Sunday was a full day! We started at 6:30 am with the kids waking up and preparing for church. I was so glad to have the couple extra days on the weekend to finish packing because Jon, my voice of reason, helped eliminate some unneeded clothing from the suitcases. That wouldn't have happened without him at home on the weekend!
Plus, as always, we were all excited to go to church. This Sunday was a little different in that it was our member meeting after the first service AND a new banner, which I had my hand in, just arrived and was going to be the first Sunday to be up in the lobby. Very exciting! So we were at church for a while this particular Sunday; didn't get home until after 12:30 (which is late for us). Thankfully the member meeting was also a potluck, so we all had full tummies and could put the kids straight to nap.
Jeremy, my brother-in-law, was on board to come pick us up at 3:00 to take us to the airport. Both kids ended up taking great naps, which meant a happier plane ride for Jon and I. We actually had to wake Carl up to leave. We packed our luggage in his van then woke Carl up and headed out.
We made one pit stop to drop Eko off at my parents house. His final destination was to be at Jon's parents, but he had a layover!
We made it to the airport and again squeezed quickly through the security line. Brianna remembered the drill and did well getting all of her belongings on the belt and through the scanner. We even caught up with our friends who were heading a different direction for a week sans kids. They purposefully sat at a table to eat dinner so we'd see them! Well wishes were given then it was off to find our gate. I packed a sandwich dinner for the kids but thought I better get something for myself as well. Ahh, yummy airport food.
We were set for Departure at 5:35 pm from Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota. Leaving us to arrive at 7:56 pm (local time) in San Francisco, California.
It took us almost an hour to get in the air after boarding. Not fun at all, prolonging our trip a bit. They must have had some slow movers because on all the flights to and from Hawaii, once we boarded it didn't take long to leave the gate and get in the air. And that's with boarding first when they let people with kids go first. Anyway... Our seats were 2 on one side (row of three) and 1 across the aisle (row of 2). We were hoping we'd have willing people sitting near us so we could ask if they'd switch and allow Jon to hop across the aisle and sit with us. Thankfully, there was an unhappy gentleman that, with the prospect of sitting too closely to small kids on an airplane, took matters into his own hands to ensure Jon (who was by the window) just moved right away by us and whoever came in to fill in the seat would have an aisle seat only on the opposite side. The gentleman had the aisle and quickly moved to the window. Thank You unhappy man who used profanity but then in a weird way tried to be nice and offer a snack to our kids - We thank you for moving! You must have had a really poor experience before this to react as you did, I hope you had a more pleasant experience this time around.
The kids did great! Carl was a little bit bigger flying now than last October, so that was a bit more challenging, but he sat nicely (for the most part) on the seat with Brianna. We ate dinner then watched some videos. We could tell they were getting tired, because 7:56 San Fran time was 9:56 our time, but they held off sleeping which made it easier for putting them to bed at the hotel. At the airport we made our way to our hotel shuttle and were soon checked in to our room. Brianna got a whole double bed to herself and Carl cozied up on spare blankets with pillows on three sides. No problem sleeping tonight, like I said, they were tired!
We were off on another adventure!
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