Life With Space Bags

So this blog is just for Ray. He thinks this will be a great subject for the blog! :)

So as we have been packing we decided to try out those space bags - the ones you vacuum all the air out of. And we have fell in love with them! These bags are incredible! We put 2 wool coats, 2 down vests, 2 regular jackets, 1 large down jacket, 5 winter sweaters, and one set of sheets in the following bag. Now normally we have those jackets taking up all the room in our hall closet, the sweaters were on the shelf in my closet and the sheets taking up room in the bedroom. So you can see how big this bag was before we sucked all the air out of it.

Now look at how small the bag is after we sucked all the air out with the vacuum! This is such an easy process and just amazing at the space it saves!

We have a total of 5 of them now, two of them are filled with just pillows since we have sooo many of them! We also put a large stack of blankets and sheets in one and jsut amazed that the space difference! I really truly recommend anyone buying these bags! They are incredible! They even have travel size bags so that you can have more room in your suitcase! Just borrow a vacuum from the hotel staff before you leave to repack for the way home! :) We will be keeping all the extra bedding in the bag under our bed until we get a bed in the 2nd bedroom!

Life As a Homeowner

So it is official! We signed all the closing papers today with the title company! How exciting is this?!?! We pick up keys on Monday and then it is all OURS!!! We have our own place! We can do whatever we want! We gain equity! So happy! So we are planning on big furniture move on Saturday the 30th. We are hopefully going to be able to bring some boxes over that whole week so we don't have much to do on Saturday. We are hopefully going to paint that week as well.

So the...wait OUR...condo is on the Issaquah Highlands. It is brand new, they are still finishing up the third building of units! There is a little strip mall across the street that has a wine bar, a mexican restaurant, coffee place, eye care clinic, Curves, salon...etc. They are also starting construction soon on a new school, a grocery store, a movie theater and they are working on a new hospital up there as well! I can't wait to start moving everything in and making it our own space!

The outside of the building

The living and dining room

The 2nd Bedroom

Life With A View!

Sorry I haven't been writing much this month. It has been pretty busy getting all the paperwork to get approved, packing, cleaning, working, etc...I did want to post something though about what I am going to miss about living here...and of course what I will not miss.

I will miss walking and/or driving the golf cart to work everyday.

I will miss the size of our apartment, the 3rd bedroom and the 2nd bathroom!

I will miss the fireplace.

I will miss the two car garage!

I will miss living near Holly & Leslie! They have both become my friends and I plan on keeping them as friends!

I will miss this amazing view we have! These are some shots I took of the sunset last night and tonight!

I will NOT miss having a crappy apartment that falls apart!

I will NOT miss feeling like I am at work 24 hours a day!

I will NOT miss throwing money away for rent...money that just goes straight back to the company I work for.

I will NOT miss residents knocking on my door for a work order.

I will NOT miss the freaking heat we have to live through in the summer!

I will NOT miss the view we have below...if you can't see through the tree, that is the playground. (yes I hear children playing there until after 11:00 at night!)

I look forward to posting about the new house soon! We are super excited to move into our OWN place! :)

Life With A Forever Best Friend!

So as I was starting to pack up all my pictures the other day I of course got distracted and starting look through old photo albums and notes and what not. So I wanted to share with everyone a little something from my friend Julie! I have known Julie since we were 5 years old...that is 20 years people! I know that we may not be as close now as we used to be when we were younger but I know that I will always have her as one of my best friends! She has a wonderful heart and is always there if I need cheering up! She offers wonderful advice and she never judges!

Here are some photos of us, not too many but some of my favorites that were up around the house! :)
One of us wearing the outfits that Julie made (!) at like 11 years old!

One of us when I was visiting Julie at school.

And then one of us at her parent's house right after she and Bobby got married! :)

Here is a picture that Julie drew on the back of a poem she wrote to me. She used to write me notes all the time and when I lived in Carnation I had a whole section of my wall devoted just to Julie's notes and pictures! So here is the poem that Julie wrote on the other side of the beautiful picture! :)


My Vow To You

I've known you for a long while,
And I would not change a thing.
Our friendship makes me smile,
Oh the happiness it does bring.

