Second Day at Disney - Part 3
I’m back. I have been debating finishing this trip report since so much time slipped by…but I hate not finishing something I started. So I am going to move along now that I have a little more free time. (dance is over and softball is just about done too!)
On the last update we had just finished our Jungle Cruise and were midway through our afternoon! The JC used our last fast pass we had collected and the crowds were thick(er). It was threatening rain or lightly raining all day. It was so nice and warm though so we really didn’t mind one bit. :)
Can you guess our next attraction???
That’s right……
Back in its original form…..I just heard a tidbit on the DisPodcast that this is one of the few (or maybe only) attraction with Walt Disney’s name on it! Hurray! We had to wait about 5-10 min for the show to start…..
We were finally let in! I barely remember this attraction as a child and I went when once while it was “under new management” in 2007 but we haven’t been back since. It is a great classic show! Perfect for late afternoon!
I took a quick pic and we enjoyed the show!!!
So….if you are over in Adventure Land mid afternoon…and you’ve ridden lots of rides all day….what is the next thing you do????????
Why get a Dole Whip of course!
DELISH!!!!!!!! We stood under cover at this point because it was a little drizzly out. Actually a table became available which was great so we sat down and relaxed….even better!
Gotta love Brook’s goofy stare!
When we all finished, Aunt Mary decided to do some shopping on her own and we decided to do another attraction we haven’t done in a while……SFR tree!
I don’t think any of them have ever tried it!
We were also trying to avoid the drizzle which was very possible for this attraction. So we headed in….it wasn’t crowded but there were other people there. No wait for anything and we didn’t stop much. Here are a bunch of pics…..
You can see the rain on the water…
I love this picture above because you can see how they built out over the water….it gets better!
The view a little higher up!
As you can see I tagged along taking lots of pics! Now we began our descent!
More pretty views!
Yaaa we made it to the bottom!!! That was fun….certainly not life changing but entertaining and I loved the views! However, it was raining and we wanted to be able to walk around and not get wet. Sooooooooo, we did the next logical thing…went shopping! I bought the girls and I Disney ponchos! I have always wanted one and it never seems to rain when I am there. Also, the girls each had gift cards to use too. They picked out some things…a pin and some jewelry I think…. I took a pic of Devon and Brooklyn using her card from Aunt Dyanne (my sister). Thanks Aunt Dyanne!!!
Just a note about the ponchos while I am thinking of it. They weren’t actually out in the store but behind the counter. You have to ask the CM for them!
So next, we decided to shop our way down Main Street and head to the train station.
Pretty flowers between Crystal Palace and Child Care Center! So pretty!
Isn’t Disney beautiful???!!!
It was only a little drippy but we enjoyed our ponchos! And now commence shopping!
All the shops are connected (get short cut if Main St is jam packed!)
I believe Devon got these! We picked up a bunch of things along the way including autograph books! So at the base of Main Street, you can really see the crowds. No telling what the lines were like at this point. No one seemed to mind the wet weather….including Roy and Minnie!
We also wedged ourselves into the crowd for a castle and poncho pic! lol!
And Tinkerbell came along to surprise us while we were there! Somehow Brookie doesn’t appear convinced huh?!
I couldn’t go anywhere until I got a scrim pic too!
Just so you know….to the right of this pictures at the corner of this building (just around the corner) is where they HIDE the fastpass machines for FP to meet Minnie/Mickey and the Princesses at Exposition Hall.
Before we headed up we got those FP and used the restrooms next to town hall. Then we headed up to the platform.
We wanted the back row!
Here it comes!
We boarded and got close to the back!
And we chugged along to the next stop. Loved the lights on the train!
We had to get off in Frontier Land because we had to make our dinner ADRs. Any guesses as to where we were headed?? We passed…
So pretty! This short cut is nice (until you reach the smoking spot)!
We arrived about 5 minutes before our ADR time and met up with Aunt Mary here….
Did you guess correctly?
I checked in while the girls played tic-tac-toe. I was getting pretty tired at this point so I was looking forward to what I hoped was a great “Thanksgiving” meal. My family and I love LTT!!!! Mary and I chatted and waited for our light-up device to flash. Soon enough…it did! Interestingly enough, we were seated at a table we have sat at least once before…maybe twice. I find that funny since there are tons of tables and I am always near the front. No matter. Our waiter was great. He got our drinks and was quite cheerful! He made sure the little girls had stuff to color!
Soon enough our meal began! We had rolls/butter and salad with strawberry vinegrette. Can you see the drink…I think it was Pomegranate Lemonade….yummy!
Soon dinner arrived. There was soooo much to eat! Funny thing though…our server placed the bowl of mac and cheese in front of Sarah….lol! We were cracking up cause it wasn’t far from the truth! She would eat the whole bowl!
I tried a little of everything! We really enjoyed our meal!
And somehow we were supposed to fit dessert in there somewhere!
This is Johnny Appleseed’s Cake, Tavern-made White Cake filled with Apples and Craisins Dried Cranberries, topped with Ice Cream! Perfect ending!
After dinner we rolled out of LTT and headed back to complete our train ride around MK!
We boarded the train….apparently Devon had enough pics and was being shy!
We stopped at the old Toon Town rail station to refill the water tank! I am soooo looking forward to the new Fantasyland opening! Hopefully the next time we go….it will be mostly open.
We began moving again and completed our trip! We disembarked here:
My camera isn’t great at night but I love this shot with the castle in the background!!
So, we were tired and full but happy at this point but had one more thing to do! Meet the big cheese himself! And with our fastpasses we could meet the princesses too!
So we entered and went right up to the rope. There wasn’t much of a wait anyways….about 15-20 min in the standby line since it was evening. We were ushered into a hallway, then into the room with the princesses. They each had a spot light and a nice back drop too! We started with Cinderella and the girls had their new autograph books ready! I handed my photopass card to each PP photographer. I also snapped pics along the way. They captured some of their expressions and I just love this set of pics. The girls are getting older and by the time we make it back they will probably be out of the princess stage for the most part. So sad to think about. They are growing so fast.
So our first meeting was with Cinderella herself…Brooklyn’s favorite!
I am not quite sure how PP photographers can have an ideal environment, lighting and expensive cameras and still manage to get a crappy pic. Hmmmm. Oh well. Next up was a popular princess, Belle. I just love this movie!
She was so sweet and chatted with the girls over their dresses!
I think this Belle was absolutely wonderful!!!
