Go Go Going on an Adventure

After Christmas breakfast, I went to town packing my luggage. With the help of my mom and sisters we were trying to collect everything from around the house. But as you know with packing you never quite get everything, but you know you always forget something. Since we are moving to Alaska and have a permanent resident we were able to join the 49ers club. Being in the 49ers club you get two free bags for each flight, since there is five of us we got ten free bags. Woowhoo, I was so excited because I was stressing the cost of $25 per bag.

Jaron is weighing himself as we did numerous times with everyone. We would weigh ourselves and then hold the box or luggage to make sure we stayed under 50lbs. Heidi stop by to say goodbye, it was good to see her before we left. Kyle and I had a plan (it seems like you can plan everything to a T, but something always seem to go wrong.) to rent a mini van in Kenai and drive to Anchorage to be able to fit everyone and everything in the van. When Kyle went to rent it, it didn't work out. He called me stressed out and so that made me stressed out. I was already in tears leaving everybody (excited though to see Kyle). Kyle ended up going back to the house and got the camry and headed to Anchorage. Both of us wondering how we are going to get everyone and everything in the car- but that is what we had to work with.  

Everyone (Dad, Mom, Serena, John, Alycia, Cody, and Lulu) took us to the airport. I am so grateful they did because I was trying to stay collected and focus so it helped to have help. Thank you. We check in five bags and two car seats. Each one of us had a back pack and then I had two other carry ons. It was a sight to see us come in the airport.

When we found out that we were moving to Alaska, anytime I told some that they would say it will be such an adventure. As I heard it over and over I was reminded of the intro song from the cartoon The Cat in the Hat Knows A lot About That... "Were gonna Go Go Go on an adventure". I thought that it would be fun if I had the kids dress up as Things and I the cat in the hat. About 10 years ago my cousin Lisa made this fun purple yarn hair hat for Kallie. So I asked if she could make four blue yarn hair hats for the kids, she did and did an awesome job. I made red shirts (Kallie: Thing 1, Jaron: Thing 2, Kelsie: Thing 3, and Karlee: Thing 4) and the Cat in the Hat hat (for me). I thought that it would be something for the kids to do and keep their minds off the move.As we posed for the pictures we had a lot of people stop and look at us and also say things to the kids all through the trip, which made the kids feel special. 

In this picture we are dancing as we sing the song. Karlee wasn't really into it, she had just woken up from a short catnap. After we finished our photo op, we headed to the security check point. Said our goodbyes, dad was able to come help to the gate and it was so nice to have that extra set of hands. The kids were so excited to go. Luckily there is a new rule if the child is under the age of 12 they don't have to take their shoes off. That was nice, but unfortunately dad and I still had to remove our shoes and belongings into the buckets. We kept waving until we couldn't see the family anymore as we rounded the corner. Went to the gate and waited until it was time to board. Said goodbye to dad and we loaded the plane to start our Alaska Adventure.