Vacation day 1 & 2

We were scheduled to leave the Salt Lake airport yesterday at 5:10 pm. The plane was all loaded and ready to leave when they encountered a problem and we sat and sat and .........SAT, SAT, SAT, for over an hour. The delay caused us (and most of the people on the plane) to miss our connecting flight in Phoenix. I felt so bad for the guy at the airline counter that had to help us with our new flight arrangements. Some of the passengers were so mad and yelling. It wasn't the poor guys fault the plane had mechanical problems. I am just glad that they were concerned with our safety and got everything checked out. The airlines put us up in a motel for the night. By the time we got to the motel we were starving. It was nearly 9:00 pm. The only restaurant around for over a mile was across the street at the Sheraton. When we got there it was closed. Since we had no car, it was dark, late and we didn't know the area we went back to our room and ordered pizza. I did some blogging and then off to sleep.

This morning we got up and went for a run. I was glad we hadn't ventured out (on foot) the night before looking for a place to eat, as we were in an area similar to an industrial area. We had a good run, and went back to shower and get ready for the day. It was pretty interesting beings some of our stuff was in our checked in luggage that the airlines had at the airport. We opted not to bring many toiletries (because of the 3 oz rules),we knew that Malinda would have the things we would need to use. The curling iron was not in our carry on bags as we supposed I wouldn't need it until we were in Texas. Anyway it was an interesting delay to our trip. But we got to Texas without any further incidents. Phoenix was pretty warm for this time of year, but Austin TX is kind of cold. We have had to run the heater in the rental car quite a bit. Malinda informed us that I was invited to a baby shower the bishop's wife was having for her. It was such a nice shower. It was a full dinner with salad, chicken enchiladas, tomato & rice dish, fruit, and dessert. Then everyone went around and introduced themselves. The ward members gave her and baby A a lot of nice gifts. The nicest gift of all A sit and stand stroller. (group gift). It was so nice to see Dennis' cousin Kellie again. She has been so good to Malinda and Brian since they moved here to Austin. She came to the shower and her and I had a great time catching up. We are looking forward to spending a couple of nights with them in a few days.

I was afraid that K would not remember me from last summer, and I was right. It has taken her awhile to warm up to us, but she is warming up. Baby A. is so cute with her full head of dark hair. We brought all their Christmas presents with us and so had a belated Christmas party of sorts opening presents. It was so much fun watching K. play with hers. Malinda also got to open baby gifts from family in Utah. It has been a good day and is now time for bed.