you do need to cancel last minute....

When I know I'm pretty solid on a plan, or know I have time to cancel without penalty I am ok with with the CC hold. But sometimes, with a late arriving flight, being on a cruise etc you could be in a situation where you can't make that window to cancel and that's a drag.

It has been so long since I have been to RR. So hard though to pick a great table service and do food and wine AND not get fooded out. Throw in that cruise too and I can see why you might have a hard time planning.

Exactly!

At least you got some small credit for the septmember flights!! :cool1:

$4 each but hey, 8 bucks is 8 bucks!


OMG! your EE pictures had me laughing!

I've never bought many ride pictures and to have so many this trip, honestly they are some of my favorite PP ones, they are just a riot!

I have not been on Kali in so long. I hate being wet ... and either the weather is humid and you don't dry or cold and you are well.. just cold and wet.

Very true!

The picture of them is just great... they all just look like that snack is the best thing in the world.

It was cute, Jeff is really not that much of a spontaneous here have a treat kind of guy but when he does it, he does it well and it was clearly a huge huge hit and I loved that he just did it on his own cuz he felt like it.

Such great pictures of the entire clan!!!

I need to get a printed copy of that one for sure

I didn't know they qualified for the gas points... that is so cool!!!

Yep! 4x or 2x depending on the promo. I like to buy gift cards there to use on the trip but liked it better when they had the "choose your $ amount" kind that went up to $500. Getting 20+ of the $25 ones, and then carting them around to redeem is much less appealing. I was happy to see the park ticket and really prefer spreading the cost out as well.

So I am a little jealous! I was told I will not be getting one since my ap is in "renewed" status.

Bummer! I never got one of the AP magnets so I am glad I got this at least. Silly huh that those little things really are kind of a big deal. Or at least a nice to have.

I don't blame you! I want one too. ;) Did you have to order it, btw? Or did they just ship it to you? DH has his AP active so I am wondering....

When I went into MDE it showed as an option to customize it. Steve probably has one in there. If you don't customize it by a certain date I've heard they will just send it...but it will be grey.

Yay for having trips start to come together! I like when that happens!

:cool1:

I can't believe that they wanted to get drenched like that. I don't blame the adults for just watching. Good use of single rider lines and stuff to make maximum use of time! I would have hated to been at the MK on that day! :eek:

At least they did think to take off sweatshirts and sweaters!

MK on NYE is a committment. An all day one! Morning might not have been horrible for the first hour but I couldn't do a 16 hour day without leaving. We've pulled 12 hour days before in a park but not in that kind of crowd level.

He hated it.

Well at least he can say he did it!

Hope the shoulder heals up. Thank god you can put on deodorant. LOl.

Yes, and brush my teeth too!

Nice view from the balcony.
The drinks on the balcony and in the lounge looked good.
YUM! Love those Lapu lapu’s.
Fun times at ‘Ohana.
Nice PP pic in Epcot.
EE is fun. Scary but fun. LOL
LOL. They did get wet.
Nice group photo when u were leaving.

Thanks!!! We had such a fun time doing all of those things.

Like I said on FB I am jealous. I would love to do the breakfast. Tell darth to say hi to me. LOl. Oh wait. Did I say that to mary Ellen. Either way I am jealous. LOL. SW is my all time favorite movie. Vinny said we could cancel Italy and Paris and go. I thought about it. He got mad. LOl.
All caught up again.

You said it to one of us, I can't remember which either! LOL. Italy and Paris would win, I'm with Vinny on that one.

I can not for the life of me remember if I replied to the last update, I'm sorry. Love Dinosaur! Great first ride I'd say. Tons of detail, fun, scary, what more do you need. Your photo looks like how I end up in that scene, LOVE IT!

It is such a fun ride!!!! Just cracks me up every time

EE single rider is great. The boys look happy to be drenched.

Those 4 were just happy to be together. :goodvibes

Congrats on the SWW meal, that looks fabulous. It might be a little pricey but you're saving a lot of time not standing in line for photos. I would have totally gone for that too.

Sounds like all the chips are falling into place for the Easter trip, very cool.

And I wouldn't stand in line so, there you go! I'm excited for the whole experience...and hope the food doesn't suck. LOL!

