You're the best parents in the world! I gotta pee! Where's My Tooth? Trip report!

[mickeystoontown]

Oops, forgot to post the link to their site. Here ya go: http://www.missiongeorgiamc.com/home

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Um, yeah, we don't do that in Alabama!!!

Just not legally.

Now, if I could meet Hugh Grant, I'd be in Heaven! And Julia Roberts.

I could go for them.

Oh, I have seen the Pitt/Jolee bunch at the Pizza place we eat at. And the new house they built about 10 minutes from my house on the interstate. Does that count.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I know you mean singing artist but this is the closest thing I have. It is by William Hallmark and my old boss that retired gave it to me for Christmas. We had a really big print in our office and I loved it so. He told me to find it and buy it. I got a numbered and signed version. When we moved the green did not go in my new house so I brought it to work. It's the first thing I see everymorning.

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It gives me such inspiration. The advantage of working in a small private business. You can put up the pics you want without somebody objecting.

What a gorgeous picture. I have a small painting that Lacey did in my office. It's the one with the blood. (Trying to word this just right so I'm not getting too religious and they ban me from the boards.)

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

You're daughter is so beautiful! I can imagine how you feel about her traveling the world to places unknown, and not in a place where you can protect her, see her, touch her.

I can't think about it.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Just not legally.

Well, I forgot about that.

I could go for them.

Oh, I have seen the Pitt/Jolee bunch at the Pizza place we eat at. And the new house they built about 10 minutes from my house on the interstate. Does that count.

Yes! That counts! Cool.

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

I forgot to add something to my post about the Mission. When you click on the student gallery pictures, the boy named Jesse is the guy who Lacey likes and vice versa. Notice he's already been to India and he wants to travel the world. That's scaring me a bit 'cause they really really like each other and I'm afraid she'll go off to unknown parts of the world. And with times like they are now, I don't like that thought.

You could be in trouble Mom. I couldn't bear to have my girls far away. The nine hour drive is far enough.

 

[eandesmom]

I got one of the orange juice bars, John got a Mickey head bar and Hunter got the ice cream sandwich. When John started to take out his wallet, the sweet castmember said they were on the house for our anniversary and birthday. Another freebie!

Before I post these next two pictures, let me tell you a little story. Our first trip to Disney was when Lacey was 11. We were in the Magic Kingdom and kept seeing people walking around with the Mickey head ice cream bars. Lacey wanted one really badly so we found the first vendor selling ice cream. It was near the tea cups and our next destination was Mickey's Toontown (Hey that's my name!). We bought all of us some ice cream and moved down the trail a bit towards Toontown before we opened them up.

Lacey had just opened her's and wanted to have her picture taken in front of the Mickey's Towntown sign with her ice cream bar. I told her to stand there and take a bite of the ice cream. She took one bite and the whole thing fell off the stick and onto the hot pavement! Poor baby, she had waited all day for the ice cream and then dropped it all. Of course, we bought her another one but it's been a running joke in the family.

Now that I've given you this little McBride memory, I'll post the next two pictures. We took them to send to Lacey.

For those of you fussing at us right now for being cruel to Lacey, let me just say that Lacey laughed her butt off when she saw the pictures of her daddy acting like his ice cream was falling off the stick.

I laughed MY butt off reading and seeing this!

Because we've ridden it many times before, we know where the camera is and we try to act scared for the picture.

K and I tried that but we ended up just looking ridiculous! I should have bought it though.

 

[mickeystoontown]

You're daughter is so beautiful! I can imagine how you feel about her traveling the world to places unknown, and not in a place where you can protect her, see her, touch her.

I can't think about it.

Thanks so much. I think she's good enough to claim her.

You could be in trouble Mom. I couldn't bear to have my girls far away. The nine hour drive is far enough.

It was really scary when she went away to missionary college and that was just with her staying in the United States. If she goes out of the country, I'll be a nervous wreck. Jesse met quite a few people when he was in India and became quite good friends with some of them. Not long after Jesse came back to Georgia, one of those friends' dad was killed because he had been associated with a Christian (Jesse and the other people on the mission trip). They, literally, set him on fire and he died. It took a long time for Jesse to get over it.

 

[mickeystoontown]

I laughed MY butt off reading and seeing this!



