The Farnsworth clan is Texas bound for a great time. Traci has lived in Texas for around 5 years and we have never gone to visit, so we finally made it happen. It was her little girl Olivia's baby blessing on the 4th of July, so we used this reason to head down and to celebrate the 4th with them. The kids were so excited to hear the news. They were also way excited to fly on an airplane for the first time. It was quite a preparation ordeal to make sure we had all the clothes and each suitcase weighed less than 50 lbs. On June 29, we got on the road to head to the Salt Lake Airport for our flight. Jen was able to take us to the airport and then store our van at their house until we got home. This saved us a lot of money in parking fees because we didn't have to park at the airport. When we got to the airport, the excitement grew even more. The kids saw all of the big airplanes coming and going. We made good time all the way through check in and also security. Once we went through security is was a waiting game until 2:00 when our flight came in.
Here we are sitting in the waiting area just waiting for our plane. We didn't have to wait too long though. We ate lunch and made a last minute bathroom trip and it was time to board. Since this was the kids first flight, they were even more excited now that we were on the plane. As the plane took off, all the kids were looking out the windows to see the clouds and all the small things on the ground.
The kids all did really well during the flight. Even Brooklyn did a great job during the whole flight. She slept the whole way down and was quite content. We watched movies and read our books to pass the time.
Emily had a fun time taking pictures out the window. I was glad we flew during the day because the kids loved looking out the windows and seeing everything below. There were a lot of clouds we went through too. This was good and bad. It was good because the clouds were cool to look at as we went through but it was bad because it made a lot of turbulence. We were in the very back of the plane so we felt every bump and heard every engine sound.
The kids were excited that they got treats and a drink during the flight. Logan was bound and determined to get a Coke. With the Covid rules we had to wear our masks the whole time we were in the airport and on the plane. We were all getting sick and tired of them and some of us were getting headaches and sick to our stomachs so the snacks were very helpful. Charlotte fell asleep during the flight and slept through the snack. She was very disappointed when she woke up and realized that everyone else had gotten a drink. She told me she was not going to sleep on the flight home because she wanted a snack!
It was around a 3 hour flight and once we landed it was time to step foot in the land of Texas. This is the Dallas airport luggage pickup. Colby thought it was way cool how the luggage came out onto the belt. They all wanted to help get the luggage off before it spun passed us. We were lucky and had all of our luggage make it to Dallas.
Once were in Dallas we headed off to get our car rental and then drive 2 hours to Traci's house in Longview. We got a really nice Chrysler mini van with all the bells and whistles. It was just before 9 pm when we hit the road. Thankfully, with the help of Siri, we were able to get out of the Dallas spaghetti bowl and head to our destination. We found out that the van was able to link with my phone with texting and calling, so we had some fun texting people by just talking and having Siri make out the sentences. We also had to make a few phone calls because we thought we were so cool. The kids laughed when we had Siri read the text messages or when she messed up on what we actually said.
Here's a funny story about getting to Longview. We, of course, have no idea where we are and have no idea where cities are and it was around 9:30 and everyone was getting hungry. Tiff got on the phone and looked up the closed place to eat at Subway or other places. We found one place in this little town but we had to get off the Interstate and drive about 10 miles back into the town. So we did this adding about a half hour to our trip. We stopped and ate and then headed back to the Interstate. As we got back on track to Traci's house about 5 miles up the road from where we turned off was a bigger city with a lot more food choices. So basically we wasted a bunch of time and gas going to the tiny town off the beaten path. We both laughed and kept driving.
It was around midnight when we finally pulled in to the Cardon's driveway. Some of us were ready to get out of the car and others were already passed out in the van asleep. We got the kids to sleep and prepared for the next day's adventure.
Since it was too dark once we pulled into Longview to take a picture of the sign, we waited until the next day to take a picture to show people we were actually in Texas.
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