Hi Alan/Clark - I found your trip report and PTR a few days ago and I'm all caught up. What a great dad you are and you have a lovely family.
Reading your report reminded me that we watched "Vacation" shortly before we went to WDW for the second time. It was on TV the other night and we watched it again. I couldn't believe how risque it was and I was surprised by the language! I didn't remember that. I guess it's such a good movie that we can look past it. I remember we were all rolling on the floor laughing. It's so darn funny.
We went to WDW this past May too (May 3 - 17) and thought that it was very hot. It can get hot in the middle of summer where we live (central Canada), but we don't usually walk around all day in the heat. We (I) did suffer a bit, but tried to savour every moment. It's currently -30Celsius here with a windchill of -40! Yikes - it's cold. We've been looking at our Florida pictures today to help us feel warmer.
We're going again in March and then to the Gulf Coast for two weeks (we're retired) so I loved seeing your pictures of the coast. The creatures in the water looked scary, but really neat.
Keep up the good work with your trip report. I'm really enjoying it. By the way, I love your DW's wedding picture. She looks like a Southern Belle - absolutely beautiful.
Nora
Awww... you are so sweet to say that I am good Dad. I don't care if I am good at anything else, but I want to be a good Dad first and foremost. My children are the greatest joy in my life!
Yeah, we love those Vacation movies. There is so much truth in those little travel troubles that always seem to creep up. You save up your money and vacation time and then you want everything to be just perfect....but it doesn't always end up that way! I am so Clark Griswold it's not even funny!
Gosh, I can't even imagine that kind of cold weather! Living in Alabama, our coldest days are usually in the 20s Farenheit (and we only have those about 4 or 5 days a year.) Today, for example, the high was about 68 and rainy. The temps are suppose to drop some tonight into the low 40s or high 30s, then tomorrow's high will only be around 50 or so. (Farenheit)
I hope you all will enjoy the gulf coast as much as we do! I sincerely want to live there one day. I feel "home" there.....I don't know....there is just a feeling like it is where I belong.
Thanks very much for the comment about DW's picture! How she puts up with me I'll never know!
Hi Alan don't know how I missed your update !! The Christmas pix and traditions are great!!The kids decorate (well mainly the girls) each year with help fom DD!!The Ornaments on the tree are a mixture of special ones and just regular ones !! DD found one of her on a homemade ornament when she was 2 , It had sorta been MIA for awhile but it was really special to find it !!The biggest surprise for me was the Yorkshire Pudd. How is ma Southern Belle cooking a truly English dish!!My family loves them!!Many have asked for my recipr but I don't have one I just make them!!
I have no idea of amounts I just watched my mum for years and learnt how !! Well it's new year and still no calendar !!
DW had never made Yorkshire pudding, but we LOVE the Food Network and when she saw Alton Brown do it, she insisted that we should have it along with our prime rib. This begins a NEW TRADITION for the Renfroes! Woohoo! We both loved it. The kids even liked it.
Hopefully they'll have those May dates for us soon! Hope all is well with you.
I can't believe I've missed your updates either, and a fair few of them too!! I'm glad you had a good christmas, it looks fantastic, I must admit though it is very wierd seeing you eat prime rib and yorkshire puddings, in Britain we have turkey so to not have that on Christmas day is somewhat wierd... although I guess you go all out on Thanksgiving the same as we do on Christmas!!!
Happy New Year to you all, and a very very belated Happy Christmas!!!
I've fulfilled one of my resolutions already, to re-start my TR, which I have done now, swing by sometime if you get a chance! The links in my sig!!
Yeah, turkey is generally the Christmas Day tradition here in Alabama also. However, we have two big turkey dinners at Thanksgiving and another one with my extended family a couple of weeks before Christmas. I personally love a good turkey dinner, but I did enjoy the prime rib on Christmas night!
Hi Alan! I loved seeing all those Christmas pics- thanks for sharing them! We do the Christmas Eve new PJs, too- makes for nice photos on Christmas morning at our house.
And dinner looked yummy- I adore yorkshire pudding...yummmmmmm.
I have to say, Truman is adorable- I pulled DS11 over here to look at his pics and we were both all schmoopy over him.
Ellen
Hi Ellen!
You're right about the new PJs...it is nice to have pictures of them in their new digs on Christmas morning.
Truman is a schmoopy kind of dog, for sure! A true lap baby. His nickname is "shaggy dog." We call him Shaggy Dog or Trumey more than Truman! Believe it or not, he was a shelter dog and we adopted him. He is absolutely the PERFECT dog for our family.
Oh! And so glad you're all back to good health and congrats on the job!
Thanks! I feel about 95% now, and DW is about 80%.
Ha!Ha Ellen - I'm stalking you!
Happy New Year Renfroe Family!
Sorry I missed all of the holiday posts - crazy around here too. Glad to hear you and your wife are recovering though. That stinks to be sick over the holidays.
Your house looked gorgeous; and the kids are adorable as always. I had to laugh at your comment about your DS not thinking it's "cool" to wear official pjs. Lauren is the same way - it's bad enough I have to worry about buying her clothes that look cool to wear to school; but now she has to look cool to go to bed?
The food porn kills me - always looks so good in your posts. And I love Yorkshire Pudding - I make it too!
And - is that your wife's wedding photo behind the Christmas tree? It's so beautiful!
Hi Cammie!
Yeah, it was rough on both of us being sick through Christmas, but if I had to be sick this was definitely the best time for it to happen.....at least I had some time off to rest up and get better!
I know what you mean about the kids having to have "cool clothes." DS now wants American Eagle, Hollister, and Aeropostle everything.....now he's wanting some cologne!!
Oh God, what's next...shaving!
That Yorkshire Pudding was terrific! It was one of those dinners that is so pretty on the plate, I just had to take a picture!!! I saw a DISboard thread that is called, "You know you're addicted to DISboards when..." and my post was, "when you take pictures of your food, even when you're not on vacation!" DD now says, "Dad, can I eat my food now or do you need to take a picture of it first?"
Awww....she says to tell you "That's so sweet! Thank You!" Yep, that's her. Hard to believe, but it will be 14 years this year.
By the way, we are really enjoying YOUR trip report and pictures! You are truly blessed with two beautiful and sweet girls.
We have been taking it easy and just trying to get over all of this.
I love those movies!