K and I tried that but we ended up just looking ridiculous! I should have bought it though.

Isn't it the funniest thing ever! I did find another one that we took on our Magic Kingdom day so I'll post it later on.

We usually look pretty ridiculous in the pictures too but as you can tell from some of the others we took (including the ones you just saw), we don't worry too much about looking ridiculous.

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

I saved the website to my favs. You forget that not all countries have the freedoms we have and cherish. Lacey is a beautiful young woman. Tell her I said so cause what I say goes. teehee

 

[mickeystoontown]

I saved the website to my favs. You forget that not all countries have the freedoms we have and cherish. Lacey is a beautiful young woman. Tell her I said so cause what I say goes. teehee

I'll pass the message along to Lacey. Aren't the videos on the Mission site wonderful? They are so much more inspiring when you are seated in an auditorium with the music playing and just a feeling of peace all around you.

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

I'll pass the message along to Lacey. Aren't the videos on the Mission site wonderful? They are so much more inspiring when you are seated in an auditorium with the music playing and just a feeling of peace all around you.

It was totally awesome for sure.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Warning, this part has no pictures.

I left off with us skipping out of the park and yes, you'll remember, we were, literally, skipping along. I know we looked like a whole lotta crazy but we didn't care.

We wandered over to the Rainforest Cafe for a little bit to look around. The place was absolutely packed with all of the guests leaving the Animal Kingdom for the day so we didn't stay long. I don't remember buying anything but knowing us, we probably bought some little something.

It was still raining a little but I decided to forego the poncho (I took it off when we went inside the store) so I could be like my two boys......wet. We walked to the CBR bus stop pretty quickly because even though we were wet, we didn't want to be soakingwet. I was happy to see that there weren't too many people in the CBR line which meant we'd get a seat on the bus. Lucky for us, the bus rolled up just about 5 minutes after we got in line. Thank goodness the ride from the Animal Kingdom to the CBR was quick because I was about to freeze to death. The combination of being wet and the air conditioning made me so cold. John and Hunter said I was being over dramatic because it wasn't that bad. If I had of had any sense, I would have sat at the very back of the bus where it's warmer. Live and learn. Live and learn.

We got back to the CBR and were glad to see that it had stopped raining. We changed out of our wet clothes and walked down to Old Port Royale to get a little grub. I got the kids' spaghetti and breadsticks. John got some kind of rotissiere meat and veggies. Hunter got pizza....again. Oh, and John walked over to the grab n go and got a carrot cake, a cookie and a cheese and fruit platter. Everything was really good except for one of the cheeses. I don't know what kind it was but it was gross! It had the most foul taste you could ever imagine. I know it was supposed to taste that way but give me Velvetta any day over that nasty mess.

After eating our meal, we walked around the two stores a bit and then went outside. It was getting a little dark outside (not from rain, from the time it was) and we wanted to look and laze around the resort for a while. The Martinique beach had absolutely no one on it so we plopped down in the beach chairs and Hunter played in the sand. It was still wet but not too bad. I went back to the store and bought Hunter a sandpail and shovel so he could make some sand castles. I can't remember how much the sandpail was but I remember thinking that it was really cheap.

John thinks we are telling a tale that he fell asleep on the beach but he really did. With all the medicine he takes, if he gets still for a while and it's nice and cool out, he can be asleep in 2 seconds flat. Well, maybe more like 2 minutes but you get the idea.

I know we were on the beach for quite a while because the sun had set and we were able to see them light Spaceship Earth for the night. I woke John up. Oh, I'm sorry, John was awake...not. Anyway, I told John that Illuminations would be starting soon and I thought we might walk down to Old Port Royale and watch the fireworks from there. He thought that was a good idea too. We found a table outside Old Port Royale and I was surprised that there weren't more people around. Hum? Anyway, I went inside to get some snacks while we waited.

I came back with some fresh baked cookies, water and a Sprite and we waited for the fireworks to begin. We didn't have to wait long before we heard BOOM! and up went the fireworks. We could even faintly hear the fireworks. Let me correct myself, Hunter and I could faintly hear the fireworks. John couldn't hear them. You know....he's hard of hearing and all. Remember the "what, somebody kicked you in the goov" incident. We watched all of the higher fireworks and ate our snacks.

