Saturday, May 23, 2009

Vacation and Sickness

Back at the end of April we went to Phoenix, AZ for a week. Gretchen's parents have timeshare out there so we met them and their friends out there to vacation together. Plus, it was nice to have a free babysitter. ;)

Over the next few days/ weeks we'll share things about our vacation but for now, we'll start with what happened on our journey home and when we got home.

We were scheduled to leave Phoenix, AZ to go to Dallas, TX at 12:40 p.m. but didn't end up leaving until 3 p.m. b/c of the bad weather in Dallas. Anyone remember all that bad weather they had when the dome collapsed? Well... that's when we were traveling there. Once we finally landed in Dallas, our connecting flight home was delayed. They finally decided to cancel our flight around 9:30 p.m. So, we had to stand in line for over 2 hours to try to get a flight back home for the next day.

To make a long story short, by time we finally got a flight scheduled for the next morning it was already after midnight. So, we got cots and blankets from the airport and stayed the night with 2 small children at the airport. Oh.. and Corey had the flu during all of this with a 103 degree fever. Well, Gretchen and Zach stayed up all night and Corey and Leah got some sleep.

So... the next morning we go to get on our flight but they tell us that our tickets are invalid. They had dropped our seats and only had 2 available seats. Well, that wasn't going to work. So, they ended up getting us on a flight at 1 p.m. that afternoon. It was a LONG journey home from Phoenix. We won't ever fly American Airlines again b/c of the horrible service that we received through all of this.

When we got back home, we picked up dinner and went to our house. After we ate, about 20 minutes later Zachariah started vomitting. Zach and Corey went to the doctor the next day and found out that they had the flu. Zach tested positive for it but Corey tested negative. The doctor said that Corey probably tested negative because he was on the back end of it. Gretchen ended up getting a bad headcold later that week but was fortunate enough to escape the flu. WHEW!

So, we are all FINALLY feeling back to normal and now are enjoying spending time with Gretchen's parents and her Aunt Debbie this Memorial Day weekend! We will tell more about our vacation later and will post pictures!! :)