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Great update & photos!! What a relaxing start to this day!!
We kind of get into that relaxing pattern from here on in the trip!
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Love the pool pictures. We didn't really get pool time when we ran the race and stayed there. We were 'on the run' the whole 4 days. The one of Luke's feet is hysterical.
I have to show Jason Stef's bathing suit. He LOVES Giselle. He tells us all the time that she's his girlfriend.
Cool Return of the Mouse print.
I was so disappointed that I had waited and that was all I got of him, but I'd know those feet anywhere. I still need to get the print framed and hung in the living room. I've also got a cool WDW Railraod poster print that we bought 2 years ago that I want to frame and hang beside it. Both were Luke's choices and I feel bad that I'm taking forever to frame them.
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I love Stefanie's suit and yours as well! (Orange is a great color for you.) The photo of Luke's feet is so funny. That is a long walk to your room!
(Weird that your posts are still showing up twice-- only the TR entries. The comment posts are single.)
Orange is my favorite color so when I saw this one on sale at Eddie Bauer for about $40, I had to buy it. I don't know why my TR entries are doubling themselves. Weird!
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Is that the pool at Kidani or Jambo? It looks so cool that it almost wants me to go back to WDW during the summer. LOL But I so love the weather in November.
What a great relaxing day!! I hope I can do that when we are at the AKL in Dec., I'm usually on the go the whole trip!! This year will be alot different since my 2 year old grandson will be there. He is so excited to go see "grammie's castle"!!
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That water looked really nice. I was at the beach with the family this past Wed, although it was nice, it was nowhere near as relaxing or tranquil as it appears in your pictures. It was nice to see the quotes up on the pool wall, and I have always been fascinated with reading quotes and proverbs. Nice shot of the feet; reminds me of the kind of shots DD would get of me. For some reason, she catches me in really weird poses or situations like that; which is why I don't let her take pictures of me anymore. Being a Star Wars Family, we are trying for the weekends next year, hopefully we can pull it off. DS is practicing his use of the force on me every now and then, and says he will fight Vader if he sees him at Disney next year. On that note; I love the SW stuff that you bought and also look forward to more of your trip.
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Really enjoyed the pool pics. It had to be nice just to really relax and enjoy!! All your pictures at DHS came out great. TOT makes a good pic so does RNR's upside down car. Everyone walked away with some very nice treasures. In all looked like a great day!!
Holy cow, this is what I get for being offline for two months and a few days. (Being 109 pages behind, that is) I'm just flabbergasted at all the stuff you've gotten to do on this trip so far, so my thoughts are all scattered and in no particular order.
I must say, that Butterbeer is delish. I got the frozen variety (since I'm a total sucker for frozen slushie-type drinks) and frankly, I don't think there's any chance I'll get the other variety on return visits to the Wizarding World. It's basically a creamy cream soda w/ a nice butterscotch-y topping to it. Very delicious, and I'd highly recommend the frozen one, because it's perfect for a hot day.
The Stefanie-isms are hysterical too. "Coke grease"? That's a new one, LOL. And I definitely might have to use the term "saddlecrap" in my vocabulary. It looks like something that you could describe as being bad, or sort of disappointing. And I had to stifle some major laughter at "I'm NOT normal!", mainly because I never would've been so assertive about my non-normalness at her age.
And the parade. Holy cow, the parade. I had no idea that that parade actually used families in the cars (and especially YOUR family), now I will have to see it for myself on a return visit to The Bubble. In fact, AK will definitely need to be explored in much greater detail than I was able to get the first time through.
And I think taking pics of your purchases is a swell idea. Certainly might have to "borrow" that idea for my next trip! Speaking of "borrowing" ideas, I definitely will have to work on making goodie bags for the flight crew of my next flight whenever I fly again! That was so cool what Stef got to do there!
The picture of Luke's feet made me literally LOL. I'm still giggling, actually. It was the perfect shot, seriously. You couldn't have planned that.
Sounds like a nice relaxing morning. You sound like me with the multi-tasking, except I do that at night usually, before bed. Syncing the iPod, pulling photos off of the camera, writing up the TR, posting the pictures to Facebook, uploading them to Photobucket for the TR, and oftentimes posting for a live TR. Phew!
Great updates! Looked like a very relaxing morning at the pool. I would love to be there right now!
If I remember correctly, today is your first day back at school. Hope it all went well. We still have a little over 2 weeks. This is the last year that I have to deal with Public School and to tell you the truth...I am very ready for it to end. It will be so nice to plan a vacation for when we want to go and not around days off of school.
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What a relaxing start to this day!! 
I still need to get the print framed and hung in the living room. I've also got a cool WDW Railraod poster print that we bought 2 years ago that I want to frame and hang beside it. Both were Luke's choices and I feel bad that I'm taking forever to frame them. 
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. Cool purchases too!!
. On that note; I love the SW stuff that you bought and also look forward to more of your trip.
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