Cruise Pics up on Flickr

Here are the pictures from our cruise to Jamaica/Grand Cayman...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31053139@N06/3081814387/

Disney Day One

OK...4 months late...Disney Day One was a success...we left Nashville at 6:30 AM...plane arrived on time at MCO...made it to the Magic Kingdome by Noon. I posted some pics below, follow the links to the whole pic set...

Highlights:

Checkin at All Star Movies...EASY...they had us checked in with tickets in hand in 20 minutes.

Magic Kingdom crowds were relatively light for June...

Claire's first trip down Splash Mountain...as the week went by, she discovered that she really does like thrill rides...

Extra Magic Hours = Awesome...being in the park after midnight was pretty night...

Dinner with the Princesses at Grand Floridian...buffet was OK...but the characters were awesome...would do it again in a second.

I will try to be more organized for Day 2...once again, still getting the hang of this.

Staring contest with the Wicked Stepmother

Staring contents with the Wicked Stepmother
Originally uploaded by milo1973

You can tell I liked the wicked stepmother by the number of pics I took of her...she was cool....stayed in character the whole time...

Girls in front of the castle

Girls in front of the castle
Originally uploaded by milo1973

All 3 girls in front of the castle

Kids at MCO

Kids at MCO
Originally uploaded by milo1973

They make it to MCO...still with smiles...for the record...they make it until about midnight...we get back to the hotel close to 1:00 AM....troopers.

Waiting for the plane at BNA

Waiting for the plane at BNA
Originally uploaded by milo1973

OK...so adding a few randoms from Disney Day one...Girls being patient at 5:00 AM CDT...at BNA

New Desk...New Office...

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Originally uploaded by milo1973

Really testing Flickr here...but here is the new desk...

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

Pictures Finally

I am only months behind...posting Disney pics later...then Vegas pics...

While we wait...

...for me to find pictures from last years trip...I found this nugget from "The Great Fried Twinkie Eating Contest of 2006"...

Anyone can play:



But no one wins:

9 Days out until Vegas

So, we are about 9 days out from our first trip and I am getting "the itch". The itch for a double-double with cheese from In and Out, the itch for a Fat Tire...yes, I know I can get Fat Tire at Publix now, but I am positive it will not taste the same. Fat Tire is meant to be consumed in Las Vegas, I am sure of it, it is science. Yes, I also have the itch to gamble, but come on, you expected that.




We are meeting my brother and sister-in-law out there for Dad's birthday...should be a lot of fun. We are flying out on American Airlines next Friday afternoon.

I am viewing flying American Airlines as the first gamble of the trip. Yeah, we got to pick our seats, great...but who can tell if the person sitting next to me is the guy with the garbage bags, the crying baby...or the guy that had to have that last minute burrito before he boarded the plane. It is a long flight is all I am saying and we are accustomed to Southwest where we can move if we want to.

Anyway...We get in Friday night around 6:45PM, Dad is picking us up from the airport and we are going straight over to the fab-u-lous Mirage to catch Cirque Du Soleil's Love...maybe we can convince Dad into a quick trip through the drive thru of In and Out on the way.

Ryan and Amanda are driving in Saturday morning from LA...I am thinking that we can go out to breakfast with Dad in the morning and then meet Ryan and Amanda for lunch and figure the afternoon out from there. Saturday night, we will be dining at Mon Ami Gabi at Paris. Dad and I had lunch there years ago, it was great...maybe we will luck out and get that outdoor table with the view of the Bellagio fountains...




more to come...

GIZMO PICS

First Blog Post

I am setting this up to blog the upcoming Vegas, LA, and as of right now not planned Thanksgiving trip. I will be putting up pictures to test here in the next few weeks...

Suck it.

Milo