Move over Dumbo our circus is taking over! Surprise trip adventure!!

[that's nice]

Great meet up with Merida! Your lucky she didn't steal your bag.. she is an expert with a bow & arrow.

Good call running to meet Elsa & Anna.

We had more rain than we ever had on our trip too.

I remember one time when we brought Juliana to BBB it started raining in the afternoon and Melody was having a mental breakdown.

Great pictures & pool pictures from AoA. I didn't know they served sushi there... was it any good?

 

[Chicago Mo]

First:
I am trying to keep busy as my mom is in surgery right now. Will take about an hours for the surgery...
so if i have posted on your report and you look at it and go: HUH? it's because my mind is all over the place.
I need to keep busy until i hear she is out and safe. Thank you all for your prayers and warm thoughts!!

Good gosh, I knew that I was behind but not THAT far behind.

slacker...

Anyway, there's waaaaay too much to comment on and I didn't take notes so I know I would forget something anyway.

i ramble a lot too...

Your turkey picture was absolutely hilarious! I don't remember ever cooking a turkey myself. I'm more of a ham kinda gal but will eat turkey when somebody else fixes it.

I can't stand making turkey. But it has become tradition along with everyone laughing at me while trying to prepare it! So I do it...

We were in Tennessee over the Thanksgiving holidays so I didn't have to cook a dang thing. We let the restaurants do the cooking for us.

You LUCKY LUCKY GIRL! how was the food? I don't know if i could give up the cooking!

I love the dress that Tess made for Meg.

Wow you are behind! Thank you it really is beautiful!!!

It's absolutely beautiful! I think that I'm going to try my hand at making a dress for Lacey's niece to wear during our May, 2015 trip. Belle is her mother's favorite so I'm thinking that's what I'll end up making.

ohh I can't wait to see it!!!! All you crafty sewy type people are amazing.

Even though the boys' makeovers weren't all that great, I'm sure that they still enjoyed it even if it were only for your sake.

They did it just to laugh at each other!!! Now i threaten them with it..

Meg looks so pretty in her makeover. The hairstyle that she chose is much better than those tight bun styles girls usually get. I don't see how they can stand that pulled so tightly.

Thank you!!! Yes i did like this MUCH MUCH better then the bun. It just looks like it would hurt!

So, how long was the hubster gone? It sure seems like you guys did a lot while he was away.

he had to have been gone for a couple of hours! we did a LOT while he was MIA.

Wait, I thought that I said that there was too much to comment on yet here I am rambling like a fool.

I think it's this report.. Makes people ramble on and on...



and on...

Annnnd, you go and post another update while I am posting. Girl, I was just getting caught up.

I did that... yes.. I did. there will be another one now...

It looks like ya'll had a great time lounging around at the pool and relaxing. I had to laugh about Tom not being able to swim or go under. John is the exact opposite. He can swim but the man can't float if his life depended on it. Going under...let's just say that he has no problem whatsoever doing that.

we LOVE the pool there!!! LOVE IT!
Nope Tom sinks too! I just think that is the weird thing EVER. I thought we all floated?!?! he will go under water ONLY if he has goggles!!!

Praying for your mother and her surgical team!

Thank you I am going nuts over here waiting.

First, I will definitely keep your mom in my thoughts and send lots of good vibes for a good surgery.

Thank you!!! I hate this waiting crap.

Second, how in the heck did I miss your Thanksgiving update?!?!?!?!?! That turkey! Hah! I don't like to touch/look at raw poultry either. I have never cooked a turkey. I do love that you chased them around the house with the neck.

I dunno.. I posted it! it's there for all to see? Can't stand yucky birds!
Yep. the little rats thought it was really funny until i chased them with it!!! Meg was the only one who looked at it with curiosity! But she wants to be a vet!

Glad you had such a relaxing day at the pool. I love the underwater pics! And your kids eat sushi? Good for them! I'm lucky mine eat burgers!

