Home for Christmas!!! :) :) :)

We waited for the loading of the plane to get done last night and since it had been delayed two hours, some people transfered from that flight to another that left sooner so there was room for all five of us standbys. The plane left around 9:50pm Phoenix time, 10:50pm Memphis time. He didn't give us assigned seats just told us to find an empty one. I ended up sitting next to this guy who wasn't like any of the other people I sat by on the ride to Hawaii. He actually talked to me and was nice and more than that...he smiled! :) It seemed like everyone on the plane was in a good mood, or it might have been that I was in a good mood! :) Towards the end of waiting for the plane, my mom and I were soooo tired that we were laughing at everything! It was great to be in a good mood again and have my stomach hurt. :) The guy I sat by wasn't that talkative but did talk when I asked him questions. He looked like he was in College and was studying some papers. Anyway, the ride was long but endurable. I just read my book the whole way and looked out the window. There was no going to sleep for me. We landed in Memphis at 1:15am this morning and Stephen came and picked us up. I was wearing flip flops, or slippers as the Hawaiians would say, and my toes were like on the verge of frost bite! They were literally really cold. They are used to weather in the 80s everyday not the high 20s. They warmed up though when we got in Stephen's truck and I put them up the the vent. Probably not the best idea but it helped. :) Not forty minutes later I was warm and covered in my bed!
I got up this morning around 10:45am to Autumn staring up at my bed with a humongous smile spread wide across her face! :) It is good to be home!!!!! :) :) :)

At the airport...

So I'm here in the airport right now waiting on my flight that has been delayed two hours! So we are here waiting...again! Airports are starting to feel like home away from home to us now. :(
We had a wonderful time at my cousin's. She was very hospitable!! She was always asking us if we wanted anything to eat or drink and giving us Christmas cookies and stuff. It was just awesome being there. Very refreshing for us. :) When they brought us back to airport we felt almost brand new. My mom was saying that she almost wished that we would miss the flight so we could stay and be with them more. I was like..."NO!!!" I have nothing against them but I've been away from home for forever and just want to be there asap!
Anyway, that's the newest on us. :) Thanks again for your prayers!!

Okay, my mom said I had to blog about our clothes...funny topic! :) So here we are, Monday night in the same clothes we were wearing since Friday morning. Whoa! This isn't exactly my type of first class traveling but it was necessary considering how our suitcases decided to take off with out us to Memphis on Friday. We did wash them Saturday afternoon and I blogged about that and how I wore my brothers shorts and shirt. :) Lucky for me, I don't stink! I was smart and put my deodorant and toothbrush and paste in my carry on bag!! :) My life right now is definitely an adventure but I guess I wouldn't mind if it were normal, or even boring...as long I am home! :)

Yes!! (and) No!!

We arrived at the Honolulu International Airport around 8:45pm last night. Amazingly, there was no humongous line to wait in to check in. :) I guess that was due to how early we got there. Anyway, everything pretty much went fine through the check in point and we even got my mom a wheel chair! She carried some bags on her lap while I carried the rest on my shoulders while pushing her. It was definately a faster way to do things. :) The security screening area was fine too. I didn't feel as rushed as last time but there was a guy at the end trying to take the totes that my things were in before I got my things out. :( We got to our gate about two hours early so we did some window shopping then sat around and I went through my pictures on the computer until it died. The plane started loading about an hour early but we had to sit and wait until everyone had boarded. Finally, after I went to the front desk two times and was sent back, they called me up and gave me two tickets. I was really happy and didn't look at them until we were walking to the plane. They both were first class tickets and right next to eachother!!! Wow! It was totally God! So we rode like queens all the way to Phoenix! When we got to Phoenix, around 7am, we went straight to out gate to check in then had some breakfast. So I guess we waited there for about two hours until they started to load and then another hour and several trips to the desk, before they told us that the plane was full. :( So here we were, stuck in Phoenix without another flight leaving for Memphis until seven tonight! We waited until about noon and then my cousin came and picked us up and brought us to her house. By this time my nerves were sooo shot there was like no recovering them! I got a smoothie and it wasn't good, my shoulders, back, everything hurt, my sickness was getting worse and I accumulated a cough! :(
So now here I am at my cousin's house on her computer blogging and checking my email. :) My mom is resting and that is where I'm heading in a few minutes. I like slept not at all last night on the way here. We watched two retarded movies and I read some. I tried to sleep but didn't do it longer than thirty minutes. I'm really tired. My mom had only three pain killers left last night and took one before we got on the plane and then I made her take another while we were wating for my cousin because she couldn't walk. She has one left for the ride home.
Thank you all for your prayers! Please keep praying that we make this flight tonight so we can be home for Christmas! :) Love and miss you all!!!

Day eighteen in Hawaii!!!

Hey guys, yes we are still here...in Hawaii! :) Obviously God has different plans for us here. Only He can see the bigger picture.

So the news for today is...we are going to try to fly home tonight! It might be a little easier than last time because we don't have any check in bags. I think we are going to try to get to the airport earlier too. Hopefully that way we will miss the big long lines that we hit on Friday.
The only thing we did today that was interesting was watch Aika for about nine hours. Other than that we did the normal...eat, slept a little when Aika did, sat around...that's about it. Oh yeah, we did some laundry. Now that was funny!! If only you would've seen me!! :) I was wearing a pair of Marshall's swim shorts and a t-shirt of his. Even I admit that I looked pretty funny! My mom laughed every time she looked at me. She tried to get a picture of me but, now way! I wasn't gonna fall for that. Plus she wanted me to blog and post the picture...nope!

Okay, so there really isn't anything to blog about today. I did take a couple pictures though so I might as well post them. :)

Aika is pointing to her nose...she actually said it when she did it too!! :) It was soo cute!!!

Our very sad Christmas tree. :( It is losing all its leaves and it isn't even Christmas yet... :(

Marshall going to work...

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Change of plans...

We decided to not try to fly home tonight but tomorrow night. The plane should be emptier then. I don't know what we're going to do about not having any clothes but what we're wearing. I think Saki is going to bring something for me to wear tomorrow when she brings Aika over. Saki came over around dinner time because she heard we didn't make the flight. She was sooo excited!! She had told us a couple days ago that she would pray that we would be able to stay for Christmas! She was literally jumping up and down when she saw us! :) It was really sweet!!! I'm starting to get okay with being here now for however long God wants us to be here, but I'm not really okay with being here with out my luggage! :( I still can't get over the fact that we are still here and our luggage isn't.
Oh, when my dad went to pick up my bag, he found out that my mom's bag is in Phoenix but should be flown to Memphis tomorrow. That's great...for our baggage. Hey, at least we know where it is, right?