(Russell posting) This past weekend was Paige's cousin Will's wedding. The wedding was in Jackson, Mississippi (are you saying in your head...i-s-s-i-s-s-i-p-pi?). We were a little nervous because we hadn't taken an airplan trip with Bryce before so we were in for some firsts. Well, to cut to the chase, Bryce was the easy part. He slept on all 4 of our flights, seemed happy to entertain everyone in the waiting areas, and even reminded us not to put him through the x-ray machine. Unfortunately, it was everything else that was the problem. Our weekend started with a about 8 hours in the DFW airport. Peggy and Jack only had to spend 4, but that was because they spent the other 4 sitting on their airplane in San Antonio before being cleared to leave.
At about 6 pm, the airport PA system requested that we all move to the corridors...away from the windows. Apprantly that's what you do when there's a TORNADO. Seriously, did they build DFW on a trailer park? How does a tornado touch down at an airport? At that point, we decided that we had enough. Perhaps traveling via a twister works for Dorothy and the Wizard, but we figured the traditional twin jet engine would work better for our needs so we checked in to the airport hotel. I went to Target to buy toiletries and baby food b/c in weather related delays they don't give you your bags back...I thought that was awfully nice of them. At that point, we put ourselves to bed, but our journey was really just beginning.
Next morning we were supposed to head out on the 930 flight. Well, thanks to the remaining chaos from the prior day, there was no crew available for our flight. Peggy was more than willing to serve the drinks and I could certainly tell everyone their seat cushins could be used as floatation devices, but they made us wait...2 more hours. Then, just for grins, they kicked 10 people off the plane...lucky for us (well, I guess that depends on your point of view), Mr. Bryce is the trump card and they won't boot you off if you have an infant.
So...after a long night, a long morning, we finally landed in rainy Jackson, MS. The good news was that loading the rental car would be easy...because we had no bags. Which is typically not a good thing if you a) have been in the same clothes for 2 days and b) have to go to a wedding that night.
Well...to make a long story short, we bought clothes, made the wedding, were delayed 5 more hours coming home, and they lost our bags again...Happy New Year!
Now that we've had a few days to reflect, it still sucked. Hopefully we've paid our penance for 2006 and 2007 so we're good.
Here are a few pictures from the week that was:
http://www.PictureTrail.com/gid14551423
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