I am getting quite a collection of MB. I have started putting AP and the resort and month/year of trip so in fact they are now souvenirs.

That's a good idea. I'm sure someone on Etsy will figure out an amazing craft project with them. :rotfl:

Sucks I won't be there for Star Wars Weekends but those dining options have my curiosity piqued.

That does suck! Maybe one of these days? I am excited our trip overlaps, even if it was just a fluke and we were working around Mothers Day and soccer schedules :rotfl:

It's kind of cool that they seem to have extended the meals outside of just the weekends, looks like they start on 5/4 so the "fourth" can be with you and go through June but it's every day, not just the weekends.
 
Trying to get all caught up again!


First though we checked to see if what we wanted to do was even an option.
I placed a call, checking on hours. I was told

"We close at 11 but if you are quiet, you can stay till 11:30 and I won’t tell anyone"

DEAL!

So we went!

To the hot tub!
:woohoo: for some hot tub time, but coming back with bright red legs is…….:eek:


It was New Years Eve!!!!!!!!!!!! A day I think we were all very excited for, but also one we were a bit nervous about.
I’ve heard some really bad things about New Year’s crowds! :scared1: Hope it wasn’t too bad for you.


Kolby hated it. NOT!



What’s with the death grip the kid has in the front seat??? :rotfl2:

Eric's looking for...???



:rotfl:

Apparently I needed a nap. Or more coffee?



The kid in the front seat too! Talk about looking bored………… :confused3

Jeff's looking at whatever Eric was!



:lmao:


With a short wait time, Kerri encouraged Eric to go on his first Disney ride. Now, I don’t know if it’s his first Disney ride EVER but it was his first Disney WORLD ride ever.

I'm not sure it's what I would have chosen but that’s how the chips fell.



He looks bored.
Guess you were worried for nothing. :rolleyes1

Stinks that you couldn’t find a chance to meet up with Pat again. :(


I think Jeff still needed another coffee



Looks more like he’s thinking………………..

Where’s the pitcher of vanilla sauce??? :laughing:


After this we all got a little scattered. Dad really wanted a T shirt he'd seen at Dinosaur. The rest of us poked around a little bit and at some point, apparently people posed for pics. Clearly I missed this particular Kodak Moment!





Good thing there was a PPP there to capture it! :banana: Would have stunk to miss that one completely. ::yes::

And with that, it was time to go. We'd hit all the headliners that had been on our agenda, it had been super casual, just a nice few hours in the park. We arrived around 9 and left at 1. We had a long night ahead of us but first, had other plans.

But not without a final Kodak moment!



Great family photo! :thumbsup2


I also got...MICKEY MAIL yesterday!


Who am I kidding...I just wanted that little blue AP slider!
Oh wow, I would love to have one of those myself!!! :cool1:
 
Nice you could have a relaxing morning for your NYE! I haven't ever tried to pack lunches - smart idea:thumbsup2 Getting on EE first thing rocks! Did you have FP+ for rides this day? I'm wanting to hear your strategy. You got lots of fun pics! I can't believe how tall Eric is! He must have grown a foot in the past year.

Your plans are getting close (some of them) I'm excited for you! Also excited to see that SWW starts in May now. We will be there in May! I'm thinking a splurge on a SW meal would be so cool for Mason's birthday!:cool1:
 
I will think it is more neat if 1) it is DL and Main Street that they march in (could be DCA, we find out Tuesday) and if 2) it doesn't conflict with my Brunch reservation :rotfl: If it does, hopefully I can move the time, I would much rather eat there I think.

Oh! Will keep my fingers crossed for Main Street! I think that would be much better.



:rotfl: probably, I am not sure. I would think most of them probably have that available but honestly don't know. I will do some research for sure while there.

Well, you report back what you find and then we can start to firm up plans. I really don't care much where breakfast is as long as I have a salt/protein/fat option. Oh.. and the adult beverage wouldn't hurt either! :rotfl:



I seriously doubt you will be waving me on, I will be waving you on! You are definitely faster, there is no doubt. Yesterday's race confirmed that. Some contributing factors I think that impacted performance and I'm not unhappy with the result but I'm not over the moon either.

