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I'm hoping this spring/summer isn't plagued with severe weather.
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Glad nothing too severe came through your way. One of the tornadoes in Arkansas just barely missed a friend's house. That is definitely one thing I hate about living in Oklahoma, tornadoes!!!!
I loved the royal wedding too... My parents were on their honeymoon when Charles and Diana were married, and then I got married in July of 2011 a few months after William and Kate. It was great to see all the fanfare!
Glad that the weather didn't hit you too horribly last night!
Glad nothing too severe came through your way. One of the tornadoes in Arkansas just barely missed a friend's house. That is definitely one thing I hate about living in Oklahoma, tornadoes!!!!
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That's just way to close and much more so than I want to be! Don't even want to experience or think about it! We had Sandy up here in October, 2012 and that was enough! At least with that there was several days warning. Not like a tornado with just minutes warning and no idea, where it will exactly hit. Just so scary as your whole life can be turned upside down in just minutes!
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Glad the weather wasn't too awful today--we had some really strong storms come through early in the evening! I love the new luggage tags! I'm also glad I'll get to tag along while you are here!
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Glad the weather cleared up and it sounds like the allergies are more under control now.
Gosh, where does the time go? I can't believe it's three years since William and Kate's wedding. I remember our April 2011 trip - you would not believe how many Americans asked us that trip if we were going to the wedding, on the assumption I guess that because we were British, all British were going!
That's just way to close and much more so than I want to be! Don't even want to experience or think about it! We had Sandy up here in October, 2012 and that was enough! At least with that there was several days warning. Not like a tornado with just minutes warning and no idea, where it will exactly hit. Just so scary as your whole life can be turned upside down in just minutes!
We ran from one last year that was headed straigh for us. It ended up turning south and we would have been fine, but my husband was at work and didn't want the girls and I alone at the house. So we left and went to his work and then headed north with his boss to his house and waited it out. It was about a week after the one that hit Moore and we live about 20 miles NW of Moore, so we weren't taking any chances. Those things just turn on a dime and you never know which way they are going to go.
Glad Luke is feeling better and that you did not get any extreme weather. Just so scary, I was talking to my dad the other day about the storms that the midwest and south were getting. I think tornados scare me the most as you really just have no warning, with snow storms or hurricanes, you might not know how bad it is going to be but you can be prepared but tornados...just so devestating.
On this day in 2011, the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton was broadcast live from Westminster Abbey on large screens in the lobby of the Dolphin hotel at Walt Disney World beginning at 5 a.m. Meanwhile over at Disney's Wedding Pavilion, Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons hosted their very first tweetup at the Walt Disney World Resort for a Royal Sleepover. Wearing wedding gowns and pajamas, guests watched the Royal Wedding live on big screen televisions in the pavilion and outside on the beach. At Epcot, the United Kingdom Pavilion was decorated with flags in honor of the special occasion and cast members greeted one another with calls of "happy wedding day!"
Luke and I were married just a few weeks prior to Prince Charles and Diana. I made Luke move the TV to the bedroom the night before, and then I set the alarm to be up in time to watch the ceremony. The whole thing was repeated in 2011 for Prince William and Kate. I love royal weddings!
I didn't know they did that at the Wedding Pavilion. How ! I love royal weddings too! I had a sleepover with my friends for Charles and Diana's wedding, and then I also got up bright and early for Will and Kate's!
Glad nothing too severe came through your way. One of the tornadoes in Arkansas just barely missed a friend's house. That is definitely one thing I hate about living in Oklahoma, tornadoes!!!!
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I think you all in a much more susceptible area for tornadoes than we are, but we do still get them. We've had two destructive ones here in our town in the past 12 years. Always scary!
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I loved the royal wedding too... My parents were on their honeymoon when Charles and Diana were married, and then I got married in July of 2011 a few months after William and Kate. It was great to see all the fanfare!
Glad that the weather didn't hit you too horribly last night!
Neat that yours and your parents are close to the royal weddings!
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Glad the weather wasn't too awful today--we had some really strong storms come through early in the evening! I love the new luggage tags! I'm also glad I'll get to tag along while you are here!
I had noticed from friends/famly on FB that you all had some storms. Glad everyone is okay. Two weeks from today the three of us will be exploring Epcot. We also hope to meet Melissa and her family as well.
Glad Luke felt better for a while. These storms are very scary. Glad you haven't had it too bad where you are.
I think the weather forecast is for a calmer end to the week. I do not enjoy the weather radio alert going off all the time.
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Glad you guys were spared the bad weather and I hope that Luke gets his allergies under control before your trip.
I've kept him in so far today.
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Glad the weather cleared up and it sounds like the allergies are more under control now.
Gosh, where does the time go? I can't believe it's three years since William and Kate's wedding. I remember our April 2011 trip - you would not believe how many Americans asked us that trip if we were going to the wedding, on the assumption I guess that because we were British, all British were going!
I had the same thought when the website had 2011. I had to check their accuracy as it didn't seem it had been that long at all. Too funny that you were asked if you were going to the wedding.
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We had Sandy up here in October, 2012 and that was enough! At least with that there was several days warning. Not like a tornado with just minutes warning and no idea, where it will exactly hit. Just so scary as your whole life can be turned upside down in just minutes! 
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! I love royal weddings too! I had a sleepover with my friends for Charles and Diana's wedding, and then I also got up bright and early for Will and Kate's!
I've kept him in so far today. 
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