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Welcome to our "12 Days to Disney Holiday" Fast Track Pre-trip Report! As our family gets ready for our next magical trip to WDW I will share all of the planning that is finally coming together, but yes it is just 12 days to our trip. Now for those of you who are serious planners, I must warn you, we do not plan our days out...we just do what we feel like doing that day. Maybe there is a discussion the day before, but that is as far out as we go. I know...I know...but this is our 5th year in a row on top of other vacations to WDW for a total of 8 trips for me and about 15 for my DH.
Before I get into the plans we do have let's do introductions. We are from a suburb of Chicago and my DH and I have been married for over 15 years. We met when we were teenagers working at the same family owned grocery store, but went to two different high schools. We date for a little over two years, but it ended when DH went off to college (he was a year ahead of me). We were just in two different worlds. A year after I graduated from college I was talking to some girlfriends as to good vs. bad relationships and my DHs name came up. He was the best relationship I had ever been in....so what would be a good mature way to re-connect??? Oh lets drop off a letter to his home and hope that the family still lives there. Well they did...after a few weeks of dating we were exclusive again and then 4 months later he proposed on my b-day by taking me on a horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Chicago. Now fast forward through good and bad times and three kids later....
DH (Jeff): great Dad, kid at heart, animal lover, and loves throwing out smart cracks (even though it's sometimes only funny to him). He is the one that re-introduced me to WDW. His family used to go to WDW every Christmas for a few weeks. Their gift to us then for our wedding was a honeymoon in WDW at the WL that had just opened. I did NO planning for this trip, but we still had a magical time but not enough to get me addicted. DH really works two jobs right now and is very busy througout the whole year. He works in sales for one company and is also a co-owner of a home improvement company and manages the sales end of things, so unfortunately as much as we relax in WDW he still needs to take phone calls...he is just no allowed to do this in front of me.
DD14 (Marisa): a teenager.... she really is a good girl most of the time, but we have entered that stage that she knows EVERYTHING!!! However, focus on the postive...she is my smart, articulate, self-motivator, and a huge help to us. We are celebrating her graduation from grade school and the fact that she made the honor roll for her first semester of high school. We are so proud of all of the hard work she has put in, especially since two of her courses are sophmore level. She dreams of being a Disney Imagineer one day...maybe she will create more thrill rides for WDW!!!
DS11 (Jeffrey): a compasionate, quirky, video game loving and always happy young man. This kid can teach a few lessons to adults on how to always have a positive attitude. We will be adding a celbration for him as well! You see Jeffrey gets bored easily and is not a very organized kids, in fact we are always asking him if he has remembered to do daily activities that he is responsible for and there is always a little self-biff to the forehead and Jeffrey running out of the room to go take care of the forgotten item(s). He is a smart kid, just other things on his mind....well we will be celebrating that Jeffrey got straight A's on his recent report card (with a note that he needs to improve his organizational skills...shocker ).
DD4 (Hannah aka "Princess Hannah"): and boy is she the Princess of the family!!! When we decided to have one last child we did not know things would be so challenging. When we had our other two it happened right away with minimal complications, but not with the last one. I wanted to have one last child before being considered of "advanced maternal age", but my body did not agree. I had five miscarriages before they figured out my problem...so a few hormone meds later I was blessed with Hannah. She is mini-me....she is Mommy's little girl and is probably a little spoiled. She has not had a year of her life that we haven't gone to WDW. But she wins me over with her smile, her imagination and her cuddles. She is excited as she becomes our big girl!
Me (Kathy): tired, overworked, can't wait for my nap by the pool, wife and Mom of 3. I work in a managerial position at a local hospital in a non-clinical function. I do love what I am doing, but it can be stressful. However, I feel like I am doing good for our patients and that passion keeps me going. I am considered a tough person by co-workers (bossy, straight forward and non-leanient when it comes to the rules), but that is because my job is not about making friends it's about the patients. However, I love my family and I love letting all of that go and relaxing and being silly in WDW. I sometimes struggle though when I see people being rude or idiots and that seems to bring the work me out. Deep breaths...
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Before I get into the plans we do have let's do introductions. We are from a suburb of Chicago and my DH and I have been married for over 15 years. We met when we were teenagers working at the same family owned grocery store, but went to two different high schools. We date for a little over two years, but it ended when DH went off to college (he was a year ahead of me). We were just in two different worlds. A year after I graduated from college I was talking to some girlfriends as to good vs. bad relationships and my DHs name came up. He was the best relationship I had ever been in....so what would be a good mature way to re-connect??? Oh lets drop off a letter to his home and hope that the family still lives there. Well they did...after a few weeks of dating we were exclusive again and then 4 months later he proposed on my b-day by taking me on a horse drawn carriage ride through downtown Chicago. Now fast forward through good and bad times and three kids later....
DH (Jeff): great Dad, kid at heart, animal lover, and loves throwing out smart cracks (even though it's sometimes only funny to him). He is the one that re-introduced me to WDW. His family used to go to WDW every Christmas for a few weeks. Their gift to us then for our wedding was a honeymoon in WDW at the WL that had just opened. I did NO planning for this trip, but we still had a magical time but not enough to get me addicted. DH really works two jobs right now and is very busy througout the whole year. He works in sales for one company and is also a co-owner of a home improvement company and manages the sales end of things, so unfortunately as much as we relax in WDW he still needs to take phone calls...he is just no allowed to do this in front of me.
DD14 (Marisa): a teenager.... she really is a good girl most of the time, but we have entered that stage that she knows EVERYTHING!!! However, focus on the postive...she is my smart, articulate, self-motivator, and a huge help to us. We are celebrating her graduation from grade school and the fact that she made the honor roll for her first semester of high school. We are so proud of all of the hard work she has put in, especially since two of her courses are sophmore level. She dreams of being a Disney Imagineer one day...maybe she will create more thrill rides for WDW!!!
DS11 (Jeffrey): a compasionate, quirky, video game loving and always happy young man. This kid can teach a few lessons to adults on how to always have a positive attitude. We will be adding a celbration for him as well! You see Jeffrey gets bored easily and is not a very organized kids, in fact we are always asking him if he has remembered to do daily activities that he is responsible for and there is always a little self-biff to the forehead and Jeffrey running out of the room to go take care of the forgotten item(s). He is a smart kid, just other things on his mind....well we will be celebrating that Jeffrey got straight A's on his recent report card (with a note that he needs to improve his organizational skills...shocker ).
DD4 (Hannah aka "Princess Hannah"): and boy is she the Princess of the family!!! When we decided to have one last child we did not know things would be so challenging. When we had our other two it happened right away with minimal complications, but not with the last one. I wanted to have one last child before being considered of "advanced maternal age", but my body did not agree. I had five miscarriages before they figured out my problem...so a few hormone meds later I was blessed with Hannah. She is mini-me....she is Mommy's little girl and is probably a little spoiled. She has not had a year of her life that we haven't gone to WDW. But she wins me over with her smile, her imagination and her cuddles. She is excited as she becomes our big girl!
Me (Kathy): tired, overworked, can't wait for my nap by the pool, wife and Mom of 3. I work in a managerial position at a local hospital in a non-clinical function. I do love what I am doing, but it can be stressful. However, I feel like I am doing good for our patients and that passion keeps me going. I am considered a tough person by co-workers (bossy, straight forward and non-leanient when it comes to the rules), but that is because my job is not about making friends it's about the patients. However, I love my family and I love letting all of that go and relaxing and being silly in WDW. I sometimes struggle though when I see people being rude or idiots and that seems to bring the work me out. Deep breaths...