My Christmas

WOW, a lot has happened since I last blogged. We have been really busy this Christmas. On Christmas Eve Drew and I flew from Saskatoon to Edmonton and our flight was only a little delayed (which is shocking, planes were usually really late due to weather). Then in Edmonton we were supposed to have a four hour layover there and get to Abbotsford at around 10ish. Edmonton airport had a really cool fireplace that you could lean up against becuase it wasn't extremely hot. It was the perfect temperature. We walked around a while and I was like, "Wow, I wish there was a Starbucks." As soon as we found the only Starbucks they were closing the gate. So everything was closed and we were bored again. We ended up going to Tim Hortons (a Canadian donut shop) and that closed too shortly after we got our donuts. So we decide to wait and read magazines at this gate that was going to Victoria and everyone there was mad becuase their plane was late or something. The poor airport employees. While we were there we heard shouting so we turned around and police were tackling this lady to the ground and handcuffing her. She was yelling at them the whole time. They were saying the whole formal, "We are arresting you..." and they were arresting her for like being a public disturbance or something. It was so funny. She was like, "I am not disturbing anyone!" Then she looked at this lady across from me and she said, "Am I being a disturbance? Am I disturbing you?" Drew and I were cracking up. This lady was either high, or crazy.

Our plane was two hours late and we ended up having a six hour layover. When we got back Dad picked us up and took us to Harrison Hot Springs for the night. Mom and Lainey were there sleeping (Dad came early and dropped them off, he didn't know he would be waiting for us at the airport until 12 in the morning, lol). We got up at 7:30 and went swimming with Lulu. She had a blast. This is a picture of Dad and Drew in their swim trunks in the snow. After this they jumped in the pool.

We drove to my Aunt's house in Seattle and got there about 2 or so in the afternoon. We ate a ton of food and we went sledding that night with all my cousins. It was so fun. Most of my cousins are "adults" and the fact that I had to put quotes means that they are still young enough to be fun:) We had a snowball fight and I am not really sure who won in the end, I am sure we all got snow to the head at least once.


On Sunday we went to church and watched the kids(it was our childcare week) and then came home and ate a delicious brunch ( is brunch at 2 considered brunch?). It was so good. Drew made bacon and we were all very proud of him. The picture is just off the top layer, there was a lot more than four pieces. One of Dad's gifts for Christmas was a Texas hold 'em set. So we all learned how to play and I think I may have an addiction.... jk

I used to love airports...

Well, like I said, I used to love airports. That is until yesterday when I had to be in one for much longer than inteded. Let's start from the beginning...

Wednesday 17, 2008, 5:00 am- So I got up and took a shower and what not. Then we spent half an hour trying to decide if we could make it to Abbotsford, BC in time for our flight at 9. Abbotsford is about 2 hours away from my Aunt's house that we were at. We left and made it in plenty of time although the weather was pretty snowy and nasty. At the airport they told us that our plane still hadn't left so it would be about 30 to 40 minutes late. When it finally did get here me and Drew went into security to wait to board. It took a while for everyone to get as soon as Drew a off the plane and do all that crap, as always. It was finally time for general boarding. As soon as Drew and I got to the front and the lady was checking our ID this other employee came up and whispered that there was a security breech and they needed to unload all the people they had already boarded and re-board them. She told us to go back and sit down for a while. It turns out that someone forgot their shoes on the plane(do NOT ask me how that happened, lol) and ran back to get them. That was the big security breech (keep in mind this is a small airport and that's probably all the excitement they get). So when we finally did leave the plane, it was 11. Only a couple hours late.

So off we went. When we got to Calgary they told everyone that the connecting flights would have to be changed (they all had already left) so we were to go pick up our luggage and talk to someone at the West Jet desk. We did all that and they told us that we couldn't get on a flight today and we would have to stay at a hotel. I started laughing a little, for some reason it seemed hilarious. I was like, "God? Are you joking?" I think He was. I needed a little lesson in patience I guess. They gave us a ticket thing to give to them at the hotel and $90 worth of food vouchers to use at the hotel and airport. So I was like this is kind of cool, we can think of this as an exciting experience. It was not that exciting. Quite the contrary, really.

We shopped a while, got a bite to eat, and headed for the shuttle. Drew called and they said they would be there in 20 minutes. It was freezing outside and it ended up being more like 55 minutes, but we met some people that were in the same situation as us. It was actually pretty cool, becuase each voucher was worth $10 bucks so at a restuarant you had to use it all becuase you don't get change. Do you know how much fast Chinese food you can get for 10 bucks?

That night we watched pointless tv shows about parking tickets and fell asleep. The next day our plane was at 1 pm (it was 25 minutes late, of course) so we got to just hang out at the airport. I got this awesome puppy hat!

The pilot on the plane was really funny. His fiancee and wife were both flight attendants so he said, "If you have any questions please direct them to my ex-wife because she thinks she knows everything." All in all, it was a good experience and I am glad to be here.