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I love and hate that two family picture. Love it because I love all of you, but hate it because I'm not in it!
I got a kick out of the "little kids" riding the one ride and then see Arnaud in it!
Glad you had a great time in OC. Some year I'm going to have to get my family up there.
And yeah! Zach has arrived! You all had a great time in AK beforehand.
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What a great day at AK . . . I love the parade there! I'm so glad you squeezed in your beach visit and Linny and her family are great travel companions!
Originally Posted by Kenny Linny, this new model of "Linny Hat" puts things in a whole new perspective!
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Am I missing something here??
Sorry for the confusion, Linny. I just thought you look different in this cap as opposed to the fedora that the girls have dubbed "the Linny Hat". Just as cute, just different.
Great WDW update and OCNJ update. Wasn't the water COLD in June? I can't believe the boys were boggie boarding. Too cold for me. Looks like you had the beautiful week and not the 6 days of rain, down pours and more rain. The 2 families group shot is a great picture.
Isn't the start of school crazy this year. Evan was supposed to start on the 6th and then the very end of May they pushed it back to the 9th. Plus teacher’s convention this year… that week he only has 2 half days because of election day. It is taking every ounce of my being to NOT move up my summer 2014 trip (I just can't afford it yet).
Your AK day sounds great. I have never seen the parade. I hope to on my next trip but it is always so hot in that park and I end up leaving before it starts. Next trip maybe I'll try to arrive just in time to watch it and then stay a little later as the crowds thin out.
Great beach update. OC NJ looks like it's much nicer than OC MD. Ours has been going down hill for a few years. I'll have to take the family to NJ and check that one out.
You guys are so much fun. It must be the awesome NJ-ness
Can't wait to read more!
Of course it's the Jersey!!
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Great trip in a trip! Also great new installment! They do grow up all too fast- ours are 21 and 24. They don't go with us but the up side is they do like to house sit for us. I don't blame Craig - I'm in the middle of my second month of Insanity now and I don't want anyone watching me! LOL!
I'm happy to keep them tagging along as long as they want to. I imagine our first trip back when they don't want to come will be bittersweet. Don't get me wrong, we'll go , it'll just be different.
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Looks like you you all had a good day at AK. But have a hard tie believing that You met up with the Real Linny in OC NJ I think with that hat Arnaud replaced her with a cheep knock off and in the excitement of boys home for summer you fell for it
The "Linny" hat the real her, but she branches out every once in a while
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Jason and Josie are just too cute together. Your group picture with your two families with the beach and ocean in the background is really good. Looks like you all had a great time at the beach! Linny, this new model of "Linny Hat" puts things in a whole new perspective! I think PP friendships are the real deal.
I think it is so cool that your boys get so into the parades. It adds a lot to making a Disney vacation so special when you can share all the details. Your tiger and lizard pictures are sooo clear! How'd you get them to stand so still?!? Nice gifts from Linny and Family! ...and upgraded to First Class! Way to go, Zack!!!
Luckily enough they enjoy the parades, the shows and all the little things as well as the big E ticket things right now. Hopefully that will last a long time.
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Ahh, crap.....what did you have to get all mushy, you do know I hate that. However we feel the same and always love getting to spend time with you and your boys..........Am I missing something here??
Mwah! Mwah! Mushy Mushy!! And I thought I cancelled some of the mush with the olive comment.
That was you on the boardwalk, right??
I love and hate that two family picture. Love it because I love all of you, but hate it because I'm not in it!
I got a kick out of the "little kids" riding the one ride and then see Arnaud in it!
Glad you had a great time in OC. Some year I'm going to have to get my family up there.
And yeah! Zach has arrived! You all had a great time in AK beforehand.
I wish it was a multi-family picture too. You definitely have to get out here to OC. Hmmm...how can you do that for free??
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What a great day at AK . . . I love the parade there! I'm so glad you squeezed in your beach visit and Linny and her family are great travel companions!
If end of August ends up being our Disney time now with school, we might just have to squeeze in our OC trip to start the summer off next year too.
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Originally Posted by mommapants
Great WDW update and OCNJ update. Wasn't the water COLD in June? I can't believe the boys were boggie boarding. Too cold for me. Looks like you had the beautiful week and not the 6 days of rain, down pours and more rain. The 2 families group shot is a great picture.
Isn't the start of school crazy this year. Evan was supposed to start on the 6th and then the very end of May they pushed it back to the 9th. Plus teacher’s convention this year… that week he only has 2 half days because of election day. It is taking every ounce of my being to NOT move up my summer 2014 trip (I just can't afford it yet).
