Day one

Today started early. Lilah got up twice in the middle of the night, but it paid off. She has a new tooth. Her first tooth even. I found it while we were waiting at the gate. TJ asked "Is she not a bay anymore?"

After asking many times before we left, TJ had to go potty before we even got to I25. We worried about how we were going to get all 8 bags/car seats in. So, Scott dropped me off with the girls. He and TJ then parked the car and met up with us. It went well. Everyone thought the kids were so cute.

They liked walking over the bridge to the concourse where a couple of planes drove under us. They liked the moving sidewalks, but the escalator scared Katie so, we had to go find an elevator and meet the boys at the bottom. While we were waiting on our plane we watched another plane back up and take off. The pilot of that plane waved at the kids. They liked that.

The flight was fine. The kids thought it was pretty cool. They kept asking (loudly) if we were going to crash. It was pretty embarrassing. The woman sitting next to me didn't look like a big fan of fling as it was. They colored and had juice and snacks on the plane. They were pretty entertained by the map on the seat backs. Katie liked the "bump" when we landed.

We got a Dodge Grand caravan. It isn't too bad. I love the power windows. Even the back pop out windows are powered! TJ loves to open the door with the button.

Our Tacoma hotel is nice. There is a small kitchen so, we don't have to eat out with the kids. We have a separate living area with 2 roll away beds for the big kids. The baby is in her pack n' play in the bedroom. We even have a small enclosed patio so, the kids can play.

We went to REI to get Scott's snowshoes. Then we went to Albertson's to get groceries, a Red Box movie, and hit the ATM.