Pluto0809
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 25, 2012
Hi and Welcome! Im Ariana, Im 40 years old and live outside of Atlanta, GA
I was pretty lazy with this intro and basically copied the intro from my PTR. So if you read that, you may just want to skim through this first post. Heres some information about how this trip came together before I get to the rest of the introductions.
In early 2009 I decided that I needed to go to Disney. I hadnt been since 1998 and I was in desperate need of a trip. I told my Mom, who told my Brother, who told my Aunt, etc. and we ended up with a group of 8 and went in January 2010. Here we are goofing around during that trip.
Back row is my Mom, my Brother John, and my aunt (Moms sister) Esther.
Front Row is me, my Sister-in-Law Jocelyn, my cousin Morgan, and a close family friend Erin.
Last but not least, kneeling in front is my Cousin Sydney.
Morgan is about 10 years younger than me but we have always been very close because she shares my insane love for Disney. She was single during that trip but within a year, was dating a wonderful man and had three kids. Ill get into that more when I do the introductions. Morgan and her family went back in October 2011 but I wasnt able to go that time. Shortly after that, we talked about doing another family trip and decided on early 2014 as our target. Ive actually been back to Disney 4 times since the 2010 trip, TRs for three of those trips are in my signature and Im still writing the Rock On one from October 2013.
Morgan and I invited a lot of our family and we ended up with 16 people coming on the trip. First of all is me and Mom. She was my main companion on the trip and loves Disney. We took a mother and daughter trip to WDW in November 2012. We are very close and are more like sisters than mother/daughter. Since my dad passed away in 2007, we travel a lot together. Im married by my DH doesnt like to travel and doesnt mind if Mom and I go.
Also from my immediate family my brother John and SIL Jocelyn. They would probably kill me if they knew I used the following picture, it was taken at their annual ugly sweater party. Problem is, they dont have a lot of pictures together. Our goal was to remedy that with this trip since I purchased Memory Maker. That ended up not really happening but well get to more on that later.
Lets move on to Morgans Family. Here she is with her now husband, Steve.
When we were at WDW in 2010, Morgan got a dozen roses delivered to the room. She told me all about Steve, a widower who she knew through his two kids at the daycare where she is a manager. She actually knew Steves wife too before she was killed in a car accident. They started dating shortly after we got back from the trip and a year later, a third child came along. So here are the three kids:
Jacob, 8 years old, Jordyn, 6 years old and Kennedy who will be 3 in February. Jordyn is the one I often refer to as my mini-me because she loves Pluto.
Also joining us from Morgans family were her Mom, Esther and Dad, Jim. I "stole" most of the family photos off of Facebook and these are the best I could find of those two.
Her brother Jordan, his wife Abby and their 1 ½ year old daughter Sadie. Abby is pregnant and due sometime in July with their second child.
And finally, Morgans sister Sydney and her husband Kevin. They just got married last September.
All the plans were coming together for the trip and then Morgan threw a curve ball that ended up changing everything. Steve asked her to marry him in December 2012 and she decided to get married at Disney while were there!
Morgan and I continued to try to plan together but it just got to be too much so I took responsibility for my little family of 4 and also added on my Uncle Bob (Mom and Esthers brother) and Aunt Pat who came for four days. Here they are:
They had not been to WDW since their two boys were little which was about 20 years ago. Their boys are now both in their 30s and married with kids but they could not afford to make the trip. My Mom has one more brother but he and his family also did not make the trip.
Last but not least, my husband Jim flew down for a few days to go to the wedding only. He is not a Disney fan and since I dragged him to Disney last October, there was no way he was doing any parks this trip. I made him come for the wedding though since he rarely comes to my familys events.
A lot of Steves family was there also, a few from his deceased wifes family and also friends. Erin who came with us in 2010 was there with her husband. I did not really interact with any of this group during the trip so I wont overwhelm everyone with more introductions than necessary!
So is everyone's head spinning right now? I know that was a lot of information to take in but the TR will mainly just be about me, Mom, John, Jocelyn, Bob and Pat. Other than the wedding day, we barely spent any time with Morgan and her family.
Up Next: Wake up Pluto is Waiting!!!