And now in our lives,
We're seeing toil and sorrow.
Not being there gives me hives,
I wish I could be there tomorrow.

I hope you know I'm there for you,
As I will be throughout the years.
Whatever it is you're going through,
I'll be there to dry your tears.

I may not always be standing there
But with you I will always be.
My tender heart will always care,
And you will always have me.


-Julie Solomon

Thank you Julie for always being such a wonderful friend to me! I no longer remember why I was seeing toil & sorrow but it still makes me smile to think of what a great person you are! I love you forever!

Life As Pre-Qualified!

Soooo...I wanted to post a little update about what is going on with us right now! It is pretty exciting! :)

Ray and I have been looking for a new place to live, we were looking at apartments, and we found one not too far from here that we applied for and got approved for! So that is awesome that we got approved! Well, the day after we applied for the apartment I got a direct mailer flyer in the mail for some brand new condos in Issaquah. So I told Ray about them and I called to ask about them. So they are doing an amazing special where you pay $500 earnest money and the mortgage company will pay the 3% down and all the closing costs. So Ray and I decided to go and take a look at these. We went out last Wednesday and got there right before they were closing for the night. So we took at a look at the two bedroom one bath model. AND WE LOVE IT!!!

We went home that night and filled out the form to get pre-qualified. We heard back on Thursday and we are pre-approved! We are going to the office tomorrow morning to talk with the sales manager and sign the sales contract and put our $500 down! We chose the biggest unit in the building! We are hopefully going to be able to see that unit tomorrow and we can take some photos then! All the appliances are black on black and extremely nice Maytag! There is front loader washer and dryer! We had a chose between a unit with a washer, dryer and fridge and no balcony or a unit with a balcony and no washer, dryer and fridge. We chose the one with no balcony. So no BBQ...but at least we have friends near by that we can BBQ with if we are in the mood!

So I just wanted to let everyone know what was going on with us and share in our excitement! :) Yippieee!!! Hopefully my next post will include some photos!

Life with a Tag from Holly!

Outside My Window...
the first window is Ben surfing on the web and the other window is looking into the empty lobby
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I am thinking...
about the condo we are going to look at tonight! about the new portion of the mall opening on Friday since everyone is talking about it. About how we need to rent one more apartment so that I get get free gas and larger comissions! About how I'm annoyed that I haven't been feeling well at all lately, I need to stop eating M&Ms!
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I am thankful for ...
my husband, my dog, my parents and my friends. For the new babies on the way for my bestests friends!
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From the kitchen ...
Memo from the floor: I feel gross.
Memo from the fridge: I'm so full!
Memo from the garbage disposal: I'm lonely!
Memo from the dishwasher: Thanks for buying paper plates!
Memo from the outlets: Let me breathe!
Memo from the cupboards: Where are you going to put all my insides when you move?
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I am wearing ...
my work uniform. White button up and black pants
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I am creating ...
hmmm...I don't think I'm creating anything at the moment
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I am going ...
to kill someone if this stupid stomach ache doesn't go away!
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I am reading ...
Nothing at the moment. I have to start going to the library cuz Ray says I spend too much money buying books that I read in a week.
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I am hoping ....
that we can get approved for a new home! That I find a new career that I enjoy. That we can get pregnant.
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I am hearing ...
Music, the fan and Courtney typing
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Around the house ...
I need to be cleaning and packing!
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A Few Plans For The Rest Of The Week ...
Looking at a condo tonight. Seeing Step Brothers on Sunday and dinner at Maggiano's on Sunday! :)
Tag, you're it!

