A weekend back in time!

So the San Fran trip was a HUGE success. Although, it started out a little rough for me, and not in the way I thought it would. I thought for sure it would take us hours to meet up with everyone at the airport and get everything in order. NOPE, perfect...so my worst fear was over. We are now in the shuttle on our way to the airport and I get the news that Abbey took the scissors to her hair and CHOPPED!!! I bawled like a baby, and my friends were very supportive (although they were holding back laughing--) But thanks to Devenee, I think I'm going to get through this very traumatic experience, and I'll post pictures of that later. We all had so much fun. It was so fun to see everyone, and spend a few days with just the girls. We honestly traveled back in time...it was just like being back in high school. My family keeps asking me, "So, how was the senior trip?" That is really what it felt like. We played all day, and talked all night. We were running on like 3-4 hours of sleep, but we didn't even care (well most of us). We didn't want to waste a second.

Sleeping arrangements. 6 girls on 2 double beds. As you can see, we pushed them together and slept sideways! At the movie. It was so cold. We had to borrow a bunch of sweaters and scarves from Tami. We went to see, Baby Mama-- it was pretty funny.

More movie shots

The whole gang at Fisherman's wharf (this was just a couple blocks away from our hotel)

Checkin' out the seals. Isn't this a MUST for a San Fran visit?

Jess and Ryder, isn't he darling!! He liked the seals. (not really, we couldn't even get him looking in the right direction)Waiting for the trolley (notice Golden Gate in the background)

Trolley ride home (Jess has all the good pics of us riding down--I'll have to get later)

Totally pooped...we shopped all day! (Poor pregy Megs, she was a trooper)

Dinner at Hard Rock Cafe, the only thing still opened. San Fran definitely sleeps.

More hard rock
Yes, one more (these all tuned out so cute...)
Our gracious hosts. Dr. Mark, Tami, and Ryder
Eating at Barney's, a yummy burger place.
He's a babe. The poor kid got woken up by us so much-- sorry buddy.

Trying out the bus system. Tami took us to her old apartment, passed Mark's school, to China town, and back down to Union Square.Just hanging out in Tami's apartment. (This is the second night we woke up Ryder) Yes, we are all wearing San Fran tee-shirts and HECK YES, we wore them all day!
A Better shot of the shirts.
Just like old times (minus the pregnancy!)
It was an awesome trip. Thanks Tami!!

Now this part is the CRAZY part, but it's bound to be long. But after telling people they tell me I should submit it to some sitcom, because it could definitely be an episode on Friends or Seinfeld (too bad, both shows are over now, we'd be rich.)
So, we left Sunday morning to head home. Me, Megs, and Mickell were all flying to Vegas at 8:20 am. So we arrived in a timely fashion at the airport just after 6:00 am. We checked in and Hailey was with us, she was flying to SLC at 8:40. So, we checked in and then decided to have breakfast together. We ate and then went our separate ways to our gates 3o minutes early , just in time to board. We got there and a guy gets on saying there has been some problems with the plane and they are trying to find a back up aircraft. 5 minutes later he gets on and tells us our flight has been canceled and to head to customer service for alternative flights. So, I'm thinking ...crap and great--we may as well just chill here for a minute because the lines going to be crazy. But just as I'm thinking this, Megan looks over at me and yells, "RUN!!" and she takes off. So here's Megs 6 mos. pregnant, running will all her might to customer service, and YES, she wins! We are FIRST in line. (classic) SO the guy TAKES our boarding passes (This will become an important detail later in the story) and gives us standby tickets for the next flight at 10:45. So we have to wait 2 more hours and may still not get on. We were all very emotional at this point for a few reasons. 1. It's Mother's Day and we miss our families 2. Megan is bawling her eyes out because of #1 and because it's Isabel's birthday as well. and 3. We are VERY sleep deprived. OH, and the guy also tells us the order of standby is by STATUS...which we have none. But miraculously (someone was praying for us) we are first in line for stand by. But they can only fit 1, so we send Megan and tell her we'll have Kyle come pick her up at the Vegas airport. So, we are all bawling, sending her on the plane (Honestly, I bet people thought we were crazy) So, off she goes. Mickell and I decide that we better check on our STATUS and make sure we are still up first for the next flight (12:45 pm) and the lady can't find us in the computer...YIKES. She starts asking us what flight we were supposed to be on. We said, "the 8:20, the one that got canceled." She goes on the say that the 8:20 wasn't canceled, she saw it take off, she was working that flight. NO NO NO!! We were right here, at our gate, on time, and our whole plane got up and walked to customer service together...we were RIGHT THERE!!! She starts typing and trying to get this figured out, and FINALLY Realizes that YES we MISSED our FLIGHT!! Argg...There was a 6:00 am flight leaving to Vegas that got delayed because of problems with the plane and they had MOVED OUR GATE!!! So when we walked up to board our 8:20 flight, we were actually hanging out with the 6:00 flight...that they finally just CANCELED! So off our 8:20 flight goes with out us and if we'd only LISTENED closer or CHECKED the message board we'd be home by now. CRAP!! But going back to the part that you needed to remember...the DORK at customer service took our boarding passes--would've had to look us up and get us on standby, and at that point our plane hadn't left yet, and we wouldn't be in this mess. So, I don't totally blame us. But not only does that suck, it REALLY SUCKS, because we missed our flight and that pretty much means you are out of luck. But instead of sending us packing, and off to purchase a NEW TICKET--she hands us actual BOARDING PASSES for the 12:45 flight...not standby--Passes with SEATS AND EVERYTHING!! What?? Someone was definitely looking our for us. I felt like tackling this woman and kissing her! So, here is where you think the story ends and all is well...NOPE-- it continues. Feel free to stop reading, but you're missing out. Meanwhile, Kyle is on his way to Vegas to pick up Megan, and he hits a MAJOR traffic jam just outside of Mesquite. He decides to turn around, because by the time he got there we wouldn't be that much longer. (He knew we were a shoe-in on the 12:45) So, he turns around and goes home. Then 12:17 comes along and Megan has landed in Vegas and we should be boarding. Then 12:30 comes along, still not boarding. We're starting to get a little nervous. Then we get the announcement. The plane is delayed an hour because a couple passengers got sick and contaminated the GALLYS. OF course they did-- whatever Gallys are, sounds a lot like Filangies to me. Whatever! She we grab some Burger King and call Megs with the news. SO, now she is frantically trying to make the Shuttle that is leaving in 15 minutes for St. George. She grabs her bag and runs. She got to the shuttle to find out they are full. So she heads back to find a plug to charge her phone (which is now dead) She opens her bag to see that it isn't HER BAG... good think she didn't get on the shuttle. So she goes back and sneaks the bag back (getting caught, by the way) and grabs mine and her bag and camps out in a corner, on the floor, and waits for us for another 2 hours. (We thought we were doing a favor sending her, not so much) Well, they get the filangies..er gallys cleaned up and we finally board. Hurray--and within 2.5 seconds of sitting in our seats, Mickell and I konk and sleep the whole flight. We get off the plane and find Megan in the corner and make it to the car and we actually made it home. It really felt like a miracle. What started out emotional and draining turned into a big comedy and we couldn't stop laughing. We didn't let it ruin our trip either, we drove home singing at the top of our lungs. We made it just 4 hours later than planned. Happy Mother's Day!!