We Strapped Sea Turtles to Our Feet! A Summer of Sea & Shore - 11/13 x3 FINISHED!!!!!

[MeMom]

Jackie can help eat the Mickey bars, but I'll have some of the ice cream in a cup, please.

Such fun pictures. You should make a collage frame of them having fun in the water and sand and eating their yummies. What sweet times! They make me smile, and I wasn't there, nor do those boys even belong to me, so I can imagine how you feel when you look at them.

 

[gallmcduck]

Pool and beach times are always fun, your pics really present a story of your boys having a great time

Vero looks so relaxing.

 

[jeremysdisneymom]

Such great photos of Vero. I didn't realize it had so much to offer!

The tunnel photos are too cute! Disney never stops with details.

Hope you have a great time this week! You all are going to have so much fun.

 

[Happydog]

Well Hello my DIS friends!!! We are home! We made it! Well, I am home, and I made it -- that would be more accurate

I had a lovely time and had a great travel pal this trip in Soonergirl (Michelle). Met some other great DISers and caught up with those I hadn't seen in a while!!

NOW, as you can see I still have a little to post on the summer trip, so everyone pretty much decided that Michelle would get the new TR up and running... So before that one gets rolling I have to finish my summer TR! We have much to talk about and I have lots to share with regards to our girls fun trip!

Also, as you can see in my ticker, my cruise over Thanksgiving is coming up FAST!!!

SO I hope to finish this TR by the end of the weekend!!! Wish me luch!

 

[MEK]

Welcome Back!!!! It sounds like you all had a wonderful time and I can't wait to read about it and read the end of your TR before you go away AGAIN!!!!!

 

[MeMom]

Coming back to immediately working on my next formal evaluation and heading up things for the second grade's part in our Math Night at school is going to make it hard for me to get DIS time to continue on our summer trip report, too. When I get that one finished, I'll start on this October trip report, but I think I will be able to do that one pretty quickly. Having full charge of a five year old, having to direct my friend and her granddaughter around to where they needed/wanted to be, and having only five days made for only about a thousand pictures. At least a hundred of those will be too fuzzy to show, so I don't think that report will be too hard to knock out in a decent time.

You guys looked great in your costumes. I look forward to seeing your pictures of party night. When we left you guys, we went over to Polynesian and ate grilled cheese sandwiches on the lanai. After that, we went down to the beach to watch the EWP. We wanted to stay for Hallowishes, but we needed to get on back to Pop for some sleep before we opened Magic Kingdom the next morning after you guys were through partying in it. We wimped out on monorailing back to MK and taking the bus back and got a cab instead. It was worth the money.

Now it's back to reality until next time - whenever that is for each of us. Thanksgiving for some, early December for others, Christmas Day for us.

I am so glad all of us got to take this October trip for all of the different reasons we did. I'm glad you got to build new DIS relationships and meet others briefly. I'm glad we were all able to get away from the stresses of work to immerse ourselves in Disney happiness for a few days.

 

[Happydog]

I love the series of pictures of your DS on the slide! Such great shots!

Thanks! I just tried to get a few! He went up and down that slide a lot!

Jackie can help eat the Mickey bars, but I'll have some of the ice cream in a cup, please.

Such fun pictures. You should make a collage frame of them having fun in the water and sand and eating their yummies. What sweet times! They make me smile, and I wasn't there, nor do those boys even belong to me, so I can imagine how you feel when you look at them.

Plenty of ice cream to go around!

They make me smile too, they love playing in the waves! I have some great prints from this vacation and I do like to frame many!! Growing up so fast!!!

Pool and beach times are always fun, your pics really present a story of your boys having a great time

Vero looks so relaxing.

It really is relaxing, yes, and there was plenty to do daily. But sometimes that meant not doing anything!!

Such great photos of Vero. I didn't realize it had so much to offer!

The tunnel photos are too cute! Disney never stops with details.

Hope you have a great time this week! You all are going to have so much fun.

You know it really is special to see all the details, I agree. Just a few make such a difference! You really feel the Disney magic when you least expect it!

We DID have a great time!!

