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Decided to break this into two parts - LOL I have just finished the PTR part and made it to day one of your TR. I will tackle your TR part tomorrow - we have 70% chance of rain tomorrow so a good indoor project me thinks .
Too bad that Ryan didn't get to make it after all. But y'all did have a great group and atleast Kevin made it with Becki this time.
I love the food and drink cards you made for everyone. They came out great and if Steph and I make it this year, we may have to do this to prep for the F&WF trip next year.
Dylan looks so adorable in his soccer uniform.
I totally had it wrong about the boys' baby pics. I could have bet money that the top pic was Dylan and the bottom pic was Lukas. Good thing I didn't!
The photo shoot turned out wonderful Kelly! Lidia did an awesome job and so did everyone in your group. That was a lot of people to coordinate and keep focused.
Besides your siggy pic, this is my absolute favorite pic. The ones of all y'all walking on the wet boardwalk were some of my favs too.
Oh and i would love Lidia's info too if you don't mind PMing it to me!
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Okay...sooo waaaaay far behind, but I'm going to catch up! Busy day one, and I'm sorry your Italian Margarita wasn't up to snuff...I agree you should have sent it back. You need that first day FAB!
And I LOVE this picture...
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"Somebody help me!!"
Great photos of the DVC room. It's beautiful!! (Maybe ammunition for Craig and a possible DVC purchase?? )
Decided to break this into two parts - LOL I have just finished the PTR part and made it to day one of your TR. I will tackle your TR part tomorrow - we have 70% chance of rain tomorrow so a good indoor project me thinks .
Too bad that Ryan didn't get to make it after all. But y'all did have a great group and atleast Kevin made it with Becki this time.
I love the food and drink cards you made for everyone. They came out great and if Steph and I make it this year, we may have to do this to prep for the F&WF trip next year.
Dylan looks so adorable in his soccer uniform.
I totally had it wrong about the boys' baby pics. I could have bet money that the top pic was Dylan and the bottom pic was Lukas. Good thing I didn't!
The photo shoot turned out wonderful Kelly! Lidia did an awesome job and so did everyone in your group. That was a lot of people to coordinate and keep focused.
Besides your siggy pic, this is my absolute favorite pic. The ones of all y'all walking on the wet boardwalk were some of my favs too.
Oh and i would love Lidia's info too if you don't mind PMing it to me!
Thanks for reading all that!!
That pic is one of my fave's too. I have it as a 10x20 in the house and a small one on my desk at work. I'll send you Lidia's info Monday. (Remind me if I forget.)
[QUOTE=dsteiny23;3871180]Okay...sooo waaaaay far behind, but I'm going to catch up! Busy day one, and I'm sorry your Italian Margarita wasn't up to snuff...I agree you should have sent it back. You need that first day FAB!
And I LOVE this picture...
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"Somebody help me!!"
Great photos of the DVC room. It's beautiful!! (Maybe ammunition for Craig and a possible DVC purchase?? )
Share away with Craig! Although he may want to see pics of BCV.
I have FINALLY had a chance to read through your entire TR over the past 2 days. Your costumes? Amazing! Your photoshoot? Fantastic!
So sorry about the 'moments' you had - we've all been there, done that and they stink! Glad things seem to be looking up for you though! Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your report!!!
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I have FINALLY had a chance to read through your entire TR over the past 2 days. Your costumes? Amazing! Your photoshoot? Fantastic!
So sorry about the 'moments' you had - we've all been there, done that and they stink! Glad things seem to be looking up for you though! Looking forward to keeping up with the rest of your report!!!
Thanks for catching up! I hope to get an update in soon and there isn't too much more as tomorrow we go home.
At the end of the photo shoot Dylan got to play in the fountain. He was having a blast and got mad at me when I made him stop. Lightening was off in the distance and he needed to get out of the water. I had extra clothes for him so we went behind one of those big planters and changed him.
We had a little time to kill before our ADR so Mike went to watch O’Canada while the others took a Journey with Figment and a ride on Living with the Land.
I checked us in at GG and we had a bit of a wait here and it was more crowded in this area than other places we’d been all week. The boys played on the floor and soon we were seated. We did have to sit at separate tables and had the stairway in between. I was a bit disappointed, but what are you going to do with 10 people. Mike & the boys sat with his parents while I sat with my parents, Kevin & Becki.
Pluto, Chip, Dale & Mickey made their rounds and we had a great meal. This wasn’t my favorite dining experience (sorry Linny!) but I think it had to do with me not sitting with the boys and seeing them interact with them. I did get up each time and come over but it was hard to see things standing behind the characters. I did have fun with Dale making fun of Chip behind his back. Those chipmunks are always a good time! I do want to take a minute to say that I do really enjoy eating here and the characters are always fun, but it might not be the best option for a large group. We probably could’ve waited longer for tables closer together but it was getting late and we were all tired. So I hope everyone still tries GG if they haven’t. We plan to go back in September.
I just noticed Lukas' face in this picture.
I had noted the boys’ birthdays and they each got a Mickey sundae with a candle. Even Pluto came to check it out.
After GG we were exhausted! Lukas fell asleep and I sat out with him and Kevin & Becki while everyone else took a spin on SSE. Mike’s parents headed to WS and after SSE so did Mike (it was EMH tonight), the rest of us took the boys ‘home’ to bed. We were back in the room at 9:30pm.
Becki & went to settle the bill as I had maxed it out and couldn’t pay for dinner that night. That sounds like we were crazy spending money doesn’t it? Well, we had the TiW card and we ended up charging most meals to the room and everyone just paid us back. Becki & Kevin owed us a little so they paid a portion of the bill and then I did the rest. Or so I thought (more on that later). I went back to the room to finish packing and soon lights were out.
Tonight’s phrase: ”The moon lightens well but leaves certain areas in the dark.” -African proverb
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Oh I would have been annoyed too not sitting all together, but your are right.....party of 10 hungry people, what's to do? You always rave about GG and are even going back again, so I'm still going sista.
Love Dyaln jumping on those instruments!! That was one of Josie's favorite things to do too.
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