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We go on
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To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
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It's just crazy how fast the years fly by. I don't have kids, but it always seems to me one of the best things about a Disney family trip is that you really focus on your kids and get to notice and cherish things about your family that you might miss in the commotion of every-day life. Your trip is coming up soon and it sounds like you're all ready for it!
I think that's one of the reasons we love WDW so much!
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Jumping on board to say your plans look fantastic and I love those shoes!! Won't be long now!
Thanks! I'm so glad I got the shoes, love em!
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Congrats on the purchases!
Thanks
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Great score on your Old Navy stuff! 7 weeks will fly
Thanks! I can't wait
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Glad the girls' school year has started off so well! 48 days will fly by!
It will be here before we know it
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Not long now! I love a good sale at Old Navy. I just got Lexi fall/winter clothes there and saved $60 with sales and a coupon.
I love ON sales! I had to steer clear of the kids section the other day. The girls really don't need anything for fall, and with the kids and baby sale going on I didn't want to be tempted I'm waitng for Stuff n Save, I've become an expert on stuffing those tote bags with tons of stuff
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Hi all There's not much going on with planning for me to share, but we just had our first long weekend of the school year (a 4 day one to be exact ), and it was jam packed! I thought I would share some of our fun with you
On Friday night we ended up picking up some pizza for dinner and enjoyed it outside on our deck, since it was such a lovely night out. Because it was such a nice night, we decided to make a fire after dark and have some smores for dessert , we invited our neighbor and her little girl to join us for it too. It was a great night! We sat around the fire laughing and eating way too many marshmallows, just enjoying each others company. The girls, of course, were having a ball playing together and didn't want to say goodbye, but we had to call it a night since we had soccer the next morning.
Saturday was another beautiful day, perfect for some soccer! The only problem was that both Kaeli and Abby were playing at the same time, but luckily the fields they were playing on were right next to each other. I was able to position myself between the fields so I could see both games, and I did my best to watch both games hoping I wouldn't miss any important plays. Luckily, my timing was good and I got to see Kaeli score her first goal of the season
These pics are actually from last weeks game, I was a bad mom this week and forgot my camera
My Mom and my Aunt were also at the game to cheer on the girls, and my Dad had hoped to make it for atleast part of the game, but he got out of work late and got to the field just as the games were over Everyone came back to our house for lunch, and we spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the backyard and just enjoying the day.
I won't bore you with the details for Sunday, I spent the day catching up on laundry and cleaning up around the house, while Chris took care of some yard work. Though, I did manage to pick up something for our trip while out running some errands. I found a hanging sweater organizer on clearance at Target for pretty cheap. I heard that storage space is a little lacking in some of the rooms at POR, so I figure I could use the organizer to unpack some of our things into in case I run out of drawer space.
Yesterday we had a fun day apple picking at a nearby farm, maybe a little too much fun ... we came home with way too many apples! We've already made applesauce and two apple tarts, and we've still got tons left. I'd better start looking up some more apple recipes
Today was a lousy day, with downpours and crazy wind, so we decided to take an adventure with our friend Nemo in 3D. I just love that movie, and it was really cool to see it in 3D
We must have thouroughly pooped out the girls this weekend, they were up in bed early tonight, snoozing away no more than meer moments after hitting their pillows Chris decided to take some overtime tonight, so now I am just sitting here in my living room, enjoying the peace and quiet and dreaming of our trip
44 Days to Go!! Tiana (singing Down in New Orleans): Grab somebody, come on down
Bring your paintbrush, we're painting the town
There's some sweetness going around
Dreams do come true in New Orleans
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What a great weekend! It's so nice that your family lives close enough to pop in on the soccer games. The girls look great!
Thanks, Laurie! We are very lucky to have family so close My parents used to be just a couple of minutes away from us, but they moved last November to a 55+ community about 20 minutes south of us. Still perfectly close for lots of visits with their grandkids
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What a great weekend!
Thanks, Mayra!
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What a nice weekend. I'm hoping to get to see Nemo this weekend.
Thanks, Holly! I hope you got to see Nemo this weekend
Just over a month to go!! I've got to get cracking on my to do list
Yesterday I had a lovely afternoon with Dawn (DSteiny23) She fell in love with the Skechers Go Walks too, so we decided to do some shoe shopping and get another pair each. Unfortunately, the color that Dawn had her eye on is only available online It wasn't a total loss, we still had a great time and a date at Starbucks afterwards, so who can complain about that?!
I finally met her little cutie, Jason, too! He's right between my girls age wise, and I know they are going to get along fabulously when they meet at Disney this November I told Kaeli and Abby all about him and they can't wait to meet him, Dawn!
38 days to go!!! Naveen (singing When I'm Human): Life is short
When you're done, you're done
We're on this earth to have some fun
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There's not much going on with planning for me to share, but we just had our first long weekend of the school year (a 4 day one to be exact 
), and it was jam packed! I thought I would share some of our fun with you 
, we invited our neighbor and her little girl to join us for it too. It was a great night! We sat around the fire laughing and eating way too many marshmallows, just enjoying each others company. The girls, of course, were having a ball playing together and didn't want to say goodbye, but we had to call it a night since we had soccer the next morning.
Everyone came back to our house for lunch, and we spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the backyard and just enjoying the day.
We've already made applesauce and two apple tarts, and we've still got tons left. I'd better start looking up some more apple recipes 
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