Welcome Back!!!! It sounds like you all had a wonderful time and I can't wait to read about it and read the end of your TR before you go away AGAIN!!!!!

We did have a great time, and I suspect that TR will get started shortly!!! THIS TR will be done soon, too!!! NOT to worry!

Coming back to immediately working on my next formal evaluation and heading up things for the second grade's part in our Math Night at school is going to make it hard for me to get DIS time to continue on our summer trip report, too. When I get that one finished, I'll start on this October trip report, but I think I will be able to do that one pretty quickly. Having full charge of a five year old, having to direct my friend and her granddaughter around to where they needed/wanted to be, and having only five days made for only about a thousand pictures. At least a hundred of those will be too fuzzy to show, so I don't think that report will be too hard to knock out in a decent time.

Oh I hear you! I had a few meetings and then Friday was a school work day, so fortunately I had the time free to recover !!! I didn't take as many photos as I usually do, I think b/c Michelle was, and had taken some great ones!!! five days but is was jam packed with fun and we had a wonderful tiime!!!

You guys looked great in your costumes. I look forward to seeing your pictures of party night. When we left you guys, we went over to Polynesian and ate grilled cheese sandwiches on the lanai. After that, we went down to the beach to watch the EWP. We wanted to stay for Hallowishes, but we needed to get on back to Pop for some sleep before we opened Magic Kingdom the next morning after you guys were through partying in it. We wimped out on monorailing back to MK and taking the bus back and got a cab instead. It was worth the money.

Well, you had great fun, too, it sounds! WE sure did. And I loved the chance to meet you!!!! It was so nice to put faces with names for real.

Now it's back to reality until next time - whenever that is for each of us. Thanksgiving for some, early December for others, Christmas Day for us.

I am so glad all of us got to take this October trip for all of the different reasons we did. I'm glad you got to build new DIS relationships and meet others briefly. I'm glad we were all able to get away from the stresses of work to immerse ourselves in Disney happiness for a few days.

Christmas. What a great Christmas day gift!!! The cruise will be fun, I am looking forward to it for certain, but really looking forward to going back to WDW!!!

I agree that it was a special fun event, and I think it is a wonderful way to remove yourself from all the normal day to day. I sure can't wait to go back!!!

 

[Charleston Princess]

Welcome home! Definitely wishing you luck on finishing your TR this weekend so I have some good reading material!

 

[Happydog]

So, as I mentioned I had some more beach shots of DH and the boys... Here they are splish splashing in the ocean. DS6 wanted to wear DH's flippers... so here he is trying to use them... they were a wee bit big!!! I hope we can go snorkling on this next cruise! I have a few more, that are on my phone, so I will down load them and share them at the end...

When we bought the tickets for NASA, we were told that they could be used for two entries within 4 days. We were excited by that because we figured we would be looking for something to do in the even the weather wasn't perfect, and sure enough, we were able to get back over there when the weather was a little less than perfect. It rained some that day, but we still had a great time being there! Here are some of those photos...

It was a very rainy morning, but warm, so it wasn't too hard to tolerate the rain. The boys were captivated by this feature in the complex, the ball had water running over it and you could push it... there is one like this (smaller) in WDW... Tomorrowland.

In the IMAX movie theater! For the second movie. The one inside the International Space Station and the shuttle launch. VERY cool!!

COMING next.... Final photos of Vero before we head to WDW!

 

[Happydog]

Welcome home! Definitely wishing you luck on finishing your TR this weekend so I have some good reading material!

Well.... here is the first post!!! Couple more coming up!!! I leave on that cruise ship in 26 days!!! I have to start my PTR with 25 days to spare, right??!!

 

[eandesmom]

welcome home! Glad you had such a wonderful trip.

How wonderful you could get back over to NASA, I think we will be definitely doing that! Love the launch tower pics.

 

[wigdoutdismom]

OK, HD, I've made some adjustments to our June trip. We need to leave for Disney later than the plans were originally set. No parks to start, straight to the boat. So we will be at Beach Club from the 27th until July 1st after our Jambo stay. The cruise and Vero are remaining the same as planned!

 

[MEK]

I loved the imax about the international space station. I was amazed - so much I didn't know or never took the time to know. Glad you got to revisit KSC.

for Disney World!

