Little boys packed and ready...seeing them ready to go is so precious. We are really hoping our luck turns.

Soooo…we had a commercial flight lined up then a space-a flight opened up for the next day. That would save us (and mom) $1200 each to get us to San Diego. Wow. But too late to call Hawaiian and cancel, plus Dave wanted to stick with a sure bet. So we went to sleep, woke up, flight had been bumped to the following day allowing time to get refund on commercial tix (wow! that was a gift from Hawaiian, totally miraculous really). Figured that was a very good sign. Called again on the flight – had firmed up to 45 seats for Mon at 9am. Then went to check on flight later AT the terminal to be sure we were all set and it had come and gone (a “ghost” flight which wasn’t even on the boards which had landed then decided to leave a day early just an hour after I got off the phone with the pax rep). Came home totally and completely bummed. We wrestled with decisions for hours. Bags are packed, by the door. Little boys are dragging them around saying “I’m going on my trip! Goodbye!”

We love our family very much and this was a unique gathering of uncles and cousins, brothers and sisters. We were so hoping to see everyone and catch a flight space-a so it wouldn’t end up costing $2000+ just for airfare plus the added pressure of Dave having to go to Guam immediately after Thanksgiving. We are stiiiiillll hoping. Things happen quickly. Bags remain tightly packed by the door. Boys are ready. Dave is ready to kill me for the emotional rollercoaster (not really – we are laughing now!). But if we try to buy commercial at the last minute again we are TOTALLY flagged for super-security screenings. They’ll think we were pulling a fast one on them mixing it up like this. And Mom and Richard probably think we have a space-a hedge fund set up by now…Awww in all seriousness we are super bummed but still hoping. And thankful that Thanksgiving happens every year. We are also thankful that our Bird on the Beach tradition continues on the mainland – we’ll look very much forward to hosting as soon as we get back. Love to all ;0