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It does sound like a lovely memory for them.
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Just out of curiousity, if it's not too rude to ask, how old are you? I'm guessing early 20's??
I won't tell you exactly how old I am but I will tell you that I am younger than 20.
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What a great way to celebrate your grandparent's 50th anniversary! Sounds like it's going to be a great family vacation.
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Not a whole lot much to say. We haven't exactly done any planning and the dining is all included in the hotel. That's one difference from Disney, that you don't have to plan dining. But at least we don't have much longer to wait!
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The Anniversary Party

We arrived at the party pretty early so we could set everything up. We put a candle on each table surrounded by some fake flowers and ribbon. We put cameras on each table so the guests could take some pictures if they so desired. Turns out they came in handy for the guests who forgot thier cameras. I've already told you about the pictures I believe so I will go right to dinner. For some reason, the staff gave me the meal we picked out for the little kids. I asked the waitor if he knew this and he told me that they were told to give me the kids meal. Hmmmm. My grandparents must have taken my love of chicken fingers to the extreme. But everyone said the steaks I was supposed to have were not very good. So I was happy that I had my chicken fingers. Although my mouth was watering at the sight of my cousins steak. but with the kids menu also meant that i got applesauce as my appetizer. Gosh!! I was pretty dissapointed that they couldn't make one extra steak and one extra bowl of soup. I still can't believe that. I even asked if they could change mine and they said no. Errrggghhh. During dessert, my grandfather climbed up onto the stage with the band and I was thinking "oh gosh, what is he doing?". He had the band play this romantic love song and he sang to my gandmother! I though that was so sweet! After that, we dances around and I had to keep my cousins entertained. We asked the band to play a few fun songs like the chicken dance and the macarana. We danced a while and we were all starting to get really tired and decided to call it a night. I think this party was really geared toward my grandparents and their friends so it wasn't a ton of fun for us. But they had a great time and thats all that matters. Ahhhh! I have to tell you about the big reveal of his trip. I laugh every time I think about it...

Uncle: This year, we wanted to surprise you with a trip. We considered a cruise but remembered that dad plus boats equals barf.
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U: we also thought about a Disney trip....
G: Stop right there. Disney is for kids. (That almost made me cry!)
U: So we decided to send you off to the Woodloch Resort in the Poconos.
G: that's cool! Thanks!
U: And to make it even better, we're all coming with you!
Audience: LOL! LOL!
G: Oh great!

I just think that was so funny!

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So about 3 weeks until we head to the Poconos and I am more than ready! I need a vacation and summer is just starting! Although it doesn't feel like summer until you've had that nice family vacation right? Not much planning to do because it's all included in the hotel. I really want to upload the pictures of the party but unfortunatly, I can't find my camera cord! That's the second time that's happened this year and I am so angry at myself! So don't worry, I didn't forget to post my pics. Hopefully I will find it soon. It's been crazy lately especially since our family just bought a new house! My parents are all stressed out about the house that my camera cord is the least of their concerns!! But don't worry I will keep looking.
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that you find the camera card. Not long now!
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Found it! Now the only thing I need to find is time to post them!
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