Its the final countdown...(insert cheesy 80's song)

We leave for Disney World in 4 days, 2 hours, 46 minutes and 57 seconds...but who's counting?

I have begun the laundry sort through (on top of the normal laundry doing) to figure out what to pack.

Here, the weather will be a cool, fall high of 59 most of the 8 days we are gone. Florida, specifically Disney-ish area will be 83-85 degrees most days. So I'm putting a nice assortment of crop pants and jeans in our suitcases. Mix in a few pairs of flip flops and the oh-so-necessary pairs of tennis shoes to be comfy in, and its a lot to get done. We did the run for travel size items tonight at Target. Thankfully Kris is helping sort all of the items we need to bring (ie: gift cards we got for the girls to use, lanyards for their Disney passes and trading pins). Its a big task. But one that will be well worth it all!

Thank goodness for family! We are staying with my cousin Sam who lives near the airport so we don't have to start our trip off getting the P's up at 4 am to go through airport security. She is the definition of awesome!

And I am so excited about seeing my NanNu! I haven't seen her since 1998 and before that 1980! That is too long of a span to see your grandmother! Not to mention the other family I will see, and get to introduce MY family to! Some of them have not seen me since we left Florida!

This trip is such a blessing and I thank God every day we were able to hunker down and do it! Now its time to enjoy that hard work and enjoy the 8 straight days of family time we've never, ever had!

So my next post shall be full of pictures from the happiest place on earth!

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