LOVE the pool! Zack and Meg eat Sushi. Matt doesn't like it at all. He has tried it! My kids will try anything- we live by the try it. if you don't like it don't eat it!

First and foremost, I am praying for your Mom. Good for her not smoking. I have now been 62 hours without a cigarette.

thank you!
Your kidding you too on the quitting band wagon?
After i know my Mom is OK it's my time too... Right now i just can't. and i have to lose 60 pounds... Like SOON.

I love the pool pictures...you can just see how much fun the kids are having.

Thanks! it was really a lot of fun.

Isn't it always the way that they find you when you have food (although I would NOT be ordering sushi)? Your drink looks very yummy.

YES! they just sniff it out! or when your trying to do something secretive like plan a disney vacation, or presents? they just know....

Honey an adult pool or a kids pool...people should think BEFORE they dress.

OMG What people wear!!!! SHOCKING and totally not appropriate!!!

Oh my gosh, I love love love tat last update! The underwater pictures are so great! I missed it.....did you get a waterproof camera??

Thanks! Yes this is that little point and shoot i have? the Olympus!! Amazing camera!

Really, I thought hte pool was saltwater. It was actually one reason I decided not to stay there this year....hmmm, good to know.

Nope but it does have some weird softener in it that testes like salt water. I had to ask. because it was YUCKY!!! Thankfully my hair and skin were fine. actually better!!

Thinking of you and your Mom today!

thank you still going nuts here.

 

[KatMark]

First:
I am trying to keep busy as my mom is in surgery right now. Will take about an hours for the surgery...
so if i have posted on your report and you look at it and go: HUH? it's because my mind is all over the place.
I need to keep busy until i hear she is out and safe. Thank you all for your prayers and warm thoughts!!


Continuing my praying.

Your kidding you too on the quitting band wagon?

Yes; Alisha will NOT get pregnant until I quit. And I want a grandbaby so it was a great movitivation fo rme.

 

[Chicago Mo]

I've gotten way behind in replying to you. I have been reading, though.

Thanks! glad you kept up not like the other slackers around here...

We meant go to the pool but never did. We were in building 3 of Cars which was right by it. It would have been nice to hear the underwater music. There's always next time.

No? Oh you really must go to the pool! it is fantastic!
Your right... NEXT TIME!

I agree. I want to celebrate my birthday at Disney.

Yeah me too.. I want someone to do all that planning and make fun stuff for me!

Your kids look like they're having so much fun and Meg looks wonderful after her makeover, not that she ever looked bad.

Awww thank you so much!

You really had a lot of rain on your trip. It reminds my of the year that we were there and it rained so much that Tomorrowland flooded. Seriously, the water was up past my shins.

What is UP with that?!? I thought Chicago had wild weather! those rain storms are BRUTAL!

Your turkey pictures are so funny. I hate cooking turkey, too. I don't even like the smell. it's great that your had all that help from the kids. Have a great day. Liz

Ugh isn't it the worst?!?! can't stand turkey.
yep they want to help and i am not saying No!

I hope you have a good day too!!!

Great meet up with Merida! Your lucky she didn't steal your bag.. she is an expert with a bow & arrow.

she was pretty cool!
Yes.. she is one tough cookie! especially riding bare back on a clydesdale!!

Good call running to meet Elsa & Anna.

there was NO way i was going to miss this!

We had more rain than we ever had on our trip too.

Crazy wasn't it?!?!

I remember one time when we brought Juliana to BBB it started raining in the afternoon and Melody was having a mental breakdown.

HA! you spend all that money for the perfection then rain? Oh HECK NO! thankfully we made it without any water damage to Meg or the dress!

Great pictures & pool pictures from AoA. I didn't know they served sushi there... was it any good?

Thanks! lots of fun.. and YES the sushi was fantastic!

 

[Chicago Mo]

Yes; Alisha will NOT get pregnant until I quit. And I want a grandbaby so it was a great movitivation fo rme.

