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Only 8 days left until the Poconos vacation! Our whole family is emailing and calling each other figuring out when we're checking in, where we are going to eat, what activities we're going to do together and what we're doing on our own. The big "buzz" that's going around is who's going to watch the little kids during the adult and teen only dinner/show. And of course I was volunteered to go INTO the kids club with them and watch them when there is already people in there watching them!!! EEERRRGGGHHH. Anyway, I've decided to step out of my comfort zone and try things I wouldn't usually try such as water skiing, canoeing/kayaking and I'm still trying to convince myself to go parasailing if I can. If I try that I might not make it back to tell you about it!! I guess it will depend on my attitude that day. I've decided to wait to show the pics from the party until after I get back so that I can upload them all at once. Sorry I haven't done them yet. Life has just gotten so busy and I haven't had time to upload them!! I was really pleased when I got on the resort website again and found that the Woodloch has characters just like WDW!! Boomer the bear is the Woodloch Resort mascott and my brothers, cousins and everyone else can't wait to get a family picture with him!! He looks kinda cute! And of course I'll be seeing alot of him in the kids club that's intended for kids ages 3-10. But I love my cousins and I'll crawl to the end of the earth to make them happy. Ok, so let's just say I love them and maybe save myself a couple thousand miles and we'll be good. We don't really have anything planned officially but we do know that we're arriving at the resort earlier than check in time (5:00) so we can do some things like swimming and checking out the waterslide that goes into the lake!! I'm sure that will be the highlight!! Well this will probably be my last update but I might post a pic of all the packing chaos going on around here!!
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Ok so it turns out that I had my ticker all screwed up and we actually leave tomorrow!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!! Until like an hour ago I had nothing packed and it's haut been frantic around here. And turns out that my camera battery died and my charger has already been buried deep in a box that's getting ready to go to the new house. So all pictures for this trip report will be taken via my moms camera. So I'll have to share the party pics later as they are still on my camera. We leave tomorrow around 11 or right after my doggie gets his shots done (whichever comes first). We decided we are going to meet my cousins ages 8 and 7 at the resort and decide what to do. Just to give you an idea of why we're waiting to decide what to do... We could do bumper cars, bumper boats, go carts, batting cages, swimming, water slides, wall climbing, hiking, canoeing, fishing and shall I go on??? . So we want to wait and see what we all want to do within reason so every one has fun. I'm so excited. Can't wait to share it all with you. Until then.........
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We're back!! It was sooooo much fun and we're definitely planning on going back. I'll start my TR tomorrow so that I can upload all my pics. Honestly, I didn't take that many and some of my food pics accidently got deleted. So I will try my best to give you an idea of everything. It was a great time and I will never forget it. There was a lot of fun and oh my interesting moments. Overall, it was amazing and mindblowing. Can't wait to share it with everyone!!
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If I try that I might not make it back to tell you about it!! I guess it will depend on my attitude that day. I've decided to wait to show the pics from the party until after I get back so that I can upload them all at once. Sorry I haven't done them yet. Life has just gotten so busy and I haven't had time to upload them!! I was really pleased when I got on the resort website again and found that the Woodloch has characters just like WDW!! Boomer the bear is the Woodloch Resort mascott and my brothers, cousins and everyone else can't wait to get a family picture with him!! 
He looks kinda cute! And of course I'll be seeing alot of him in the kids club that's intended for kids ages 3-10. But I love my cousins and I'll crawl to the end of the earth to make them happy. Ok, so let's just say I love them and maybe save myself a couple thousand miles and we'll be good. 
We don't really have anything planned officially but we do know that we're arriving at the resort earlier than check in time (5:00) so we can do some things like swimming and checking out the waterslide that goes into the lake!! I'm sure that will be the highlight!! Well this will probably be my last update but I might post a pic of all the packing chaos going on around here!!
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. So we want to wait and see what we all want to do within reason so every one has fun. I'm so excited. Can't wait to share it all with you. Until then.........
I'm excited to share!
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