Our final princess was Aurora. She wasn’t sugary sweet but nice all the same.
I would say the girls just loved meeting the princesses…they were practically glowing!
And we weren’t done yet! We headed out into a hall and into the gift shop and got back in line for Mickey! We couldnt wait to meet him either. We waited to be ushered into a back room. There were about 10 of us and a door. Suddenly we hear “knock knock” and of course all of the parents and kids think its going to be Mickey. The door opens and its a tall CM! LOL! We all laugh and he slams the door. We hear “knock knock” again and the door opens this time to……Mickey! We all yell “Mickey!” at the same time….hahahaha! So fun! They allow each family into the meeting room and we wait our turn. Its set up like a backstage area and not only was Mickey there but MINNIE was TOO!!!!!! I am practically jumping up and down!
Are they not the cutest?????????
So after autographs we start with some group shots….Sarah and I joined in this time too!
After our meeting we were able to thank them both and get some hugs. Minnie even hugged me! Such a nice visit and we weren’t rushed or anything!
Awwwww! This time we exited into the hall and into the gift shop. We looked around briefly. I noticed a sewing machine and this pretty dress belonging to someone special…
We met up with Mary and decided to call it a night! I am guessing it was around 7 or 8 pm??? We waited at the dock for the boat to the Poly…..I didn’t realize it but the cruise at night across the 7 Seas Lagoon was absolutely beautiful!!! What a great way to get back to the resort!!
We pulled up to the GF dock first…..
And then headed to the Poly…
We headed back to the room. You would think the girls would simply fall into bed wouldn’t you. But NOOOOOO, they wanted to go swimming. :) So I took them to the big pool while I caught up on sales for the day on my ipad. NOW THAT I THINK OF IT…I BELIEVE THAT AUNT MARY AND SARAH HEADED TO DOWNTOWN DISNEY THIS NIGHT????!!!!! I may be wrong but I think they went via bus for a little while. The littles and I were sound asleep when they arrived back at the room!
As you can see the pool wasn’t very busy. After about 1/2 hour, we heard music behind us in the Lagoon. It was close to 9 pm and the girls were just drying off. We walked to the beach and saw….
It was the Electric Water Pageant with happy music and floats!!! So pretty!!!
And it truly was a perfect ending to a perfect day! We were all smiles as we headed back to the room and to get ready for bed. Wow…..the day began with Chef Mickeys and ended with this parade. We were fortunate enough to avoid the crowds, ride/see all of the attractions that we wanted, had great meals and fun family times. We met the all of the princesses(Jasmine, Cindy, Belle and Aurora) and Mickey and Minnie and even went souvenir shopping! And best of all…it was only Friday. We still had two more full days ahead of us!!!!!! I fell asleep thanking God for such a perfect day!!!
I will be back with more. Now I am glad I am finishing this report! I feel like I have re-lived part of it this way. Thanks for reading along!!!!
Have a great week! Memorial Day weekend up next!
God Bless,
Cathy
Easter Break Part II and the rest of April!
Hello Everyone!
Welcome to May!!! Hope all is going well with you! I wanted to finish posting about Spring Break before summer break starts…lol. So here goes! After our wonderful trip out to PA, we returned home. I believe I relaxed for one whole day!!! Did some organizing and cleaning and that kind of thing. The next day we went to our local zoo/playground. We brought a picnic lunch. Unfortunately it was a bit chilly and threatening to rain. But we had fun walking around!
The girls brought their “babies” into the zoo. I told them I wasn’t going to hold them (but I ended up doing it towards the end). My little aviator…
Our zoo also has some farm animals…
Bald Eagle…
Peacock…
A camel…
Buffalo…
Lion….
And then we walked out to the “savannah”. Sarah’s favorite…..Zebras!
Giraffes…
And then we headed out as it was starting to spit a bit of rain….one last pic before we left…
I am hoping when she is a parent, she wont leave her baby under large animal feet! hahaha!
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The next day we went up to the mall. It was part of Sarah’s birthday present to get her ears pierced (second hole). So our first stop was Claire’s. Love this cute store.
As you can see, the babies went along on this trip too!
She was very brave and didn’t even flinch! Nor cry! I loved the fact that she wore her princess tiara in honor of her birthday! :) That was my favorite part!!!!
She picked small CZ posts for her April birthstone! After that we went in and out of several stores and bought a bunch of stuff like jewelry, makeup, perfume, and that kind of girly stuff! We also headed to Michaels to get stuff to decorate Sarah’s birthday cake. Then we went to lunch and headed home. One last stop…..Hobby Lobby. It is brand new! So cool! Our mall is about 50 minute drive so we don’t go much. It made for a fun day!
The little girls had a friend over later that day! They played tag and did lots of cartwheels and flips outside!
The next day we decorated Sarah’s birthday cake. Unfortunately, the bottom layer cracked and the whole cake ended up tilting a bit. It tasted great though!
We put these cool edible cake “tatoos” on!
Two of Sarah’s friends were coming for a sleep-over and so I took the girls down to the Cape May mall to walk and talk and see what was there. We had some snacks too! I let the “big” girls walk by themselves.
Off they go by themselves….we made a 5 pm meeting time! The little and I enjoyed walking in and out of all the little shops!
We even listened to part of the mass at Star of the Sea.
Then we all met up again!
Our next stop was Pizza Hut. Sarah’s other friend was riding (her horse) and couldn’t make it until after dinner. So off we went…
Dig in everyone!!!
We had a great dinner! Lots of pizza!! We headed back to our house and Sarah’s other friend arrived. Next, it was time to open presents!!
Next we had cake!
I took one last pic before the girls went and did their thing. Lots of laughing and giggles ensued for most of the night. We had lots of snacks available but the girls were so full no one ate anything. They set up their “beds” and I would say they fell asleep around 1 or 2 pm. I cooked breakfast the next morning (last day of spring break) and then the girls dispersed! It was a fun party and I just love Sarah’s friends! Truly wonderful talented nice girls! A huge Happy 14th Birthday to my Sarah!!!!
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Since spring break, school, work and activities started up again! Devon and Brooklyn are getting ready for their recital in May and Sarah started softball season!
First home game…..Go Tigers!! They won!
Sarah is #14!
Heading to the outfield…
On first base…
Edmund and the girls are also starting on their garden…pulling weeds and turning the dirt….
This is Tomato Alley!
And of course, you can always find Brooklyn either dancing or on her bike!