I was pretty lazy with this intro and basically copied the intro from my PTR. So if you read that, you may just want to skim through this first post. Heres some information about how this trip came together before I get to the rest of the introductions.
In early 2009 I decided that I needed to go to Disney. I hadnt been since 1998 and I was in desperate need of a trip. I told my Mom, who told my Brother, who told my Aunt, etc. and we ended up with a group of 8 and went in January 2010. Here we are goofing around during that trip.
Back row is my Mom, my Brother John, and my aunt (Moms sister) Esther.
Front Row is me, my Sister-in-Law Jocelyn, my cousin Morgan, and a close family friend Erin.
Last but not least, kneeling in front is my Cousin Sydney.
Morgan is about 10 years younger than me but we have always been very close because she shares my insane love for Disney. She was single during that trip but within a year, was dating a wonderful man and had three kids. Ill get into that more when I do the introductions. Morgan and her family went back in October 2011 but I wasnt able to go that time. Shortly after that, we talked about doing another family trip and decided on early 2014 as our target. Ive actually been back to Disney 4 times since the 2010 trip, TRs for three of those trips are in my signature and Im still writing the Rock On one from October 2013.
Morgan and I invited a lot of our family and we ended up with 16 people coming on the trip. First of all is me and Mom. She was my main companion on the trip and loves Disney. We took a mother and daughter trip to WDW in November 2012. We are very close and are more like sisters than mother/daughter. Since my dad passed away in 2007, we travel a lot together. Im married by my DH doesnt like to travel and doesnt mind if Mom and I go.
Also from my immediate family my brother John and SIL Jocelyn. They would probably kill me if they knew I used the following picture, it was taken at their annual ugly sweater party. Problem is, they dont have a lot of pictures together. Our goal was to remedy that with this trip since I purchased Memory Maker. That ended up not really happening but well get to more on that later.
Lets move on to Morgans Family. Here she is with her now husband, Steve.
When we were at WDW in 2010, Morgan got a dozen roses delivered to the room. She told me all about Steve, a widower who she knew through his two kids at the daycare where she is a manager. She actually knew Steves wife too before she was killed in a car accident. They started dating shortly after we got back from the trip and a year later, a third child came along. So here are the three kids:
Jacob, 8 years old, Jordyn, 6 years old and Kennedy who will be 3 in February. Jordyn is the one I often refer to as my mini-me because she loves Pluto.
Also joining us from Morgans family were her Mom, Esther and Dad, Jim. I "stole" most of the family photos off of Facebook and these are the best I could find of those two.
Her brother Jordan, his wife Abby and their 1 ½ year old daughter Sadie. Abby is pregnant and due sometime in July with their second child.
And finally, Morgans sister Sydney and her husband Kevin. They just got married last September.
All the plans were coming together for the trip and then Morgan threw a curve ball that ended up changing everything. Steve asked her to marry him in December 2012 and she decided to get married at Disney while were there!
Morgan and I continued to try to plan together but it just got to be too much so I took responsibility for my little family of 4 and also added on my Uncle Bob (Mom and Esthers brother) and Aunt Pat who came for four days. Here they are:
They had not been to WDW since their two boys were little which was about 20 years ago. Their boys are now both in their 30s and married with kids but they could not afford to make the trip. My Mom has one more brother but he and his family also did not make the trip.
Last but not least, my husband Jim flew down for a few days to go to the wedding only. He is not a Disney fan and since I dragged him to Disney last October, there was no way he was doing any parks this trip. I made him come for the wedding though since he rarely comes to my familys events.
A lot of Steves family was there also, a few from his deceased wifes family and also friends. Erin who came with us in 2010 was there with her husband. I did not really interact with any of this group during the trip so I wont overwhelm everyone with more introductions than necessary!
So is everyone's head spinning right now? I know that was a lot of information to take in but the TR will mainly just be about me, Mom, John, Jocelyn, Bob and Pat. Other than the wedding day, we barely spent any time with Morgan and her family.
Up Next: Wake up Pluto is Waiting!!!
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ok off to read.....Yes HAD to text you at 4:15 Ariana I was holding back since about 3 am !!
