What a whirlwind trip...lots of fun, though! Our friend, Stephen, was kind enough to take us to the airport and pick us up so we didn't have to pay for parking. This is the first airplane ride for any of our kids, and they were really excited. I wish I had taken a picture of them in the airport. We took five carry-ons so that we wouldn't have to pay to check our bags. Each kid had a backpack on, and was pulling their own luggage. And they were full! Josie, especially, was such a trooper. She pulled her luggage the whole time, through each airport and onto each plane. We were getting a lot of smiles from people, probably because of the sight of three kids looking like pack mules as they followed their Daddy through the airport with me bringing up the rear. They couldn't have been any better in the airports or on the flights. They didn't sleep one bit, but were excellent, praise God. Poor Seth had trouble with his ears on the second flight there. Even after we had been off the plane for an hour, he told me it felt like he had two ear infections. On the way home, after we landed, I said, "Seth, that is so awesome that your ears didn't bother you this time!" He said, "I have to tell you something but I'm embarrassed to say it outloud." Then he whispered in my ear, "I prayed about it, mom." So sweet. We were supposed to get home Sunday evening, but our flight to Denver was delayed and then our flight from Denver to St. Louis was canceled. Thankfully, they thought that might be the case and didn't want us stranded at the airport in Denver with no available hotels due to all the cancellations, so Frontier put us up in a hotel with a swimming pool, gave us 45 dollars to spend for supper, AND $1000 in credit vouchers to fly anywere they fly. Maybe Nile and I will get the honeymoon we never had:) Our first night together was in married student housing at UNI...Nile has always felt really bad about this, but I didn't mind. When you get married in college and don't have any money, it's to be expected. Anyway, the boys got to miss school and loved that! We made it home Monday afternoon and are finally caught up on sleep. It was a great trip, and we are so happy that Anne has found Justin!
We landed in Seattle, got to our car rental place, and headed
out for the 2 1/2 hour drive to Leavenworth. They didn't have
the car we ordered online, so they graciously down-sized us
(sorry, did you detect the sarcasm?) to a very small vehicle.
Nile's head was touching the ceiling and the kids were crammed
into the backseat. This was at 12:30 in the morning, and was the
first time the kids had slept AT ALL! They were so tired, so they
slept like this for the next few hours until we arrived at 3:30 am our
time, which is 1:30 am Washington time.
This is Snowgrass Lodge, where all of the Heefners stayed. Justin's
(Anne's husband now!!) family generously let us all stay in this gorgeous
lodge that they co-manage. It is beautiful!! One night, Nile and I were
able to hot tub with Dan & Liz and Joe & Sarah.
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I was telling my friend about our trip today...we loved getting the time all together! One of my favorite memories is the hot tub night with you all. You should see the nice shiner that has appeared on my knee...looks like I got stitches too. :)
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