COUNTDOWN IS OVER!

WELL THE COUNTDOWN IS OVER AND ITS WAY OVER DUE OF THE FAMILY TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA! I AM GOING TO GIVE LITTLE DETAILS EVERYDAY TO MAKE SURE I COVER ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS WE DID OUT THERE! I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ANYTHING THAT WE DID THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND WE CAN SHARE WITH YOU ALL!! SO LETS BEGIN WITH DAY ONE!!

WELL WE GOT UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GO TO THE AIRPORT AND CATCH A ONE WAY FLIGHT TO PENNSYLVANIA. IT WAS SUCH A NICE QUIET RIDE AND WE FLEW THRU SECURITY AND HAD TIME TO RELAX AND WATCH PLANES TAKE OFF AND COME IN. FINALLY IT WAS TIME TO LOAD THE PLANE AND THE KIDS WERE SO EXCITED TO FINALLY BE LEAVING! DILLON WANTED TO RUN AROUND AND PLAY WELL YOU CAN'T DO THAT WHILE YOU ARE TAKING OFF. SO HE SCREAMED AND WAS VERY MAD. LUCKILY HE CALMED RIGHT DOWN ONCE WE WERE IN THE AIR. THE REST OF THE FLIGHT WAS REALLY NICE. THE KIDS HAD A FEW MELTDOWNS BUT EASILY RECOVERED! THEN WE WERE ABOUT TO LAND, AND DILLON WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR AND OF COURSE HE HAS TO AGAIN BE IN OUR LAPS TO LAND!! WELL HE SCREAMED ONCE AGAIN THRU THE ENTIRE LANDING! HONESTLY YOU WOULD THINK THE KID HAD BEEN BEAT OR WAS IN SEVERE PAIN! ONCE WE LANDED I LET HIM GO AND HE LAID ON THE FLOOR! BOY WAS I GLAD TO BE ON GROUND AND GETTING OFF THE PLANE!

WE WERE GREETED BY DONS BROTHER JOE AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THERE DAUGHTERS CASSIE AND DAKOTA! WE HAVE NEVER MET DAKOTA AND SO IT WAS NICE TO FINALLY SEE HER! IT WAS VERY NICE OF THEM TO TAKE THE TIME TO COME AND SEE US!

WE HAD TO THE GO GET OUR RENTAL AND WE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE BUS TO THE RENTAL AGENCY! AND GOOD LORD I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE! I HAVE NEVER SEEN SOMEONE DRIVE SO FAST AND RECKLESSLY THRU THE AIRPORT ROADS AND CUT PEOPLE OFF! I WAS TRYING TO HOLD ON CAUSE YOU WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. I TOLD DON HOLD ON TO THOSE 2 KIDS.

WE GOT THE RENTAL AND IT WAS A NICE VAN! I BELIEVE IT WAS A TOYOTA! ANYWAY OFF TO HIS PARENTS AND IT WAS A LONG DRIVE. NOT QUITE TWO HOURS. AND FINALLY WE WERE THERE! I COULD NOT WAIT TO EAT AND THE KIDS WERE STARVING AS WELL! DONS PARENTS WERE SO EXCITED TO SEE US AND WE TO SEE THEM! WE HAD SOME PIZZA AND DRINKS AND GOT TO VISIT WITH HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER JOE AND MONICA AND THE DAUGHTERS CASSIE AND DAKOTA!

WE STAYED UP PRETTY LATE! IT WAS ONLY MIDNIGHT IN UTAH! BUT 2 IN THE MORNING OUT THERE! THE KIDS WERE TIRED AND SO WERE WE! WE DID NOT DO MUCH THAT DAY OTHER THAN FLY AND DRIVE AND THAN SIT AND VISIT, BUT IT WAS A FULL DAY AND IT WAS NICE TO KNOW WE WOULD BE THERE FOR 10 DAYS! THE KIDS EACH GOT A SLEEPING BAG FROM GRANDPA AND NANA! THEY WERE GREEN CAMOUFLAGE FOR THE BOYS AND PINK CAMOUFLAGE FOR KAYLA! THEY SLEPT ON THE FLOOR OF THE LIVING ROOM AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY SO EXCITED TO GO TO BED. I HAD NEVER SEEN KIDS SO EXCITED TO GO TO BED!

WELL THAT'S IT FOR DAY ONE! I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE OTHER DAYS AND SO YOU PICTURES OF OUR TRIP! IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL OUT THERE AND I LOVED WHERE HIS PARENTS LIVE. IT WAS SO NICE AND TONS OF TREES! I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN TH MOUNTAINS OF UTAH! HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY READING OF OUR TRIP. THIS MAY TAKE A WEEK OR TWO BUT I WILL GET IT ALL IN!!