Our happy place & Dream Bday trip 3/29-4/9/11 UPDATE PG 44 - Final Day !!

[mommy2mrb]

thanks for our welcome back everyone!

got all the laundry washed & dryed...about half of everything is put away...more tomorrow! bed early tonight, back to school tomorrow for Megan and I have a dentist appt and errands to run....missing Disney so much, so hard to believe our trip is done...

 

[p00h4me]

Welcome home! Good to hear you and Megan had a wonderful trip! Can't wait to read all about it!

Gail

 

[lovethattink]

Welcome back! Looking forward to the TR!

 

[Kathy Z]

Welcome back home Lisa. I'm so glad that you and Megan had a wonderful trip. I'm also looking forward to your trip report to hear all about and see photos of your dream trip.

 

[jj0plin]

Welcome home! It was great meeting you both!!

 

[sheridee32]

welcome back sorry we missed getting to see you when we got here Morgan was sick and now is in the hospital with a Kidney infection. Glad you had a good time and look forward to reading your trip report

 

[mommy2mrb]

Welcome home! Good to hear you and Megan had a wonderful trip! Can't wait to read all about it!

Gail

Welcome back! Looking forward to the TR!

Welcome back home Lisa. I'm so glad that you and Megan had a wonderful trip. I'm also looking forward to your trip report to hear all about and see photos of your dream trip.

Thanks! hard getting up today and megan to school, but got it done!

Welcome home! It was great meeting you both!!

Thanks, we loved meeting you all too!

welcome back sorry we missed getting to see you when we got here Morgan was sick and now is in the hospital with a Kidney infection. Glad you had a good time and look forward to reading your trip report

I'm so sorry to hear about Morgan....I wondered if something had happend when you didn't call! hope she is feeling better!

 

[smileycrissy]

Lisa!!

Glad you guys are home safe and sound. I can't wait to read your TR and see all of your photos. Sorry for the late welcome back, I've been off the DIS for a few days.

I've been trying to figure out who Megan reminded me of the entire time we were together and it finally hit me - she looks like a young Drew Barrymore.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Here we go everyone!
Day one --

photo of our pretty nails

megan marking off her last day on the countdown calendar

the amazing pancake machine in the first class lounge

us waiting in the lounge

enjoying our breakfast on the plane

well day one started off great...got to the airport at 6:30am thanks to the Grandma Taxi....got in the special first class check-in with no problems or delays and at the first class lounge by 7:00!
enjoyed all the yummy food and Megan had fun making her pancakes!
left the lounge at 8:00 to walk to our gate, was to start loading at 8:20 and take off at 8:50....well at 8:20 the flight attendant made an annoucement that they were experiencing a system problem and would update us at 9:00.

at 9:00 they said the same annoucement, so everyone started asking questions...we then found out that at 3:00am the Alaskan Airlines transformer blew and no planes had taken off at all that morning...at no time during check in were we told that....every half hour they kept the same annoucement until finally at 11:30 we started boarding....at 12:30 we were still waiting to take off, they had never loaded the luggage before hand! we took off a few minutes later!

due to the delay our breakfast was a bit over cooked, but still tasty and there was a family traveling with two little girls, the baby fussed most of the trip so that was tough to listen too, felt really bad for her, all she wanted was to be put down!
did get to watch movies for free and enjoyed having the extra leg room and space! and they gave us all a voucher for an additional 1,000 miles for our frequent flyer miles!

we finally landed at MCO at 8:00pm...2 1/2 hours late...got our luggage and headed over to the rental cars....long line, very humid and cranky people, didn't make for a great experience....got our first pixie dust, got upgraded to a bit bigger car!
finally got out of the airport at 9:15! was beyond tired by then, was no way I could drive the 4 hours up to GA to see our friends....drove about 10 miles and found a hotel right before getting on the turnpike! crashed hard and had a decent night sleep!

even though we had a rough start to our trip, we weren't going to let it get us down!

stay tuned for our 5 hours in GA.....

 

[smileycrissy]

You just have to love airports and their delays.

When I went to visit my family in NY in December, the group next to us was having a fit with one of the customer service people. Apparently one stewardess had called out sick and they had no one to cover their spot so they could not fly the plane with only two stewardess'. Those poor people were being told they had to kill 6 hours in the airport before they could put them on another flight.

What pretty nails you guys had. Shame on me, I didn't even notice them.

I love the picture of the two of you waiting at the airport. You both look so cute.

 

[mommy2mrb]

You just have to love airports and their delays.

When I went to visit my family in NY in December, the group next to us was having a fit with one of the customer service people. Apparently one stewardess had called out sick and they had no one to cover their spot so they could not fly the plane with only two stewardess'. Those poor people were being told they had to kill 6 hours in the airport before they could put them on another flight.

