Months ago we booked a trip to Tucson, and we were so excited to go! We never get to see Aunt Laura and Uncle Jeff, so what a treat! We were supposed to leave at 7 am on Friday arriving in Phoenix at 10...we stayed in St. Louis Thursday night at a hotel. We got up at 4:45, jumped on the airport shuttle at 5:30 and at 6:15 they cancelled our flight for mechanical issues. We couldn't get rebooked until the 6 pm flight...it was a nightmare! We tried everything. Stood in line...called U.S. Airways, called Orbitz. We even asked if we could get rerouted to Tucson...no luck! So we gathered up our luggage, shuttled back to the hotel and loaded up in our van. By now it's about 7:15 so we drove around, went and had breakfast trying to figure out what to do. While we are sitting at the ever popular Golden Pancake Mitch suggests that I call my old childhood friend, Becky. Only after her spilled the Orange Juice all over us, talk about a great morning, ha! So I gave Becky a call around around 8. She was so gracious and so excited to hear from me that she took a vacation day and spent the day with us at her house...it was a god send!!! The girls had so much fun checking out her kids toys (they are 7 and 12) that they never napped!!! We finally got out at 6:40 PM on Friday. So we lost the whole day. Of course the girls crashed on the plane around 7PM Arizona time. We got in around 9:40 pm and made the 90 minute drive to Tucson. they slept the entire car ride and went right to bed when we got to my parents house. So of course they were up at 5 AM...and let the adventures begin!!!
For the most part the girls did great...this was the first time they ever shared a room and it was the first time that Bug ever slept in a big girl bed. I thought for sure there would be giggling, and trying to sneak out of bed but it didn't happen. Now, if only the whole trip had gone just as smoothly...I kid, I kid!
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