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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Shhhhh... It's a surprise..... again...yippy!!!! PTR
Well first I will introduce the crew, then explain the title.
Well we will go youngest to oldest (this time)
This is my little man, Devyn. He loves the princess, snow white is his "girl friend"
He is also a big Buzz fan. I really love him.
This is little miss.... AKA Becky. She is a girly girl and a ball of energy. She loves everything Disney.
This would be the oldest... Crysta.... She is head strong (like me) I love her too death but we fight like crazy. Too much a like most say. She loves the little details of Disney, she finds the undiscovered most interesting rather then what everyone else knows.
So this is the family....
Hubby - Daniel... likes Disney but would rather chill in the woods then fly to Disney and be with the Crazies (That would be all of us that love all Disney)
Me - Niccole love everything. I love the planning every details, the flight details, I even love packing but most of all I love not cooking.....
So this is our 3rd family trip, and this year my sister is going down too, this time we might actually meet for a day...
The plan was to tell the kids we couldn't go this year and we would just take a short beach vacation. Which is why I have been avoiding the boards, don't want to give them even a hint.
All was going well till............... DH decided maybe he wanted to go in Oct. I was ok with that because then i could do the food and wine half marathon. I have been training for 10K's and have my 5K time down to an avg. of 24min. But if we go in April/May I can do the Everest Challenge. Both look like fun. (Yes I said fun). The other reason I'm not on I run at night when they go to bed.
Well since we couldn't decide on our own we had to ask the kids. They said April/May. Great now I can start planning the days..
Up next......... OH NO the deals don't fall on the same days as school break.
Luckily Crysta is the only one in school. The other two are still too young.
Devyn is still Disney free. While Crysta is a Disney adult so we need the deals. She is very excited about being on the adult menus this year.
School vacation is April 23-May 1 (including weekends) the deals start May 3rd. We would need to go May 3rd - 10th(maybe 11th) So what to do..... Well I said she will miss school. She has had all but one A all year and the one B was 1 point from A. so i think she can miss some. The deal I have made with her is we will get all the missed work and she will do it during school vacation turn it in Monday when they all go back then we can leave Tuesday. Now to clear it with the teacher.
So anyone going April 26- May 2 a bunch of ADRs just opened up yesterday.
Up Next the plan........ and the tax return dance.
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Loving it so far! I was doing the tax return dance a few days ago myself! Hoping that they actually release the money on the 14th like it says on their website!
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Great start Niccole. I hope to be doing the taxx return dance soon, myself. I'm one of those "lucky" ones that gets to wait just a smidge longer so that they can finish programming in the last minute tax law changes. LOL
Great start Niccole. I hope to be doing the taxx return dance soon, myself. I'm one of those "lucky" ones that gets to wait just a smidge longer so that they can finish programming in the last minute tax law changes. LOL
Pamela - I'm in the same boat! But at least I know it's coming! Hopefully it will be as close to the 14th as possible!
Great start Nicole! I'm glad the dates worked out for you! Hope your oldest doesn't end up with too much work to do on vacation! Congrats on doing the tax return dance . . . I'll be doing the tax return head smack this year.
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I'm not so sure I like the sound of the next installment though... 
So what to do..... Well I said she will miss school. 
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