Life in Billings Mt

We just had a wonderful road trip over to Billings Montana to visit my best friend Jessica and her husband Steve. I love Billings! I really hope to be moving there soon! We had a good drive, it was a 12 hours, and we got to have Sonic in Post Falls Idaho on our way there! YUMMY!! We leaft on July 3rd and got there around 5pm, just in time to help Jessica celebrate her birthday with a nice BBQ dinner. We also got to see Sarah and Kloey (Jess' sister and niece) and Sarah is pregnant and her belly is looking so cute!

On the 4th we hung out at the pool to cool off since it was over 100 degrees! We first had breakfast at the Cracker Barrell, it was delicious! I had some great country fried steak and eggs! Later that evening we went to Laurel, a town about 15 miles away, to watch "The Biggest Fireworks Show in the Northwest" or so it was called by the announcer. We took a lot of great photos during the day of everyone relaxing. Steve and Ray got a styrofoam cooler with Coor's Light...how ghetto! It was funny! I ate WAY too much that day as well! The firework show was pretty amazing! We got VIP tickets since they knew Dave, the morning show guy on the radio station. We were as close as you could get to the fireworks, which was amazing! I took so many photos that I had to delete a ton. The scary/funny thing though was that when we were watching the fireworks we all started to realize that the fireworks seemed to be getting closer and closer. Oh, they were. The tube had fallen over and some of them landed right in front of us! We all tried to scoot back as fast as we could with lots of screaming! There were two small fires as well. It was a good thing the show was put on by the local fireman, and that they were there to respond quickly! They had a great tribute to all the troops with candles in a part of the show which was great. Of course I cried during that. It was really special too to have Steve there for that part!

On the 5th Jess took us up to Red Lodge, a little town South of Billings. We stopped at a Drive-In that has 'Elvis Shakes' and over 24 flavors of soft serve ice cream. The food was great! Jess got the shake which was chocolate, peanut butter and banana...so good! I had Black Cherry soft serve...I LOVE soft serve! And Ray had a huckleberry shake. We walked around town and went in all the cute little shops! For dinner that night I made lasagna with salad and french bread. It was good but it wasn't my best...:( We then played Scene It Squabble, a game we got for a wedding present. It was a blast! I really recommend it! Come on over and play with us!

On the 6th we took the dogs to the park and let them run around and be crazy! :) We had Pepper (Sarah's dog) since she was going to be driving Kloey to camp all day. So we each had a dog and they had so much fun just being pups! Jess and Ray got eaten alive by mosquitos! When we got home I made a chocolate chip cheesecake. :) YUM! Then after Steve got off of work we drove around Billings, went to dinner and to see Hancock. Steve & Jess showed us all over Billings. It is a lot bigger than we had thought! There was a lot of nice neighborhoods we looked at and saw some great houses for sale! We had dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was so much food for not much money! Awesome! They have these great rolls with some cinnomon butter.....oh my! I had the ribs and they just fell right off the bone! I just picked up the end of a bone and it came up clean! AMAZING! It was a great movie! I don't usually like super hero movies but I love Will Smith and this one was hilarious!

On the 7th we drove and looked at a couple of houses that we were interested in. One of them as we were driving by the owner waved us on in and gave us a tour of the home! I really loved the house! It was a 4 bedroom 3 bath home with new carpet, roof and kitchen. It had a big fully fenced backyard, perfect for Max! A corner lot with a park directly across the street! All of this for only $239,900!! Can you imagine what that would cost in Washington?? We then went to the mall right near Jess & Steve's apartment. We had lunch at The Pickle Barrell, a small sandwich shop. We also had smoothies at a little place kinda like Emerald City Smoothie. That night for dinner we just ordered pizza and watched Vantage Point.

It was time to go home on the 8th and I sure didn't want to leave. It was so relaxing the whole trip and it felt like everyone in Billings was more friendly and relaxed then here in Renton. I felt bad for Jess since she had morning sickness while we were there. After watching her I don't look forward to that part of pregnancy! I can't wait to go back, I've already started applying for jobs over there!

