Our Christmas Adventure

Well, after two long days of trying to get to Utah, we finally made it. It started on Saturday at 9:00 am. We got to the airport and found out that our flight was delayed an hour and a half. That's okay, we can wait that long, right? Well, 12:00 came, 1:00 came, 2:00 came and we were still waiting. Finally, the ticket agent came over the speaker and said our plane had left JFK airport and we would be boarding as soon as it got to Burlington. 3:00 came, the plane from JFK lands and we are expecting to hear over the intercom that we would be boarding shortly. Instead, we hear the man say that our flight has been cancelled (due to weather) and that we can form a line to have questions answered and itinerary changed. Why the heck did they make us sit in the airport all day and then when the plane comes decide to cancel it?!! The weather had been bad all day, why not get us home or on other flights?! So, we had to go back downstairs and pick up our luggage- that took another two hours. At 5:30 pm we finally make it home after sitting in the airport all day with two little girls who have had enough. (Thanks to our friends the Randalls for picking us up and taking us to their house to eat and hang out. It was a good distraction from our anger and disappointment!) Niah was so sad that we couldn't go to Grandma's house that day. She cried for a good hour. I felt like crying too. Bryan got us on a flight the next day, Sunday, flying out of Boston. That starts our next adventure. After a disappointing night at home, we get up and leave for Boston at 8:45 am to catch a 4:57 pm flight. We thought that would be plenty of time! The whole drive was white out conditions and a huge blizzard. All the while I'm thinking, 'we are never going to get to Utah with this weather.' What should have been a 3 1/2 hour drive turned into a six hour drive. Traffic conditions were horrible and we got stuck in traffic for about 30 minutes, not that long, right?, but when you are driving in a big city and don't know how you are going to make it safely and on time, it's a little (okay a lot) nerve racking. We pulled into the airport parking at 3:10 pm and had to rush onto the shuttle and make it to the airport terminal. When we got there the line was soooo long. A nice man at the ticket counter helped us get to the front and we made it through. By the time we got to the gate we had ten minutes to catch our breath before we boarded the plane. We feel so lucky to have made it in just the knick of time, any later and we would have been toast. So we finally get on the plane but then we had to sit there for an hour and a half while they deiced and waited for the runway to open. I seriously thought we would not be coming home for Christmas! We were an hour late getting into SLC but we made it and it felt so good to be home with family. Thankfully, the girls were really, really good. They were troopers and I'm sooooo grateful for that. I sure hope we don't have this kind of experience going back to Vermont. After many prayers and little miracles, we are here with our family and I'm so glad! It's a true blessing that we made it home for Christmas.