It was rough

It was actually a lot more than just rough; our trip back to Toledo was a nightmare. We arrived at the Salt Lake City airport at 3:00 pm on Sunday and we pulled into our driveway in Toledo at 8:20 am Monday morning. I was on the verge of tears a couple of times but I was strong and held them in. They would have been flowing if Glen had not been with me. Read below to hear the shortened story or skip if you don't really care!

We boarded our plane in SLC and then ten minutes later we were told to get off the plane because of thunderstorms in Denver (I very much dislike Denver, we have had multiple problems going through there) Hours late we set up to Denver. The flight took twice the time it should of because we had to go in circles waiting for the weather to improve. It was quite the bumpy ride descending and even scared me a little, especially seeing lightning right out the window. Taylor fell asleep on that flight and was woken up somehow and screamed the last half of the flight. We ran to catch our flight in Denver to find that our plane was still there but no crew to fly it. We waited over 4 hours in the Denver airport with tons of people everywhere. Thais picture doesn't really capture how bad Taylor looked; she was so tired. I think it was around 1 am when we finally left Denver. Did our kids sleep......NO, well Matthew fell asleep on some chairs about 20 minutes before we boarded. Thankfully, both kids slept the whole flight to Detroit. Glen and I did not sleep however, maybe a few minutes here or there. I could not believe it as I looked out our window and saw the sun rising. We landed in Detroit around 6 something and then we realized we left Glen's wallet in the plane and our luggage did not arrive. A few hours later with no luggage and two borrowed car seats we made our way to McDonalds for breakfast. That night is a blurr now in my memory and I am glad it is over. My next flight this summer is going to be nonstop to Salt Lake City; I don't care how much it costs. On a happier note, I am happy to be home. It was hard to leave my family as it always is but today there were many things that made me happy....
1. two smiley kids who don't have red blood shot eyes anymore
2. A couple hours at the pool
3. A husband home by 5:00
4. Some alone time for me (the kids are in bed and Glen is at his softball game)

5. The first time this year hearing cicadas (they are LOUD) when we first moved into our apartment I looked outside to see what was making this alarm sounding noise. I didn't think I could get used to it and now I love it. It just reminds me of moving to Toledo and especially are little town home that we are in now that I love.

6. A pretty clean house

Matthew and Taylor were cleaning the window on our door with a water bottle and then decided to cool each other down a little bit. It was HOT today.

Our luggage was delivered to us last night and this morning the kids had fun pretending to be pilots. It was my way of making Matthew's medicine a little more exciting. He has been throwing fits about doing his daily steroid medicine for his asthma lately. I told him they looked like they were flying jets. I found an extra mask for Taylor so she could join the fun.
Life is not perfect but life is good!! Pictures of our wonderful week with the Harper family are coming soon.