Peyton has been counting down for about two months until the day that he could climb on the airplane and go to the "White House" {aka my parents house}. He was so excited to go and it was driving him crazy {and me} that the flight didn't leave until the afternoon. Although, I strategically booked the flight in the afternoon around nap time.
We decided to leave Bryan behind to finish up finals. He was going to be gone for about 15 hours each day anyway, so it didn't really matter where we were. He is appreciating the peace and quiet at home {and is kicking butt on his finals, might i add!}.
Back to the flying. We decided to leave a couple hours early because the traffic getting to and around the airport is ALWAYS bad, but we actually made pretty good time. At DFW they will allow someone to accompany you to the gate, especially if you are flying with children. However, we found out that in the summer when the flight loads are heavy they don't allow this. So we had to say goodbye to Bryan at security and I had to take the boys alone, which in the end wasn't really a big deal. We got to our gate 45 minutes before they started boarding. Which normally would be great, except I had a little 3 year old that wanted to get on any plane that he could.
We decided to leave Bryan behind to finish up finals. He was going to be gone for about 15 hours each day anyway, so it didn't really matter where we were. He is appreciating the peace and quiet at home {and is kicking butt on his finals, might i add!}.
Back to the flying. We decided to leave a couple hours early because the traffic getting to and around the airport is ALWAYS bad, but we actually made pretty good time. At DFW they will allow someone to accompany you to the gate, especially if you are flying with children. However, we found out that in the summer when the flight loads are heavy they don't allow this. So we had to say goodbye to Bryan at security and I had to take the boys alone, which in the end wasn't really a big deal. We got to our gate 45 minutes before they started boarding. Which normally would be great, except I had a little 3 year old that wanted to get on any plane that he could.
He was ready to get on that airplane!
But we still had 30 minutes or so and we needed to kill some time. Thank you vending machines! They loved to sit and push all of the buttons.
Finally it was time to board the airplane. Goodbye 112 degree temperatures!
Peyton looks so big to me in this picture! {tear}
Kael wanted to play with the lights while we were waiting to leave.
Peyton was so excited to be on the airplane. As we backed away from the gate he said," Bye Dallas. Have a nice trip." He waved to all of the guys on the ramp. And about 3 minutes after I took this picture he was asleep. He didn't even make it to take off. This is exactly why I love afternoon flights. A few minutes after we were in the air, Kael fell asleep. Peyton slept for about an hour and a half and Kael got woke up by the pilot making an announcement about 15 minutes later. So I only had to juggle them for about an hour which wasn't too bad. I have to admit, as mischievous as my two boys may be, they are great at flying. They usually sleep most the way to our destination, which makes a mother who is flying all by herself very happy. When we reached Salt Lake, my dad was waiting for us at the gate to help me get to baggage claim. Thanks Dad! We are so excited to be here and away from those hot temperatures!
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Glad to hear it went so well!! Now how about you come back so we can have some play dates?!? :)
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