GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted November 25, 2014 Report Share Posted November 25, 2014 Love the balloon pics! Cosmic Rays is expensive! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 All caught up.Great pictures as usual!I love the pics that you take when you're bored! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Love the balloon pics! Cosmic Rays is expensive! All caught up.Great pictures as usual!I love the pics that you take when you're bored! Thank you both! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Saturday, October 25 -- The Day My Aunt Passed Away -- Part 4 And then finally ... here comes the parade! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Saturday, October 25 -- The Day My Aunt Passed Away -- Part 5 Continuing on with the parade: It's time for the Brave float! And what we've all been waiting for ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Saturday, October 25 -- The Day My Aunt Passed Away -- Part 6 Sorry, Dave! And then it was over. It was stunning. I really hated to see it end. It's the best daytime parade ever! Meanwhile, I wanted to avoid the departing crowds, so I hung around awhile. See, it's not crowded here! I later moseyed down to the exit. Eventually we took Kassie looping. About 8:30 that evening we got a call from my mother saying that my aunt Bill had passed away. Her grandson Chris, who checked on her several times every day, found her on the floor. We don't know how she died. She may have had a heart attack. She may have had an aneurysm. She may have died from hitting her head in the fall. I wasn't especially close to Bill, but I was very close to her husband, my uncle Olan. He was my second father. I didn't expect her death to affect me like it did. It hit me hard. It was like Olan had passed away all over again. It meant that aside from my mother the only family members in that generation who are still living are my aunt Jo and my uncle Clyde in Lakeland. And they are failing rapidly. David and I talked about what to do. Should we leave in the morning, or should we stay and keep our commitment to spend time with Clyde and Jo tomorrow. We decided to stay because there was a good chance we couldn't get home in time for the funeral anyway. And I thought Clyde and Jo needed us here. I cried myself to sleep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dvccamper 32 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. It must have been a shock for you being so unexpected and with you being away from home. But I'm sure you made the right decision to stay and visit with your aunt and uncle. Oh, and more beautiful pictures by the way! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 I'm so sorry to hear about your aunt. It must have been a shock for you being so unexpected and with you being away from home. But I'm sure you made the right decision to stay and visit with your aunt and uncle. Oh, and more beautiful pictures by the way! Thank you. It was a hard ending to a beautiful day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AC in A2......Aaron 693 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 More great pics....sorry about your aunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Great parade shots. I agree; that parade rocks. Sorry about your aunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 More great pics....sorry about your aunt. Thanks, Aaron! Great parade shots. I agree; that parade rocks. Sorry about your aunt. Thank you too, Kelly! Even though I'd seen pictures of the parade, it still just amazed me. There's so much detail in it that it's hard to capture in photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CampMImi 22 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Saturday, October 25 -- The Day My Aunt Passed Away -- Part 6 I cried myself to sleep. :hugs2: I am so sorry about your aunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Helmsey......Todd 134 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Finally caught up.More great pics, the parade pics were fantastic!Sorry to hear about your aunt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 :hugs2: I am so sorry about your aunt. Thank you for the hug! Finally caught up.More great pics, the parade pics were fantastic!Sorry to hear about your aunt. Thank you too. Glad you liked the parade pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ok Grumpy AKA Cindy~~ 9 Posted November 26, 2014 Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Sorry to hear about your Aunt. Great pictures of the parade. Hopefully I'll get back down there to see it. Until then your pictures are like being there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2014 Sorry to hear about your Aunt.Great pictures of the parade. Hopefully I'll get back down there to see it. Until then your pictures are like being there Thank you, Cindy! Glad you enjoyed my parade pictures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Sunday, October 26 -- The Day We Went to Lakeland -- Part 1 Early Sunday morning I got a call from Jennifer, my cousin's wife. She knew we would be visiting that morning and asked us not to arrive until she drove over from Brandon to tell Clyde and Jo about Bill. She wanted to do it in person instead of just calling and was really concerned about how they would take the news. Then shortly after she left we would arrive as backup. We left Disney property and headed toward Lakeland. I always enjoy this sight: We stopped here so we could eat breakfast at Bob Evans. My breakfast was: That's what I order every year when we stop there. The omelet is delicious. But, let me tell you, they sure don't know how to cook grits! David had: We're always amazed by all this equipment across the street. We made it to Lakeland and had a nice visit with Clyde and Jo. Jo had recently been discharged from a long hospital stay. She's lost at least 100 pounds since last year. Mentally she is doing great, but physically she isn't. We could see a huge change in her condition. Clyde, on the other hand, seemed to be doing better physically and mentally. Last year he hardly recognized us. This year he kept up with the conversation. They both took the news about Bill's death better than we thought they would. Jo said she had been expecting it. After the visit, we drove to downtown Lakeland. Neither of us had ever seen the actual city. It's a really pretty town, and I now understand why it is named Lakeland! On the way back to the fort we stopped at Publix in: I was blown away by that store and am excited that we're getting one here soon. We then headed toward Old Town. When our kids were little, they loved visiting this store: My purple crayon skills aren't nearly as good as TCD's, as evidence here: Oh my gosh. I'd have to be heavily drugged to ever ride either one of those things! Finally we were back on Disney property! Another one of those funny buses: And finally we're home! Einstein had asked us to call him while we were at WDW, so around 4 pm we headed out to MK. A closer look at the Poly bungalows: Crowd arriving doesn't look too bad: We called Einstein and told him we were on Main Street. Had a great conversation with him. To be continued ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted November 27, 2014 Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Beautiful pictures!! Lakeland is pretty! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2014 Thank you, Carol! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Oh Gwen... I was so sorry to read of the passing of your aunt. Life goes by much, much too quickly and while, as believers, we do have reassurance in knowing that we will see our loved ones again, the human fact remains that life is short and that loss can be very, very hard. I will keep you in my prayers over this holiday season. Blessings to you my friend... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Nacole, you have such a gift! You always know the greatest thing to say and you express it so eloquently! Thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Sunday, October 26 -- The Day We Went to Lakeland -- Part 2 Then we positioned ourselves outside The Chapeau to take TCD's suggestion and people watch. This was an MNNSHP night, and the crowd didn't disappoint! Although there lots of pirates and Woodys. How nice of Superman to bring his grandmother to the party! I saw too many Minnies pushing strollers. When did Minnie have a baby? A pirate family: And my favorites ... check out this mother/daughter duo who happily posed for me: Can you see their eyelashes? They had bats on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Sunday, October 26 -- The Day We Went to Lakeland -- Part 3 On our way out of the park we went through the candy store. Darth Vader was staying at WL: Since I had the zoom lens with me, I took more River Country photos. We came back to Dolly, took Kassie looping, had dinner, and called it a day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted November 28, 2014 Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Awesome people watching photos :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Thank you again, Carol! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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