Your TR is so fun! I am loving it!
Thanks for reading!!! Thanks for the compliment on my hair!!!! I needed that!!
Hi TXBelle!!... I'm a fellow Texan (SA) and former Abilene-ian... My girls' dad is a Hardin Simmons alum and I'm a McMurry Univ. ex (cheerleader)...
Just wanted to say hello and look forward to reading about your trip!
gina
Many moon's agooo. Just for a year.
Dev had a great time! She looked so beautiful (of course, I'm biased though!)They did the after prom IHOP run and then went to a friends and played video games. Not quite what I envisioned but hey, at least they were safe and had fun! Devyn's date was a friend of hers as well. Much to mom's dismay.. he's such a nice kid. Oh well!
The girls looked like they had such a good time. I just love the color of Rae's dress! So so pretty!
Here's a couple:
Did you say you crossed a 20 mile bridge/tunnel? Curious about that as I live about three hours for the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and have always had a fascination with bridges.
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Still so hard to believe they are so grown up now! It goes by way way too fast!
Was looking for a new TR to sub to and picked yours. I just read the whole thing and I have to say that you are off to a great start.
Your daughter and niece are adorable.
Very exciting that you are actually moving to Orlando. Have you firmed up you house purchasing plans?
Is there a reason your daughter is picking VCC over the University of Central Orlando? I only ask because I have college age sons (one is a freshman now and the other will be a senior next year) and I feel like I'm over my head with college decisions. I think the hospitality industry is certainly a great field to get into. I wish your daughter much success.
I thought I would die when they cancelled your hotel reservation. Never occurred to me that they actually run the credit the morning of the reservation. Good to know. Your upgraded hotel is really lovely. What an amazing bargain and makes perfect sense for a trip that is only part Disney.
Do all the high schools in Texas really have off the same week for spring break? It's pretty varied here in the NE.
I have never been to any of the states you drove through, so I enjoyed your drive, but not the traffic stops.
That cancellation of our reservations was one of the reasons I decided to post about them cancelling my reservation; because I too, didn't have any idea that they ran your credit card earlier in the day. That is so stupid... 
Makes me excited about my future with my two girlies!! Thanks for posting the pictures!! (and you Desiree!!!)
Oh my goodness, your daughter is absolutely gorgeous!!! What a handsome young man too. They are such a cute couple!!! This is such a fun time right now.
This weekend is several parties for Rae.
Next weekend is Dance Recital and a Big Senior's 50 Party that we are part of the hostess group.
The next weekend is Baccalaureate and 2 parties.
Then Memorial weekend is Graduation!!!!
Oh my land time flies by so fast...
What's Devyn's plans?
Thanks for sharing your pictures!!
Carolyn
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We haven't made any house buying plans yet. We plan on renting for the first year and then once we get a feel of Orlando well know what to do.
The 20 mile bridge is a bridge over the swamps of Louisiana, It's really cool, but it is 2 lane with speed limit of 55. No Fun!!! When I was really young I went up to DC and New York and Nigra Falls, but again, I was 3, 5 and 7... I don't remember any of it, so I have no idea about going through the Chesapeake Bay bridge... or any other bridges at that. But I will say these bridges were fabulous!!
I love the prom pics!!!
I missed out on TOT last trip. Something to look forward in the future though!!!
The reason we are choosing VCC is because of out of state tuition, UoCF is really expensive for out of state students... Also, the program that she wants to go into VCC has the pre requisites for the program and if you graduate from VCC with an associates degree, they will automatically grandfather you into the Rosan School of Hospitality.
So that's our plan to attend VCC and hopefully grandfather into the School. Thanks!
ahh - the old "out of state" tuition -should have known. Since I live in a small state with really only one school worth attending, I know the out of state tuition dilemma all too well.
How wonderful that VCC has that relationship with the Rosan School of Hospitality. Very interesting.
That bridge does sound very cool. One of these days I would really like to take a road trip to Louisiana. I'm not big on long drives but once both of my boys are in school I have a bucket list of places in the US I want to visit.
I'm sure you didn't go across the CBBT because it is about as East as you can get and connects this lonely area called the Delmarva peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) to Virginia beach and Norfolk. There is a huge naval base there.
Looking forward to more!
Thanks for reading my Trip Report... It's been fun to relive the trip...
TexasBelle
Carolyn
I love the prom pics!!!
I missed out on TOT last trip. Something to look forward in the future though!!!
yes it really does! And thank you!!
oh my goodness, it has been so busy around here. We had the senior mother/daughter mass at dd's high school yesterday. It was wonderful but at the same time it really hit me that this is really happening! Her last full day of school was thursday and exams are monday - thursday of next week. Then the following friday is graduation, house party on saturday and by sunday we are off to florida for a family visit and wdw!
oh my lands... Your nearly done.Tell her good luck onher exams... So Mother's Day Sunday your florida bound!!
she has enrolled in baton rouge community college and she will be going into the entertainment technology program. She was really involved in drama and stage managing in high school and since the film industry is booming in louisiana now, that is what she is hoping to get into!
I hope she does really well with it or maybe she will want to work for Disney behind the scene's...
Rae's been in lots of musical and Theatre shows. She was in HairSpray last year and this summer she's going to be in Legally Blonde. I can't wait.
That does sound like a great plan. I know a couple of years ago you could get houses in orlando really really cheap because of the housing market. I'm not sure if that still holds true today. I remember seeing a thread a while back that $300k homes were going for like $100k. Sure wish we would have had the disposable income to take advantage of that!!!
I really loved all the townhomes I saw... I'm thinking for right now that would be the best choice...
Oh the atchafalaya bridge really is a nice bridge except when you've sat on it for 2 hours in traffic
I'm so glad that we didnt get stuck on that bridge... That would have been so crazy
Thank you
ahh - the old "out of state" tuition -should have known. Since I live in a small state with really only one school worth attending, I know the out of state tuition dilemma all too well.
How wonderful that VCC has that relationship with the Rosan School of Hospitality. Very interesting.
We think that VCC is our best choice... The young lady that checked us in at our resort, did the same thing that Rae wants to do. She started at VCC and then Grandfathered into the Rosen SoH.. We spoke to her the next day and she gave Rae all kinds of great information on both school. She was more helpful then our tour of the school!!!
That bridge does sound very cool. One of these days I would really like to take a road trip to Louisiana. I'm not big on long drives but once both of my boys are in school I have a bucket list of places in the US I want to visit.
I love the long drives.. We have so much fun together.. I also love seeing the country!!! It's so beautiful..
I'm sure you didn't go across the CBBT because it is about as East as you can get and connects this lonely area called the Delmarva peninsula (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) to Virginia beach and Norfolk. There is a huge naval base there.
Yeah, I don't remember anything about those trips... That's one of my bucket list things I want to do... Travel up the East Coast...
Looking forward to more!
Working on my next post...
More Hollywood Studio's!!!
TexasBelle
Carolyn
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