We're Home From the Road!! 17 Days of Travel with Tons of Pics~COMPLETE!!

[luulu1999]

SO close now!!! I cant wait to hear about your trip!

 

[DizNee Luver]

SO close now!!! I cant wait to hear about your trip!

Can't wait!!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

3 Days!!



The twins with "Doggy" aka Pluto from our 2010 trip.

Finished up with the shopping for the trip. Found plug ins for the cigarette lighters in the van for everyone's devices and even found an adapter for Michayla's portable DVD player so she can watch her Mickey Mouse as we drive down the road. The other 3 kids have a dual DVD car players but they will be sitting in a different row. So now it's just getting things done around the house and we'll be out of here!!! Mike is putting in 10+ hr days which isn't helping get the yard dealt with....... but hopefully before we go, that can get mowed once more.

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

Yay!! Here's my new TR:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3300106

 

[DizNee Luver]

Yay!! Here's my new TR:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=3300106

I subscribed!!

 

[RI Disney Star]

Hi Laurie,

I finally finished reading your PTR. I've been off here for awhile. What an awesome trip you have planned. What memories you are making! WOW!

Have a great time. I'm looking forward to reading all about it.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Hi Laurie,

I finally finished reading your PTR. I've been off here for awhile. What an awesome trip you have planned. What memories you are making! WOW!

Have a great time. I'm looking forward to reading all about it.

Hi Beth....glad you found me!! I'm really looking forward to our trip....lots of new things to try and of course our beloved Disneyland!!

 

[WDWJonasGirl]

I subscribed!!

Thank you!! I love the itinerary.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Thank you!! I love the itinerary.

It's definitely a full itinerary.....but hopefully fun & we won't feel worn out. This trip is about fun and not doing EVERYTHING at every place we go. Just want the family to experience new things & then if we find a new favorite.....we can explore it more the next time.

 

[DizNee Luver]

2 Days!!



LOL.....we all look tired!! This was in 2012 at Minnie & Friends.

We worked on the outside of the house yesterday & today we'll do a thorough cleaning on the inside of the house. Have some paperwork to deal with at 3pm, pick up the rental van tomorrow afternoon and then it's just waiting for Thursday morning to load up the van and go!!! We'll leave after lunch on Thursday. We only have 3 hours in the van that day.

 

[tanyaegangibson]

So excited for you! Hope you love the Disney Family Museum as much as we did. Even though we live here in the Bay Area, we just visited it for the first time this weekend. There are so many cool interactive things to do, including controlling a Tiki Room audio-animatronic bird!

Hope to run into you at DLR, since some of our dates intersect! (We're there from the afternoon of 7/14 until lunch on 7/18.)

 

[DizNee Luver]

So excited for you! Hope you love the Disney Family Museum as much as we did. Even though we live here in the Bay Area, we just visited it for the first time this weekend. There are so many cool interactive things to do, including controlling a Tiki Room audio-animatronic bird!

Hope to run into you at DLR, since some of our dates intersect! (We're there from the afternoon of 7/14 until lunch on 7/18.)

Thanks!! I'm looking forward to getting to the Disney Family Museum. Glad to hear there are interactive things that will keep the kids interested.

I am always up for a DisMeet up.....some of my best friends I've met on here and then in person!!!! Enjoy your trip!!!

 

[yupikgal]

Have a great trip Laurie & family! Will be following along!

 

[DizNee Luver]

Have a great trip Laurie & family! Will be following along!

Thanks Kelly!!! I am planning on posting as we go!!

 

[kelmac284]

Gosh so exciting. I bet you are on cloud nine since you leave tomorrow. I'm glad you will be doing updates on FB or here or wherever. Will keep us occupied till we can see the real thing

We were supposed to be in LA right now. We were supposed to leave on Sat after the 4th and were supposed to come home this Friday. It probably worked out for the best but reading about your trip and others I keep thinking where we would be right now LOL.

Mom still wants to try and do something for Labor Day but since she is now finally admitting she is going to try and get her knee surgery in Dec plus our trip in November I told her we need to just relax. That means more than likely no trip in February either. We weren't going to do the diva trip regardless but now I doubt we will be able to do anything but that's ok. We have so much planned for next June I'm ok with it although I will def be READY for a trip by then!!

Shane wants to take the girls to DL in November but I would say the chances of that happening are about 5 percent due to money and timing. I told him I would love to hitch a ride if he goes and I would get my own cheap room so you will have to let me know how your room is and how far away it is to walk or how using a tram is etc. He wants a trip with "just them" but I asked if he would just give me a ride he wouldn't see me the rest of the time till it was time to go home and that way I would at least get ONE trip in before next year. Again it probably won't happen but if it does it something

 

[DizNee Luver]

Gosh so exciting. I bet you are on cloud nine since you leave tomorrow. I'm glad you will be doing updates on FB or here or wherever. Will keep us occupied till we can see the real thing

We were supposed to be in LA right now. We were supposed to leave on Sat after the 4th and were supposed to come home this Friday. It probably worked out for the best but reading about your trip and others I keep thinking where we would be right now LOL.

