We took off about 1, our flight wasn't until 7 but with the delays we had on the way there we didn't want to take chances on the way home. The drive is about 2.5 hours to the airport, we stopped at the top of the mountain to stretch our legs and take some more pictures (b/c obviously I hadn't taken enough yet)!
I just love the view! It's just so beautiful and huge and nothing like Iowa! Anyway, we headed on our way...hoping the girls would nap (no such luck), we did get stuck in traffic and really didn't have that much time to spare by the time we dropped off the rental car, checked in and got thru security. We met Holly, Jerry and Mary at the airport, Mary was flying back with us so that she could go to school Thursday morning too! This whole time Piper was a bear! She didn't want to be held, but she would take off running if we put her down, so that wasn't a great option either! She screamed, she made all the people in line near us pray that they wouldn't be on our flight.
The flight was less than wonderful. Piper was tired, she wouldn't sleep, she didn't want any snacks we had, she didn't want any toys we had, she wanted down, she wanted to scream, she wanted to make the whole plane hear her. She did. I want to say she was good and quiet, maybe a total of 30 minutes of the 1.5 hour flight. Presley had her breakdowns too, it's always fun when both kids are throwing a fit on a plane! You wonder if the people around us are just irritated or feeling sorry for us....or maybe a little of both. It was a long flight for everyone....on the positive side, Mary was perfect on the flight!
We got in about 9:30-10....it took FOREVER to get our luggage, the girls had SO much energy and just ran around the airport like crazy kids. I was sweating, exhausted and ready to get home! Finally we had the 2 adults, 2 kids, 2 suitcases, 2 carseats and 3 carry-ons that we started with and headed home.
Overall it was a great trip, not super relaxing but that's what happens with two kids! Presley was still quiet and did very little talking and Piper was loud, ran around and talked to everyone! It was so nice seeing everyone but we are so happy to be home with the weekend ahead of us!
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