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All caugt up Kelly. Sorry you got split up at dinner. With a large party you sort of expect it but to have a staircase - yuck! That would have annoyed me, to be seperated from my kids - no way.
Okay so I got totally caught up...First you have the most handsome little men on earth they are too precious Second let me say you are my hero...We have talked back and forth about going as a large family and I just don't think I could do it to plan for everyone and you did it with such grace and handled it very well even with the "Bad" moments.. also you have given me great ideas what to do with our boys when we take them in sept 2013 as they will be the same age as your boys were form this trip...and lastly when you get the time and chance could you send me the info for the photog you used because those pictures were amazing
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'll PM you the link after this post.
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Glad I didn't get too far behind. Sorry you didn't get to sit together at GG. We ate there once, but I wasn't impressed with the food. Very curious about the bill and your payment.
I don't like all the food, but I do love the things that I do like (does that make sense).
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All caugt up Kelly. Sorry you got split up at dinner. With a large party you sort of expect it but to have a staircase - yuck! That would have annoyed me, to be seperated from my kids - no way.
At least they were with Mike and the grandparents. Looking back it always seemed like when we were at separate tables it was us with Mike's parents and my family at the other table. I wish we would've switched it up a bit.
I've got a ressie at
Garden Grill for March, I'm excited!
Love the stories and ready for a PTR!
yay! You're going to love it!
I know! I'm nearing double digits, so I need to wrap this up and start on that soon! Speaking og, are you ever going to update yours? (Or am I just behind?)
I was up first at 6:45am. Lukas had woke up a little bit before that (which is why I was probably awake at that time) but went back to sleep for a bit. I showered and finished packing while everyone else in my family was getting ready. I’m pretty sure I went down and checked in our luggage too before leaving for MK. This morning I it was just the four of us and I was anxious for some ‘alone’ time. I left my other family (parents, brother & Becki) in a rush but I just needed out and a few more moments in my happy place with my boys (all 3 of them).
Kevin & Becki stayed at the resort this morning as DME was picking them up at 11:30am where the rest of us wouldn’t be picked up until 1:30pm. Terry & Vicki went to MK too, but we didn’t pass each other in the park. My parents headed to Epcot once they were all packed up. My Dad wanted another beer from Germany. I think that’s funny because my Dad doesn’t drink a lot. I guess it was really good and/or he was reliving the time we went to Germany and drank a lot of beer.
This is the kind of stuff my Dad takes pictures of. (He's in construction.)
We left AKL a little after 9am and made it to MK soon after. We got so much done in just a few hours – a happy prelude to our upcoming trip I hope! They boys were better behaved – Dylan rode in the stroller happily as neither Mike nor I would be carrying him.
Here’s the rundown of what we did that morning with pics to follow:
PP pic on Main Street
Obligatory pic with the Sword in the Stone for the ‘little’ boys (with their Daddy)
Mike grabbed FPs for PP
Carousel
Pooh
Small World (which I think is Dylan’s favorite ride – he knows the song in an instant of hearing it)
PP (with FPs)
PotC
We were going to try to do Dumbo or Splash Mountain but the wait times were a little too long since we needed to make sure to leave on time. So we went to Casey’s for lunch. The little boys & I had fried and corn dog nuggets while Mike ate one of the gourmet hot dogs. As you can see we were all wearing our Longhorn shirts today and someone pointed out that we were sitting near an A&M family, but there was no rivalry amongst us Disney fans of course. We sat outside on a bench near the restrooms as that was a place I could find to park us all and the giant stroller.
We used the restroom and cleaned up lunch and then headed for the bus. We were on the bus at 12:20pm (after a little jog to get there) and who was on the bus?! My in-laws! It was nice to have some help with the boys and all their stuff. (That is the one thing I dread about next trip – 2 small kids, 2 strollers, and all the stuff that comes with them.)
Once back at AKL we grabbed our stuff from Bell Services and parked in the area by the tv with cartoons. Mike went upstairs and got us a few drinks and snacks from the lounge. My Mom did some last minute shopping in the gift shop. Then it was time to catch the bus. We made no other stops on the way to MCO – a first! – so we were there soon. Lukas had fallen asleep on the bus and was still asleep when arriving to MCO. I let Mike get all the bags and stroller while I went to the SWA counter to get Lukas a boarding pass. I forgot to bring anything but my id with me and was nervous they’d ask for his birth certificate (which I had a copy of in my handy PP) but since he was still asleep maybe they felt sorry for me and issued him a lap boarding pass and I was on my way to meet up with everyone else. We made it through security - which is worse than standing in line at WDW – it’s crazy! It doesn’t take long, just very crowded. Our flight was 20-30 minutes late, so we set up in a seating area and blocked the ‘exits’ from Lukas and hung out until it was time to board. Lukas was very restless and crabby but once we FINALLY got him a drink he fell asleep. The rest of the flight was uneventful
Up next…arriving home and all that comes with it PLUS final thoughts
Wow, 86 pages and it's almost over, but it sounds like even with all those ups and downs you had a very nice trip. I'm assuming the Longhorns are a baseball team? I'm an NFL gal so if it's college football, I still have no clue. Can't wait to read your final thoughts.
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Love that you had a little alone time with your 3 boys at the end! I hope to have that with my hh and the 2 kids when we go in October, since there may be 11 of us going.
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Sammy 5 years and Peyton 15 months - September 2013
Looking forward to the final thoughts and will there be a PTR to be on the look out for soon? I am slightly jealous that your next trip is coming up so soon, but reading TRs helps me get through the long wait until our next trip.
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Second let me say you are my hero...We have talked back and forth about going as a large family and I just don't think I could do it to plan for everyone and you did it with such grace and handled it very well even with the "Bad" moments.. also you have given me great ideas what to do with our boys when we take them in sept 2013 as they will be the same age as your boys were form this trip...and lastly when you get the time and chance could you send me the info for the photog you used because those pictures were amazing 
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