That would do it for me too!! You need a Grandbaby!!! you will be the most amazing grandparents! i can't wait for this to happen to you both! well I guess for Alisha too..

I quit as soon as i knew i was pregnant. Even before the tests i just knew and quit right then and there. it wasn't that bad. i was doing it for them. it wasn't about me. now? not so easy since it is more about me. with the holidays and her in surgery RIGHT NOW!! a bit stressful...

I will once i am back on my normal crazy track.

 

[cajunfan]

All caught up!

First prayers for your family today!

Fun times at your house for Thanksgiving! We picked up Cracker Barrel on Wednesday and just had a slow easy day...had to be at work at 3am. My crazy time will be at Christmas. My son's girlfriend is coming into town...I had to make sure that he properly warned her before bringing her to a Guidroz family function!

I NEED to see pictures of the desserts for the party. I am waiting on final head count for our May trip before booking that.

And Art of Animation! Oh my, I need more details! That is where we are staying!! I am hoping for an Animal kingdom suite. So did you sit in the grub looking chair in the living room? Is comfy? How easy do you think it would be for a short fat old woman with bad knees to get up from it? The table chairs kinda worry me for my fat butt too...at least they do look sturdy. LOL!

LOVE the pool pictures. The underwater ones are sooooo COOL!

Lynn

 

[Clarf]

Yes; Alisha will NOT get pregnant until I quit. And I want a grandbaby so it was a great movitivation fo rme.

Good for you! And that IS great motivation. You can do it!

 

[JoeyEmmaMomma]

Prayers for your mom today!

I love the pictures of your sweeties at the BBB.

 

[Chicago Mo]

I will get to your reply i promise.

First My MOM! FINALLY my step dad was called up to recovery.. He gave her the phone! Like she was able to talk?!?! anyway
She was talking about the tube making her tooth loose. The good news is she is up. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!!!

 

[KatMark]

I will get to your reply i promise.

First My MOM! FINALLY my step dad was called up to recovery.. He gave her the phone! Like she was able to talk?!?! anyway
She was talking about the tube making her tooth loose. The good news is she is up. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!!!

Great news, Mo.

 

[annegirl]

First- so glad your mom is in recovery. I hope she will have a speedy recovery.
I am with others when I say that I was thinking how great your pictures from wishes looked! I think you got some great shots.
The dessert party sounds pretty cool. We may have to try that sometime.
And that pool looks great. I wish we would have made more time for pool days on our trip but... Next time!

 

[THiiNKTiiNKx0]

So glad your mom's surgery went well! Sending lots of prayers, wishes, and for a speedy recovery!

 

[cajunfan]

Prayers for a speedy an uneventful recovery for your mom!

 

[Chicago Mo]

All caught up!

First prayers for your family today!

Thank you! Much appreciated!!!

Fun times at your house for Thanksgiving! We picked up Cracker Barrel on Wednesday and just had a slow easy day...had to be at work at 3am. My crazy time will be at Christmas. My son's girlfriend is coming into town...I had to make sure that he properly warned her before bringing her to a Guidroz family function!

I love loud and obnoxious! It's the only way to LIVE!!!! It's a good test for the girlfriend! GOOD LUCK!

I NEED to see pictures of the desserts for the party. I am waiting on final head count for our May trip before booking that.

I cannot find them anywhere. but i will say anything you google will be the same. it was DELISH! and all you can eat? plus coffee? I was ALL over it!

And Art of Animation! Oh my, I need more details!

Of Course! What do you want to know?!?

That is where we are staying!! I am hoping for an Animal kingdom suite.

Animal Kingdom? Ummmm How about Lion King???
Your fired...

So did you sit in the grub looking chair in the living room?

I did! Of course i did!!!

Is comfy?

Surprising yes it was! HA HA but very small.

How easy do you think it would be for a short fat old woman with bad knees to get up from it? The table chairs kinda worry me for my fat butt too...at least they do look sturdy. LOL!