What pretty nails you guys had. Shame on me, I didn't even notice them.

I love the picture of the two of you waiting at the airport. You both look so cute.

ah thanks, its tough taking a photo of yourself
your comment about Megan looking like a young Drew Barrymore is sweet! I do think she's pretty cute, even though I'm her mama

it was kind of funny, no one was complaining, just quiet...it was a bit strange not to hear anyone complaining about it! but I guess people were in vaca mode!

Megan's fingernail polish came off the second day of our trip at the beach playing in the sand wore it all off and since we had on our tennis shoes you wouldn't of seen our toes anyways

 

[jj0plin]

Yay!! You started too!! I am sorry your arrival in Orlando was delayed too! I can't wait to hear more!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Yay!! You started too!! I am sorry your arrival in Orlando was delayed too! I can't wait to hear more!

well I have to keep up with you

ordered my photopass CD today and in the process of uploading my photos to snapfish....after I got done editing them all, its only 337 pics that I took which really surprised me! and another 300 on photopass thanks to the extra photos I get from the WildAfricaTrek and Wanyama safari plus all the other stock photos from the parks!

EDIT --- okay, so I did take more photos, I guess I didn't highlight all the photos...will work on it tomorrow...heading to bed!

 

[jj0plin]

I think I took around 1500-2000 myself!! I ordered my photopass cd Sunday and got an email yesterday that it had been shipped!! I think there were around 150 (including the preloaded ones) on the disk. I have not uploaded any except the first day though!

 

[mommy2mrb]

I think I took around 1500-2000 myself!! I ordered my photopass cd Sunday and got an email yesterday that it had been shipped!! I think there were around 150 (including the preloaded ones) on the disk. I have not uploaded any except the first day though!

I got a couple cute one's of the kids...do you want me to send them to you?

 

[smileycrissy]

ah thanks, its tough taking a photo of yourself
your comment about Megan looking like a young Drew Barrymore is sweet! I do think she's pretty cute, even though I'm her mama

it was kind of funny, no one was complaining, just quiet...it was a bit strange not to hear anyone complaining about it! but I guess people were in vaca mode!

Megan's fingernail polish came off the second day of our trip at the beach playing in the sand wore it all off and since we had on our tennis shoes you wouldn't of seen our toes anyways

Well I agree, she's a pretty young lady and she's going to be beautiful. Tell her tomorrow I said 'HI!!!" Oh wait, you're on the west coast, she might still be up.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Well I agree, she's a pretty young lady and she's going to be beautiful. Tell her tomorrow I said 'HI!!!" Oh wait, you're on the west coast, she might still be up.

just tucked her in....told her you said Hi!!...she's said to tell you the same and send a too!

 

[VBAndrea]

Great start to your trip report (though sorry about the delay at the airport). I love your tootsies!

 

[blessedmom4]

Lisa, First PLEASE forgive my delay in saying welcome home!!!! It has been a tough week around here; however, I am eager to talk to you, I hope soon! I love the beginning of your TR, except I am so sorry for the delay and the crying baby. Of course you understand about the baby being miserable; it just makes for a long flight for everyone...especially the Mom (see, I DO have a heart). Megan looks so pretty and happy and your mani/pedis turned out great! I am happy you didn't try to make that long drive to Georgia when you arrived, that would heave been too much, what a day....the first class experience looks/sounds wonderful though!!

 

[mommy2mrb]

Great start to your trip report (though sorry about the delay at the airport). I love your tootsies!

thanks! yah, the delay sucked, but at least we got out...2 days later there were still people that hadn't gotten out, we were one of the lucky few!

Lisa, First PLEASE forgive my delay in saying welcome home!!!! It has been a tough week around here; however, I am eager to talk to you, I hope soon! I love the beginning of your TR, except I am so sorry for the delay and the crying baby. Of course you understand about the baby being miserable; it just makes for a long flight for everyone...especially the Mom (see, I DO have a heart). Megan looks so pretty and happy and your mani/pedis turned out great! I am happy you didn't try to make that long drive to Georgia when you arrived, that would heave been too much, what a day....the first class experience looks/sounds wonderful though!!

you do not have to apologize to me at all!
sorry your week has been so tough...just saw your update about the van wish I could make all the bad go away for you!
um, you have a HUGE HEART my friend, don't even doubt that! the way you keep going in spite of all that is going on the the kids and Pete is amazing and still support everyone else around you

I really felt bad for the baby, they kept shifting her back and forth between the parents and grandparents...she looked about 9 months old, she at least took a couple short naps, but didn't stay happy for too long!

There was no way I could of driven that night, even the next morning was tough, caffeine was my friend
We did enjoy the first class experience, could get used to that pretty quickly, but know my wallet couldn't