:scratchin I wonder if we might be very closely matched. My pace yesterday was 9:20 for 9.95 miles. I am thinking you must have been around that for your race. (over 9 but under 9.5?) Granted I didn't walk any so that is where I think you will be able to pull ahead. That and the fact you have more training time ahead. I kinda feel as though I am where I will be. I don't see me improving much more on my pace. I kinda feel if I were going to do that I would have by now.

Check out the menu, it looks really good! It's my top choice if it works out timing wise. I did really enjoy Captains Grille and would eat there again no problem.[/qutoe]

I did! It does! Course, so does Captains Grille... decisions decisions... and ADR day is less than a week away.
:eek:


$4 each but hey, 8 bucks is 8 bucks!

That it is!


I've never bought many ride pictures and to have so many this trip, honestly they are some of my favorite PP ones, they are just a riot!

They can be some of my favorite pictures... yet like you i have not bought many pre pp+/memory maker. I really do like the option of them being included.



Yep! 4x or 2x depending on the promo. I like to buy gift cards there to use on the trip but liked it better when they had the "choose your $ amount" kind that went up to $500. Getting 20+ of the $25 ones, and then carting them around to redeem is much less appealing. I was happy to see the park ticket and really prefer spreading the cost out as well.

Blackhawk (the company that does the gift cards for Safeway) is a client and we often help to promote those.. and yet... I NEVER realized that the disney cards were included! :rotfl:


Bummer! I never got one of the AP magnets so I am glad I got this at least. Silly huh that those little things really are kind of a big deal. Or at least a nice to have.

It is odd, but yes... those are all kinda of a big deal. It is the little things that sometimes can make us feel a bit special. :goodvibes


When I went into MDE it showed as an option to customize it. Steve probably has one in there. If you don't customize it by a certain date I've heard they will just send it...but it will be grey.

I will have to go in and take a look. :thumbsup2
 
Trying to get all caught up again!

:woohoo: for some hot tub time, but coming back with bright red legs is…….:eek:

I think the weirdest part was that they didn't feel wierd, had I not looked down I'd never have known that they were bright red!

I’ve heard some really bad things about New Year’s crowds! :scared1: Hope it wasn’t too bad for you.

Well we clearly lived to tell the tale :rotfl: I am looking forward to Pat and Carolyn's reports on DHS. I know Jill and gang were in bed before midnight

Stinks that you couldn’t find a chance to meet up with Pat again. :(

It did!

Where’s the pitcher of vanilla sauce??? :laughing:

Caramel sauce, he could pass on the vanilla. But with caramel, zero self control.

Good thing there was a PPP there to capture it! :banana: Would have stunk to miss that one completely. ::yes::

I must have been shopping ? Good thing my mom was on top of it.

Great family photo! :thumbsup2

Yes, that one I will print and frame

Oh wow, I would love to have one of those myself!!! :cool1:

They are cute

Nice you could have a relaxing morning for your NYE! I haven't ever tried to pack lunches - smart idea:thumbsup2


We did that back when we stayed offsite but honestly, haven't done it since. I am not sure I'd have done it but Melissa wanted to so why not. It's probably a good thing that we did since they didn't eat much breakfast and otherwise we might not have gone through all the bread we bought.

Getting on EE first thing rocks! Did you have FP+ for rides this day? I'm wanting to hear your strategy. You got lots of fun pics!

We did have FP+ but not till the evening, so our morning was FP free and paper had already been turned off in AK by then.

It was a very fun morning!

I can't believe how tall Eric is! He must have grown a foot in the past year.

No kidding! string bean that one.

Your plans are getting close (some of them) I'm excited for you! Also excited to see that SWW starts in May now. We will be there in May! I'm thinking a splurge on a SW meal would be so cool for Mason's birthday!:cool1:

I am excited about the meal!

Oh! Will keep my fingers crossed for Main Street! I think that would be much better.

Me too! No matter what though, it will be cool.


Well, you report back what you find and then we can start to firm up plans. I really don't care much where breakfast is as long as I have a salt/protein/fat option. Oh.. and the adult beverage wouldn't hurt either! :rotfl:

yep, cheese, eggs, meat....and an adult beverage. Carbs on the side. LOL!