 

[Happydog]

OK, HD, I've made some adjustments to our June trip. We need to leave for Disney later than the plans were originally set. No parks to start, straight to the boat. So we will be at Beach Club from the 27th until July 1st after our Jambo stay. The cruise and Vero are remaining the same as planned!

Oh YAY! How exciting!!! Almost as exciting as all your other news....

YAY!!!! Well, now we just need to get JACKIE to join us... You won't see Matt, but the boys and I will be there!!! And we will NOT be at the BC, so I hope we can come crash your pool!!! LOL!!!!

 

[Happydog]

welcome home! Glad you had such a wonderful trip.

How wonderful you could get back over to NASA, I think we will be definitely doing that! Love the launch tower pics.

I loved the imax about the international space station. I was amazed - so much I didn't know or never took the time to know. Glad you got to revisit KSC.

for Disney World!

YEP!!! I returned!!! We had a wonderful time, so fun spending time with Disney friends. I will say the Space Center was WAY cool. For my kids, it was really a no-brainer to go. They loved it. I wanted that photo of them in front of the final shuttle b/c of course that was the last one!!! And though it was raining and the shuttle was covered up, I know I will be able to share that in a few decades... I have one closer up, but they are not smiling very well!!! So that will just go in a scrap book!!!

There is really a great deal of information and interesting facts there. the rocket garden was TOOO cool!!! My camera didn't come out much then, b/c the weather was a bit troubling, but regardless, it was great to walk amidst those giants!!!

I have to keep getting my house in order, and I WILL be back soon!!! Tonight!!! While we watch

NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Oh YAY! How exciting!!! Almost as exciting as all your other news....

YAY!!!! Well, now we just need to get JACKIE to join us... You won't see Matt, but the boys and I will be there!!! And we will NOT be at the BC, so I hope we can come crash your pool!!! LOL!!!!

I thought you were going to be at the BC!!! Yes you must come over and join us at the pool! I know exactly what we will be drinking!

 

[Happydog]

I thought you were going to be at the BC!!! Yes you must come over and join us at the pool! I know exactly what we will be drinking!

Oh BOY!!! Well, we are going to do a one bedroom for the time Matt is there. Which means for the time the boys are I are solo, we will have to get a room... either way with an AP discount, or, I'll see if there are any packages at that time.... probably wont be, but it might be cheaper if they have a package for "kids play free" or something like that, so I can get their tickets, and then only get the adult ticket (whatever the minimum is) And Matt can have that.

SO, if we can get Beach Club we'll try, but it would be from July 3rd - July 8th! I am also thinking I would like to try a different 1 bedroom, so we can see it. We haven't had a 1 bedroom other than at the BC...so we'll see!!! Can't book before 7 mos window!

Yep!! Tangerine Dreams!!!!

 

[wigdoutdismom]

Do you have dates yet?

 

[Happydog]

Final night at Vero!!!

Well, technically final beach photos of Vero I finally saved off of my phone!!! Some random OTHER beach day photos!!! It all blurred together anyhow!!!! LOL!

NOT Quite the cruise ship but I will take it!!

Flipper boy saves the world... or a turtle, I dunno.

More sea and surf!

All cleaned up and ready for dinner!!!!

The really liked these rockers... ALMOST as much as they liked the sign to all over Disney...

As you can see.... we came past it several times... and each time they wanted to share the mileage to various locations they knew!!!!

OKAY, back to dinner. WAITING for dinner...

Coloring DURING dinner... I won't show you what he did to his cupcake. I wont tell you what I did to my TWO red velvet cupcakes

And, after a nice meal, and a nice stroll around the resort, we headed back up to our room to get packed up! I do want to share ONE final photo...

These are the Cruise Pirate night glasses that we got on the ship! We used them nightly...

As you can see ...

MORE COMING UP!!! OFF to the Fort!!! One night Camping stop followed by a BLIZZARD beach and an Animal Kingdom stay!!!!

 

[MEK]

More great Vero pictures. I know I have said this a million times, but I love that place.

Glad to see your new pirate glasses got a good workout!