Christmas trip - Getting there

For Christmas this year, Wade and I decided we needed one last family vacation before Trevor leaves for two years.  The fact that this would be his last Christmas at home was super sad for me, so where else would we go than the "Happiest Place on Earth."  We were all excited to leave the freezing cold snow for warmer weather in California.  Our journey there, however, was on both ends of the spectrum.  The kids and I loaded up and left Friday evening.  After filling our tires with air (not 80, not 80!!!), we headed for the airport.  We got parked, cleared security and got to the gate with no issues...thank goodness.  The plane ride was a first for all the kids (except Kyall).  Some were excited, some scared, some in between.  I had to laugh because they were fighting over who HAD to sit by the window, not who GOT to sit by the window.  They did all love the fact that it only took 1 1/2 hours to get there!  When we got to Long Beach, we walked out of the airport to see a limo parked at the curb.  I could hear the kids behind me saying "hey our ride's here" and laughing when they said "I wish."  The look on their faces when the driver called our name was priceless.  Total shock, then pure excitement.  Thanks to my wonderful cousin, we started our trip in some serious style.  We got checked in to our poolside suite, thrilled to be on vacation.

Then there's Wade.  Poor guy.  Wade had to work until 4am on Saturday, so we had him scheduled for a noon flight.  He got a few hours sleep before the airport shuttle picked him up.  He was so excited to see that Robin was on the shuttle.  They had the same flight here.  That was about as long as his joy lasted.  Their flight was delayed and eventually cancelled due to some navigation problem.  Whilst I'm glad that nothing happened while they were in the air, we were already missing him and now he'd be even longer.  Because of my big hearted cousin, Wade got the last seat out on the last flight of they day, otherwise he would have been stuck at the SLC airport until the next day.  There were a lot of people at Knott's staring at me sobbing into the phone when I found out what she had done.  I love my family...all of it!