Let's give 'em something to blog about... TAKE ONE

Yeah, so God must have known I was WAY behind on my blog and thought I needed something to blog about :)...VACATION! So be prepared for lots of information, lots of pictures, lots of ancecdotes:)

Once upon a time, the Grayson family decided to take a whirlwind vacation. Papa Grayson, Mama Grayson, Big Brother Grayson (Jackson), and Little Brother Grayson (Tucker), were going to jump on a plan to Columbus, Ohio to visit Nanny and Pappaw and then another plane to visit Grandma and Grandpa.......pretty simple right? WRONG!

So Todd and I went to be around midnight Sunday morning, after a long day and finally getting things packed. Up again at 3:00 to shower and get the boys up by 4:00 to get to the airport around 4:30 for out 5:45am flight! We drive to long term parking, unload the Suburban, load ourselves on the shuttle, unload by curb-side check, and are told that our flight has been cancelled! Oh no they didn't! But hey, we had the first flight out, so for sure they would get us out in a couple of hours.

So we waited in line to talk to someone with Delta....45 minutes later, Jackson had eaten all of his snacks while patiently waiting in the stroller, I had nursed Tucker while standing in line, and we had plenty of time to stew. The lovely attendent then told us that we would be rebooked on a flight Monday morning at 10:30am, ummm no we won't....we have a strict time schedule. Sunday-Wednesday in OH, Wednesday-Saturday in NY, don't screw it up!

My first tactic....let's try to fly into another city....Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cincinatti, Dayton, Charleston....NOPE. Well what if we go to NY first and then OH? Can you get us into Albany, Syracuse, Plattsburgh, Burlington, JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Islip? NOPE! Our ONLY option was to wait until Monday and then spend only 1 1/2 days in OH...that wasn't going to happen, and I definitely was NOT going home after accomplishing the feat of getting the entire family out the door packed and ready for vacation!

So we slowly make our way back to the shuttle to head to long term parking....wait, I can call Southwest, they fly out of Dallas Love Field, maybe they can fly us somewhere in the continental US today? After 20 minutes on the phone trying to make our way to see at least one set of grandparents....and an extra $1000 for tickets....we booked a flight to Islip, NY....4 hours from Grandma and Grandpa. In all the excitement that we were actually going on vacation that day, I didn't take notice as to how we were going to get there.....Dallas to Houston to Orlando to Islip and then a 4 hour car trip to Bolton Landing! BTW, it was our plane going to all those places so we were not allowed to deplane from 9:00am-4:40pm! We survived on peanuts and pretzels!

So after 21 hours of travel, we made it HOME....to good old Lake George, where Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Donny, and Bear (my parents 100# chocolate lab) welcomed us!

One REALLY positive thing from this whole ordeal, which makes the 21 hours worth it. On our drive from Islip to Bolton we were able to stop an visit my Gran E and let her meet Tucker! She just celebrated her 89th birthday, so we feel so blessed that she had about an hour visit with the boys! Here are some pics....