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Just getting started but it sounds fantastic.
Will read through and get caught up tonight when the kids go to bed
ETA: Okay, I just couldn't wait til bedtime.
I hope your sister is doing well and I love that your mom was a part of the PTR - how fun!
I would give most anything for a Grand Gathering - my dad & step-mom love Disney and got us started. Sadly, in April 2009 my dad had a massive stroke and is unable to travel to WDW anymore. Enjoy your wonderful family & trip. I cannot wait to hear all about it.
Thanks for joining - I have to admit I haven't been faithful to this PTR - as you can tell with all the updates from my DMom....LOL I am so sorry to hear about your DDad! My DDad started having heart problems back in the late spring/early summer. The doctors are recommending he have a pacemaker put in - and I believe he is trying putting it off until after WDW - he wants to ride the coasters one more time. So this might be our last grand gathering - gonna try to make it a GREAT one!!
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Thanks for joining - I have to admit I haven't been faithful to this PTR - as you can tell with all the updates from my DMom....LOL I am so sorry to hear about your DDad! My DDad started having heart problems back in the late spring/early summer. The doctors are recommending he have a pacemaker put in - and I believe he is trying putting it off until after WDW - he wants to ride the coasters one more time. So this might be our last grand gathering - gonna try to make it a GREAT one!!
Thank you very much. It is hard. I will have you & your dad in my thoughts and prayers for successful procedures upon your return home.
Enjoy your treats at WDW and I wasn't so sure about the Dole Whip once I realized what it actually was {I get pineapple ice cream and pineapple juice} but they are so yummy and quite refreshing. I will have to sneak one on our next trip as it has come to light since our last trip that DS is allergic to pineapple and he loves pineapple.
Wow! You are getting so close now. Good luck on the packing and organizing.
Thank you very much. It is hard. I will have you & your dad in my thoughts and prayers for successful procedures upon your return home.
Enjoy your treats at WDW and I wasn't so sure about the Dole Whip once I realized what it actually was {I get pineapple ice cream and pineapple juice} but they are so yummy and quite refreshing. I will have to sneak one on our next trip as it has come to light since our last trip that DS is allergic to pineapple and he loves pineapple.
Wow! You are getting so close now. Good luck on the packing and organizing.
Thanks for remembering my Dad!! I have heard SO much about the Dole Whip from fellow passporters - it's a must on this trip!! And I also love pineapple! Sorry about your son being allergic to it . We are VERY close now - I have most of our clothes laid out. It's so hard packing for 5 people for 8 days!!
We are 5 days from leaving for WDW!!! There is still sickness in our family. My DDaughter woke up Saturday morning with a fever and what seems to be a stomach virus. The fever has came & gone...the stomach problems are still lingering around. So she stayed in bed most of the day, and I would lay with her then jump up and clean for awhile. I got the house nice & clean - hoping it will stay like that until we leave. ( I do not like leaving a messy house ) My SWEET DMom let my older two boys stay with her Saturday and spend the night so hopefully they wouldn't catch what their little sister had. But guess what?? I woke up Sunday morning with my lower back in terrible pain - either from laying too much or cleaning too much?!? ** Is somebody or something against us going on this vacation....LOL I am now taking some meds for my back - please, please pain go away....I wanna ride the roller coasters....LOL
The weather here in Alabama is so weird. Last week the temp's were in the 60's during the day...now the next couple of days are going to be in the mid 70's. So I am having a hard time keeping t-shirts & shorts for the kids and my husband to wear when I am wanting to pack them. We are all off Thursday for Veteran's Day , so I am hoping to get all the packing done, and my DHusband is going to get our van ready for take-off.
*** Change in our plans - we are now leaving Saturday (13th) instead of Sunday. We are going to leave around 4:30 am - drive all the way through. DMom & DDad has made us reservations (and paid for the extra night - aren't they the greatest??) about 30 mins away from WDW. (Correct me on that Mom, if I am wrong.) We're going to hopefully get to the hotel around 5 or 6 Saturday evening ( in time to watch the Bama game or my DS will be so upset. He's still a true Bama fan even if we're not #1 ) We are going to get a goodnight sleep and wake up to have an extra full day - I believe we are going to Magic Kingdom on Sunday.
Well, that is all for now - my DH and my DDad are programming the TomToms as I type - and I am going to try to get some more of our clothes pack or organized - I have a big mess!!
BTW - did I mention we are leaving for WDW in 5 DAYS!!!
Goodness I hope you are all feeling super by the time you leave. Yay for an extra day and super sweet of your parents for making that happen.
Good luck with the packing and such!
I hope everyone gets well and your back pain goes away.
Good luck with driving straight through.
We are driving from Oklahoma in 30 days, but we are stopping for the night and picking up my DM in Pensacola. That will break it up nicely.
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No you are right on the mark! Except, would you all get well
You all are making me very nervous
We need this vacation very bad maybe that is why it is being so hindered.
Oh well, we will make it. We will just drug you up and your back will be fine
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- either from laying too much or cleaning too much?!? ** Is somebody or something against us going on this vacation....LOL I am now taking some meds for my back - please, please pain go away....I wanna ride the roller coasters....LOL
, so I am hoping to get all the packing done, and my DHusband is going to get our van ready for take-off. 
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