14 June, 2009

We're not Sao Paulo anymore...

We finally made it to Austin after traveling for three days. Our travel itinerary should have looked like this:

Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. bus to SP airport, 9:10 p.m. flight to Chicago
Thursday - 6 a.m. arrival in Chicago, connection at 8:40 a.m. to Austin with arrival at noon.

Instead, it looked like this:

Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. bus to SP airport, 9:10 p.m. flight delayed until Thursday morning at 11:30 a.m. Had to stay in SP hotel.
Thursday - 11:30 a.m. flight to Chicago delayed until noon. Arrival in Chicago at 8:30 p.m. Had to stay in Chicago hotel.
Friday - United couldn't get us on the first flight out in the morning, so we caught the 12:50 flight out of Chicago that was delayed until 1:30. Finally arrived in Austin around 4:30.

At least all of our bags showed up.

But now we're here, and it's great to catch up with Abby's dad and family. The kids have been SO looking forward to being here to see their uncles Max and Sam, their Little Grandpa and Mimi. Since we've been here, Noah and Max (he's 8) have been best buddies. Sophie's latched onto Sam (who's 11). It's been relaxing, but HOT. We went to a Round Rock Express baseball game last night - Houston Astros AA affiliate. Tomorrow we're headed to Seaworld in San Antonio. We're off to Virginia on Wednesday. More in a few days...

07 June, 2009

We Made It!

Sorry for the delay...life has been busy. Report cards, shopping for family back home, and packing has kept us occupied lately. We leave on Wednesday (our 8th anniversary!) for a month back at home. We can't wait-we are so ready for this! It has been an incredible year, but now we just want to enjoy the comforts of home. I'm sure we'll have lots to share when we return in a month!