The last day of April is my birthday and all of my sweet friends and family wished me a good day! And it was!! This arrived:
Under the blanket is a huge box. Course while it was sitting there, Devon turned it into a surface to do magic tricks! So what was it????? Edmund purchased a vanity, mirror and bench for me! Yaaa! Now I can sit and get ready in the morning! (Plus it gets me out of the bathroom sooner….hahaha!). Here it is all set up….
And I also got…..
And lots of fabric! Yaaa! We went out to dinner to my favorite hibachi restaurant! Oh and we also finally have our own modem and wifi! Yaa! Goes with the ipad and other Apple products gracing our home.
An adorable cake!!!
I am ending this very long blog post with a preview of all of the pretty fabric that has been making its way into my sewing room. I am going to sew lots of things this summer! I also opened an Etsy store.
Have a super weekend! Be back soon with a Disney trip report update!
And there is more coming!!!
God Bless,
Cathy
Easter Break Part 1
Hello All,
Hope all is going well with you! It is finally raining here today and I thought I would take a few minutes to catch up! With all of the pollen in the air and my allergy shots, well, I am just exhausted battling it all of the time. I am hoping this rain helps! April showers!!!
We had a nice spring break! The Easter Bunny came a little early!!
We had a great egg hunt outside! What a nice morning!
After organizing and last minute packing….we headed out to PA!!
We enjoyed having Easter with family and the girls loved seeing all of their cousins!
This is their baby cousin Gemma! She is just adorable!
The girls took turns feeding her….and I got to as well!
An intense game of Uno!
And a bedtime story!
And a delicious dinner! Thank you so much Carrie and Allen…we had a lovely time!!!
The next morning, we got all dressed up! Happy Easter!!! We went out to breakfast too.
We headed to Brian and Meghan’s house and drove through a cool covered bridge!
The girls helped make a yummy dessert and enjoyed playing outside!
Enjoying munchies!
There was an egg hunt…
It was really warm out and the girls got changed! A wiffle ball game broke out too!
After this we all enjoyed a wonderful Easter Dinner. I didn’t have my camera at dinner so I missed the picture.
The next day we took the back roads all the way to Lancaster PA. I was really looking forward to enjoying the scenery! I think I was really meant to live in this area….gorgeous rolling hills, horses everywhere, I just LOVE it!
We had breakfast at Shady Maple and it was a blustery morning!
We stopped at a few places….
Across the street was my favorite quilt/fabric shop!
Have you been here?
Lots of fun fabrics! Upstairs they have a Quilt Museum…
Such amazing work! We headed “home” after this! I think we ate dinner out and relaxed. The next day we headed back home. It was such a nice trip and we really enjoyed seeing everyone!
I’ll be back later with the rest of the week and Sarah’s 14th Birthday. Hope to get in the remainder of our 3nd day in Disney finished this week as well. Work is very busy lately and as I said, my energy level is pretty low. Have a good week everyone!
God Bless,
Cathy
Second Day at Disney - Part 2
Hello Everyone!
We have been busy this week! We went away for Easter weekend and then spent a day cleaning/doing laundry/organizing. Then we just went to the zoo/playground and had a little picnic! Fun Fun!!! But, I am way behind on my Disney trip updates. So here goes! I last blogged about our Chef Mickey breakfast and now we are heading out to our second park of the trip!
Any guesses?
Of course…..its Magic Kingdom! We walked on the path between the Contemporary and MK and it was about 10 am at this point of a very busy park day. Way missed the rope drop!!!!!! And the crowds….check it out below. But we would have to deal with the crowds! So here we are on the way over…
About this time, I heard a person in front of us say to someone walking towards us, “Hey are you Lou Mongello?”…and I recognized the name….so I took their pic while they were talking: (Lou is the one on the right in the light blue shirt. He runs WDW radio.)
I tried to stay calm even though there were lots of people heading into the park! We met up with Mary! Yaa! And made it through bag check and turnstiles. And off we go!!!
Although Sarah and I have been back, this was the first time Devon and Brooklyn have set foot in MK since Nov 2009!!! We were excited!!!
Actually it wasn’t so bad once we got into the park!
For some reason I was expecting wall-to-wall people!
I tried to capture a little bit of the construction on Main Street. hey….check out the time!
As you can see it was overcast and misty-looking but not raining yet….
We waited for a photopass photographer to take our pic…
And here we go…
Yaaaa! Fun to get a group shot! Next up…..Tomorrowland:
We headed over to get Buzz Fastpasses (FP). Now I have to say that we visited Disney just weeks before the FP enforcement began. On a crowded park day, normally being able to get FP and use them when we can really saves the day. I had every intention of trying to return within our window just to see if it would work out. So, next we wondered over to Space Mountain to see if Sarah wanted to ride by herself….lol…the rest of us chickened out. Nope. Maybe later. So we headed over to the other side of the park to knock out some attractions. Had to get some castle pics while we crossed over!
The park was just beautiful!
I was walking around soaking up the magic.
We were heading to Liberty Square via the bridge….
I had heard that this place serves great waffle sandwiches and funnel cakes….keep this in mind for later!
So our first attraction was…..The Haunted Mansion! Can you believe there was no wait time?????????? hello…..10:15am on Friday on Pres Weekend…and I saw the crowds but apparently they were not over here.
So in we walked!
Brooklyn was a little nervous so I was explaining what would happen and how Disney makes scary to be not-so-scary. She was willing to try it and we kept the banter light…and she was fine. We loved the whole ride and the hitch-hikers who jumped on board at the end!
Upon exiting we decided to throw eggs and shout mean things to these two girls….
But they were so cute, I just took their pic instead. We kept walking…
The crowds were light over here! Yaa!
Love Splash Mountain! I took a survey and only two people were interested. I checked the time and I was able to get FP so I left everyone to watch the poor souls chute to their watery death in the briar patch while I ran to get FP for Sarah and I. (BTMRR was shut down while we were there)
So I think it was around10:30 or 11 am at this point. I met back up with everyone and we continued to Adventureland!
Can you guess where we were headed next?
Sing with me now…..Yo ho Yo ho, a pirates life for me! There was no wait time for this either…in fact we walked the whole queue and didn’t stop till near the end when I could finally get a pic of the girls in line:
Again Brooklyn was a little afraid of the drop so she sat next to me! Does she look nervous??