A little while after the fireworks were over, we walked back to our room, hand in hand....cheesy I know but we were....hand in hand, stretched all the way across the walkway. What a wonderful way to end a day at Disney. Now everybody say "AWWWW!"

 

[aaaateamsgrandma]

Awwww. I miss the pics but it is a beautiful family story. I know Don never sleeps either. Just wake him up and ask him.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

AWWWWWW!!!!!!

Ya'll are a bunch of saps! But that's okay, I'm a big sap myself.

Sounds like you all had a lovely afternoon, despite the rain. How nice to be able to see Illuminations from right where you were. I'm sure it was quite special, just you and your two guys.

I wonder if Intercot would have thought the "got kicked in my goov" was inappapropriate!

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

Awwww. I miss the pics but it is a beautiful family story. I know Don never sleeps either. Just wake him up and ask him.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Awwww. I miss the pics but it is a beautiful family story. I know Don never sleeps either. Just wake him up and ask him.

That's the same thing with John. Every time he falls asleep somewhere, he just looks at me like "What? I was awake."

AWWWWWW!!!!!!

Ya'll are a bunch of saps! But that's okay, I'm a big sap myself.

Sounds like you all had a lovely afternoon, despite the rain. How nice to be able to see Illuminations from right where you were. I'm sure it was quite special, just you and your two guys.

I wonder if Intercot would have thought the "got kicked in my goov" was inappapropriate!

I had to take out the "god kicked in my goov" wording when I posted over on Intercot. I really don't see that anything we've done was bad.

 

[lisalonglash]

OK, I'm all caught up now! What a wonderful TR so far - funny, engaging, great pictures!

I left off with us skipping out of the park and yes, you'll remember, we were, literally, skipping along. I know we looked like a whole lotta crazy but we didn't care.

I am SOOO going to make my crew skip down Main Street! I wonder what I can bribe dh with to make him do it?

Live and learn. Live and learn.

Is it bad that while reading this, all I could think of was the penguins in "The Wild" saying "smile and wave, boys; smile and wave"?

After eating our meal, we walked around the two stores a bit and then went outside. It was getting a little dark outside (not from rain, from the time it was) and we wanted to look and laze around the resort for a while. The Martinique beach had absolutely no one on it so we plopped down in the beach chairs and Hunter played in the sand. It was still wet but not too bad. I went back to the store and bought Hunter a sandpail and shovel so he could make some sand castles. I can't remember how much the sandpail was but I remember thinking that it was really cheap.

This sounds lovely and relaxing

I know we were on the beach for quite a while because the sun had set and we were able to see them light Spaceship Earth for the night. I woke John up. Oh, I'm sorry, John was awake...not. Anyway, I told John that Illuminations would be starting soon and I thought we might walk down to Old Port Royale and watch the fireworks from there. He thought that was a good idea too. We found a table outside Old Port Royale and I was surprised that there weren't more people around. Hum? Anyway, I went inside to get some snacks while we waited.

I came back with some fresh baked cookies, water and a Sprite and we waited for the fireworks to begin. We didn't have to wait long before we heard BOOM! and up went the fireworks. We could even faintly hear the fireworks. Let me correct myself, Hunter and I could faintly hear the fireworks. John couldn't hear them. You know....he's hard of hearing and all. Remember the "what, somebody kicked you in the goov" incident. We watched all of the higher fireworks and ate our snacks.

Oh, watching the fireworks from the beach sounds delightful!

A little while after the fireworks were over, we walked back to our room, hand in hand....cheesy I know but we were....hand in hand, stretched all the way across the walkway. What a wonderful way to end a day at Disney. Now everybody say "AWWWW!"

Awwwwww

 

[bballbabe]

OFF TOPIC:

So cool that you were at Hershey this weekend as I know that there was a group of DISers there having a meet.

My sister lives 30 minutes from the park, so they have season passes. It takes us about 90 minutes to get there and my parents about 45 minutes. It was nice that we were all able to meet up and go.

How did the other DISers like the park? I find it to be very hilly and it usually takes a couple of days for my calves to stop hurting.

 

[MICKEY4EVER!]

I didn't see anything wrong with anything in your report, Lisa. All I've seen is a NORMAL everyday, family doing things 99 percent of us do. They are too uptight over there! Better over here, where you can live a little!