Just an update

So, we left the house in a Black & White cab at 9:30 am to be at the Albany NY airport in time for our flight at 11:50 am to Portland OR via Las Vegas. Ray believes in being early! We no more than got settled when, you guessed it, they delayed the flight to 1:40 pm. Better than 1:40 am!  We were concerned about our connecting flight in Las Vegas but they just announced that we should arrive in Vegas at about 4:15 pm.  It's going to be quite a site to see these two seniors, one with a knee brace and cane, bogeying down to the next gate. Hopefully the gates are close!  

We just split a sandwich at a new shop here in the airport, Brioche Doree.  Check it out! http://blog.timesunion.com/business/brioche-doree-opens-tomorrow-at-albany-intl-airport/16602/
We had the most amazing sandwich. Turkey, sliced green apple, a light touch of applesauce and brie on a crusty toasted roll.  It was amazing!  Even Ray liked it!  Note to Corey:: Is this number 16 or 17?  Just in case you're all wondering, we have a running contest of new things we're getting this Kentucky guy of mine to try besides meat (and by that I mean beef and ham), potatoes, eggs and biscuits.

Jamison left last night to meet a new friend and have a stay-over while we're in Oregon.  Sam is a little Beagle and came from a Beagle rescue.  Jamison hasn't had a "play date" or "stay over" since we moved to Troy.  He was so excited he could hardly stand it.  Katryn (forgive me if I misspelled your name Katryn) let him in the back seat and turned around and asked if he liked to ride in the front...he was already there.  She said, "we'll get along just fine".

I have never in my life seen such an active group of passengers on a flight in my life.  They were everywhere.  Up and down the aisles, calling for the flight attendants, back and forth to the bathroom.  I'll bet all 137 passengers on that flight made at least one trip up and down that aisle.  The lady next to me and I just laughed our heads off.  It was like someone fed the whole group an "upper"!

Our flight didn't leave Las Vegas until 2:05 pm and arrived in Vegas at 4:20 pm.  Our connecting flight to Portland was on time and scheduled for 4:45 pm leaving out of Terminal C.  We arrived in Terminal B and it's about a 20 minute walk.  The flight attendant arranged for a wheel chair for Ray. There I was surrounded by all that clinking and clanking and my pocket full of nickles and not a minute to drop one in and pull the handle.  Talk about frustration! The porter called ahead and made sure our luggage was transferred, had them hold a couple of seats and we ran!  The porter pushing Ray in the wheel chair and me right on their heels! We were the last two on the plane but made it with five minutes to spare. 


Its' now Sunday, 1:20 pm PST, we're at Aaron and Kristin's and it's a quiet, down day.  It was a long trip for us and a hard day for Aaron.  He was determined to come to the airport and pick us up but it was really hard on him.  Kristin did all the driving so we're all pooped and resting with the air-conditioning going.  It's 91 degrees.  I thought we just left the heat!

We're looking forward to our time here with the kids and participating in Relay for Life next weekend.  Aaron and Kristin have a team, "Choose Joy" and we'll be walking with them.  Aaron won't be able to participate as much as he use to or as much as he'd like but he'll be there when he can and do what he can.  The "kids" have really put a lot of effort into their team this year and a lot of hard work.  If you can drop by and offer a word of encouragement or walk a lap it would be great fun to share the time with you.


We've had a pretty quiet day and we all needed it.  Aaron's friend David, from Southern CA, dropped by this afternoon to visit on his way back home.  His mother is in Portland and also has terminal cancer.  Please lift them up in prayer as you do all of us. 

Ray and I have never seen any of the Harry Potter movies so we made a deal with the kids we'll watch the entire series while we're here and then go to the movie to see the final episode before we leave.  We just finished the first episode and really enjoyed it.  We'll see episode 2 tomorrow night.  The house once again is quite.  The kids and Belle have gone to bed, Ray is reading and I'm here in the living room determined to finish this blog.  I will admit thought, my eyes are getting heavy.


I'm looking forward to touching bases one way or another with many of you this week. Thank you for understanding how precious this time with our son is for both Ray and me.  Thank you for your support, prayers and encouragement. My cell phone works here so feel free to call or text anytime.  Love you all.