Unfortunately the mist vision of Davy Jones and Blackbeard that invite guests to proceed if “they be brave or fool enough to face a pirate’s curse”….was turned off :( But the drop was fun and I told Brookie that the cannon ball splashes were fake! She relaxed after that! What a fun cruise this is!
We exited at the gift shop and headed to see about a princess! Jasmine to be exact. You see on our trip in 2009 when we stood in line to see Jasmine, only Aladdin was available. So Devon has been waiting to meet her since 2009. I was determined to make it happen. Sooo I inquired with a CM (cast member) as to where and when she would be available. She would be coming out in about 25 minutes. So Mary and the girls got in line to ride the Magic Carpets of Aladdin….something we’ve never done since the girls always ride Dumbo. Since Dumbo was closed this was the perfect alternative! Meanwhile Sarah and I stood in line for Jasmine.
It was a bit of a wait…close to 20-25 minutes but finally they got on and I tried to take a pic of them as it started up!
Meanwhile, Sarah and I had to let a few people in front of us in line. When the girls got off the ride, they got in line with us to wait for Jasmine and Aladdin! About 15 minutes later it was finally our turn. They took lots and lots of time with each guest!!!!!
Aladdin loved Devon’s dress and insisted that she twirl in it! They were so great with the girls and even drew Sarah into the conversation. Brooklyn got to ask her question….where were they from. And finally we got a group pic:
There was no photopass photographer so it was all mom here! So after being here (AL) for a good 45 minutes it was time to move on. First I grabbed FP for all of us for the Jungle Cruise. If you are keeping track, I had three sets of FP at this point and it was time to use some. We headed back across the park to help Buzz battle the evil Emporer Zurg!
Blurry. We were trying to hurry along in the line. Since we had fastpasses we avoided the 45 minute wait time!
My riding buddy was Brookie again. I steered and tried to shoot. I have to say I am terrible at aiming that laser and seeing which light is mine. So glad they improved this technology on Toy Story Mania. I was also trying to cheer Brookie on…
Despite our great scores, and defeating Zurg, the girls somehow still ended up behind bars…
As we exited we decided we were all starving. It had to be around 1 pm by this time and look what was up in the sky…a huge dark grey cloud!
We decided to head over to Columbia Harbor House. Thanks to the Disboards, I knew I would be able to get a great meal there. We stopped briefly for the parade….
It just draws you in with fun snappy music! You must clap along!!!
Do you know this cast member? She looked so familiar that I had to take her pic!
And some familiar friends…
We tore ourselves away, and continued on our journey to CHH. I have never eaten here and it was quite crowded when we arrived. No worries though…the line moves fast. Unfortunately, it was hard to hear what Devon was saying and she had a melt down in line practically. A very sweet CM came over to try to cheer her up…bless her heart. The girls made quick trips to the bathroom while we waited.
And finally our order was ready. I told Mary that we should head upstairs to where it was quieter and sure enough….thank you fellow Dissers….you were right again! We found a nice table by a window overlooking LS!
Interestingly, it must have poured while we were eating! Check out the crowds now:
I could see the wait time was like 60min for Haunted Mansion now! Eekkkk! Well, we relaxed and enjoyed our lunch. A little sustenance in Devon’s belly did wonders and it was yummy food besides. Mary and I enjoyed our tuna sandwiches! Devon had a pb&j, Brooklyn had mac and cheese, and Sarah had chicken fingers. I would definitely recommend this place to hid from the maddening crowds.
So after lunch, we made a game plan. Mary would take the girls to Country Bear Jamboree while Sarah and I went on Splash Mountain. It was misty out anyways….might as well really get wet. We really should have gotten ponchos beforehand but we didn’t.
Self portrait!
Since we had FP we headed up the alternate entrance. At first there was no line when suddenly we were stopped. An announcement came on saying that there were delays but we would be able to move along shortly. And this was in the FP line. After a few minutes, we did continue all the way up to the loading dock. I tried to take Sarah’s pic when she got in….
The delay that this caused (as you can see she hadn’t even sat down yet) made the gate close on me. Luckily the CM reopened it so I could board. Really people???? The pic took less than one sec. So off we went. I love this attraction….soooo much fun!
And soon enough, we too were plunged to our deaths (practically) in the briar patch….
Ummm, Sarah was wet….me, not so much! I knew I loved this ride!
Time to off-load!
We called Mary and they had just finished their show. Great! The girls really enjoyed the Jamboree…apparently they found it quite funny!
Next we decided to use our last set of FP and headed over to the Jungle Cruise. Again, there was little wait with the FP. I missed the window by about an hour here. So we were catching up! The standby was around 45-60 min. I really do not have the patience to wait in line this long.
We waited about 3 minutes and I took some pics…
Really the theming here is so awesome! Here is our captain….
He was pretty good! I quietly finished some of his jokes!
Uh oh…
Lunch!
Those hunters are getting the point!
Front side of water…
Watch for the hippos…lean everyone!
And the backside of water…
Into the ruins…
Boy I sure took lots of pics on this cruise!
Almost done….the shrink is here!
Devon’s JC on her dress….
And then we off-loaded on the side that didn’t land us in the water!
So we are about half way through our day here and I am going to stop this update here! Thanks for reading along!
Next up….the rest of our MK day!
Have a great week everyone!
Hugs,
Cathy
Catch Up!!!!
Hello All!
In the midst of doing my trip report, I realized that the month went by and I haven’t really updated much with family fun. Ack….I am pretty far behind! Maybe I will just work backwards then! We have lots of things to do this weekend! Egg hunt, decorations, dance show, baking, and a trip to the movie theater! Here is a quick update!
Here is our local egg hunt. Thankfully the rain stopped….the kids had fun even if it was overcast and cool.
We met up with lots of friends!
A huge field with 1000 + eggs! Can you see any of them?
A visit from the bunny. He appears to not have eaten well over the winter :( Poor guy.
The kids lined up! Parents took pictures!
Finally it was time! Get set and GO!!!
Getting the last few eggs!
Success! Lots of eggs were found by all!
After the hunt we had to check for gold coins and pet the real bunny!
Lots of candy but no gold coins. Thats ok! We had a blast!
So we have a few more Eastery things planned this weekend. I’ll be back with more about them.
The other evening on the way home from dance class, I noticed that the sun was setting so the girls and I drove down to see it set. It was beautiful!
Their friend was there too taking in the beauty of the sunset too!
Waving goodbye…
Going…
Going…
Gone….
I’ve been sewing!
This turned into this….
