Our very magical, very first trip to Disney World

[wlwilliams9]

It's such a bummer that Manny got sick on your vacation. I'm glad Emily's headache came and went.

I'm so happy you and your family had such a wonderful first of MANY Disney vacations!

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Awesome updates! Epcot is our favorite park...I'm so glad you all enjoyed it as well! I see Emily got a marionette....my kids LOVE those too! We saw them in 2007 and didn't buy one, but all they talked about for the next two years was buying a marionette in China! They did! We came home with 2!

Cool Dumbo photos! That's a great perspective of the castle.

You saw a LOT of characters! I LOVE THAT! I felt like we saw more on our 2007 trip than on this one. We've never met the Fairy Godmother....but of course I don't think I could get my boys to wait in line for her!

Nice face painting! It's very pretty....love the colors.

Sorry to hear there was some sickness affecting your family. That's a hard one, but I'm glad the rest of you could still enjoy your time. I hope they feel better soon and can get back to the business of vacation!

Looking forward to more!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Love your TR and pictures.

Thanks

I am enjoying your TR so much and I love the picture of the girls as they spotted Ariel...and Anthony int he convertable....

I hope Emily is feeling better....and soo sorry Manny was ill..

Can't wait to read more...

Yes, those are some of my favorite pics as well.

By the way my son's birthday is July 3rd......just got a special kick out of seeing that you guys will be getting married that day...

Oh, that's cool!!!

It's such a bummer that Manny got sick on your vacation. I'm glad Emily's headache came and went.

I'm so happy you and your family had such a wonderful first of MANY Disney vacations!

Yea, I was so glad Emily just had a headache and it wasn't the start of her getting sick.

Awesome updates! Epcot is our favorite park...I'm so glad you all enjoyed it as well! I see Emily got a marionette....my kids LOVE those too! We saw them in 2007 and didn't buy one, but all they talked about for the next two years was buying a marionette in China! They did! We came home with 2!

Cool Dumbo photos! That's a great perspective of the castle.

You saw a LOT of characters! I LOVE THAT! I felt like we saw more on our 2007 trip than on this one. We've never met the Fairy Godmother....but of course I don't think I could get my boys to wait in line for her!

Nice face painting! It's very pretty....love the colors.

Sorry to hear there was some sickness affecting your family. That's a hard one, but I'm glad the rest of you could still enjoy your time. I hope they feel better soon and can get back to the business of vacation!

Looking forward to more!

Thanks!! I was pretty pleased with the amount of characters we saw.

Fortunately Emily was fine for the rest of the trip, but Manny... This was only the beginning of him not feeling good. It only got worse for him.


So i'm doing a lot of wedding planning this week. Making phone calls and we're in between a few different places. We actually went to look at a place yesterday. Which I really want, but it is outside, which that is what I wanted, but if it rains........ Oh, i don't know?

There is another place which i'm going to call shortly that is outside, but has an inside option in case it rains!! That sounds good. We're going to check that one out.

 

[my2disneyboys]

Great update!! I love the pics... I am so sorry Manny got so sick... At least he will get another chance to see some stuff he may have missed on your Halloween Honeymoon!!

 

[thechesters420]

I love your trip report. Your kids look so completely happy to be there!! I love the shirts your girls were wearing in the last update, how did you do that?

 

[MagicShell]

Too bad you all couldn't make it to the MK together. I am glad Emily felt better soon. Your girls' shirts are so cute. And, they seemed to be really excited to see Ariel. I don't do Teacups. I can't take it.

 

[racefanof88]

Great update. You have such pretty girls. You have to let us know what was going on with Manny and Emily. I wonder if it was the same thing Amanda, Matt and Tyler had? hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

When you start finding wedding dresses I totally expect to see pics of them.
You have such an exciting year coming up.

 

[lisalonglash]

Anther wonderful update! As usual, all look like they're having the best time ever - I so enjoy your pictures! I don't do the teacups - nuh uh LOL

I'm so glad Emily felt better, but poor Manny I hope he was able to enjoy some more Disney time!

As someone else said, those shirts are fabulous - love them!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Great update!! I love the pics... I am so sorry Manny got so sick... At least he will get another chance to see some stuff he may have missed on your Halloween Honeymoon!!

Yea, I can tell he is looking forward to our next trip. He was pretty bummed he had to miss out on the last couple of days of our trip. I feel bad! I told him when we get there next year we'll do what he wants to do first to make up for this trip.

