Twoboysnmygirl
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2008
Hello! Hello! My name is Karen, for those of you that have accidentally missed any of my Disney ramblings here, usually in the PRE-trip report section! 
My PTR (or the most recent one!) you can find here: "Reach for the sky!" We're finally getting there in January 2012!!!
Before that, there was the "Neverending PTR" and if you have no life and time to read until your eyes bleed, the link is in my PTR above.
Bottom line is that we went to Disney in 2009 with our IL's and have been trying to get back ever since! It was a roller coaster and at times I thought we would never get there...but we did! We made it to Walt Disney World from January 28th through February 4th! It was as magical as I dreamed, but more on that in a bit!
If you don't like rambling and run-on sentences, you may want to try another TR, as I have a knack for it!
I am going to try and take my time and savor it, as the last TR I did I went too fast and had it finished within a few days! Not this time, my friends. Have no fear, it will also be VERY picture heavy! I'm a photographer and although I didn't get to spend a ton of time taking photos this trip or rent the lens I wanted, I did get over 2400 shots and will have a VERY difficult time not posting nearly all of them! 
So, without further rambling (at least for the moment!) here is our intro:
Karen- That's me!
(38 for another month) I'm mother to three amazing kids that I homeschool, I'm a photographer, a runner, own my own petsitting business, and adore Disney. First trip was just my dd and I in 2008, as an adult, and I was hooked! It's the only place I really feel like I can be myself, enjoy, and let everything else go. I'm a planner extraordinaire, which can be not so good when the rest of my family wants to go with the flow, but I did REALLY well! LOVE LOVE LOVE the rides, all of them, but EE, RcRc, PP, and HM are my top fav's. Not many pics of me alone on this trip, I'm usually behind the camera! Here I am with Savannah (my dd) on the left, and her bff, Leslee, that came with us, on the right!
Rey-The love of my life and person that makes me laugh daily. We're celebrating 20 years and he not only tolerates my Disney obsession, but joins in the fun! He loves Epcot, could skip AK all together, and will ride things but prefers to shop! I know, strange! Favorite country would be Germany, since he was born and lived there for the first 3 years of his life. Who else do you know that can pull off a chicken hat?!?!?
Dylan-Our 17 year old son. Computer genius and drummer, he goes to Disney for the food. He's not a thrill rider, in fact, he doesn't really care for most of the rides, but enjoys watching people and loves all the different TS restaurants. Free dining worked well for him! 
He got a hat in Japan (which he's studying right now) and drum sticks in the UK, he was pretty happy with those souvenirs!
Dallas-Our 16 year old son. Dallas is a guitar player and budding chef! He LOVED some of our TS meals, especially the ones where we sat near the chefs and he could watch them. He likes thrill rides and proclaimed that he loved Epcot and the "vibe" there. Here he is poolside at Pop, waiting for our room to be ready. This was the ONLY day he would be wearing a sweatshirt!
Savannah-Our youngest at 11, Savannah is the spunk of the bunch! She loves Disney, but loves her pets more, so she struggled a few times this trip with missing them. She loves all rides and although Splash used to be her favorite, this trip it was EE and RnRc! Her BFF got to come along, so that made it even more fun!
Leslee-Savannah's bff and one of my closest friend's daughters. It was Leslee's first trip and I'm lucky to have such a good friend to lend me her daughter for a week! Leslee's favorite ride was Test Track, I lost count of how many times they rode it! Stitch is her favorite character and she got to meet him twice!
So there you have the Cast of Characters! It was hard to decide on the title, it could have been a number of things about our car troubles, getting lost even with signs to lead the way, and scratch and sniff shirts! You'll hear all about that and more, I even had a classic Disney-meltdown at one point! Good times!
As I mentioned, there will be millions of photos, and TONS of food pics. The family got to the point that when they were served, they would all just sit there and wait for me to pull out the camera and take a pictures of all their dishes!
Of course, it was a free-for-all with my eating (I normally eat raw vegan b/c of allergies & health) and hence the name of the TR...my family almost always shared with me, but they may have occasionally gotten tired of me drooling over whatever it was they were eating and asking if they were done yet so I could finish it off!
