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Sorry to see it all end! I've enjoyed reading about your trip. Thank you for sharing your trip with us, and I'll look for the PTR for your January trip!!
Look forward to hearing Liz's last few thoughts, we have enjoyed all the fun your family had. Really look forward to reading about the Jan. no kids trip. That is on our to do list.
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What a great update. I love that you were checking the balloon and found two of your princesses inside. I can't wait to hear Liz's take on things.
Don't let him fool ya! By two weeks into that vacation and the long car ride and another right around the corner I was looking for an escape route!! I saw the balloon and thought "ahhhh a few minutes of solitude!!" JUST KIDDING!!!!
Update later when I am awake enough to function...........
Sorry to see this one come to an end. I have really enjoyed the antics in teh parks and the continuous picking your guys do. Must be true love to be able to look over the obsesions and still show your love for each other. You have a great blended family. Glad to see you made the drive safely especially with a NEW driver on her permit. Looking forward to your next trip.
Thank you for sharing another amazing trip with us....good thing that the anniversary PTR will be coming up soon as waiting until next August is too long for another Brent & Liz TR
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How sad! My last day rebuttal......! Glad January is right around the corner! Don't get me wrong. I love vacationing with the kids and they are only this age once, I don't want to miss a thing. But, something about our once a year long weekend trips alone is just special. We aren't chaseing kids, we aren't intervening in squabbles, we aren't balencing 6 meals on trays at counter services. And the neatest thing is we can focus on each other, and the things that we liked about each other from day one. We can do the Cinderella visits over and over again. We can go back and bug Tinkerbell until Brent is beaten down to the core.....its a great time! lol I think every couple should make "couples time". We can't make our kids happy and well adjusted if we aren't happy and well adjusted! I am fortunate to have such a great hubby that I love so much, who shares in my love of disney, I feel very blessed to have this time with him.
Onward to the last days of our trip. Brents tolerance of Disney Quest far excedes mine...must be a guy/video game thing. But Kudos to him! I don't do dark, loud, tight enclosed spaces well at all. I don't like Planet Hollywood for the same reasons. It never used to bother me. Maybe it comes from being a psych nurse and always having to kinda watch my back? I dunno, but none the less, a few games in I found a willing partner, well actually I dragged her butt off of "dance dance revelution" and headed for wide open spaces! LOL We had made several trips to Characters In Flight, the hot air balloon in hopes of rideing but it had been closed due to weather/wind. I saw the operator taking down the closed sign.....YES YES YES!!!!!! So on we went! The operator was great! It was just him and us! Our own private hot air balloon ride. He pointed things out, it was incredibly awesome and I can highly reccommend it!!! You can see for miles!!! It was definatly something we will remember for a long long time!
Being that last night, after packing, while Brent and Brendan did their thing, I went off on my walk of the grounds. Kinda like my goodbye for now. Love that place in the dark. Tori ventured off with a friend she had made while there for a walk and goodbyes. Another Goodbye for now.
The Marriannes Motel thing was soooo cool! One of those flash back in time things you can't explain. Every year my family would travel to Opryland for a two week vacation. Come to find out later so would Brents family....maybe our paths had crossed earlier in life? Anyway on the way there we stopped every year without fail at this small family owned and operated business. The family had kids, I played with them, it kinda got to be part of the vacation, we would spend a long weekend there on our way back. It was great! Lots of family memories. Alot of water under the bridge since then thats probably better left that way, but it was an indescribable warmth and connection I felt. My dads been gone for a few years now, these types of things really help sometimes. I felt like a little part of him was there with me that morning.
See the smiley face at the bottom of the pool!!!!
And not sure why I feel compelled to include this or why it was in my "travel home" pics. But its cute so here goes...... Its Cheyenne! Affectionatly refered to as Goldilocks by Brent!
This has been so much fun that I hate to say its over....but that is it!
Special thanks to Pinky who has been an honorary member of this vacation! Her imput has certainly made this TR more enjoyable for everyone!! Thanks Pinky!!!!
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My last day rebuttal......! Glad January is right around the corner! Don't get me wrong. I love vacationing with the kids and they are only this age once, I don't want to miss a thing. But, something about our once a year long weekend trips alone is just special. We aren't chaseing kids, we aren't intervening in squabbles, we aren't balencing 6 meals on trays at counter services. And the neatest thing is we can focus on each other, and the things that we liked about each other from day one. We can do the Cinderella visits over and over again. We can go back and bug Tinkerbell until Brent is beaten down to the core.....its a great time! lol I think every couple should make "couples time". We can't make our kids happy and well adjusted if we aren't happy and well adjusted! 
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