I love your trip report. Your kids look so completely happy to be there!! I love the shirts your girls were wearing in the last update, how did you do that?

I went to the "creative disigns" which is a forum here on the disboards. There are disers on there that have programs to make these designs, and I put in a request (many of them doing these designs take requests) and they posted it on the thread with the kids names on them, and from there I saved the design to my computer and then printed it out on transfer paper (gotta make sure you switch your printer to mirror image though) and then just ironed it onto a shirt.

Too bad you all couldn't make it to the MK together. I am glad Emily felt better soon. Your girls' shirts are so cute. And, they seemed to be really excited to see Ariel. I don't do Teacups. I can't take it.

Thanks, I was really impressed with the way the shirts came out too. And, after that ride, I don't do the teacups either LOL.

Great update. You have such pretty girls. You have to let us know what was going on with Manny and Emily. I wonder if it was the same thing Amanda, Matt and Tyler had? hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

When you start finding wedding dresses I totally expect to see pics of them.
You have such an exciting year coming up.

Oh, I will definitely send you pics of the dresses that i'm looking at. I'm so excited about dress shopping. I'm not sure what Manny had, it was flu like symptoms, I got it when we got home, but luckily the kids never got sick. Emily's headache was just a headache that night, thankfully.

Anther wonderful update! As usual, all look like they're having the best time ever - I so enjoy your pictures! I don't do the teacups - nuh uh LOL

I'm so glad Emily felt better, but poor Manny I hope he was able to enjoy some more Disney time!

As someone else said, those shirts are fabulous - love them!

Thanks for the shirt compliments, and like I said, after that ride, I don't do the tea cups any more either. Although, all they have to do is ask next year, and i'm sure i'd go back on. Same with EE!!!!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Figured i'd through a wedding update in!!!!! Seeing how this is what I was working on today.

Ok, so I think we found a place for the ceremony and reception. It's a really nice place where we will get married outside by a lake and the reception is inside (of course) overlooking the lake. We're going to look at it this weekend. It was very reasonably priced, so that was super exciting. I've been thinking about centerpieces and DJs today also. I just found out that my Mom knows someone who DJs, so we'll be checking on that this week I'm very happy with where we are right now with the planning.

We're going with the color of Tiffany blue, which is like an aqua blue!!! I'm so set on that color and very excited about it, every time I see it I get excited

I'm going back and forth from thinking about the wedding and our Disney Trip. This is wonderful

Oh, I want to change my ticker too. I wanted the Halloween one , cause we're all excited to be going around Halloween, but it's kind of eerie along with "we're getting Married" So it's gonna change.

I'll try to get the rest of our 2nd MK day up tomorrow.

 

[catherines_mama]

I haven't had time to update but YAY!!! Congrats on the wedding announcement! That is SO exciting. you HAVE to keep us posted on details! I have tons of updates for you too on mine.. but that's not what this is about.

Your EPCOT day and MK days look amazing! Gosh I love MK. Isn't Adventure land wonderful? Can't wait til ya'll make it to Frontierland - its so much fun!

Waiting ....

 

[MaryAz]

Great update, poor Manny-no fun being sick. Yay for finding a place for thw wedding!

 

[AmyBWV99]

Congrats on your wedding and honeymoon how much fun!

Our anniversary is July 4th too cool to have fireworks every year! It'll be our 11th, we've spent 4 of the last 5 anniversaries in WDW (was too preggo for 2007) it's a great way to spend it!

 

[floydfamily4]

I just read your report up to this point in one sitting!! I couldn't help it I was so enthralled. Your family is beautiful and I am so glad you all were having a magical trip. Congrats on the engagement - have fun - its also a very magical time in life!! Love the shirts and the details Thanks so much for sharing with us!!

 

[mickeystoontown]

Looks like your wedding plans are moving along smoothly. Wait, did I miss something? How did Anthony react when you guys told him the news?

 

[mommytothreeboys]

Looks like things are coming right along!

The place you found sounds nice..overlooking a lake, beautiful!

 

[3princesses+aprince]

I haven't had time to update but YAY!!! Congrats on the wedding announcement! That is SO exciting. you HAVE to keep us posted on details! I have tons of updates for you too on mine.. but that's not what this is about.

Thank you and i'll get over to your PTR, I promise, i've been so busy with everything since we got back, i've been trying so hard to keep up here, i don't want to keep everyone waiting.

Your EPCOT day and MK days look amazing! Gosh I love MK. Isn't Adventure land wonderful? Can't wait til ya'll make it to Frontierland - its so much fun!

