In order to combat the freezing cold winter that Idaho laid out before us. The littles and I jumped on a plane and head for the happiest place on Earth!
Disneyland!
It went so smoothly, we left plenty early, got on our plane with no problem and arrived in time to play at the beach and meet up with cousins.
This is how it should have happened but it didn't.
We left bright and early, loaded a freezing cold plane, sat on the tarmac for 45 minutes without heat and then the plane broke down.
We then cried!
We did not get to California by 10am like we had planned.
BUT....
The airlines offered a taxi to Spokane and a chance at a flight there.
BUT....
I married Rand and when I called him crying he came back to the airport with McDonald's Breakfast and a plan.
He went to work calling airlines and worked his magic with a reservation specialist.
He found us a later flight.
He is a travel superhero!
In all the confusion we missed our layovers and ended up spending a lot of time looking at a glass window in Seattle. But, in the end,
WE MADE IT!
I know how many panes of glass per section there are and how many cords per window. Just in case I go on a trivia game show one day and they ask.
We sat on rocking chairs, rocking and rocking and rocking, waiting and waiting and waiting.
This is me, I was really asleep (you can tell by the way I let my double chin just hang out there and don't even try attempt to put my hand on my hip to look skinner).
I especially love that my bags are free to be stolen and Braden is the only one awake....
and,
apparently hanging out by himself in a big airport.
Folks, it's all about safety precautions that I take while traveling to ensure my family always travels safely together.
I must address the kid's bags.....
it was about halfway through the "liberal "Seattle Airport
when.............
people started pointing and whispering about my children.
In my mind, I was like, "yes I know they are adorable, no they are not twins, yes I look amazing after bearing children (wink, wink)". That's when I heard the guy whisper, "what do those bags say?", I then proceeded to finally read the darling bags that Rand gave to the kids before we left.
The wording on the bag read:
"Never Enough Guns"!
Classy, Rand, very classy!
But guess what?
Much later than we wanted to, we arrived at Disneyland, we met the cousins and I will let the pictures show the fantastic time we had. Love us some cousins, love us some Sunny California and love us some ice cream from Disneyland.
This group stayed together without hardly any hangups.
Lara was a maniac with the fast passes, the boys were the runners and takers of kids on rides that make me puke...... and I,
I
just kept up.
Awesome, amazing fun!
Thank you Dallin & Paula, Ian & Lara, Mical & Diana, Lee & Charlene for a fantastic time.
Thanks Rand and Jake for holding down the fort at home.