Life With No Gall Bladder

So it has been almost a year since I have had my gall bladder removed after having extreme gall stone attacks. Well last night Ray's mom and Randy and Shawna came over. I must have been a little thirsty after work because I DOWNED three V8 Splash with Mango Vodka like there was no vodka in them. Well, the only downside to doing that, I had extreme pains in my stomach again. Having these pains just frustrates me and makes the pain worse. I don't understand why I went through all the trouble of surgery and all those bills if I'm still going to feel that horrible! It isn't like the first time I had had anything to drink since then. The pains last night were almost as bad as the morning I had to go to the emergency room.

In addition to not being able to drink very much I also can't go more than 3-4 hours without eating. Once I start getting hungry I can feel the pain begin. I have to eat something right away or the pain will get really bad. I can eat pretty much anything, I just have to eat often enough. I just don't understand why it is an empty stomach or alcohol that causes me to have pain. And if the pain I was having was because of the extremely large gall stones then why am I having them now? When I mentioned it to my doctor she said it was my heartburn...no it's not because I know what my heartburn feels like. And I take my Prilosec to not have heartburn. So that is what I am feeling right now. Wondering why I went through the trouble to still be in pain.

Life at Montclair Heights

Ok, so I really want to move out of Renton! There was a fight at the complex today between little kids! How bad do children have to be for their parents to pay attention?? So two kids were on their way down the hill (the double letter buildings...aka the ghetto...sorry Holly and Mike!) to one of the kids' house to get some lollipops. (how sweet is that?) Well, they walked behind the buildings so that these other kids that have been threatening them wouldn't see them. Well when they got to the apartment they told the dad and the dad went out and talked to the 'mean' kids. So when these two boys were on the way back up the hill (to the normal side of the property) these mean kids came up to them and started talking to them, acting like everything was fine. Then all of a sudden all three of the mean boys decided to hit the little boy, for no reason at all. Now this is isn't the first time apparently that this has happened. I guess these three mean boys have threatened adults, kids and whoever with guns and what not. Now these boys are in middle school. Really, who in the world lets their children act this way? So the cops finally showed up 2 hours after the mom of the kid that got hit called them. They chipped his tooth, now he only has half of a tooth! Now, I did the best I could to figure out who these mean boys were but I only know one of them. And believe me, I will be on the phone with Renton Housing tomorrow about this child who's mother is on Section 8. So I'm just dumbfounded today by the way adults raise their children, which is not at all. I just thank God that the little boy that was hurt was smart enough to come up to our maintenace department right away and tell him what was going on. So that is Montclair Heights! If I tell you to move in that is because I'm getting my ass chewed at work for not having enough rentals, but don't listen to me!

Life With No Comments

Does anyone read this thing? Thought I would check since I never receive comments. Is it worth it? :)

Life on my wedding day (weekend)

Ok, I need a little break from work right now or I'm going to explode so it is time for the wedding day (weekend) post! :)

We left our apartment at 9:45 for the drive down to Cannon Beach on Friday the 30th. The drive went pretty well, not really any traffic which was great! When we got to Longview we tried using the GPS/Google Maps on my phone to find a Panda Express for lunch...that didn't work out too well. We got a little lost, not too lost, but Ray doesn't like getting lost. Well, then we were going to stop after we got into Oregon but we just never did, we just kept driving until we got to Cannon Beach. We drove through town first and then decided to have lunch at Cranky Sue's. I had a crab cake sandwich and Ray had Rueben. The sun decided to come out for a little bit while we ate outside. While we were eating Rhonda, Randy and Shawna pulled up.

After we checked into our hotel we left presents for my parents and my brother at the office and drove over to the other hotel to meet up with Randy, Shawna and Rhonda. I left presents for Randy and Joan (Ray's dad and his girlfriend) at the front desk at their hotel after a little trouble. Then Randy, Shawna and Rhonda opened their gifts and we walked to Mo's which is the restaurant connected with their hotel. Well, we just wanted to get a drink after a long day of driving but apparently that is a big issue at this hotel. We were treated rudely when we were seated, then the server was not very friendly to us when she heard we just wanted drinks. Then as soon as she brought our drinks out she put the bill on our table. On the back of the receipt there was a place to write comments about your visit so I definately took advantage of that. We then didn't even leave her a tip since they were all so rude.

