on the road again

Hello from Colorado!  We finally made it out to our national staff conference yesterday.  I just had to document the trip a little because it was very looong with several memorable moments.  We started out with our flight leaving at 9:45am.  I was very stressed as Southwest doesn't have assigned seating and I had promised baked goods to our kiddos from Au Bon Pain.  So, we're waiting in line and they announce that the huge flock of boy scouts on our flight had requested to sit together so they were going to let them.  My sweet husband reassured me that we would be fine.  This is us waiting at the Orlando airport . . . don't they look refreshed and calm (at this point)?

Our flight was 4 hours, and I'll be honest - I was nervous.  I was pretty confident Little Guy would be calm, but Sweet Girl is a wild card.  We did bring her carseat along for her to sit in, in the hopes that carseat translates into "sit in one place."  I highly recommend it!  It worked well.  There were 2 or 3 ear piercing screams, but nothing a few airplane snacks couldn't cure.

We arrive in Denver on time, but not in enough time to catch the noon shuttle so we sit in the middle of the baggage claim area, eat McDonald's and wait on our 1:30pm shuttle.  These 2 pictures sum it up.  Little Guy sitting still . . .

And Sweet Girl crawling off into the oncoming traffic . . .

All in all we had 4 suitcases, 2 car seats, Mommy's purse, one diaper bag, one camera bag, Daddy's carry on, and one Lightning McQueen backpack.   Oh, and a double stroller.  Can you imagine us walking through the airport?  Well, the stroller actually served as a cart, so we piled it as high as we could.  Daddy pushed the "cart," Mommy rolled the suitcases, and Little Guy had to guide his baby sister.

Our shuttle was taking us to the rental car place in Fort Collins which is about an hour from Denver.  BUT, first we had to stop and let a load of people off in Loveland (another town on the way), then we had to transfer shuttles in Fort Collins.  THEN we had to take 2 people to their homes, some to a hotel, and FINALLY we made it to get our rental car.  Wouldn't you guess?  The only people on the shuttle with 2 small kids were the last stop.  We made it though and we're here safely.  The kids really did amazing!!!  The last pic of Sweet Girl and me kind of sums up how we were all feeling at this point.  Tired and a little shaky . . .