:scratchin I wonder if we might be very closely matched. My pace yesterday was 9:20 for 9.95 miles. I am thinking you must have been around that for your race. (over 9 but under 9.5?) Granted I didn't walk any so that is where I think you will be able to pull ahead. That and the fact you have more training time ahead. I kinda feel as though I am where I will be. I don't see me improving much more on my pace. I kinda feel if I were going to do that I would have by now.

Almost spot on actually. My official race pace was 9:21 for the 15K. I don't know about it improving much from there though. Obviously I can go faster based on that 10K time @ 8:40 (though as I've said, I've never gone that fast since lol) and I do think I could get a 15k in lower than what this ended up at, but I don't know that it'd be anything dramatic. We will see. Still, that puts me in that 2:05 range so I still thing that 2:05-2:15 is what I'm likely to see at the half. Or hope to lol.


I did! It does! Course, so does Captains Grille... decisions decisions... and ADR day is less than a week away.
:eek:

Well breakfasts, unless they are character meals are not as tied to ressies I think, you can be spontaneous a bit. CG was super yummy.
 
Caramel sauce, he could pass on the vanilla. But with caramel, zero self control.

Oops :blush:

Now you know one reason you don't see any TRs out there that Ol' GoofyFan has written. I would probably either mess up the details, forget what happened, or completely leave out someone's name instead of giving them due credit. It's tough getting older....... :(

Not to mention it would probably take forever for me to get it finished. :sad2:
 
We had enjoyed a surprisingly relaxed and productive morning at AK. With a big night planned, we all wanted a break. Baby freight train was requesting a nap, as was my father if memory serves. Little boys were requesting some pool time. Bigger boys were requesting....

Wait for it
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No really

I mean wait for it
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Hold on to your chairs
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HOMEWORK TIME

I am not kidding

Who ARE these kids?

Mature?

Accountable?

Sucking Up?

:faint:

As you might imagine, we did not say no to their request.

And so it was.

Before hitting the room though, we made a stop

Here!







I LOVE gingerbread!!!

One for me and one for the E's to share. No one else was interested. Their loss!

A poolside treat sounded like the perfect little rest before what was sure to be a long and tiring night.

Except there was a smallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll problem

Jeff did not have an appropriately sized mug for his poolside adult beverage. :lmao:

Those of us who were not quite as high maintenance (namely Melissa, myself, E2 and K) headed to the pool. Jeff went in search of an appropriately sized mug.

Knowing that we had coke actually up in the room for him to mix his beverage, it seemed pretty silly to buy a rapid refill version. Why not by an actual to go tumbler that he liked and might use after instead? He liked that idea.

In concept.

In reality while some of us did this

























And watched some creepy birds overhead



Jeff went in search of that perfect mug.

And didn't like a thing he found at either the small DVC focused shop inside BWV or the bigger one outside. He came back to complain and ask where to go buy the rapid refill. Which of course was back down at the bakery.

Sigh.

By the time he showed up with his mug and drink, we were not at the pool much longer. It was a bit windy and while it was warm enough to be in shorts and a tank, it was borderline and certainly not warm enough for either Mel or I to hop in the pool (and after the red legs the night before...I opted out of the hot tub as well). As we had a crew to get ready, in stages, I elected to head here to finish my drink and oversee herding cats.



I also checked on the laundry from the night before.

It still wasn't dry

Hmmn.

I started the dryer again.

Herding cats meant getting them out the door first. Quiet villa for Jeff and I to get ready in. And time for K's sweatshirt to get dry, we knew he'd need it that night and he has only packed one.







And the not so quiet boys studio side…where a bomb had apparently gone off :rotfl:





I seriously stayed out of that room as much as possible. It was vacation, no need to go in and look (though the occasional picking up of EVERY towel, still wet, on the floor, was kind of required).

We were approaching 4pm and time to head to Epcot. The gang was ahead of us but not by much.

As we headed out the door I wondered...

How long will the lines be?

Will we have any issues getting in?

How hard will it be to find the rest of our group?

What will the crowds really be like?