So after being basically kicked out of that place we went downtown to shop. We showed them around to all of our favorite stores. The nice place with all the pretty collectables, the best shop for beach themes and cards, Bruce's Candy Kitchen and Puppy Love By the Sea. After all that walking we went to Bill's Tavern and they were perfectly ok with us getting a drink. The bar was full so we sat in the restaurant side and enjoyed some beer (wine for me) and talked. We got a lot of stuff at Bruce's - a magnet for Jess and Steve, taffy, fudge, and a hippo with a tu-tu for me. Over at Puppy Love we got Max a new hook for his leash that says 'WOOF' and it is cute. I did see after I had paid some playing cards that have a dachsund on the front and I really wanted them but I decided I didn't need them. Oh! And while we were getting to leave Bill's someone that I had gone to high school with had walked in with her family! What are the odds really that someone else from Duvall would be there at the same time!

Once we left Bill's we stopped at the liquor store and I got Sierra Mist and Blackberry Vodka. We then hung out at our hotel room for a little bit since we had a couch, two chairs and a little fridge. While we were there my parents got there so I went over to say hi before going to dinner. We had dinner at Warren House Pub and apparently a lot of the people in Cannon Beach do not like groups. It was me, Ray, Rhonda, Randy, Shawna, Randy and Joan. And if you have 6 or more people it has to be on one check with 18% gratuity. Kinda strange. Anyway, Shawna wanted clam chowder but all they had was red clam chowder or chili. Now, this didn't look or taste anything like clam chowder. It didn't even taste like clams! I thought it was the chili. Then when the server asked if she liked it and Shawna said not really the server told her 'Yeah, I don't like it at all.' Now, I don't understand why she didn't say that to Shawna before she ordered it since Shawna had asked if they didn't have white chowder instead. Rude. Then Rhonda was going to pay on her credit card and we were going to pay her back, well the server basically threw the bill back to us saying they don't accept American Express. Ok, that is understandable, but throwing the check back in our faces and being rude about it is uncalled for. What a night.

So I woke up at 7:00 with Max and we took a walk on the beach together. It was not raining really but misting so I was a little worried but a morning walk on the beach is a great way to calm your nerves! :) When we got back Ray and I got ready and we met everyone at Pig'N Pancake for breakfast. We hadn't tried this restaurant yet since we are usually there during the off season so that was neat. The food was good, I enjoyed Eggs Benedict with fresh fruit! :) It was really nice for everyone to get together for breakfast as well and have everyone meet. (even thuogh our large party seemed to have put them out...) I don't understand why large groups are such a problem down there. It's always been just Ray and I so we've never noticed before but wow, it is a problem.

After breakfast Ray and I went downtown to find a sweatshirt for me since I had just packed a thin zip up without thinking about it. After getting the sweatshirt we took a walk along the beach before I had to leave to the Spa. It was nice to spend a little time together before all the craziness of the day.

My mom went with me to get my hair and makeup done. She did my makeup first and I really liked it. It was nice for someone else to do it for awhile! Then it was time for my hair. And if you didn't already know...I have A LOT of hair! So it was quite a long process and my butt hurt so much when she was done! It was fun because there was three girlfriends there at the spa together and they were really friendly and we spent time talking the whole time we were there. :) My hair looked beautiful! She did a perfect job and I was so happy with it!

When we got back to the hotel I had about an hour to kill before I had to start getting dressed. I was sad to come back to the empty room since Ray had gone out to dinner with his mom and Randy and Shawna. So while he was gone I looked through all of Holly and Mike's wedding pictures! It made me excited for them and then excited that my time was coming in mere hours! :) (Thanks Mrs West!)

