Christmas in Spokane pt.1

So, this year we desided to spend Christmas in Spokane with my Dad.. but let me start from the beginning.... Friday(12/17) we woke up at 6am.. Lonnie went to work, Nick went to school and I ran around doing things for the trip. By the time I was done packing and doing the things around the house that needed to be done it was well after midnight .. and we had to be at the airport on base at 430am to check in on Sat (12/18).. so I stayed up. We packed up the cars, and headed to the airport, 5 bags and 4 people.. we waited, and waited, and waited.. and then at 730am (on Sat 12/18)) they told us that only 3 people got on the flight and we could try again at midnight. Soooo, we went home... I made a few phone calls to let people know what was going on.. and then went to bed.. this was about 9am on Sat. .. I got up at 4 and messed around the house. We packed up the cars again around 11pm and headed back to the airport.. this time to see if we could get on a C 17 (a cargo plane) WE DID !!! So, at around 4am on Sunday(12/19).. we were off to Hawaii.. now remember.. we are on a C-17 that is cold and somewhat uncomfortable.. but we were on !! We go to Hawaii and had to get off the plane to recheck in again in two hours.. also remember.. we flew into Sat. (12/18) We got back onto the C-17 and were off to California. We were there for about 15 1/2 hours.. so we got a room and slept !! When we got up it was time to go back to the airport and get back on another c-17 to Washington !!! We got in to McChord AFB at about 830pm on Sunday night (12/19) and went straight to a hotel on base to sleep. When we got up, we took a shuttle to Seattle airport to get a rental car.. and started driving to Spokane.. where we are now. WO W!!! It took us 2 days, 2 C-17s, 3 flights, 1 ocean, 2 countries, 3 states, and 1 five hour car ride.. but we made it to my dads house... Now, if we could just get over the jet lag...... Merry Christmas !!!!!