Ready or Not, Here We Come! (plus Lobster Day #10 and Katie #9)

3 sleeps and we leave!  That's how we count things down in our house.....

We went shopping today and we bought:

Yes, I am a disney geek! The 3 girls are ready for the 4th of July in Walt Disney World (Don wouldn't buy one, and yes they had them in Men's sizes also).  :(

The girls are excited to meet Phineas and Ferb....

Don is ready for the new Star Tours ride (based on Star Wars)

...And Katie can't wait to meet her favorite characters (again)!

I've been trying to pack and get ready. Here's my thought process for packing for this trip:

 The staging room is slowly turning into 3 packed suitcases (Don does his own).

This pile is for Emerald Isle - stays in the car while at WDW
 

This pile is for Emerald Isle, but can't stay in the car...so will come into our WDW hotel, but sit in a corner for the first week

 

This pile goes to Mom and Dad's house on Saturday before we leave for them to take to the beach for us

 

And the rest still in the organizing stages:

• This pile is for WDW and should be packed towards the back of the car
• This bag will go inside the hotel when we stop in Georgia for the first night.
• This pile needs to be in the middle of the car, to be accessible during the road trip
• All bills paid before we leave
• House ready for Chrissy (Don's sister) to move in for 2 weeks
• All Microsoft IEF contacts and issues resolved before we leave
• Road trip directions printed out...just in case the GPS decides to be uncooperative
• Addresses programmed into the GPS
• Matching beach t-shirts ready for the 5 girls
• Tie Dye t-shirts ready for the last night at the beach photo shoot

So...yes, can't wait! Are we ready yet? NO, but will be by 4:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.

but first.....

Lobster Day #10

 The group this year...and the doggies

 Water Balloons and Sister Ball (basketball between the 2 sets of Rahn Sisters)

 The Annual "token Lobster" and Katie's Birthday cake this year - a plate full of clams

 She got a water gun from the McClellands and then the 4 girls who will be "cruising to Alaska" together in August (my college roommate's 2 girls)

 Marti - my college roommate - determined to stack the empty snail shells...after Don emptied them

Yep...another Lobster Day down - and "Seldom A Dull Moment!"


and Katie's Birthday #9

Chocolate Chip Cookie "Cake"

 her new and improved big girl bedroom

 surprise this morning - a big, pink bowl chair

So that's what the Rahns are currently doing 

- next stop Savannah, Georgia.... 

(with free wi-fi  at the Hampton Inn)

Stay Tuned.....