Leaving on a Jet Plane

So on August 9th we headed on a plane for China. The kids were really excited for the new adventure, but sad to leave so many loved ones behind. Jon was super excited too, since we had not seen him since the end of May. I was nervous, I wasn't sure I wanted to go and leave all a had known behind, but I knew we needed to try. Probably the best part of heading over was the kids being so excited, part of their excitement was going First Class the whole way over to China. I had told them that their sets on the plane from San Fransisco would be huge and lay back and they have their own TVs and any snacks they wanted. When we got on the plane in Salt Lake Nic could not wait to take off, since this was his first plane ride he could remember, and Stockton wanted to have the flight attendants start serving him snacks from the time we walked on the plane. I was nervous that they were already too spoiled before we even took off. Then we got to the plane in San Fran, and holy cow these kids were happy. The chairs were huge, they got big pillows, quilts, slippers, head phones, drinks and night masks, and they were sure they had it made.

The kids did great on the long 13 hour flight, they all slept and actually ate pretty well for the quality of food you get. When we landed they could not wait to see Daddy Jon! Nic was so excited to see him, that we just got through the entry point for the country and he went running out and thought he saw Jon on the other side and ran up and hugged a complete stranger. This of course went on the "no talk list" and he was embarrassed and cried a little, but we told him it was an easy mistake since we told him dad would be waiting when we got off. We then had to travel on a airport tram and to the luggage which was 12 bags + our carry ons. It took three carts to get our luggage and I told the kids to just walk quickly through the customs point so they would not stop us and take all my meds and shampoos I brought from home. At that point we finally got to see Jon and Nic got to run and give him a big hug along with the rest of us.