Trip Home

Brian and I finally made it home from Seattle yesterday afternoon. I say finally because the last leg of our trip was an adventure. We made it to Houston Saturday night about 1 hour and 20 minutes behind schedule. We knew we were close but we could still probably make our plane, we checked the status as we were taxing toward our gate and it had been cancelled. No big deal, except it was the last flight to Tulsa that night. We stood in line with hundreds of other displaced travelers for about 2 1/2 hours to speak to a customer service agent. We were told we would not be able to get a flight to Tulsa until Monday. Not really too big of a deal except Brian had to leave on a flight Sunday for Alabama. We were able to get a flight to Fayetteville, AR Sunday morning but they were not sure where our luggage would go...awesome. With a little luck we were able to get a hotel room for the night and the airline gave us a gift bag with travel basics...toothpaste, shampoo, etc. We made it to our hotel room around 2 a.m. after being driven around the city by our taxi driver even though our hotel was approximately 1 mile from the airport. I guess he thought we needed to see the city lights and we probably had some extra money to pad his wallet...gee thanks. We got up Sunday morning and it took us no time at all to get to the airport, because we just had to get up and put on the same old clothes again...yuck. We made our flight to Fayetteville yesterday morning then rented a car and drove 2 hours home. Brian was able to spend about an hour with the kids before he headed back to the airport to fly to Alabama. Whew, we're exhausted. Despite it all, we had a great time and laughed through most of it. Of course, there were plenty of opportunities to quote Ben Stiller in Meet the Parents and we experienced several of those movie moments while stranded in Houston International Airport. Surprisingly, our bags were delivered to our house yesterday evening and they were the right ones! A big thanks to Brian's parents for watching the boys and staying an extra night while we were stuck in Houston. I know the boys had a great time and they both slept through the night last night. I'm sure Grandpa took plenty of pictures and as soon as I get them I'll post them.