"We're NEVER doing this again!" was the most popular quote from this year's Christmas holiday. Even though I can totally laugh about our crazy adventure now, it was NOT a very fun time.
Now I could bore you all with the specifics of our little adventure, but it's getting late and I would be up all night if I wrote out every little detail. Here's just a few of the highlights! (Don't worry...there are some good ones too!)
* Sammy threw up in the car on the way to the Twin Cities the night before our flight. Luckily we were close enough to home to turn right, clean the car, and care for our sick, little girl.
* The roads were TERRIBLE the next morning as we made our way to the airport. Traffic was completely stopped near Albertville.
* We weren't able to park our car at the EFCA headquarters (for free) because we were afraid we were going to miss our flight (American Airlines ASSURED us it was on-time)...so we ended up with a $96.00 parking bill!
* We waited for HOURS in line and at the terminals. Since we were bumped, we didn't originally have any seats together (until we begged people to move for us...which most of them did very willingly).
* When we eventually left Chicago for N.C. (at midnight), we were bumped to first class! YAHOO!
* We arrived in N.C. at 3:00 a.m....about 7 hours after we were supposed to.
* Once we were in N.C. children and adults started getting sick every 2 days...Sammy decided (in the season of giving) to share her germs.
* It was a beautiful 60-65 degrees while we were there! YAHOO!
* Sammy got to play A LOT with her cousins! YAHOO!
* As we were going through security on the way home, Caleb's overall buckles set off the alarm and ALL FOUR OF US were padded down by security officers!
* We were SUPPOSED to leave at 9:20 a.m., but our first flight got cancelled, and after being moved to Midwest Express and eventually Northwest, we left N.C. at 6:00 that evening...which meant we didn't get into Minneapolis until after 8:30 p.m....
* We enjoyed a quick visit with good friends before we made the final leg of our journey (a 2 hour drive) back home.
Even though we are SO GLAD to be home, it really was wonderful to see Brad's family. The boys have such a great time together, and I do really enjoy hanging out with my sisters-in-law. Since we all live so far apart, it truly is a blessing when we all get to see one another.
I just pray the next time we get together that there's a little less waiting in line, less sickness, and flights that are actually on-time...
2 comments:
I think my favorite part of you story (when you were at our house)was calling Brad's brother 2 or 3 times from the NC Airport! That is so funny!
It really is a funny story...one that I have enjoyed telling over and over again!
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