It's kind of strange to leave Australia at 10:30am on Sunday and arrive in Los Angeles at 6:30am on the same Sunday. That's the weirdness of crossing the international dateline. Although me and Walt arrived back in the US early in the morning, we had a 6.5 hour layover before our flight back to Salt Lake. When all was said and done, we finally arrived back at my in-laws just after 5pm. I felt like I lost the last 2 Sundays, and I really did lose them to traveling, but crossing that international dateline is kind of strange!
Australia was gorgeous and I couldn't have been happier to be reunited with Darren. And that was the greatest blessing of the past week: being together with my husband after 3 weeks apart (our longest time apart since we married). And if I didn't mention it already, no, Darren did not fly back to Utah with me. His trip was extended another week and he will fly home next Sunday. Me and the kids are staying another week in Utah. The following Tuesday we'll all fly home to Texas together. And then the challenge will be to remember what normal is :)
Anyway, here's a run down of the last week: first-class seats, Hilton, river views, spring, Gold Coast beach, koalas & kangaroos, food, food, food, Aussie accents, art, skyscrapers, swimming, shopping, fireworks. As you can imagine, it was a great visit to the land down under, and I hope to visit again in the future! The only pic I snapped with this phone on my trip was of an ibis. These birds were as common as pigeons down in Brisbane!
The other pic is of Walt when we were hanging out at LAX for six hours. Thankfully, we had complimentary access to American Airlines Admiral Club where among other things, they had a children's room with toys. It really made our layover bearable!
P.S. Walt turned 7 months while we were gone and cut his 2 front teeth!
Australia was gorgeous and I couldn't have been happier to be reunited with Darren. And that was the greatest blessing of the past week: being together with my husband after 3 weeks apart (our longest time apart since we married). And if I didn't mention it already, no, Darren did not fly back to Utah with me. His trip was extended another week and he will fly home next Sunday. Me and the kids are staying another week in Utah. The following Tuesday we'll all fly home to Texas together. And then the challenge will be to remember what normal is :)
Anyway, here's a run down of the last week: first-class seats, Hilton, river views, spring, Gold Coast beach, koalas & kangaroos, food, food, food, Aussie accents, art, skyscrapers, swimming, shopping, fireworks. As you can imagine, it was a great visit to the land down under, and I hope to visit again in the future! The only pic I snapped with this phone on my trip was of an ibis. These birds were as common as pigeons down in Brisbane!
The other pic is of Walt when we were hanging out at LAX for six hours. Thankfully, we had complimentary access to American Airlines Admiral Club where among other things, they had a children's room with toys. It really made our layover bearable!
P.S. Walt turned 7 months while we were gone and cut his 2 front teeth!
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