Wasn't easy at all.. They are more for the kids.. but i had to sit in there!!!
the leaf chairs were like regular outside plastic chairs nothing to write home about...

What else? Did you notice it comes with paper towels???

LOVE the pool pictures. The underwater ones are sooooo COOL!
Lynn

Thanks! it's cool camera!

Prayers for your mom today!

Thank you SO much!

I love the pictures of your sweeties at the BBB.

They're nuts.. all of them!

Great news, Mo.

Thank you Kathy!!

First- so glad your mom is in recovery. I hope she will have a speedy recovery.

Thank you!!! I was a nervous wreck yesterday.

I am with others when I say that I was thinking how great your pictures from wishes looked! I think you got some great shots.

Oh No.. they are NOT anything to write home about.

The dessert party sounds pretty cool. We may have to try that sometime.

I do recommend it! I LOVED the whole thing.

And that pool looks great. I wish we would have made more time for pool days on our trip but... Next time!

YES!!! NEXT TIME!!!!!

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Thank you all again for your prayers and good thoughts for my mom. She was in a better state of mind when i spoke to her about 3ish. I guess the side of her face is bruised and they loosened a tooth. She needs to get that fixed ASAP.
Other then this she is in a lot of pain. but doing a lot better then i thought she would be. She is back on the computer this morning!

You are all the best people on the planet and i thank you from the bottom of my heart!!!

 

[Chicago Mo]

So glad your mom's surgery went well! Sending lots of prayers, wishes, and for a speedy recovery!

Thank you so very much!

Prayers for a speedy an uneventful recovery for your mom!

Thank you!!!


Again you are all the best people on the planet i knew if i needed good thoughts and prayers to come to the dis! your all fantastic people!!!

 

[Chicago Mo]

I forgot to mention something important on the last update. The reason i posted a picture of my legs.. Did you notice how swollen they are? I'm talking tree stump swollen! This comes into play more later! I will post more pictures of them as time goes on... Lucky YOU!

I left off having to leave the wonderful BIG BLUE to get ready for our ADR then it's PARTY TIME!!!

For the longest time i was trying to come up with something fun for MICKEY'S NOT SO SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY!
The only thing i could come up with was the original Mickey Mouse Club. Black shorts tee shirts and hats. Easy peasy right?
YEah go and TRY to find the type of shirts they have. Not so easy.

Never fear because TESS STRUCK AGAIN! Once again Tess to the rescue! and made these AMAZING shirts for the boys and me:




ALL centering around that BEAUTIFUL BELLE DRESS!!! That is what we did... well except one person.. you will see that soon enough

Back to the room to change and get ready for the ADR of the day. One of our favorites and something Tom will NEVER ever give up...... ever.

Our very yellow crew!!!






checking the time: guess who is LATE AGAIN???
I swear to you i have no idea what is going on this trip as i am NEVER late for anything. this trip? We were on the constant RUN to make things on time!!! Our ressie was for 5:00

Where were we headed?


Yep. Back to O'hana!!! We made it here at 4:57... Nothing like cutting it close.
we checked in got out handy dandy thing that lights up and went to take some pictures while waiting.
Why is it i am busting my ya know what to get somewhere on time just to wait?
This my friends is my BELOVED Poly:


I wept:



It still smells like the Poly but that is about it. Nothing is the same. the CM's aren't even their happiest. You can see them trying to be the CM they need to be, but the shape the poly is in is hard to keep a real happy face on!

Before long we were seated in the back behind the cooking station. I was able to see this:


ohhh such beauty!!!

Our cousin introduced himself then pretty much never saw him again. The manager did come up later in the meal and asked if everyone was having a wonderful time, I had to mention we haven't seen our cousin but the Cm's bringing food were EXCEPTIONAL wonderful cousins. we then saw "cousin" leaving the restaurant... we had a new one. who was FANTASTIC! left him a good tip!
the good times started to roll:


















for some reason they did NOT to the dancing!!! No limbo, no teaching the hula.. None of it! odd.

