Zach and I are still in Oklahoma but I had a little down time to write here. We drove to Oklahoma last Sunday and that trip was eventful as always. It took us right at 12 hrs. We were glad to get to his parents house. We had to travel that whole trip with a cooler full of frozen breastmilk for Camden. It made there still frozen thanks to Dry Ice. That stuff is awesome!!!
Zach and I drove to OKC on the following Wednesday and flew out to Denver. It was so nice to relax in the car and then the airplane without any fussing or whining (from the kids anyway!!!). We got to our hotel about 11 pm. But I got to sleep thru the night!! Woo-hoo!! Camden on the other hand has not been sleeping well at all while we were gone. Zach's parents are doing a wonderful job with all the kids though.
The conference was a lot of fun. Zach took a bunch of classes so I got to catch up on some reading (I finished Same Kind of Different as Me and it was an excellent book!!), keep up with my bible study on Luke, and SLEEP!! I took 2 naps while I was there. The convention showfloor was very interesting. I saw all kinds of new technology- TV's, speakers, wires, projectors. I saw one projector that was $200,000!! And set of speakers that were $190,000!!! They were HUGE!!!! Zach took some pics of those and I will have to download them on here later. It was crazy to see things that cost more than my house!!! Overall, it was very nice to walk around with Zach without any worries or time constraints. On Friday afternoon, we were going to drive to Vail, CO to visit with Zach's cousing Karen and her hubby Scott. We got a late start and the drive up the mountain was very foggy so we called and met them in Silverthorne, CO instead. We had a wonderful time visiting with them over a 2 hour dinner! They are both so sweet and made us feel so welcomed! I haven't stayed out that late just visiting with friends in a long time! It was a nice treat for me.
Sunday, we started our trip home. We had rented a car, so we left the hotel (which was a great hotel!!!) and drove straight to the airport rental car station. We arrived at the airport over an hour before our plan was supposed to take off. But unfortunately, in Denver, that is just not long enough. THe line to check baggages was so long, that we missed our flight (a mid-morning flight). They put us on standby but the next two planes leaving for OKC were full. The last plane of that day flew out at 7:30 and it was 17 people OVERBOOKED!!! We didn't want to have to spend the night again in Denver, so we got on a plane headed to Tulsa. Zach's brother Landon and his wife Tarah, met us there with a car. We took the car and drove to OKC (our baggage was there in the airport as well as our car) We got into OKC around 1am and spent the night. We got up MOnday morning REALLY early and I dropped Zach off at the airport and made my way to Zach's parents- 2 hrs west of the City. He followed about 30 min behind me. So long story short- get to the airport EARLY so you don't have to spend an entire day at the airport.
Overall, the trip was great and I am so thankful to God for giving Zach and me time to spend together and for keeping us safe throughout the trip. We are ready to get back home and settled though.
The conference was a lot of fun. Zach took a bunch of classes so I got to catch up on some reading (I finished Same Kind of Different as Me and it was an excellent book!!), keep up with my bible study on Luke, and SLEEP!! I took 2 naps while I was there. The convention showfloor was very interesting. I saw all kinds of new technology- TV's, speakers, wires, projectors. I saw one projector that was $200,000!! And set of speakers that were $190,000!!! They were HUGE!!!! Zach took some pics of those and I will have to download them on here later. It was crazy to see things that cost more than my house!!! Overall, it was very nice to walk around with Zach without any worries or time constraints. On Friday afternoon, we were going to drive to Vail, CO to visit with Zach's cousing Karen and her hubby Scott. We got a late start and the drive up the mountain was very foggy so we called and met them in Silverthorne, CO instead. We had a wonderful time visiting with them over a 2 hour dinner! They are both so sweet and made us feel so welcomed! I haven't stayed out that late just visiting with friends in a long time! It was a nice treat for me.
Sunday, we started our trip home. We had rented a car, so we left the hotel (which was a great hotel!!!) and drove straight to the airport rental car station. We arrived at the airport over an hour before our plan was supposed to take off. But unfortunately, in Denver, that is just not long enough. THe line to check baggages was so long, that we missed our flight (a mid-morning flight). They put us on standby but the next two planes leaving for OKC were full. The last plane of that day flew out at 7:30 and it was 17 people OVERBOOKED!!! We didn't want to have to spend the night again in Denver, so we got on a plane headed to Tulsa. Zach's brother Landon and his wife Tarah, met us there with a car. We took the car and drove to OKC (our baggage was there in the airport as well as our car) We got into OKC around 1am and spent the night. We got up MOnday morning REALLY early and I dropped Zach off at the airport and made my way to Zach's parents- 2 hrs west of the City. He followed about 30 min behind me. So long story short- get to the airport EARLY so you don't have to spend an entire day at the airport.
Overall, the trip was great and I am so thankful to God for giving Zach and me time to spend together and for keeping us safe throughout the trip. We are ready to get back home and settled though.
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Ryan couldn't believe the cost of the projector or speakers! We definitely want to see pictures!!
I am glad you all had fun in CO and had some alone time. With your track record - are we gonna hear an announcement in about three months?! Hahaha!! xoxo jk
Sounds like you had quite the adventure.
Isn't Colorado great???!! It is so beautiful.
Colorado is BEAUTIFUL!! It was such a clean, green city!! I want to go back and visit again!!
Ha- Bekki- that announcement will NOT be happening any time soon!
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