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Glad to hear that the rain did not do any damage to your property. I know that here in Cheyenne it has been raining as much as in Denver, Just we are alittle higher up but still have some flooding going on.
Prayers for everyone in Colorado.
We unfortunately have some damage, but only to some fences around the property. Nothing major, but it is going to take some time to get repaired. The flooding in CO has been terrible, it seems like since we left there it's been a lot of fires, floods and other problems. Really hard to watch, as I still consider CO my home.
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Glad you made it home safe.
My cousin and her family live in Loveland, so I have been glued to the tv.
Can't wait for your trip report and all the pics!
I hope your family are safe and all is well with them. The view from the plane was unreal. I'm hoping to start the TR soon.
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Welcome Home. looking forward to reading your TR but take your time and enjoy the family
I didn't want everyone to forget about me. We had a fun family week, mostly just around the house. Although, we did trek into Albuquerque on Friday to see Planes and go to our favorite BBQ restaurant (yeah, the diet is not doing so good). We started school back up today, Shana did great, Hunter is going to take some time to get back in routine.
I am planning to get the TR started this week. I haven't even uploaded any pictures yet and I think I'm just going to go through in order as I do the TR and sort them in folders on my external hard drive. That will make it easier for me and I won't have to sort 2,000+ photos before starting the TR. I probably will not include all of the pictures, many are of the same thing, took 2-3 shots of everything and different angles. They are mostly signs for attractions and such, but I will include many of them.
I am also starting to design the app, and I really can't wait to share it with everyone, if and when we ever complete it. Hunter was so cute when I called from Disney. He would get on the phone and instead of asking what I was doing or if I was having fun he would say "Have your finished DTD, yet?" or "How many resorts have you finished?". Guess he wanted to make sure I wasn't slacking off.
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Haven't forgotten about you! Glad Hunter kept you on task while you were away and that you're making progress with the ap. Looking forward to the TR whenever it appears!
Nope, haven't forgotten about you. I knew we probably wouldn't hear from you while Pat was home.
That's a lot of pics to have to sort through. Can't wait to see some of them.
We will be ready whenever you are. Excited to hear about your trip and see your pictures!! I learn so much from everyone that has gone on trips and report back. Makes planning for our trip alittle bit easier and not so overwhelming.
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I'm patient, so whenever you have time, I'll be ready to read.
I'm working on uploading my iPhone pictures now, hoping to have the first installment tonight.
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Haven't forgotten about you! Glad Hunter kept you on task while you were away and that you're making progress with the ap. Looking forward to the TR whenever it appears!
Hunter was cracking me up, he is going to be a tough boss someday, he was not going to let me slack off.
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We'll be here when you're ready!
Working on it now, hopefully will have it start tonight.
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Originally Posted by disneydreamer33
Nope, haven't forgotten about you. I knew we probably wouldn't hear from you while Pat was home.
That's a lot of pics to have to sort through. Can't wait to see some of them.
I got on the computer a little during the week with Pat, but not very much, and most was for getting ready for school and paying bills. There are so many pictures, I'm a little overwhelmed. I am uploading only my iPhone right now. The others I am going to upload in smaller groups.
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We will be ready whenever you are. Excited to hear about your trip and see your pictures!! I learn so much from everyone that has gone on trips and report back. Makes planning for our trip alittle bit easier and not so overwhelming.
It took me awhile to start reading TR's, it seemed like I would just be to anxious about mine. But I found I also love reading other peoples reports and seeing the fun things other people do. It adds to my list of things to do the next time.
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We're here whenever you're ready.
Hopefully starting tonight.
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Originally Posted by mommapants
looking forward to reading it - glad you had a great family week together
We really enjoyed it. Pat spent a couple of days and built us a beautiful 10-foot picnic table so we have a nice place to sit and eat and sometimes do school now. Even though we did a lot of "normal" stuff, it's nice just all being home together.
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Originally Posted by num1DVCfan
I'm patient too, but I can't wait to hear all the details.
I'm hoping to start tonight. The number of photos overwhelmed me a little when I got home. I've been afraid to even plug the camera in my computer and even start looking at them.
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Originally Posted by JKnott17
We'll be here when you are ready Looking forward to hearing all about it.
I can't wait to share! Our next trip is not that far away and I need to finish this TR so I can start planning that trip some more.
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Originally Posted by OneLittleSpark
Can't wait to find out what this app is! AND...I don't even have a smartphone! 2,000+ pics...boy you were busy!!!!
It will probably be a 4-6 months before we have the app ready to where I will be able to share about it. I don't want our idea to slip out there and have somebody steal it. I promise that once we have it ready to go that I will come back and let everyone know about it.
I also discovered that we are going to have to get a more recent iMac to be able to create it, I was planning to get a new camera for Christmas, but I guess I'm getting a computer instead.
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I hope your family are safe and all is well with them. The view from the plane was unreal. I'm hoping to start the TR soon. 
We had a fun family week, mostly just around the house. Although, we did trek into Albuquerque on Friday to see Planes and go to our favorite BBQ restaurant (yeah, the diet is not doing so good). We started school back up today, Shana did great, Hunter is going to take some time to get back in routine. 
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2,000+ pics...boy you were busy!!!!
"Sparky"(My first trip.)
I promise that once we have it ready to go that I will come back and let everyone know about it. 
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