The plane ride

Many hours, lots of luggage......the kids are shouting for joy that all of it made it into a suitcase. Nathan and I are hoping, praying that all 12 bags, two car seats and a pack n' play can be checked as well as 5 carry on bags, a stroller and two kids will make it to Switzerland!

We were at the airport 2 1/2 hours early and thank goodness there was NO line. People watched us, laughed at us, while we tried to get all of the luggage from the middle of the road (where the very helpful hotel bus driver dropped us off with two kids and all the LUGGAGE) into the terminal. A very nice man did come to help us in! Bags checked, breakfast eaten, last minute food in backpacks, through security and off to D.C. Delayed in D.C., we were not sure if we were going to get to go. There were only 70 people checked in and the plane held 144 - after two hours and a gate change we were on our way. It worked out wonderfully.....Zach was asleep before we even took off! Really both kids slept most of the way. We arrived around 9 in the morning and managed to get everything to the where we were going to get the rental car. THEN.....we got to wait for 1 1/2 hours for two cars that were automatic and big enough to hold all of our bags - I really should have learned how to drive a stick!!!!

Here are the kids (they are hugging) with all the bags while we wait! We finally got the vans and then fit all of the bags in one van! The rest of the day was going to Nathan's office to pick up the keys to the house, going to the house to drop off most of the bags, and then finding the hotel. It was a long day!