Kinda fun but sad thing was that Ray and I got ready together and he helped me get dressed. Sad because that isn't tradition and fun because we got to spend the time together. We met up with everyone at 4:30 to meet with the wedding planner and get some pre-wedding photos. Max was being a big baby and only wanted to be next to Ray and I and whined during the pictures and the entire ceremony. The ceremony was perfect! It was very fast and went by in a flash. I accidentally said 'I Do' before I was supposed to and that was pretty funny. I of course cried and found out that the lady that had done my makeup hadn't used waterproof mascara or eyeliner...so my mom had to clean my face up for me.

I was going to borrow a silk bouquet from Tammy (the wedding planner) but since they were moving offices she couldn't find it so she went out and had one made especially for me to keep! It was perfect! I absolutely loved it! We also had flip-flops that said 'Just Married' on the strap and on the bottom so that when you walked in the sand it would write 'Just Married'. The sandals didn't work out too well though and that didn't work. Oh well. My something old was Ray's grandma's pearl necklace. It was so special for me to get to wear those. It really meant a lot to me that Rhonda offered them. My something blue was my right hand ring that was given to me from my parents for my 21st birthday. My something new was my hair comb that was given to me from Tom and Olga from one of the wedding shows. My something borrowed was supposed to be the flowers but that didn't work out but that is just fine with me! :)

After the ceremony we took a TON of photos all over the beach. Family shots, us shots, sibling shots, etc. It was funny because Max is in the background of most of the pictures because he didn't want to leave our side! It was so cute! It was so beautiful getting married on the beach! Toes in the sand was perfect! Having Haystack Rock in the background of the ceremony and the photos was amazing! It was all just amazingly perfect!

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Morri's Fireside Restaurant after the wedding. I absolutely LOVE their clam chowder and I had been telling all of our family about it forever! It was funny because all of the women ordered bowls of chowder for dinner. I orderded a cup of chowder and also the stuffed halibut! Oh goodness! Everyone truly enjoyed their dinner and they all agreed with me that the chowder was the best they had ever had! Everyone but my parents and brother enjoyed champagne and Randy gave us a little toast at the end of dinner. We would've gotten dessert but we had planned on going across the street for ice cream but they were closed for the night. :( So sad! Ray and I went back to my parents room then to open a few gifts and cards they had brought down with them. We got some great gifts from our family and friends! We then changed into our sweatshirts and jeans and I took my hair down...it was KILLING me, and took a walk on the beach. I also called Olga and told her about the wedding and she was crying! When we got back to the room I took a shower to wash my hair and it took 3 shampoos and 2 conditions to get all of the junk out of my hair! At least it looked pretty! :)

The next morning we packed everything up while eating breakfast in our room. It was sad to have to leave already. We then went for a short walk on the beach again and went downtown to a few more stores. Randy, Shawna and Rhonda ended up meeting us down there for a little bit but left before we did. As we were getting in our car to leave I got a call from Tammy, the photographer/wedding planner, and she told me she had finished our wedding CD! I was amazed! She didn't think she would get it to us for at least a week! So we met up with her on our way out of town and I was super excited to get home and download photos!!

We drove over 26 into Hillsboro to stop at Sonic Drive-In! My favorite! We both had amazing burgers. I got a watermelon slush and it kept giving me brain freezes! It stayed frozen the whole drive home too! How cool is that? I wanted to drive over to the Roloff Farm since it was only 5 miles from Sonic but Ray just wanted to get home. I so would've loved to see where one of my favorite TV families live but maybe next time we are down there!

So that is our wedding and our wedding weekend. I hope I got everything in there! Enjoy the photos!!

