Dude!
Your breakfast from Roaring Fork looks so yummy, we should have gone there. I didn't even think about going for breakfast.
I love Soarin, it's wonderful and it sounds like you had a good ride. I am dying to know what that family won! Talk about anxiety thinking you may have won something!
Just a perfect reason to go back to the WL!
I SO wanted to follow them out the door while Joe was on Soarin'. I actually did wheel the stroller out and peered down the path to see if I could still see them, but I couldn't. I was hoping for something with balloons and all craziness.
Whoa... DUDE... how did we get to the last full day already? That totally stinks, man!
Well at least it looks like you made it a good one. Although your "up next" sounds a bit ominous.
Argh-- to be so close to a dream and yet so far. But on the other hand, Joe, H and DVC are pretty dreamy!!
I know! That last day just sneaks up on you, doesn't it?!
I would totally have to agree with you that Joe, Henry and DVC are very dreamy!!
Congrats on paying off the CC debt. We did that almost a year ago. We kept our Amex and Continental Card. Amex it monthly pay off and Continental is for those other charges and airfare for mileage since we fly out of a Continental hub.
Thank you! Doesn't it feel great?! Does your Amex card have cash back or anything on it? We were thinking there might be a card out there with better rewards than the Disney Visa, like cash back, so we might go that route instead eventually after we reserach into it.
Another great update! Wow, you came so close on the dream.
It was SO close! I wish I had seen them rewarding the prize - or any prize, even to see people get Dream Ears, or lanyards or anything would have been great!
Your last day already???!!!
Isn't Turtle Talk fun? I love that show - so cute!
I also love the picture of Henry looking into the fish tank, he's just adorable.
Yes, it's true, our last full day. Stinks!
Turtle Talk was GREAT. We will be doing that on a regular basis I think. I look forward to Henry being up there to ask a question sometime!
Thank you for the kind words about Henry.
I love those pictures!
Dude! I would totally have ridden Soarin', my all-time favorite ride, with you while Joe watched Henry.
And I would have happily ridden along with Joe while you watched little Henry dude, too!
I mean, you gotta have somebody to share that awesome ride with - somebody who knows what that very happy grin on your face really means as you come out of the clouds and look down on the water. Whoa!
What?
Me watch Henry while you guys ride together?
Well. Okay, I guess so.
It would only be right.
Dude.
Breakfast looks good!
Henry's face is so sweet watching the eel.
Thanks Dude for your help with Sorain'! I would totally love to ride with you sometime MeMom! And Joe would totally dig it too! Maybe someday when we have a big 'ol DIS meet and hit the bowling pin pool, we'll venture over to Epcot and all ride Soarin' too.
Ahhh, Soarin!
Wouldn't it be great if somebody could invent a home version of Soarin? So you could sit in your living room, put in the DVD and pretend you were really there? It would have to have the wind and smells and everything...probably not possible...but I can dream, right?
That would be AWESOME! We have a projector as a TV, so we've got the "big screen", we also have a couple box fans...now for some room sprays and a swing for a couch. Hmmmm....
Have you seen the two guys (brothers, I think) that did that in their backyard? It's on youtube. They used a glider/swing, had a son do the pilot introduction thing, moved the swing as the movie played, had fans blowing, etc. Try to find it on youtube. It's pretty cool to see how far they went. They had a whole long hallway with lights down the side as the entrance and everything!
THAT'S SO COOL!
Here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzMQAVWxpI
If you are uber nerdy like Joe and I - here is the behind the scenes on how they did Soarin' AND Illuminations in their backyard. Really cool stuff:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3At6o90KOI
And I'm very proud to say, these rockin' people are from Minnesota!
It took me a while to catch up - you have been really busy updating! And these have been great updates! I loved Henry's haircut and all the pictures of Wishes! Wishes is my favourite show at WDW and at the moment my plans are to see it three times during our January trip...
Also: a Happy New Year (even if it is already a few days old) and congratulations on your rapidly decreasing debt!
I'm really, really tryinig to get this TR done before we leave on the 20th - I
think I'll make it if I update a couple times a week, so I gotta keep up my pace.
I think Wishes is my favorite show at WDW too-it was beautiful. THREE TIMES! Wow, that will be fantastic! I hope to catch it once, and possibly twice!
Thank you-Happy New Year to you as well!!
.... it is pretty exciting to see another family win! We had about 4 close encounters but no dream BUT.... Disney is a dream so who can complain? 
I'll do that TR, then start a PTR for the December trip that we finally picked out the dates today!
You must be amazed that you'll be there so soon! How exciting! 
I'm so jealous and so excited for you to have bought DVC!! 
Looking forward to following the rest of your reports!!! Btw, your son is adorable and I love his new little haircut, isn't it so sad how much older they look when they get that first cut?!!
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I didnt want to mow it down in front of them and be rude, so I just held onto the beauty, its in little plastic container while we chatted with the family. I kept wanting to rip open the container and start shoveling it in, but didnt want to make a mess of myself in front of these strangers OR eat a really, really good sweet in front of their kids.
