jonslola
Mouseketeer
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Episode 1 : We're gonna do what?!?Well, I guess I'll start at the begining:
v1. In the begining Walt created the Magic Kingdom and the monorail
v2. And Walt said, "Let there be magic" and there was magic
v3. And Walt saw the magic, that it was good, so he built another park.....
Ok, maybe not THAT far back, just back to October 2006. That was our first family vacation to WDW. I had been once before in 1996 (when I fell in love with Disney
), but we had no children then, so we were thrilled to take our kids. The trip went pretty well, except that DH had pneumonia 
(we didn't know) and felt bad all week. But we still had a nice time.
The kids of course asked then, "Can we go back again next year?" to which my DH and I replied, "No, Disney is expensive, so maybe we can go every other year." And we really did mean it, so we set our sights on 2008.
New Years 2007 rolled around and I began thinking of the upoming year, then tragedy struck. BOTH of my husband's grandparents passed away within 2 weeks of each other.
His grandfather was also our pastor, so it was a big hit to our family and our church family. Needless to say we were pretty low. I then had the thought that we needed something fun to look foward to. It just so happens that both DH and I turn the big 3-0 this year, so I started looking into a trip to Las Vegas to celebrate. 
I got on line and checked prices.
What happened to all these "cheap" Vegas trips H hear about? I couldn't believe how much one weekend was going to cost, yuck!
I talked to my DH about it, and could not believe what he said about it. Ok, are you ready for this? He said,"I'd rather spend a little more and take the kids back to Disney."
Ok, I was a little light headed and there were butterflies in my stomach. I was waiting for the "But we really can't do that anyway" to come, but it DIDN'T. So I said we should look into it and before I knew it, my DH was online writing down options and prices. WOW
He was really excited about going! He even said he wanted to fly down(we drove the 16 hours down last year, ugh) At this point I realize my hubby is a closet Disney Fanatic. I also know he wants to go back since he was so sick last year and didn't enjoy it like he wanted. So, its off to Disney!Next Episode: Who's going? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
Mommy, Absent-minded Sunday School teacher(just ask my students), Lunch Lady(I love my job, really), Lover of parenthesis(get used to 'em), OCD Diser, OCD list maker, OCD planner, did I mention I'm slightly obsessive? But all in all I'm pretty laid back (as long as my plans are going well).
We'll call him "Red", for obvious reasons, never met a stranger, total gamer, loud, outgoing, loves to laugh, and thinks I'm the next best thing to carmel topping!
Let's call him "Ace" (I love this making up new names thing!) Highly intelligent, gamer, loves to read(he actually got in trouble for reading too much at SCHOOL, honest he did), smart, quiet but very funny, sarcastic (couldn't imagine where he got that) loves all the technological aspects of WDW, did I mention he's super smart?, Will someday be a Disney Imagineer.
We have to call him "Bean" since that's his nickname anyway, loves to cook, loves to eat (vegetables and salad are his fav, he's a strange one, I know), football player, TERRIBLE temper, dislikes video games (because of the temper), sweet,cuddly and cute (I already have little girls calling the house). He will grow up to be a chef at a WDW restaurant. (He really does want to go to culinary school)
We'll call her "Linkle Dinkle", OK, no, she HATES when I call her that, we'll call her "Cindy" short for her favorite princess, Cinderella, Loves to cuddle, very prissy, girlie girl, very smart too, (her reading scores are almost as high as Ace's), odd sense of humor, she's the kind of person with really high intelligence, but walks into poles and says "blonde" things sometimes like wanting to be a fire truck when she grows up, (ok sweetie). We think she will either grow up to get the job being Dopey or she'll OWN WDW.
The joke in our family is "We Travel in Packs". Its never just DH, I and the kids when we go out to eat. The in-laws are there, the cousins are there, the friends from church are there, the friends' friends are there, well, you get the picture. Our outings grow faster than a Chia Pet!
So our trip grew from 5 to 19. Yes, that's not a typo, 19.
Looking forward to more.
No mention of seeing her favorite princess, no mention of rides, no mention of swimming. Nope she's excited about drinking orange juice.
I may have a couple of additions coming up soon, I'll let you know,when I know for sure).
Believe it or not, it wasn't THAT bad. The kids each had their own DVD player, Nintendo DS, snacks, Disney CD's, and an "Activity Bag". I would pull a surprise out every 2-3 hours so they would have something new to do or munch on. Sure, we could drive again, but honestly I'm afraid our van, with over 100,000, might not make it. So DH and I decided to fly, Group 1 (outlaws) wants to fly too. Group 2 (cousin set 1) also want to fly, Ok, they're in. Group 3 (cousin set2)- Uh, well, I'll give ya a hint, it also answers the next question, "Where are we staying?" Think you know? Gotta guess? You're probably right!
we decided on POP Century! Well, at least MOST of us are staying at POP. Remember how I mentioned Group 3 had different transportation? Well, if you guessed an RV, you win and all-expense paid vacation for your family at the deluxe resort of your choosing for 2 weeks with park hopper plus passes and that more expensive 
and could you imagine how much gas is going to cost?
and insists on doing the RV.
I also picked up a cute shirt for 4.99, its light blue with a classic Minnie Mouse on it and it says, "America's Sweetheart since 1928". I know, I know I'm supposed to be saving money. But it was only 4.99 and I really need t-shirts! Really , I do!
