Return Trip Home July 19th

Saturday we got up and packed up the house, packing was a little tough because of all that we had accumulated that week. We made it fit though. Next we went back to Del Mar for lunch at Poseidon, our favorite breakfast place, but I decided to get fish tacos, I am in San Diego, I am going to enjoy my fish tacos. Myann also tried Calamari for the first time, she seemed ambivalent. From there we ventured over to our old stomping grounds in Carmel Mountain Ranch. We did not go by our old house, I was curious to see it, but we were short on time and thought what would be the point. We did go to the new park that was being built when we moved, and it is a pretty impressive play area. The kids loved it. Ginger, Thor, and Britta met us there for a last playdate. Then we were joined by Aunt Sandy, Aunt Cheryl, and Donna to say our goodbyes. As a last minute surprise, our friends who we didn't expect to see since they were out of town that week showed up, with an hour to spare before we had to leave for the airport. It was Patti, Royce, Tyler, and Brooke. Tyler, Britta, and Shane were the 3 musketeers when we lived in San Diego and Brooke was Myann's first real friend close in age. They would sit on the blanket together and watch the big kids play. It was wonderful seeing them again, even if only brief.

Shane and Britta




Shane on the giant spider web. He immediately climbed to the top, which is about 20 feet high. I told him he was making me nervous and could fall. He told me he was spiderman and if he fell he would just fly. That is lovely, I tried to explain that wasn't quite real and only in tv. But since Shane thinks he is a superhero right now, he doesn't buy my reasoning.




So then off we went to the airport - running late as always. Thankfully, Xjet flys out of the commuter terminal so you don't really need a lot of time there, because there is no where to go. To again prepare for what was to come, it was 5 pm, our flight was slightly delayed and the kids had not napped that day. We got on a plane packed with kids, a relief to me so we don't have to feel as bad when ours get loud. Shane decided he was tired pretty quickly into the flight and fell asleep, but Myann went into super tired hyper mode and could not sit still. She was back and forth between Brian and I and was not interested in food, movies, or toys. And she managed to have 2 dirty diapers in the course of 2 hours. Do you know how not fun it is to change a toddler's diaper in the tiny bathrooms on planes, and this is a small jet, so it was even smaller. So with some screams, cries, and a few scratches on my face, we finally landed in Spokane. Home sweet home. Myann fell asleep on the car ride home, we put her straight to bed and she slept through until 10 am on Sunday and then took a 4 hour nap, so obviously needed to play catch up on sleep.