A cute Sisboom Leighanna dress…that unfortunately fits no one in this household! lol! I made a mommy version too…called the Devon!
The girls started scrapbooking pictures from our trip!
And we had some family come to town! Aunt Jeanne and Uncle Stephen came for the weekend and participated in a race! We had a nice visit!
The girls opening mail from Aunt Dyanne! Stuff about a possible CO visit!
And a few weekend ago, Brooklyn and Devon went to a sleep-over birthday party…Brook’s first!
And finally, right after we returned from Disney, Sarah and several of her friends were inducted into the National Junior Honors Society. Congratulations girls for all of your hard work!!!
The little girls also had Red, White and Blue Day at school. They sang patriot songs and everyone wore red, white and blue. First graders performed first….
and then second-graders came up on stage!
And there you have it! The rest of February and March! Ok next update will probably be a trip report. Off to make lunch and get my haircut!
Have a great day everyone!
Cathy
Second Day at Disney - Friday of Pres. Weekend!
LET THE CROWDS ROLL IN!!!!!
Hello everyone! So I am finally back with an update. I left off on our first full day at Disney! It wasn’t very crowded yesterday but from here on out I expected mobs of people. My theory was NOT to over-plan as I would normally do. If the crowds were too crazy, I figure we would leave and come back to the Poly. Our other issue was the weather…the rest of the weekend was supposed to be cloudy and possibly rainy, but still stay relatively warm. But we were in Disney, so I didn’t care. And maybe if it rained, I could finally buy a Disney poncho.
I had set up an ADR in the morning so I called in for a wake-up call. Not unreasonably early (7 am) but I didn’t want to oversleep by accident. When you close the curtains in the rooms, they block all of the light so you can’t tell when the sun is up. I think it was Pluto who called and after my “chat”, I got up and took a shower. While everyone else was getting ready, I checked my emails and sent out patterns. It’s a lot of copying and pasting. So we were all ready to go by 8 am. Mary decided to hang back and do her thing and we would meet up after breakfast.
Off we go:
As you can see the Poly was beautiful even if it was a little cloudy!
We walked along by the quiet pool to the monorail. The blossoms on the trees were so pretty!
Inside the Ceremonial House, we paused for a few pics….
The pictures just don’t do it justice.
Sorry for the blurry pics…sometimes my camera doesn’t focus as quickly as I take the pics.
So we boarded the monorail… the girls loved standing up and holding the poles.
Stand clear of the doors and off we go. First stop… GF. We stayed on. Then…..some pretty sights along the way.
Did you know there was a path between GF and MK? I didn’t think you could go around the Seven Seas Lagoon. But this person was enjoying their morning jog!
Looking back at the Poly.
Next stop….MK. We stay on!
We pass by..
Not too crowded at 8:15 am.
Bus stops…
And then this….do you know where we are???
The Contemporary! So down we went one floor.
To Chef Mickey’s. Now the last time I was here things were set up a little differently. The retail store was over to the left, rather than centered. And Chef M was tucked under the monorail platform more. Again the changes really helped the flow of the restaurant.
They expanded out a bit and had a nice flow into the picture area by the Plate.
There was very little wait to get in! Devon took this pic of the monorail going by:
We checked in and they sent us for our picture: Mine
And photopass’s…this time they clearly won!
We just celebrate life! People were so friendly and the girls received a few compliments on the dresses. Brooklyn’s had Minnie dressed up as different princesses. Devon’s had an attraction or two from each land in the MK. After pictures, we were handed a blinking gadget to wait for our table. I barely had it for more than a two minutes before it went off and we were shown to our table. Funny, we’ve eaten here once and we were shown to the table next to where we sat in 2007. It was great cause it was right on the end. I took the Mickey pics with the napkin holder…
Then I sent the girls to the buffet while I sat at the table. I just got to laughing as the characters walked by! So funny to see them striding about!
First course and along came…..Goofy! He was sooo tall!
And a group shot!
I think I went up for some food and we all munched for a while. The fruit was extraordinary! The girls went up to get some more and I snapped a pic as they waited for Mickey Waffles. Just as a pointer…both sides of the buffet are similar so if one end is crowded, try the other end. It was all pretty tasty!
And look who came along next…
The big man himself!
Then we ate some more and along came….Minnie! She found Mickey and herself on the girl’s dresses…lol!
What a dear…she is my favorite!
We munched some more and along came Pluto! He was ready for some hugs!
But before our visit was over, his “handler” came along to help Pluto get ready for the Napkin Twirling Dance Party. The CM promised he would be right back!
Devon was more into this than Brooklyn. I don’t think she understood the whole thing…lol!
But we all twirled our napkins and Minnie came along to dance with everyone.
A quick last hug with Minnie!
Sure enough after the imprompto party ended, Pluto came back!
One more pic!
And believe it or not, we still had one more visitor before we were done!! Donald!!!
They chatted briefly with hand signals and we took a final pic!
We had a wonderful breakfast! We were ready to head out but I have a funny story. I sent Sarah up to get change for a $20 so I could leave a tip. She headed up to the podium and the girls followed her while I waited at the table. Well, she took forever to come back. It turned out the CM was going gaga over the dresses! And they told Sarah that her girl’s dresses were so pretty. She had to explain to them that she WASN’T their mom but their 13 year old sister. hahahahahahahaha. I called Sarah mom from then on out on the trip. I made sure to go the the CM and thank her for her sweetness! They certainly don’t have to go out of their way to make them feel special, but so often the CMs do! I also sent our photo-package purchase back to the Poly so we wouldn’t have to hold onto it all day. LOVE that service too!
So where were we going next???? Would we be over-run with crowds??? Stay tuned for the next installment!
Have a great Sunday!
God Bless,
Cathy
First day at Disney - The evening
Hello All!
Back with the third installment…still on the first full day at Disney! But we’re getting there! I last left you as we checked in for dinner and were enjoying the deck and sights around the restaurant.
So our buzzer/flashing light device went off and we headed to the podium. Our hostess cm sat us in an almost empty restaurant and, bless her heart, gave us the most wonderful waiter! I can’t for the life of me remember his name right now. I should have written it down. darn. Well, since our whole party was not there yet, he spoke to us about the menu and got to know the girls’ names. He asked them about their day and was just so friendly.
