The This TR Won’t Take Me a Year to Finish (aka Disney with Extended Family) Trip Report - UPDATED 2/26 About This Page:

[bsblady01]

I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world

[lissybri]

Originally Posted by PamelaK

Great plans so far!

Cam, you look no where close to 51! LOL That explains my confusion when I read your old sig pic about Stefanie celebrating her 23rd birthday. You look way to young to have a 20-something.

Thanks. I know, isn't Cam beautiful. I would've never guessed she was anything other than 35.

Originally Posted by Lemap760

Have a fun trip.

Thank you. Love your signature picture by the way.

Originally Posted by ArielsMomto2

Great plans so far. Have a wonderful vacation.

Thank you. Need pixies for no rain this time.

Originally Posted by Colexis Mom

Great start and plans Liz!

Thanks Marnie.

Originally Posted by vfair

Plans sounds great! Have a magical time.

Thank you. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time.

Originally Posted by truenancy

Sounds fantastic Liz! Can't wait to hear about the second half of the trip - traveling with family can be such an adventure!

Thank you. I just hope that my Mom and Sis can get along.

Originally Posted by mcc0313

Glad to see the PTR (and yes I am actively still keeping up with last years ). Your plans sound great so far, how womderful that you will get time with your mom and your sister and family...can't wait to hear more.

Thank you for still reading last year's trip report. I will take much better notes this year and that should make writing a TR much easier.

Originally Posted by LouigiAnne

Hope you all have another Great adventure especially with grandma,she will have so much fun enjoying the World with the boys. Don't loose your sunglasses this trip and don't forget to bring DH Indiana Jones hat with you LOL. LouigiAnne

Thanks. I am bringing four pairs of sunglasses this time. And DH's hat was the first thing I packed, lol.

Originally Posted by bsblady01

I hope that you and your family have a magical time at the world

Thanks.

[lissybri]

Cast of Characters for second half of trip:

Me and my family

Yvonne (sister) - Age 31- currently a stay at home mom earning her education degree online; we are so close we are almost twins, love her to pieces.

Brian (brother-in-law) – Age 34 (I think) – high school teacher and coach extraordinaire; we get along great. I am so glad he's my sister's hubby and my nieces' dad.

Brianna (niece) – Age 9 (will be 10 shortly after our trip) – my niece is absolutely beautiful; she is in commercials (Nick Jr., Burlington Coat Factory, Olive Garden, and Tylenol Cold), she is also very active in sports and cheerleading. She was my first baby and I just adore her.

Shea (niece and yes she was named after the stadium by her crazy Mets fan father, lol) – Age 5 going on 15- Shea Shea as we call her is a little cutie pie. She says I am her other Mommy and I love every minute of it. She is such a little girlie girl and our little fairy princess. I love her so much. She always puts a smile on my face. Shea is also Aidan’s favorite person in the whole world, except for his daddy ( I only gave birth to him, lol)

[lissybri]

Plans for second half of trip: (These plans are a lot looser than the first half since my sister’s family has been to WDW twice before also)

July 13th- Not sure what park we will go to yet probably Epcot or DHS
Dinner at Le Cellier (first time for me and DH) @ 5:25pm


July 14th- Jared and my nieces will go on the Pirate Adventure @ Grand Floridian
Sis and Brother-in-law will watch Aidan so that Will and I can go to breakfast @ Kona (I’m so excited to try Tonga Toast) @ 10:20am
Will and I will be taking all the kids to dinner @ Sci-Fi @ 6:40pm
Not sure which park we will go to (maybe AK and hop to another park)

July 15th- Probably Magic Kingdom all day
Dinner at ‘Ohana @ 7pm

July 16th- 1900 Park Fare Breakfast (Myself, DH, the boys, and nieces, my sister and her DH don’t do breakfast, they feel it’s a waste of dining credits; we love breakfast)
Not sure which park
We are scheduled to have dinner @ LTT that night @ 7:45pm, but I’m not sure if I want to pay OOP or just let my DSis and her family go alone. I much rather go to Beaches & Cream

July 17th- DSis and her family will head back home. They will not being going to a park that day because they don’t like to on their last day
We will probably head to DHS or MK after some swimming with DSis
DME will probably get us @ around 4:30 (at least from what I’ve heard, we’ve never taken DME on the way back home)
Our flight leaves MCO @ 7:50 and arrives @ PHL at 10:20pm

[Colexis Mom]

More great plans!!

[MayraLR]

Your plans sound awesome!!

[mousestruck]

Yay, I'm so glad you're doing another TR! (I've really enjoyed your last one.) What great plans, and such a nice, long trip ahead of you! I hope my family can do that some time. Our longest trip so far has been 8 days. Can't wait to hear about all of your adventures!

[ArielsMomto2]

Sounds like your gonna have an awesome time.

[mcc0313]

What a great second half of your trip. Your neices are beautiful, I am sure the kids are going to have so much fun together.

[I live with a 'Stitch'!]

Liz! Great plans! I'm so excited for you. Can't believe we're only going to miss you by 8 days --would've loved to meet your family! Have fun.

[KandJluvdisney]

what great plans
you have a beautiful family
lucky girl with all those days
hurry back with more please

[disneydreamer33]

Everything sounds so great. Glad you are able to spread the Disney magic to your family. You and your sister look like twins. I hope you guys have a wonderful trip. Please, please, please tell us about it when you get back.

[Cam22]

Your sister's family is beautiful! I love when my sister and her family go with us as they just double all the fun at our favorite place. Great plans!

[lissybri]

Thanks everyone for all your comments. I'm at the Hampton Inn at the airport right now. This was the best idea ever. It feels like I'm already on vacation and I won't have to run around like a chicken without a head gathering all my belongings in the morning. I'm so excited.

Things took a little bit of an unexpected turn yesterday. We were supposed to go drop our birds (yes we have 2 pet birds which I'm not thrilled about) off in North Jersey for one of my Mom's neighbors to take care of and also to pick my mom up. Well, Jared got called for the all-star baseball game, which was yesterday. It ended up going for four hours. We didn't leave to NJ till about 10pm. We were going to come back (Will was insisting), but I finally convinced him to stay at my Mom's. We came back home this morning and finally finished last minute packing, etc.

I got some really sad news yesterday on the way to NJ. My friend called me crying hysterically and I couldn't really understand what she was telling me. Then I asked if I could speak to her husband and he told me her daughter (his step-daughter) got hit by a car outside her house on Tuesday and she didn't make it. I can't tell you how depressed I am. It truly makes me appreciate my boys that much more. They are a gift from God and even when they are driving me nuts, I want to remember how precious they are. I feel so bad that I can't be there for my friend right now. I can't even begin to imagine what she is thinking/feeling. I know she is definitely blaming herself and I guess that is normal right now. Please everyone send pixies for her and her family.

Thanks for listening. Well I'm going to get some food now. I will update as soon as I get a chance, but I don't have a laptop so not sure if I will have to wait till I get back home.

Talk to you soon. Wish me luck.

[Colexis Mom]

I'm sorry for your loss Liz!!