The morning ran like many others... breakfast, TV, and jammies. The weather started out rather overcast so we got busy with chores hoping the sun would decide to pop out when we were ready. Mary was a big help with the dishes and leftover food. The kids packed their carry-ons and made trips to the trash chute. (Honestly, who doesn't love listening to those bags fall over 170 ft to the dumpster below!) I emptied closets and drawers, attempting to find a month's worth of stuff and fit it into our three bags. Even after shipping home a tote of toys yesterday, we still had so much to fit in that luggage. We made it, but my bag was 20 lbs over the airline limit... oops!
After chores were done, we headed out to the pool for one last dip! The water was really refreshing!
Tyler ran into his friend again so he had one last good-bye as we headed up for lunch. Since the dishes were clean and the fridge was empty, we picked up pizza for lunch. The water had flooded the intersection by the Embassy Suites again and the police were lit up outside our resort to shut down the road there as well. I cannot believe how saturated the ground must be to flood again so easily!
The pizza was great... followed by leftover ice cream and cheese & crackers. We brought some borrowed items up to the Adema's condo on the 27th floor and then returned to our condo to start saying our good-byes. "good-bye sand dune, good-bye ocean, good-bye tide pools, good-bye pier..."
Then it was off to the airport. We literally had no wait at security and breezed right through. The kids once again found their "designated" spot on the light up bench to play while we waited.
I grabbed some food for everyone from Steak & Shake as the flight crew began boarding. I checked the clock as we took off and noticed we had left ahead of schedule... that doesn't happen every day!
The flight was supposed to take about an hour and 40 minutes... but within an hour and 20, DTW was in sight. I was so glad that we were still ahead of schedule. If you remember our last flight home, we had to sit on the runway for an hour after we landed waiting for a gate. It caused us to get home pretty late. Tyler had even prayed that God would help us NOT have a long wait at the airport so he could get home early enough to spend time with Dad. It was very sweet and we recognized that God must have heard his prayers because we slid right into our gate and were deplaning LONG before we should have been.
We had a bit of a wait for our bags, so Mary sat down with our carry-ons and Sammy while Tyler and I waited for the carousal. Much to her surprise, JC walked up to surprise her. And a little bit later Scott did too! We were all SO excited to see them! (God is so good - He cares for us in so many ways).
JC and Mary drove the convertible home while Scott went with the kids and I to get our SUV from the lot. We all met up at AppleBees in New Hudson. It was fun spending time with our guys and we enjoyed sharing the highlights of the trip.
We pulled in around 10:30 pm and brought the kids up for bed. It was a long day... but still so good. Its great to be home!