We had a beautiful view out of this window…
Our waiter is helping the table just beyond ours. If you know his name, just let me know. So the girls colored for a bit and we looked through the menu. Our waiter recommended what I was going to order, which was the Grilled Filet Mignon - Potato Gratin, baby vegetables, and caramelized onion demi glace.The girls picked from the child’s menu and Mary chose the Lobster Tail and Filet Mignon.
Our friends arrived and we all ordered!
Our food arrived…I took a pic of Brooklyn’s meal….
And here was mine….melt in your mouth bursting with flavor deliciousness….
Oh I forgot to mention that the waiter suggested these wonderful drinks…fruit smoothies that were to die for!!!! Mine was strawberry and you can see it just beyond my plate! So we all enjoyed our meals and as dust fell we were just happy. Happy to be in Disney with friends, relaxing and enjoying a great meal! Now, on the dining plan, you also get dessert. I am sure I would not of ordered this normally but it came with our meal. The girls all picked smores and I had this chocolate dome with fresh cream and strawberries. It was heavenly and oh so rich. I loved the “under the sea” theme to it.
Sarah had brownie with ice cream…yum!
So we were filled to the brim…and about 2 hours later it was 7:45 pm. Our waiter suggested we go outside to the deck area to watch Wishes! They pipe in the music. I was settling the bill and tip and was about 3-4 minutes behind everyone else. Well, everyone went down to the dock area. There were other people there waiting to watch too.
I love this pic of Tom, Angie and Leighanna!
I am not sure what happened but Mary and Devon decided to head back to the resort before the fireworks. So I stayed with Brooklyn and Tom’s family. My camera doesn’t take far away fireworks pics…I just took one…but you get the idea!
We could sort of hear the music in the background! So pretty! Afterwards we all headed to the monorail! The girls were fast friends!
We arrived back at the Poly and Devon and Mary were not there. Where did they go? Within a few minutes they arrived back at the room. As it turned out, Devon must have somehow talked Mary into leaving so she could go swimming again…can you believe it…she’s a fish! The Electric Water Pageant was going on and we ran out to see it….
Just as I took the pic, the lights went out :( Missed it! But the music was fun! Here are the girls at the top of the hill which overlooks the water. Clearly this was set up for weddings. I was thinking what a fabulous place to renew your wedding vows. Gotta keep that in mind.
Here is a really bad pic of the walkways and lit torches….LOVE the atmosphere here!!!
We headed to our room….took a door pic finally…
We all got ready for bed and I just had to take a pic of my sleeping/going to sleep babies….
Awwwwwww now that is a Disney slumber if I have even seen one!
Sweet dreams girls!!!
So ends our first full day filled with great memories!! I just love Disney! Its fun re-living the trip telling you all about it! Well, its Sunday and I am off to sleep myself. Have a great week…..spring is just around the corner here….so exciting! LOVE spring!
God Bless,
Cathy
First day at Disney Continued!
Hello All!
How is your week so far? It is so pretty here today…it poured rain this morning but cleared up and now its sunny and 75!! Yiipppyyyy!
So I left you at the Electric Umbrella eating lunch! We were stuffed by the time we rolled out of there! But, I have some good news, I checked my app and Nemo was back up and running!
So we made our way across the park again! The trees and flowers were gorgeous!
And here we are at our destination….
“Mine, mine, mine” said the gulls….
Better yet there was no line, probably due to the fact that it was down all morning and now it was 2 pm and everyone had moved onto World Showcase! I did manage to give the couple behind us my 2 extra fastpasses for Test Track (Devon and Brooklyn opted out). They, of course, had no idea where TT was or what FP were. So I spent a few minutes explaining the whole FP thing. I am still amazed that people come to Disney and wait in lines. After walking through the queue, we boarded our clam shells. My riding buddy this time was Brooklyn…
and we were off to find Nemo….Where’s Nemo???
Do you see them Sarah and Devon???
Fortunately, we did finally find Nemo in the large aquarium at the end!
Now usually we go right to Turtle Talk and miss looking around the aquarium. This time we decided to check out the displays!
Look behind you girls!!!
A really sweet CM took lots of time to show the girls all the parts of a coral reef…
Next we swung by to see Bruce! Fish are friends but girls are food!!!
We looked around a bit more…..
and then decided to head out….
We said good bye to our fish friends…
and made our way out of Epcot!
I couldn’t leave Epcot without getting our first photopass pics!!
What are we celebrating???
Well there we go! We hopped back on the monorail and headed back to TTC. We had a short walk back to our room and guess what the girls wanted to do next?
Wait for it…..
that’s right….
Swimming!
Apparently the water wasn’t as warm as I said it would be! lol!
Here was our table….in our corner of paradise!
Did you know this little water fall leads into the pool?
The girl loved the jets and ledge in the deep end!
Sarah braved the water a little bit…me not so much!
This was about as busy as the pool was when we were swimming. Can you see the castle in the background? Priceless!
Ok so after an hour or so, I made everyone get out, dry off and we headed back to the room to get ready for dinner! We had special reservations! Based on recommendations from the Disboards, I made ADR’s (advanced dining reservations) for Narrcoossee’s at the Grand Floridian Resort. My sewing friend Tom and his wife and daughter were joining us too! After dinner we were going to try to meet with Shannon and her hubby if we could make it back to the Poly dock by 7 pm. Would we make it? Our ressies were for 5:40 pm but we would try. We walked to the monorail from our room!
As you can see, I was tagging along taking pics…lol!
Inside the gorgeous lobby. I noticed that they changed where the podium for Ohana is located. Great idea. Now you check in and can relax in those great chairs between the windows and waterfall. They also extended Kona Cafe out to form Kona Island. I want to shake the hand of the genius who thought of all of those changes. Grand!
Right by the monorail station is this outdoor waterfall. I just love the tropical feel of this resort! So we jump on the monorail and get off at the first stop! We made our way downstairs and out the back doors of the GF lobby. And that’s about as much as I knew about getting to Narcoossee’s….lol. Fortunately we located a map and found it pretty easily!
So we checked in about 5:30 pm (10 minutes before our ressie) and I explained that Tom and his family were joining us shortly. They gave us the remote flashing device and then we headed to the surrounding deck area to take in the Seven Seas Lagoon!
Magic Kingdom!
The Contemporary…
A peak back at the Poly!
Devon insisted on wearing this dress even though it was supposed to be for Sunday…lol! So here is my pretty Devon….
Brooklyn picked out her Poly outfit to wear! Here is my pretty Brookie….
And Sarah wore her skirt and top! Here is my pretty Sarah….
