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Wasn't the snow so pretty?! Too bad it'll be gone by the end of the week.
Great ornaments - I have some of the same ones too!
And I must know where this subdivision is! I need to take the boys by there to see those decorations!!
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Wasn't the snow so pretty?! Too bad it'll be gone by the end of the week.
Great ornaments - I have some of the same ones too!
And I must know where this subdivision is! I need to take the boys by there to see those decorations!!
It's in Kirkwood. If you know where Ahners Nursery is on Manchester Road, this neighborhood is across the street, just slightly west of Ahners -- turn onto Lockett from Manchester. A block or two into the neighborhood, the cul-de-sac will be on your right. You can't miss it!
I just all your Disney ornaments Cindy! DD got the Hook/Crock one last year from my MIL (DD loves her some Disney Movies & at the time Peter Pan was her fav).
Don't you just Jim Shore's stuff?? I sure do! I must add that Goofy to my growing Goofy collection.
It's in Kirkwood. If you know where Ahners Nursery is on Manchester Road, this neighborhood is across the street, just slightly west of Ahners. Naturally, I can't think of the name of the main street, but you just come in a couple of blocks from Manchester and the cul-de-sac will be on your right. You can't miss it!
Love all the ornaments on the lawn and inside Cindy. Great work! Looks like you had a great Christmas and a "White: one too. We just missed one by one day, although I wasn't hoping for a blizzard which we got, with 18" of the stuff. Not to worry as WDW is only two months away.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
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We got to talking with these two young ladies who were behind us in line, who were celebrating their respective birthdays. After we got seated, we were facing them for a brief moment and I managed to get this:
The headband on the left is the same one I bought Sheri for Christmas!
Cindy!!! Hi I'm Amy the one on the right in this picture and my best friend Ashley is the girl with the really cute ears!!!! It was so great to meet and chat with you. I remembered that you were going to do a TR here on Passporter and even remembered what you were going to name it so I joined just so I could say hi!
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We got to talking with these two young ladies who were behind us in line, who were celebrating their respective birthdays. After we got seated, we were facing them for a brief moment and I managed to get this:
The headband on the left is the same one I bought Sheri for Christmas!
Cindy!!! Hi I'm Amy the one on the right in this picture and my best friend Ashley is the girl with the really cute ears!!!! It was so great to meet and chat with you. I remembered that you were going to do a TR here on Passporter and even remembered what you were going to name it so I joined just so I could say hi!
Amy, how that you looked for my TR! I hope to run into you and Ashley again sometime!
Cindy,
Hope everything is ok with you out in St. Louis after the horrible and destructive weather you had there on New Years!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I have that very same Pooh ornament from 2003, Actually that was the christmas Lily was 1 and we got the Pooh for me, Eeyore for Pat and Piglet for Lily (she really loved her bottles) Lol. Your trip was so awesome, thanks for sharing
Cindy!!! Hi I'm Amy the one on the right in this picture and my best friend Ashley is the girl with the really cute ears!!!! It was so great to meet and chat with you. I remembered that you were going to do a TR here on Passporter and even remembered what you were going to name it so I joined just so I could say hi!
Cindy,
Hope everything is ok with you out in St. Louis after the horrible and destructive weather you had there on New Years!
Dave, that afternoon was so weird! I'm talking about daytime on New Year's Eve. The temperature got way too warm for December that afternoon -- everybody was out and about, and then the rain clouds moved in really fast. We had a flash rainstorm that only lasted a few minutes, but we heard tornado sirens going off. The community that got hit was just a few miles from us, and yet our area is fine.
It's so horrible that some people died as a result of injuries suffered during the tornado. I think some area hotels put people up whose homes had been torn apart by the storm.
Makes you grateful for everything that's really important, like family and friends.
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all your Disney ornaments Cindy! DD got the Hook/Crock one last year from my MIL (DD loves her some Disney Movies & at the time Peter Pan was her fav).
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that you looked for my TR! I hope to run into you and Ashley again sometime!
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