The Palmer Family

*WARNING**Long boring post ahead*

I'm back from Pennsylvania and loved being able to help Suzi out. My trip started out a little crazy with my flight there and ended really crazy with my flight home. On the way out there I was flying from Phoenix to Detroit, had a 1 1/2 hour layover and then from Detroit to Erie. Well, I got on the plane and we started rolling out. But, as we were waiting to take off, it seemed to be taking forever. They finally told us that the A/C on one of the engines was out and we were going to have to go back to the gate to have it checked out. I think we took off about an hour after we were supposed to. So, we get to Detroit and I have to run down this crazy tunnel with bright flashing colored lights like a disco club to get to the terminal I needed. I got there while they were boarding the last few people. Just in time. It was great to get to Erie and see Suzi, Levi and Kassidy. Kaybree Sue Black was born the next day!

Kaybree Sue

(I "borrowed" this pic from Suzi's blog)

I enjoyed being able to take care of Kassidy while Suzi was in the hospital and Levi was in classes/clinicals. She was such a good girl. It was fun to take her to see her mommy and new baby sister everyday at the hospital.

Kassidy

(another "borrowed" pic!)

I enjoyed being around Suzi and helping with her little girls. It is so beautiful and green in Erie. And while it was a little humid at times, it felt so much nicer and cooler than home (it's been raining a lot in Rio Rico and it is VERY humid and we only have a swamp cooler.) It was great to be able to spend time with Suzi's family but I was missing my boys a lot. So, I was a little anxious to get home to see them. So, my flight home was supposed to be: Erie to Cleveland with a hour layover then Cleveland to Phoenix. I got to the airport in Erie and was told that our flight was being delayed due to "mandatory crew rest." We were supposed to leave at 7:20am and they said we would leave at 8am. My flight from Cleveland to Phoenix was supposed to leave at 9 am. So, I was pretty sure that I would miss my flight. We ended up not even leaving Erie until 8:50. So, they had put me on a back up flight from Cleveland to Houston and then from Houston to Phoenix. So, originally I was supposed to land in Phoenix at 10am and I didn't get home until 3:00 pm. You gotta love it. I was REALLY anxious to see my boys after all of that. It was so nice to be back with them and to give them real kisses instead of over-the-phone kisses. We stayed in Gilbert until Saturday and got home Saturday night............................to a dirty house that was pretty clean when I left (boys) and to the same hot, sticky humidity as mentioned before. But, still good to be home I guess.