Friday, September 14, 2012

Coming Home From Arizona

The flights were really full on Sunday and since Daddy had to work a double shift on Monday he was the only one in our family that went home.  The rest of us stayed in Tucson for an extra day and got to visit with friends and family in the area!  We weren't sure what time we were going to fly out on Monday because there were two flights we could go on.  Early Monday morning (4:10am) Daddy called us and said we had to leave on the earlier flight because the afternoon flight had filled up over night!  So we hurried around trying to be as quiet as possible so we wouldn't wake the other hotel guests.  We arrived at the airport at 5AM ready to catch our flight .  This flight was also pretty well booked but the ticket agents were awesome and got all of us seats together except me, but that was ok!  We were all on!!!  We reached the Chicago O'Hare airport safely and had about six hours before there would be a flight with enough seats for all of us to ride together to Philadelphia.   Anyway, thankfully the Chicago airport has this really nice area for kids to play in. It has a wall and gates so parents (and older siblings ;) can relax and charge their iPods/iPhones etc. ;)
 
 
 Hopie found a quiet cubby hole to play on the iPad :)
 
 
Pilot David...should we be scared? lol
 
 

                                                                    Joy directing airtraffic!
 
Tired of playing...
 
 

An hour before our flight for Philly left, a plane from Phoniex arrived with Uncle Jon, Aunt Rebekah,
Zoe, and Abigail on board so we met them at their gate and got to visit for about 45 min!  It was so nice to see them!  :)
 
 

 There was still some uncertainty about getting on this flight home but, again, we had great ticket agents and they got us all together!!!  To sit together in a packed airplane is a blessing! 
We were all headed towards Daddy! :) 
 
 
 
 
 Daddy got our luggage and brought the van around to the terminal so we didn't have to walk so far. We were on our way to home sweet home!  After leaving Arizona at 6:30a.m. and flying through a three hour time differece,  we were more than ready to crash in our beds!  Thank you Lord for bringing us home safely!  And to Daddy and Mommy for taking us on another awesome trip!
 




 

 

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Jaylon and Hannah's Wedding


Mr. & Mrs. Jaylon Strite!
 
Saturday afternoon we all got ready for Jaylon and Hannah's wedding at Tucson Tabernacle.
Hannah is Daddy's cousin's daughter so I guess we are like third cousins? :)
She is a beautiful Christain girl and we are so happy for her and Jaylon!
 
 

Zoe was the guest book attendent
 
The bride and her dad


 
 
Sorry, I don't have a lot of pictures from the wedding! :(
 
 

Lillia and Micah David                           Joshua and the Strite boys
 
Joy, Uncle Jon, and Elainah
 



Friends Forever!
 

The happy couple! :)
 

Outside burning off some energy!
 

 Micah and Elainah
 
 
 David and Bro. Schultz                                Hope and Micah David 


  Best Friends Forever! :)



 

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

A Quick Trip To AZ

Last Thursday morning our family headed to the airport to catch an early flight out to Arizona.
Why were we going to Arizona?  Jaylon and Hannah's wedding!
Elainah and David enjoyed this little play area in the PHL airport.

We had a little time before our flight boarded so we walked around.
There was a Liberty Bell made out of Legos which was pretty cool!
 
 
 
 We got into Tucson around noon and enjoyed swimming in the hotel pool.



 Lillia teaching Elainah how to swim.
Go Elainah!




 Thursday evening Aunt Robin and Uncle Samuel invited us over to their house for dinner.
Grandpa and Grammy were also in for the wedding so we got to visit with them.
Thanks for having us over Uncle Samuel and Aunt Robin!  She fixed Daddy's favorite which is Mexican!

Friday morning we swam for a few hours then drove down to see Bro. Harry and Sis. Karen.
It was so nice to get to see where they live and to visit with them for an evening.
Sis. Karen is thoughtful, she invited some other children over so we would have someone to play with!
Shalome, Hope, Carol, and Eunice


Eunice, Carol, and Joy

Sis. Karen and Bro. Harry



The girls...

 and the boys... Josiah, Joshua, and Joseph
 Hope and Shalome                                   Sis. Sharon and I
Well my next post will be about the main reason for our trip...Jaylon and Hannah's wedding!