Life at Disney World Part III

DAY SIX

On Sunday we tried going to Animal Kingdom. We went to lunch first at Rainforest Café. It wasn’t any different than the one here really. I had planned to get a matching glass that said Orlando instead of Seattle but I forgot about it. We then walked around Animal Kingdom for a little bit but since it was the weekend it was SOOOO busy. We didn’t want to wait 80 minutes to go on Expedition Everest again. Instead we got some ice cream cones and did a little more shopping. I finally found the boxers I wanted. They are white with pink and brown Mickey symbols. I love them! Great shorts for hanging around the house! J We then decided to just go back to the hotel instead of having to fight through all the crowds.

At 4:00 I left to get my stone massage at Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Yes, it was amazing! I was so incredibly relaxed after that! All I wanted to do was lay out by the pool! J Instead though I met up with Ray at Epcot for dinner and to watch the firework show that they have there! It was incredible! We planned to come back the next night so we could video tape the show!

After the fireworks we went to Magic Kingdom for the Extra Magic Hours. We took the monorail from Epcot to the Transportation Center and then took the ferry to Magic Kingdom. We watched the Magic Kingdom fireworks from the ferry. I love that they do that for the resort guests! Since we really only had a snack while at Epcot we grabbed dinner first to wait for some more people to clear out of the park, which paid off. After eating we did all the smaller rides that Disney is known for and ones that we hadn’t yet gone one. We went to the Carousel of Progress, which was actually pretty entertaining! We then went on the Blue Line tram that goes through Tomorrow Land and even some of the rides! Then we did Winnie the Pooh, Snow White and we wanted to do Peter Pan but the ride was extremely long still. So we did the mountain rides again. Big Thunder had no line what-so-ever as well as Splash Mountain! I really wanted to do Splash Mountain again because it is my favorite but it was already 1:00am by then so we decided to start heading out of the park.

DAY SIX

On Monday we woke up and started packing. We had to make sure we had room for all of the stuff we bought so we would know if we would have to buy another carry-on bag! Luckily everything fit! Since we were planning on getting to Epcot early for dinner and watch the fireworks again we just had lunch at the food court at the hotel as a break from packing.

We left for Epcot in plenty of time to enjoy the Soarin’ Ride and to find a great place to watch the show. We waited for about an hour for the Soarin’ Ride. It was pretty cool actually to wait in line. They have 5 huge screens with cameras that let people play along with games on the screens. We played about 3 games while waiting in line and it was fun to be able to stay entertained while waiting. This ride was incredible! It really felt like we were flying over California! Everything was so pretty and it was definitely worth the wait!

We stopped at a couple of stores and finished our shopping for everyone before grabbing dinner. Included was a bandana for Max that says, “My human went to Disney World and all I got was this lousy bandana!” It is pretty cute and looks great on him! We then went to the quick service Mexican restaurant and the food was actually pretty good. We also enjoyed a couple of very strong margaritas since we had 2 hours of sitting at our table before the fireworks. We also had some churros for dessert! Our table was the perfect place to watch the fireworks! The video doesn’t even begin to show how amazing this show was! I would’ve gone every night if I had known about it at the beginning of the week! J

(again I can't upload video. Sorry but I waited for over an hour for it to upload and it didn't)

DAY SEVEN

Time to go back to the real world today! We had check-out at 11 and then we checked our luggage right there at the hotel! That was very handy! We then decided to just hang out around the resort instead of risking any bus delays by going to a park. We actually wasted quite a bit of time playing in the arcade at the resort! It was pretty fun! We then had a long lunch at the food court and then it was time to head home…:(

When we got to the airport our plane was delayed due to weather in Houston. Then as we were waiting for our flight a thunderstorm came through and we enjoyed watching all the lightning! It was a very packed plane and we were all squished together again. When we got to Houston we had to run to catch our flight and that one ended up being slightly delayed due to having no crew yet. Once we boarded the lady in our row gave me the window seat and she took the aisle which was great! We watched Fool’s Gold on the way home, it was ok. It was sad to get home but exciting to see Max.

So this is the end of the honeymoon posts. So sad that is is over! I can't wait to go back! I will get the wedding and reception posts done as soon as possible.