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Poor Jeff wandering around looking for just the right drinkware while you were lazing around the pool. I'd take the pool over any mug/cup/glass any day. ;)

Boy, it really does look like a bomb exploded on the boys' side. That's about what Hunter's room looks like on any given day. Best to just keep the door shut and go in once a week to make sure nothing is growing in there. :lmao:
 
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Before I get to our actual new years eve…

A small real life update!

As has been mentioned a couple of times in chatter and updates, I have been training for the DL ½, which is over Labor Day weekend. Part of that training is doing some races so that I could have a time to submit for corral placement, exposure to the actual race process and to get used to longer runs.

I had my first race back in October, a 10K, that went quite well and gave me a time I could submit for the DL 1/2 for placement that I was happy with. Next on my list was a 15K. Ideally I would have been slowly increasing my "long" run to get to the 15K (9.3 miles) distance or further by about 2 weeks out from the actual race. Due to a variety of reasons, not the least being injury, it didn't actually pan out that way. At 2 weeks out the furthest I’d run was 8.07 miles. Which, honestly probably would have been just fine but I’d really hoped to do a 9 miler at that 2 week milestone. Instead, 2 weeks out, nursing an irritated adductor I only ran once that entire week, just 6.5 miles but did get my normal gym workouts in. The Sunday before the race was the nicest day we had seen in a LONG time. Just absolutely spectacular out. And so we ran. The full 9 miles. It was just too nice not to! It was an amazing run, probably the best one I've ever had just in terms of how good it felt. The weather I am sure had a lot to do with it but realistically I imagine the 6 days off did too. We celebrated the run, and the sun, at the brewpub on our trail.



Love this place, Jeff calls it "beer on a stump". It's like the land of leftover patio furniture.



And their pulled pork nachos



Ideally I'd have not run much after that before the race. Jeff, who has done a lot of these things doesn't think much of the whole taper thing and kind of talked me out of it a bit. As a result I ran the Wednesday prior to a Sat race, close to 5 miles. My legs weren't exactly overjoyed given that the 9 miles 3 days earlier were the furthest I’d gone, but it wasn't horrible either.

Friday night we headed up to our race. It was in a tiny town, close to the Canadian Border and we didn't want to deal with the early morning drive. Ok Jeff didn't want to lol.

It took FOREVER to get up there, a good half hour longer than normal and some seriously nasty weather on the way. We also drove by the turn off for where the Oso slide happened and saw all the detour signs, just so incredibly sad. I am glad we went up the night before. We ended up with an amazing dinner (seriously best Halibut I'd had in....I don't even know when!) and a very good nights sleep as a result.

Race day dawned and…it was rainy. And windy. Which we'd expected but was still a big bleh. Overall, the race went ok for me and about the same for Jeff. Not sure if it was the weather, the running too much prior, the one glass of wine the night before (when Jeff told me I was being silly to not have it lol) or simply the fact that I didn't "need" that proof of time like I had at the 10K. The end result is that neither of us really felt the major race adrenaline we’d been expecting and basically ran at our normal paces. Of course the fact that the last .6 miles were into ridiculous headwinds (like running into a wall, literally) and had a short but brutally steep hill at the very end, might have had something to do with it. Talk about a buzz kill! LOL. I am glad we did it though.

Of course after we changed into dry stuff in the car, ate at the race tent (which seriously almost blew over, it was shaking and rattling like crazy) and headed back to the resort to shower and change...the sun came out . So we made up for the total lack of pics before and at the race, with these.





We had a lovely lunch on the way back at yes, you guessed it, a local brewpub!



That's my beer quota for some time! Should have taken a pic of my lunch, it was SOOOO good!

After that it was a fast and furious drive home, pick up the boys, change and…

Head back downtown for dinner out and the Lion King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Which was AMAZING! I had never seen it. Just loved loved loved it!!! And had a really yummy dinner before it to boot. It was kind of entertaining, ComicCon was going on that night which made for some interesting people watching.

Some other folks found it interesting too! It turned out, by pure luck, that another DISer was headed to LionKing that night with her lovely daughters! They were driving up from Oregon that morning to see the city and it worked out that they could come crash at our house before the long drive back.
And while I didn’t get an actual picture of the 2 of us, she did promise her DH that she’d get a picture of Jeff's plane to show him.

