We had a great time time on our trip. We were finally able to leave on Wednesday afternoon. We took a C-5. We spent some time in Hawaii on the way. Christina took us around the island. We loved the HUGE waves there and seeing the island through Christina's help.
Through a small miracle of listening to promptings we took a smaller, slower plane to Reno instead of into Travis which was very good as the plane to Travis ended up not taking passengers. The planes were loud and somewhat cold but it was a great adventure, Alex even got to go up into the cockpit to watch the pilots during take-off.
Sandi and Dan came down to Reno and picked us up. The kids all thought we were going to Main land Japan until they saw Sandi. It was kind of sad because Becca said, "Mom, I left most of my stuff in Okinawa, will they mail it to us." When I told her we were going back home she started bowling. We drove a van back to Utah. From the time we left Oki until we got to Bear River was 53 hours. We were so tired. We also managed to get some pretty nasty colds but I guess that's pretty common when going from one climate and elevation to one so different. Alex was fascinated and obsessed with the snow. Weird as he's always liked the snow in the past, but now loved it. Cara and Jason were awesome with going outside a lot with the kids. He spent as much time as possible outside.
We were able to spend time with our friends as well. We caught up until early hours of the morning in Smiths bakery, laughed at the rivalary during the superbowl, had girl time doing stupid stuff, and celebrated the new changes and accomplishments in life.
The wedding went off without any problems and everyone got a long which is amazing! Pete and Joey did a great job decorating Mike's car. Lalee, Becca and kamlyn were inseperable. They loved dancing and playing
We were so lucky and happy that we were able to see so much of our family. We really appreciate everyone making such an effort to see us and spend time with you guys. We love you so much.
Getting home had each adventures. We had bought tickets from SLC to Seattle from Delta. We got to the airport only to learn that Delta does not show us on their flight and will not do anything for us either (I did find the email confirmation when we got home). Fortunately, we Southwest was able to help us, if fact they actually gave us two comp tickets. We definitely had some guardian angles looking over us. There were only a very few people get onto the plane in Seattle, in fact we literally got the last seats.
The week after getting home was crazy as we were all still pretty sick (we spent the bulk of time in Utah with some nasty colds) and catching up on homework, work and sleep. Jetlag between here and there isn't pretty! Pete surprised me by getting a babysitter the last weekend in Feb. to celebrate our anniversary, Read the post about that for more details.
He made it really special. It's been a great, interesting 10 years. Wonder what the next 10 will bring. We spent last weekend out and about with Flat Stanley. He (Flat Stanley) got all tuckered out and is on his way back to Tyler ;)
We've spent quite a bit of time at the dentist lately. The picture of Lalee below is of her getting ready to get her braces. She hasn't sucked her thumb in 7 weeks HURRAY! and should be getting her braces on at the end of March.
Our family date for last week was riding in the Ferris Wheel and getting ice cream in American Village. This week was group dates. Us girls went to a craft fair and the girls made small snake-skin purses. Doing a project/ receiving instructions is always much more entertaining when you speak a completely different language and have to rely upon gesters and a small group of words and nods. It makes you realize just how basic a lot of human nature is, you'd be amazed with what you can communicate without words. We also rented little ponys and popped some pop-corn, the perfect girls date. I'm not sure what Pete and Alex decided to do ;)
And finally, I've been spending most of my time lately doing homework, walking along the seawall (below) and playing with the kids. It's a pretty relaxed and happy time of life. Love you all. Nae
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