Hayden's First Day of Kindergarten

Getting to Hayden's first day of kindergarten was no picnic. In fact, it was straight out of the movie Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

We were in Wyoming the day before for the 80th birthday of Savannah's Grandma, Sonya. The party was on Sunday afternoon and the only way we could make the party and get Hayden to her first day was to fly in and out of Laramie (via a small prop through Denver). We usually fly to Denver and rent a car for the 2 hour drive to Laramie since it is often easier and cheaper, not to mention faster after accounting for the layover.

We should have known it would not be good when our flight from Denver to Laramie on the way in was delayed by 2.5 hours.

So on Sunday after the party, we got to the Laramie airport and the plane arrived on time. Yay! We were going to make our connection in Denver!

Then Savannah said: "Huh. Those pilots are really looking at the landing gear a lot." The tiny Laramie airport is situated so you can see the airplane right outside the window of the "terminal".

Yup. They were looking at the landing gear a lot. Because it was broken. Flight cancelled. Connection missed. Hayden misses first day. Everyone cries. Much sadness. It goes with out saying that the airline was United.

But no. Then came the hero of the story who would not have it that way. Pop left a dinner with friends and family to drive the four of us two hours down to the Denver airport, one way. We get there just in time for the last flight to Phoenix, a 9pm on US Airways (yay! Way better than United!!). The US Airways accepted us from the United transfer and the agents even moved us around so we could all sit together.

The girls were really tired but Hayden made her first day of kindergarten!!! Thanks, Pop!