Waiting ....

Yes, I loved Adventureland!!!

Great update, poor Manny-no fun being sick. Yay for finding a place for thw wedding!

I know, he is still bummed that he was sick and missed so much. And YAY is right for finding a wedding place, there were so many options, i was starting to get overwhelmed with that.

Congrats on your wedding and honeymoon how much fun!

Our anniversary is July 4th too cool to have fireworks every year! It'll be our 11th, we've spent 4 of the last 5 anniversaries in WDW (was too preggo for 2007) it's a great way to spend it!

THank you and thats cool that that's your anniversary also.

I just read your report up to this point in one sitting!! I couldn't help it I was so enthralled. Your family is beautiful and I am so glad you all were having a magical trip. Congrats on the engagement - have fun - its also a very magical time in life!! Love the shirts and the details Thanks so much for sharing with us!!

Aww, thanks and welcome to my TR

Looks like your wedding plans are moving along smoothly. Wait, did I miss something? How did Anthony react when you guys told him the news?

Yes, plans are moving right along, so glad!! And i'm sorry I forgot to post about Anthony's reaction. He was very excited, he "it's about time" Huh, 12 year old boys

Looks like things are coming right along!

The place you found sounds nice..overlooking a lake, beautiful!

I'm so excited about this place, we're going to see it this weekend, i'll post pics.


I'm working on getting more pics up again. I'll hurry I promise. Today we went to reserve sites at this big state park near our house for Emily and Lizzie's bday party. The sites we booked last year were already reserved. I waited too long this year. So, we got a list of available sites and a map and went driving through to check them all out and for being good sports we went to McDonalds after we chose our sites. It's on Sunday, June 28th. So i'll be working on that for the next few weeks. We're actually gonna run to the store right now for some fancy paper and tonight we're all gonna sit down and make up our invitations!! I wish I could invite all of my disfriends

 

[lisalonglash]

Ok, so I think we found a place for the ceremony and reception. It's a really nice place where we will get married outside by a lake and the reception is inside (of course) overlooking the lake. We're going to look at it this weekend. It was very reasonably priced, so that was super exciting. I've been thinking about centerpieces and DJs today also. I just found out that my Mom knows someone who DJs, so we'll be checking on that this week I'm very happy with where we are right now with the planning.

It sounds like a wonderful plan - outdoor weddings are so lovely

We're going with the color of Tiffany blue, which is like an aqua blue!!! I'm so set on that color and very excited about it, every time I see it I get excited

Perfect choice!

I'm going back and forth from thinking about the wedding and our Disney Trip. This is wonderful

It IS wonderful! Enjoy your planning!

I'll try to get the rest of our 2nd MK day up tomorrow.

Looking forward to it

 

[MagicShell]

Too bad you are not going to be getting paid for all the planning you have been doing lately. Sounds like a fun time. Enjoy it.

 

[3princesses+aprince]

Ok, lets finish up our 2nd day at the MK.

We left off with us coming back from the MK and taking a pool break. Emily was ready to go and feeling fine.

After we got out of the pool we changed and got ready to go back. We probably got to the bus stop at about 4pm.

Ahhhh, we got back to the Magic Kingdom and it was so nice to see the castle again.
I love this pic, Emily ran over and sat on Walt's lap. Everyone else followed, and Sam ended up banging her ear on Minnie's ear. Ouch

We went right into tomorrowland, this was the first time we saw this area. LOVED IT. Anthony really wanted to ride Tomorrowland Indy Speedway.

We stopped at Buzz Lightyear's space ranger spin because there was a 5 min wait. I loved this ride, I thought it was much better than Toy Story Mania. Anthony got some crazy high score. I forget what it was though.

The Pic with Zurg!!!

Soooooo when we came off of Buzz, we were met by rain!!! This is when the rain starts.
I'm not complaining , we had a great week with great weather. It started raining tonight and continued for the rest of this entire week. We left tuesday night.

So it was raining really hard, so we decided to RUN over to Cosmic Rays for dinner. It was really crowded, we ended up getting an outside table. It was covered, so we were fine.

Unfortunately Anthony did not get to ride the speedway, it was closed of course. So we decided to RUN to Toontown to go visit the Princesses. We only waited in line for about 15 minutes.

So after our visit with Royalty we shopped around, Emily bought a Silvermist fairy, and I bought...............PONCHOS. It did not look like the rain was letting up, so $40 later, we were ready to head out.

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