On the way there, spills, accidents, two cancelled flights, 1 delayed flight, flying standby, driving in the rain for 3 hrs, lost luggage, wearing the same clothes for 2 days, kids awake for 24 hours...!
On the overnight flight back, we had a hungry baby and a really insensitive crew who told us "sorry, no milk on this flight, you should have brought your own," followed by two hours of crying and really upset passengers trying to sleep...only to discover after some desperation at 1 AM, that they HAD milk! They just chose not to give us any because it's supposed to be for coffee. Then telling me to sit back down so they could eat dinner, even though they had turned down the lights and I still hadn't gotten Beckham settled enough to take his bottle. :(
But on the bright side, we enjoyed some quality time with family and friends and the boys made some great memories. We celebrated first with the Vanderstelt clan for John & Sharon's 50th wedding anniversary. It was a family reunion in Holland, Michigan and a bit of a surprise for them - something we hadn't done since Hayden was 18 months old.
Then we went to Cincinnati for a week to visit family and enjoy our (new) annual tradition of meeting at a nearby park. It's fun to see how much the kids grew since last year...
After one week back home, Marty started his global travels again - Istanbul last week and Warsaw this week. In between, we took the weekend to go 4 hours south to Avignon, France. What a beautiful old town! We passed fields and fields of sunflowers along the way. The lavender was in bloom.