Within about 10 minutes, our device went off and we were shown to our table! But Tom and his family were not there yet. Would we be able to sit together? Would our dinner be delicious? Would we make it back to meet our friend Shannon? What about Wishes?
I am going to leave you hanging for a while….that’s it for now! :)
Have a good week….humpday tomorrow!
Blessings,
Cathy
First day at Disney
Hello everyone! Did you spring forward today????
Well I am back…sorry for the delay. I finally got my photopass pics together and I made a photobook which took a bit of time! But it’s done now and ordered so now I can concentrate on the trip report! So here goes!!!
On my last update, I left you on our first evening in Disney and with some sideways pictures. Well, good news, I figured out the picture thing.
On our first morning in Disney, I woke up early…probably around 6:30, which is actually late for me normally. I took my ipad into the hallway so as to not wake the girls or Mary. I sent out a bunch of patterns and checked email etc. One thing to be aware of. As insulated as the walls between rooms seem, you can hear conversations from the hallway…. eeekkkk! I mean just about everything so beware of that. hahaha!
I finally went back inside the room around 7:45….the girls were up! Yaa! I opened the blinds and took a few early morning pics…it was still a bit misty but our room faced the terminal of the ferry and the beach access. So cool! I could see the Castle and Space Mountain across the lagoon! Wow….I didn’t realize what a difference being in the middle of the World would make to my experience.
We entered by this door and our room was the first on the left!
This was a pic I took sitting on our patio. I am so glad I took these because I can go back and sit there everyday….lol!!
Ahhhhhh here is the Castle!!!!!!!!
Here comes the girls!
So after a little while we decided to take showers and get ready. Mary and the girls got ready first and I sent them to Capt Cooks for breakfast while I got ready. I met them there and shared the left-overs of Tonga Toast….yummmy! I was hoping everyone was relaxed and enjoying the day. I didn’t want to push the girls too much since we were all adjusting to the new location. I am normally a rope drop (8:30 am) kinda gal but I told myself that 9:30 am arrival would be good enough. Mary said she would be heading along shortly. So here we are ready to go:
And where were we going??? Well, Epcot to be exact. And to get there, we walked in the gorgeous sunshine along the path to the Ticket and Transportation…about a 10 minute walk from our room. As we were going along I was going to take a picture of the girls. A nice CM came along and offered to take our pic together…..yaa!
We saw our first little lizard at this location too! We enjoyed the lush vegetation and talking about what we would normally be doing at this time at home. And along we go until….
Of course the crowds were boarding the Magic Kingdom monorail for extra magic hours. Epcot was scheduled to be a 5 out of 10 and it was! Yaa! So we waited about 10 minutes for the next monorail to arrive….
Here it comes…
All aboard!
We were super excited! I remember listening to the monorail prerecording ( Dis radio) for the trip between TTC and Epcot as I was sewing these dresses….I was thrilled to actually be living it! Whahooo!
Here we are over Future World….
Notice the lack of crowds and this was about 9:30 am.
As we got off and walked down the ramp….I checked my ipad for wait times. I figured we would get fastpasses for Soarin and then ride Nemo. However, to my dismay, Nemo was down. Darn. But we made it fine through bag check and the turnstiles. We headed towards the land, walked through the tunnel by the Meet-N-Greet and we were just enjoying being in the park already. About 100 yards past this point, near the Wait Time Board, a couple walks up to us and asks if we want their fastpasses for Soarin. They had 5 of them for us if we wanted them! I was sooooooo amazed!!!!! How could this be? And better yet they were valid now! Whahooo! I thanked them over and over and over. So we were off to my favorite ride….
Our wait was short…about 5 minutes. We asked to wait to be in the first row and we were shown to the front and center row….score!!! Here we are waiting on our “wings”…
We watched the prequel….
and soon enough we were ready to fly…
This is the best attraction. We just loved it! As we exited, I checked the ipad and the board and Nemo was still down, so I decided to grab fastpasses (FP) for Test Track. It was actually hot at this point…about 78 and sunny. I was soaking up the liquid energy as we walked across the park. Devon and Brook were not so sure about riding test track but I got them FP just in case.
Mary arrived and we met by the fountain! Isn’t it so pretty!??!!
Here we all are!
Do we look thirsty? Why, yes, and can you guess what we did next?
That’s right….Club Cool. I steered everyone clear of the Beverly! hahaha Sorry for the blurry pic but Devon was trying on sunglasses.
We should have gone on Figment at this point but instead we decided to try Spaceship Earth since the wait time was low. Nemo was still down and I was a little nervous. I had made a whole dress for the attraction. But, for now it was SE. I was figuring on waiting on this one since its usually crowded early. As we were looping around I saw a lady waving at me….it took me a few seconds to realize that it was my friend Carla and her family!!!! What a happy meeting! We ended up climbing through the bars to join them back in the line.
The line continuously moves….Disney does a great job at doing the constant loading walking sidewalk thing…..I love that. Here is a very dark pic of Carla waving in the car behind us…
What a fun ride through time….though I don’t agree with the time (millions of years) but that is another story. My riding buddy was Devon and here we are….this pic reminds me of Meet the Robinsons! She selected and answered the questions…
After the attraction we all headed up to the fountain. We were trying to located our other sewing friends who were also in Epcot that day. We texted Tom and Shannon and Tom was nearby…so he met up with us! It was so much fun to see everyone!!!
He was waiting for his wife and daughter who were in the meet-and-greet. I asked Devon and Brook if they wanted to do this and they said “No”. ( It turned out that they warmed up the next day to the characters.)
We waited for them for a while but poor Carla, Del and Louie were exhausted so they ended up heading out. They had gotten up quite early to fly so they were ready to go back to the resort to relax. After hugs and goodbyes, I waited with Tom and soon enough his family joined us! We decided to ride Test Track together since we all had FP. Mary and the girls decided to go shopping at Mouse Gears and check out Innoventions. Off we went!
Tom and his family were so sweet and I loved chatting with them! We parted ways though, because it was almost 1 pm and we were starving! I called Mary and met up with them in front of the Electric Umbrella. The E. U. has great food for a quick service and, of course, there is way too much food! Our favs….meatball sub and chicken caesar salad!
And I am going to leave off here. I will be back with the second half of the day this week! Thanks for reading along!
Going to bed early…after springing ahead I am going to be tired tomorrow!
Have a blessed week,
Cathy
DFF Disney Trip Feb 2012
Hello All!!!!
