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First of all I love the title! I was 7 when this movie came out and Star Wars parties were all the rage, I remember going to a little boy's party who kind of had a crush on me, he was Luke and I was Leia (before we knew they were related) and he kissed me, lol, we were 7!
Oh my goodness the pic of Lukas holding up the light saber, melts my heart! He looks so triumphant.
I love Jilly’s cupcakes, yummmmmmmm! When I was down at Barnes we just had to go there!
Also, Disney facepaint comes off easily, way easier than some we've had. Wow that Zebra was intense, I hope that paint came off easily, Dylan looks ecstatic about it though.
Glad I found this before my trip you guys are gonna have a blast!
We too saw Star Wars in 3D, we had to bribe Lily but then she decided it was pretty cool.
Can't wait for more! I'll let you know if I get any good Vinylmations!
Sounds like it will be a great PPer meet. Wish I could be there with all of you.
We do too!
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Loved the pictures from the weekend, looks like everyone had a great time. Those cupcakes looked delicious.
Love the ADR list, how great that you will be able to enjoy a dinner with Cam and family....
We're looking forward to it!
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Yay for another PP meet! Sounds like so much fun!
Shelley & her daughter are great too! We met them in 2009.
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How wonderful! I've got to plan another June trip sometime so I can see all of you again.
Or at least some time when we're there. We're going in September this year and may be going in early November next year.
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Steph and I are very excited to be able to spend some time with the Davis Family!!
And we're excited to spend time with you! I'm glad I'll have more girls around me.
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First of all I love the title! I was 7 when this movie came out and Star Wars parties were all the rage, I remember going to a little boy's party who kind of had a crush on me, he was Luke and I was Leia (before we knew they were related) and he kissed me, lol, we were 7!
Oh my goodness the pic of Lukas holding up the light saber, melts my heart! He looks so triumphant.
I love Jilly’s cupcakes, yummmmmmmm! When I was down at Barnes we just had to go there!
Also, Disney facepaint comes off easily, way easier than some we've had. Wow that Zebra was intense, I hope that paint came off easily, Dylan looks ecstatic about it though.
Glad I found this before my trip you guys are gonna have a blast!
We too saw Star Wars in 3D, we had to bribe Lily but then she decided it was pretty cool.
Can't wait for more! I'll let you know if I get any good Vinylmations!
Glad you found us! Love your SW story.
It did wipe off pretty easily.
I got to skip SW in 3D - Lukas can't go you know. He doesn't even sit still at home for a show.
I just started your PTR - sounds like a lot of fun! I am hatin' a little on SWW... Dh will probably never let us go back again, he hates Star Wars
Happy planning!
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Sounds like a fun weekend! The cupcakes look amazing! We recently had a vegan cupcake store open in the city next to ours...we've yet to try it (maybe next weekend when my parents come to visit) because the younger two have been sick.
Have you hear anything about any schedulled events for SWW? Just curious as I haven't had much time to be on the computer lately. Congrats on the additions to your ADR's!
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How neat to have a couple of PP meets with Shelley and Stephanie!
It's great! Been thinking alot about all of you lately. - and other things sent your way!
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I just started your PTR - sounds like a lot of fun! I am hatin' a little on SWW... Dh will probably never let us go back again, he hates Star Wars
Happy planning!
Sorry to hear that! It's only the weekend - he could go do something else.
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Sounds like a fun weekend! The cupcakes look amazing! We recently had a vegan cupcake store open in the city next to ours...we've yet to try it (maybe next weekend when my parents come to visit) because the younger two have been sick.
Have you hear anything about any schedulled events for SWW? Just curious as I haven't had much time to be on the computer lately. Congrats on the additions to your ADR's!
Hope your boys are feeling better soon.
Haven't heard anything. DH said he heard a rumor that Ashley Eckstein may there every weekend, so likely she's the host.
I swear this PTR is so different from all my other ones as I don’t have much in the planning to write about. I’ll share what we did over the weekend – enjoying this weather we’ve been having and then I’ll share airfare stuff so it can actually relate to the trip this time.
Again, another busy weekend. Friday night we had dinner at my Mom’s (Dad was up at the farm) with my brother and his wife (Kevin & Becki) and just hung out.
Saturday was the first soccer game for the spring season at 9am. Dylan scored his first goal!!! And I missed it. I was watching Lukas. After the game we stopped by Bread co (oh sorry – Panera Bread) with my Mom & Kevin who had come to the game. Then we went to my cousin’s son’s 1st birthday party where Mickey was a special guest! Dylan loved him, Lukas not so much. This doesn’t look so good for all the character meals we have planned. Oh well! Later on we went to visit Mike’s parents and went to the playground.
Sunday was church then we went to the Museum of Transportation and Ted Drewe’s (frozen custard) for dinner.
Now on to trip stuff:
As soon as dates were released for the trip I went to Southwest.com. I think only the flight out was available as dates into June hadn’t been released just yet. We each had a $112 credit from airfare going down for our September trip so I used that to book our outgoing flight as we had to fly before the end of May to use the credits – another reason why the start of the trip was booked when it was. I paid $7.70 per ticket (3) for outgoing flights. Score! Lukas is still under 2 and therefore will be a lap baby. I wish I would’ve waited because by the time our return flights were released prices had dropped and I wouldn’t have had to pay anything. Oh well! So now that return flights were out I booked that and used a $25 SW gift card I’d gotten from my coke rewards. Out of pocket I paid $297.20 for our round trip flights. Not too shabby for 3 tickets!
And now flight info:
We are departing STL at 6:35am and are due to arrive at MCO at 9:50am and will travel to AKL via DME.
We leave MCO at 3:35pm and are due back in STL at 5:00pm. I’m banking on a 12 or 12:30pm DME pick-up.
We almost always take the 1st flight out and the last flight back and we did for outgoing but the return isn’t as we all have to return to normal life the next day and this will give us time to eat dinner and get a normal bedtime in.
Han Solo: Han Solo. I'm captain of the Millennium Falcon. Chewie here tells me you're lookin' for passage to the Alderaan system? Obi-Wan: Yes indeed, if it's a fast ship. Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon? Obi-Wan: Should I have? Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man. What's the cargo? Obi-Wan: Only passengers. Myself, the boy, two droids... and no questions asked. Han Solo: [chuckles] What is it? Some kind of local trouble? Obi-Wan: Let's just say we'd like to avoid any Imperial entanglements.
I figured I’d have something about the Millennium Falcon since we were talking about flying. Mike used to have a bumper sticker that said something like ‘My other transport is the Millennium Falcon’.
score on the airfare!! so did you get a new credit since the prices dropped? I always loved getting southwest credits to use for next trip. now of course we have been driving! The pics of the boys are so cute!
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