So look, proof!





I am lame!!!!!!!!

But oh we had a lovely little morning cup of coffee and chat over a light breakfast with she and her 3 lovely girls. I so so so enjoyed them, as did Jeff. Liesa (all7ofus) is not around much these days, super busy with work, school, planning a wedding...life stuff but she is much much missed and I loved seeing her again. The big city traumatized one of her girls (I swear, they saw more city ick in one night than I've seen in a long time) and absolutely fascinated one of the others.

Sadly, the E’s were rather churlish and unsocial. Teen boys in the am…no fun.
Thankfully Eric snapped out of it enough to have a really wonderful performance at his piano recital later that day.
 
Homework time!? :rotfl:
I shouldn't laugh, I would have been the same when I was in school. Good for them! :thumbsup2

Well I have to say, I'd deal with drinking out of a paper cup or used water bottle before I'd miss that wonderful pool time with treats and such! :rotfl: Class me under low maintenance too I guess!

Sounds like your races are going well! (Despite the wind and steep hills!) Mostly I'm just in awe of you guys and your shorts, as I sit here in the middle of yet another snow storm. I'm moving somewhere that has spring. :rotfl:
 
Wow...love the set up of the one-bedroom at the BWV (maybe I should have gotten my one bedroom there rather than the AKL).

The boys room looks like my son's apartment for four years in college. :scared1:

I am impressed with the homework. Way to go kids. :thumbsup2

Poor Jeff missing all of that pool time trying to find an appropriate glass for his drink. Sorry it wasn't quite warm enough to hop in the pool.

How nice that you got to spend some time with Liesa and her daughters (I know she has a new log in here on the DIS, but don't think she is around all that much with the new one either).
 
Great update
I love your wine tumbler - do I have to go all the way to Napa to purchase one ;)
Sounds like your runs are going well :thumbsup2
 
OMG - now that's a blast from the past. Glad to hear that Liesa is doing well and keeping busy. She looks great.

What a jammed packed weekend you add and then you had time for an update on Monday. Very impressed.

You guys looks like you had a great time on your race and to celebrate with beer is even that much better.

I can't wait until our weather allows us to sit outside and have beer on a stump. We are almost there. fingers crossed!

:rotfl2: haha to the boy's bedroom. OMG that reminds me of traveling with Brian and Nick and when they would bring a friend. that bedroom was always a disaster.

I'm a little worried about the dryer now!

Too funny Jeff insisted on the refillable mug. A souvie - right?
 
Home-w-o-r-k whilst on holiday??? WOW! Your job is done! Great job with the older kids.


Poor Jeff and the smalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll problem. What a shame to be running around the Boardwalk looking for an appropriately sized beverage holder instead of chilling out by the pool.


What a full and fun weekend! You really lived it up. :thumbsup2
 
I love love love gingerbread.

Well done on the race. My brother in law is running the London marathon in a couple of weeks and we'll be going up to watch, I've ordered Freya a bib that says "Well Done Uncle Andy" on it to put on her at the end for a photo op.
 
Bigger boys were requesting....


HOMEWORK TIME

:faint:

Clearly, the alien bodysnatchers have arrived.

Jeff did not have an appropriately sized mug for his poolside adult beverage. :lmao:

Sounds like he needed to come up with a better packing list.

I also checked on the laundry from the night before.

It still wasn't dry

Hmmn.

I started the dryer again.[/QUJOTE]

DVC dryers strike again!

I seriously stayed out of that room as much as possible. It was vacation, no need to go in and look (though the occasional picking up of EVERY towel, still wet, on the floor, was kind of required).

:crazy2:


We had a lovely lunch on the way back at yes, you guessed it, a local brewpub!

Sensing a trend here...:rotfl2:

But it seems like a good way to end a run!:thumbsup2

Head back downtown for dinner out and the Lion King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife wants to see that so badly!

Some other folks found it interesting too! It turned out, by pure luck, that another DISer was headed to LionKing that night with her lovely daughters!

:woohoo::cool1::banana:

Yay! Very cool that you got to see Liesa.:thumbsup2
 















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