Hope you are enjoying the longer days! I love that it is getting closer and closer to spring. I am hoping that we get away with very little snow this winter….wouldn’t that be fabulous? As you know, I planned a get-away last summer, thinking that a winter reprieve to Florida would be just the thing to cure the winter blues. I am happy to report it did, indeed, turn out to be a wonderful trip! I tried to plan but not over-plan as I did as a Disney newbie. I mean I used to schedule us down to the minute what we would be doing and seeing. I definitely took to heart what the Dis Podcast crew said about slowing down and enjoying the details. I also had use of my ipad to check out line wait-times. I used two apps: WDW Lines and Undercover Tourist. But truly, the best training I received was listening to Dis Unplugged podcasts and using the Disboards to ask questions and learn general info. You think you know so much about Disney, yet there are still more questions.
So about two weeks before the trip, I printed out my handy dandy packing list and did the shopping for the trip. I needed travel size items, a power strip for traveling, a back-up memory card for the camera and some clothes for Sarah and the girls. Then we started packing! I made shorts out of sweatpants for the girls to wear under all of their dresses. I couldn’t find shorts and these were on sale for $3 each!
Then we organized outfits and put them in labeled zip-lock bags. My issue was that the airline we were using only allowed bags up to 40 pounds (not 50). Everything fit easily in the large suitcase but it was overweight. So I ended up having to purchase a third checked bag the night before we left. Oh well.
Here’s the girls stuff….all those dresses and outfits fit into a medium suitcase!
Here’s the large suitcase with Sarah’s and my stuff. I ended up taking her stuff out and putting it in a third small suitcase. Then weight was no longer an issue.
All packed! The four smaller bags we called “fun bags”!
Now all we had to do was wait for the big day to arrive!!!!
******************************wait two weeks**********************************
I did online check-in with Disney….quite the adventure trying to do that. Took three days and a phone call. I was able to make my room requests, however. I paid for a garden view room at the Polynesian but I kind of wanted a room down by the beach. I asked for Tokelau, first floor. Finally, the day before the trip I was able to do online airline check-in and print our boarding passes.
No one wanted to go to school/work that last day but somehow we made it through….and finally we were off to the airport. On the way, I was able to talk to my sister-in-law who had already arrived in Disney. She checked in and tried to describe our room. We got our requests!!! yaaa! We flew out of Atlantic City Airport. And we arrived so early, that we were the only ones checking in for our flight, and the only ones going through security! We were done and upstairs in about 10 minutes. hahahaha! So we were able to relax a bit.
Mickey and Minnie came along on our trip!
We shared a couple of bagels and drinks and soon enough others started arriving. As we were sitting there, the board showed our flight was delayed about a half-hour, but ended up only being delayed about 15 minutes. We sat in row one and had an uneventful flight to MCO! The girls chewed gum and played on the ipod, ipad and DS. Brooklyn promptly fell asleep (on my arm) about 5 minutes after take-off…lol!
We touched down and were the first ones off the plane. The best part was that I was already meeting someone! The girlfriend of one of my teaching friends was flying back to NJ on the same plane! She met us at the gate and we were able to hug and chat for a few minutes!!
After that we made our way down to our first Disney ride….well, not exactly, but it was a monorail! The girls sat up front!
We picked up our bags from the conveyor….took about 10 minutes. I talked to my sister-in-law again to give her an update on our progress. Then we headed down a level to Magical Express. Since we had the little ME booklet, they scanned us in and put us in line. Our first Disney line! lol!
We waited just a few more minutes and then we got on the bus. We waited on the bus for about 10-15 minutes and we were off! I spoke with a friendly lady who turned out to be a school superintendent and the girls enjoyed the ME movie!
I tried to take a pic of the Disney arches…you can sort of see it! It was about 10 pm by this time…maybe later.
My sister-in-law, Mary, met us as we got off of the bus. Yaaaa! We got our luggage and headed to the front desk. We received our lais and Keys To The World!!! I had a special wallet to hold them, my Disney Visa, the girl’s Disney gift cards and fast passes. I was ready to roll!!!! Mary took us through the lobby and led the way to our room. Boy, was this resort beautiful!!!! It was so nice out even though it was like 10:30 pm. There were torches lit and music along the pathways. And blooming flowers. We past the quiet pool and headed into our long house. We headed down the hall towards the lagoon and my spirits soared. We kept walking and walking. I couldn’t believe it. If I had to pick the exact room on all of Poly property (besides Hawaii) the last room on the right would have been it. And that was our room. I was faint with excitement!!! Room 1915. Our patio opened out to a palm tree and the lagoon and beach. I was over the moon. The room was very large even though there were five of us. I had cramped memories of five of us in a POR room. Two queen beds really made a difference. There were two huge closets, lots of drawers. Two chairs and a daybed. A fridge. Big bathroom. And it was all very clean! Mary had already asked for a few extra towels and had received a stack of 10!!!! So here are some pics…..Let the Memories Begin!!!
The lobby…
Towel Mickey…
Picture by my bed with some hidden Mickeys…
Here’s a close-up:
My bed! Those lights were bright but on dimmer switches so you could adjust them.
The girls checking out the room!
Bathroom…sorry slightly blurry…
So, even though it was practically 11 pm, we were all starving so we headed back to the lobby and Capt’n Cooks. I took a pic of the lagoon just off of our room. That’s the Contemporary, the moon and the MK bus stop lit up in the distance. The pink triangle is the Castle!!!!!! Swoon!
New arrivals…
Our longhouse sign…
After a quick dinner, we headed back to the room and I unpacked the dresses and filled a whole closet! We all changed for bed and I think Sarah was asleep in 2.3 seconds. She said the daybed was comfy and plenty large enough. They had made it all down for her when they brought the towels. Don’t you just love Disney?
I didn’t sleep so well actually. I woke up a lot..too excited to sleep I guess. Plus Devon kicked me all night…hahaha! But our room was quiet…the only time you heard the neighbors was from the air vent in the bathroom.
And so I am going to stop here for now! We made it in one piece and had a whole vacation to look forward to. Isn’t that the best part?
Be back soon!
God Bless,
Cathy
PS I am now trying to learn how to use our new Mac. I uploaded all of our pics to iPhoto and rotated them. However when I selected them and posted them here they are turned sideways. I have no idea how to change it. Gonna try to figure it out before my next blog post. Sorry about the head turning pics. :(
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