Mom still wants to try and do something for Labor Day but since she is now finally admitting she is going to try and get her knee surgery in Dec plus our trip in November I told her we need to just relax. That means more than likely no trip in February either. We weren't going to do the diva trip regardless but now I doubt we will be able to do anything but that's ok. We have so much planned for next June I'm ok with it although I will def be READY for a trip by then!!

Shane wants to take the girls to DL in November but I would say the chances of that happening are about 5 percent due to money and timing. I told him I would love to hitch a ride if he goes and I would get my own cheap room so you will have to let me know how your room is and how far away it is to walk or how using a tram is etc. He wants a trip with "just them" but I asked if he would just give me a ride he wouldn't see me the rest of the time till it was time to go home and that way I would at least get ONE trip in before next year. Again it probably won't happen but if it does it something

Yes, the excitement is taking hold in the house....making it hard to get to sleep!!

Hopefully the knee surgery will help your mom out. It's hard to be down but it could definitely be worth it in the long run.

Going in November would be fun (if Shane let's you hitch that ride). We've stayed at the Desert Inn & Suites before in 2005. It's right across the street from the pedestrian crossing/bus entrance on Harbor. It's literally just a couple minutes before you're thru security and in line for the gates!!

 

[DizNee Luver]

1 DAY!!!



Anthony & Addy after doing the Bibbedy, Bobbedy, Boutique

We're picking up the rental van at noon today, Addy has her last softball game (and we're taking cupcakes to celebrate her birthday with her teammates) and Mike's mom will be here this morning. All the packing for the most part is done. Just a few last minute things like laptop, cellphones and a few charging cords!!! The excitement is at a fever pitch now!!!

 

[kelmac284]

Yea that is what I keep telling mom. It is hard when you run your own business because it is not like she can take sick leave and I don't even think she can get disability cuz I don't think you pay in like you would if you worked for a company. But I assured her that between my dad and I we would help as much as possible. He has a real estate license and I can do a lot of running and paperwork so hopefully she doesn't have to completely shut down. Plus she has not succeeded in losing any weight and that is a lot to put on even a new knee. Her doc wanted her to lose 50 lbs but she just never takes it serious enough. So I hope she DOES get it and then eventually she will probably need the other one done but eventhough she is almost 70 she could have probably 10 or even 20 more years to enjoy.

I bet things are getting so wound up. I know we get like that but I always try and distract myself so I don't go nuts LOL. Do the kids know everywhere you are going? I bet they are wound up!

And I thought you were staying at the super 8. We stay in the DI all the time but too rich for me by myself. I looked into the Del Sol but it is booked. So I was thinking that super 8 or holiday inn but it seemed like it might be quite the walk and I would be doing it alone so not sure.

Like I said who knows cuz last time he went my mom had paid for the AP's. Now none of us have them and he will have to buy tickets for 3 days for all of them and then I would get my own of course. Not doing an ap either cuz no more trips till Sept of 15 and then I will probably get one if not too outragous. Hope to finally do the diva trip in 16.

Anywho I will be anxiously looking for your updates and so excited for you guys and hope you have an AMAZING trip.

 

[DizNee Luver]

Yea that is what I keep telling mom. It is hard when you run your own business because it is not like she can take sick leave and I don't even think she can get disability cuz I don't think you pay in like you would if you worked for a company. But I assured her that between my dad and I we would help as much as possible. He has a real estate license and I can do a lot of running and paperwork so hopefully she doesn't have to completely shut down. Plus she has not succeeded in losing any weight and that is a lot to put on even a new knee. Her doc wanted her to lose 50 lbs but she just never takes it serious enough. So I hope she DOES get it and then eventually she will probably need the other one done but eventhough she is almost 70 she could have probably 10 or even 20 more years to enjoy.

I bet things are getting so wound up. I know we get like that but I always try and distract myself so I don't go nuts LOL. Do the kids know everywhere you are going? I bet they are wound up!

And I thought you were staying at the super 8. We stay in the DI all the time but too rich for me by myself. I looked into the Del Sol but it is booked. So I was thinking that super 8 or holiday inn but it seemed like it might be quite the walk and I would be doing it alone so not sure.

Like I said who knows cuz last time he went my mom had paid for the AP's. Now none of us have them and he will have to buy tickets for 3 days for all of them and then I would get my own of course. Not doing an ap either cuz no more trips till Sept of 15 and then I will probably get one if not too outragous. Hope to finally do the diva trip in 16.

Anywho I will be anxiously looking for your updates and so excited for you guys and hope you have an AMAZING trip.

Losing weight (as you know) is difficult and the older you get, the hard it gets. I'm guessing your mom is kinda between a rock & a hard place.......hard to move around when you hurt but you need to move for motivation and progress. Hope the surgery is the spark that helps her!!!

I've been told by other friends that the Super 8 (across from the parking garage) is a nice one. You just ride the tram to & from the garage and walk the rest of the way. There's also a place over by the HoJo and behind the Fairfield Inn.......Anaheim Quality Inn that is also supposed to be pretty nice and a decent price. You would probably want to use the ART unless a brisk 12-15 minute or so walk is what you would enjoy.

 

[luulu1999]

I am doing a happy dance for you!!!!!! You will be heading home while we are headed to Vegas!! Have an awesome trip Drive Safe and ENJOY!!!!