Your AK day sounds great. I have never seen the parade. I hope to on my next trip but it is always so hot in that park and I end up leaving before it starts. Next trip maybe I'll try to arrive just in time to watch it and then stay a little later as the crowds thin out.
Tyler can handle the cold water longer than Jason. Jason is a popsicle in the pool even at camp in the middle of August. He just has no meat on those little bones. But, he keeps going back. We don't get anything except Thurs and Fri for Jersey week anymore, that's why we had to switch to end of August. But, I'm hoping with the late school start the crowds will be really low and cancel out some of the heat.
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Great beach update. OC NJ looks like it's much nicer than OC MD. Ours has been going down hill for a few years. I'll have to take the family to NJ and check that one out.
We absolutely love it there!! We've been going now for seven years. It's a dry town and so family friendly.
I don’t know if it was too much ice cream, or the late night Insanity in the solarium, but we got a later start than we planned on this morning and missed Epcot EMH. Which for our family seems to be par for the course. So, we got up, headed for breakfast and coffee in the lounge and walked through the IG into Epcot.
We got a locker for the day, and some silly hat pictures.
Then we strolled through WS toward our first order of business which was to get FPs for Soarin’.
And of course had to stop for our annual picture of the boys growing up in the Canada masks. (This year Zach won’t be with us and I think when I go to take this picture it’ll hit me hard ).
After we got our FPs we decided to take a ride on the land. When we turned to walk over there, we ran into a friend from home. I always think that it’s funny how out of all of the entire WDW property, you can be in the same exact place as someone you know at the same exact time. It’s a small world after all. We chatted for a little bit and then went to ride the Land. I do love this ride.
The boys teasing Jason for riding with his fingers in his ears.
After The Land, we took a ride on SE and then went to visit the temporary character spot where we saw Pluto, Mickey…
Minnie…
And Goofy…
There was only a 15 minute wait for Ellen then and we all like this ride so we walked over to Universe of Energy stopping to watch the Jammitors (or the Jammin’ Chefs as they’re known during F&WF…not as catchy ).
After travelling back in time with Ellen (Love her but maybe they can get her to shoot a new version?? ) we went back to The Land for our Soarin’ FPs and then some lunch. Craig and I got lunch at Sunshine Seasons. I got ahi tuna noodle salad and Craig got Mongolian beef. Then we brought our lunches to EU so that Tyler could get a bacon cheeseburger, Zach chicken nuggets and Jason the allergy-free nuggets. Then when we sat down to eat, I thought I tasted something nutty in my noodles so I ran back to The Land to ask a chef. They told me it was okay so I ran back to eat. Good thing it was a cold salad to begin with, but I can never be too sure.
Then I finally did it!! It took me three years, but I finally got the boys to go and try some “free” soda…the Beverly!!
(Craig actually said it wasn’t that bad. )
We had some time left before we had to go back to get ready for our ‘fancy dinner’ so the boys wanted to try the new Phineas and Ferb adventure. We had to stop and get a picture by the Cranberry “Bob” and then we joined forces with P&F to defeat Dr. Doofenshmirtz in Mexico.
(I'm not entirely sure what's going on in this picture. )
After defeating Dr. Doofenshmirtz, we started snacking a bit on our way by taking the long way back to the IG. I had Mongolian Beef on a steamed bun from China which was delicious (sorry no pic ) and Craig had Sukiyaki Beef Pan which he said was also very good (again no pics ). But, then Zach and I shared the Pumpkin Spice Funnel Cake in the American Pavilion. That I do have a picture of.
(See all those big-mouth pictures of me on the rides paid off! )
After our little sampling of the F&WF we went back to the BC so the boys could have some pool time before we had to get dressed for dinner.
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Zach's Beverly reaction is the BEST! Omg! Love ittttt.
Every single year my boyfriend forgets which is the gross soda. So every single year, I let him try the Beverly and am ready and waiting with my camera
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Sorry for the confusion, Linny. I just thought you look different in this cap as opposed to the fedora that the girls have dubbed "the Linny Hat". Just as cute, just different. 
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and in the excitement of boys home for summer you fell for it
Linny, this new model of "Linny Hat" puts things in a whole new perspective! 
I think PP friendships are the real deal. 
Nice gifts from Linny and Family! ...and upgraded to First Class! Way to go, Zack!!! 
but we got a later start than we planned on this morning and missed Epcot EMH. Which for our family seems to be par for the course. So, we got up, headed for breakfast and coffee in the lounge and walked through the IG into Epcot.
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