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Old 06-21-2016, 12:09 PM   #196
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I just caught up. Love your pictures.

Pixies for your family. Beautiful photo of you and Kamryn.
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The sandwich looks delish! And the cupcake too!
The singing in the rain umbrella is a must do for us as well, though I think I heard somewhere that it's going, going, gone!
The umbrella shot was on my to-do list!!

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Your sandwich from the Trolley Car/Starbucks looks so delicious!

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Your sandwiches from the Trolley Café looked delicious! We usually get the breakfast sandwiches from there which are also very good
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What a great day at DHS with some yummy food!!
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That cupcake looked delicious!!

Yaaa!! for a good CS choice (finally) in DHS! A great value on the DP too!



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I just caught up. Love your pictures.

Pixies for your family. Beautiful photo of you and Kamryn.
Going to gve a little Kamry update before my next TR post!
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Kamry Update:

Kamry just turned 2 months old on 6/22. She is doing VERY well since coming home on 6/07. She is now over 6 lbs. and is the sweetest little girl you ever saw!!



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Day 4 - Sunday 03/06/16 - continued

We had a FP for Lights, Motor, Action, but it wasn't until the 4:00 show. If we headed straight over there, we could catch the 1:00 show instead. That time worked better because we had an early dinner ADR today. We hadn't seen this show in years, and we were glad we went back because as of April, it would be gone too.







I knew exactly where I wanted to go next......


I do single rider line and was on in minutes....I this roller coaster!!




Peter was waiting for me once I got off. I really wish he loved rides like me!!

I had made up my mind that I would ride Tower of Terror alone this year. I was certain they offered the Single Rider option for this one too, but I asked a CM and he didnt know what I was talking about. The wait time was 40 minutes, but thinking about it any longer than a few minutes, I chickened out...again!!
So, riding ToT solo is back on the to-do list.



We had pretty much done everything we wanted to do at DHS and we wanted to get out of the sun and relax a little....I knew the perfect place to go.

We got this picture as we headed over to the boat.




coming up.....our new favorite thing to-do in WDW!!

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Kamry is beautiful and so glad to hear that she's doing so well! My DH does the SRL for RNRC most times now because I can't do it anymore without feeling like my brain is scrambled. We both love TOT so that's always a FP for our trips. Can't wait to read what your new favorite thing to do at WDW is all about!
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Kamry is beautiful and happy to hear she is doing so well!!

Glad you were able to switch your day up a little and see the earlier LMA show.
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