No big deal we have done it every trip and we were there for the Num-a-nomics


New new salad roll things:

DELISH!!!
I watched myself NOT to go bezerk on food we did have a LOOONG night ahead of ourselves! I excused myself as i knew dessert was coming and i cannot eat it (allergic to eggs) so i went in search of a DSA which i found easily enough out front and enjoyed the little bit of Poly NOT under construction and the music:




more lovely clouds:


Back in to settle the bill and start the PARTY!
Hidden mickey thing.





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[cajunfan]

Animal Kingdon Suite at AofA...yep, I am fired! Where the heck was my brain!

Anyhoo...

thanks for the information about the suite. I normally sleep in a recliner (breathe better that way) and was hoping the grub chair would work for that...sounds like my rear may be a little too Pooh sized for that.

I LOVE O'Hana's for dinner. I could make a meal out of their pot stickers (dumplings) and what used to be the salad....wait they changed the salad??????!!!!! The two of us driving to WDW will be dining there the night we arrive, as no one else will be coming in until the next day...their loss.

Can't wait to hear more!

Lynn

 

[Chicago Mo]

Before we left there was a PP!


Which one of us doesn't belong?!?!

THIS ONE! someone in the heat of packing hours before we were due to leave FORGOT MY PRECIOUS PHOTOGRAPHER SHIRT!
I felt like an utter ***.

It was time to jump on the Monorail and head on over for some BOO TO YOU FUN!

we were at the main gate lickity split bags checked and INTO the Magic park we went!


Skipping and singing along with the AWESOME music! Trying to get in was a little tough. i didn't bring out my camera yet. the streets were busy with the Cm's escorting the non-party goers out while we were swimming Upstream trying to get in. right by the emporium we switched to the street - i counted heads.

No Matt.


I got about 3 feet away from him. turned around screaming his name and he was still on the sidewalk! crying.
My poor baby!!! lot's of hugs and my heart started to beat again, reassured i would NEVER leave one behind he was ok
Together again we fought our way up and to the left. ADVENTURELAND HERE WE COME!


FLYING CARPETS!



RAIN RAIN GO THE __________ AWAY ALREADY





we LOVE these fun rides!!!




after flying the whole new world. we stopped at our first candy stop in the TIKI TIKI ROOM! WOW do they fill er up!!! and with GOOD STUFF!!! Snickers kit kats, ya know the stuff Mom's love!

Next:
























I AM happy about getting a good picture of the dog finally!!!


Not perfect but i'm happy



Then he shied away from the camera



The man himself!!!


Next post.. Picture OVERLOAD!



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[Chicago Mo]

Animal Kingdon Suite at AofA...yep, I am fired! Where the heck was my brain!

Yes... your fired. WTG...

Anyhoo...

thanks for the information about the suite. I normally sleep in a recliner (breathe better that way) and was hoping the grub chair would work for that...sounds like my rear may be a little too Pooh sized for that.

Nooooo not big enough to sleep in.. it's the size for a 7 year old...

I LOVE O'Hana's for dinner. I could make a meal out of their pot stickers (dumplings) and what used to be the salad....wait they changed the salad??????!!!!! The two of us driving to WDW will be dining there the night we arrive, as no one else will be coming in until the next day...their loss.
Can't wait to hear more!
Lynn

O'hana is amazing. LOVE the food. when you go please post pictures of the resort?!?!

They got rid of something i forgot what.. and added this leaf roll thing.. I will say it is AMAZING. you take the stuff ont eh leafe roll the leaf and ENJOY!

and no more chicken wrapped in bacon!!! BOOOOOOOOOO

OK let me go a updating again!

 

[annegirl]

This picture is AMAZING
Seriously. Amazing.

Ah. Dang it. Sorry you forgot your shirt. That's frustrating.
I LOVED 'Ohana. Your pictures made me really wish I had some of those pot stickers right now.
The kids look adorable as usual.