2009 Trip Report Link: *~*~OFFFFFFFFFFF with their heads!!!!!! Oct. 19-27th 2009 TR~*~*
My PTR (or the most recent one!) you can find here: "Reach for the sky!" We're finally getting there in January 2012!!!
Before that, there was the "Neverending PTR" and if you have no life and time to read until your eyes bleed, the link is in my PTR above.
Bottom line is that we went to Disney in 2009 with our IL's and have been trying to get back ever since! It was a roller coaster and at times I thought we would never get there...but we did! We made it to Walt Disney World from January 28th through February 4th! It was as magical as I dreamed, but more on that in a bit!
If you don't like rambling and run-on sentences, you may want to try another TR, as I have a knack for it!
I am going to try and take my time and savor it, as the last TR I did I went too fast and had it finished within a few days! Not this time, my friends. Have no fear, it will also be VERY picture heavy! I'm a photographer and although I didn't get to spend a ton of time taking photos this trip or rent the lens I wanted, I did get over 2400 shots and will have a VERY difficult time not posting nearly all of them! So, without further rambling (at least for the moment!) here is our intro:
Karen- That's me!
(38 for another month) I'm mother to three amazing kids that I homeschool, I'm a photographer, a runner, own my own petsitting business, and adore Disney. First trip was just my dd and I in 2008, as an adult, and I was hooked! It's the only place I really feel like I can be myself, enjoy, and let everything else go. I'm a planner extraordinaire, which can be not so good when the rest of my family wants to go with the flow, but I did REALLY well! LOVE LOVE LOVE the rides, all of them, but EE, RcRc, PP, and HM are my top fav's. Not many pics of me alone on this trip, I'm usually behind the camera! Here I am with Savannah (my dd) on the left, and her bff, Leslee, that came with us, on the right!
Rey-The love of my life and person that makes me laugh daily. We're celebrating 20 years and he not only tolerates my Disney obsession, but joins in the fun! He loves Epcot, could skip AK all together, and will ride things but prefers to shop! I know, strange!
Favorite country would be Germany, since he was born and lived there for the first 3 years of his life. Who else do you know that can pull off a chicken hat?!?!?
Dylan-Our 17 year old son. Computer genius and drummer, he goes to Disney for the food.
He's not a thrill rider, in fact, he doesn't really care for most of the rides, but enjoys watching people and loves all the different TS restaurants. Free dining worked well for him! He got a hat in Japan (which he's studying right now) and drum sticks in the UK, he was pretty happy with those souvenirs!
Dallas-Our 16 year old son. Dallas is a guitar player and budding chef! He LOVED some of our TS meals, especially the ones where we sat near the chefs and he could watch them. He likes thrill rides and proclaimed that he loved Epcot and the "vibe" there. Here he is poolside at Pop, waiting for our room to be ready. This was the ONLY day he would be wearing a sweatshirt!
Savannah-Our youngest at 11, Savannah is the spunk of the bunch! She loves Disney, but loves her pets more, so she struggled a few times this trip with missing them. She loves all rides and although Splash used to be her favorite, this trip it was EE and RnRc! Her BFF got to come along, so that made it even more fun!
Leslee-Savannah's bff and one of my closest friend's daughters. It was Leslee's first trip and I'm lucky to have such a good friend to lend me her daughter for a week! Leslee's favorite ride was Test Track, I lost count of how many times they rode it! Stitch is her favorite character and she got to meet him twice!
So there you have the Cast of Characters! It was hard to decide on the title, it could have been a number of things about our car troubles, getting lost even with signs to lead the way, and scratch and sniff shirts!
You'll hear all about that and more, I even had a classic Disney-meltdown at one point! Good times!
As I mentioned, there will be millions of photos, and TONS of food pics. The family got to the point that when they were served, they would all just sit there and wait for me to pull out the camera and take a pictures of all their dishes!
Of course, it was a free-for-all with my eating (I normally eat raw vegan b/c of allergies & health) and hence the name of the TR...my family almost always shared with me, but they may have occasionally gotten tired of me drooling over whatever it was they were eating and asking if they were done yet so I could finish it off!
2009 Trip Report Link: *~*~OFFFFFFFFFFF with their heads!!!!!! Oct. 19-27th 2009 TR~*~*
Can't wait to read all about your trip, it sounds like you are a fun bunch!
