Back to AK

Last week was wonderful as we got to head back to AK for my sister-in-laws wedding (more photos of the wedding to come later).  It was great to spend time with family and friends again.  We had told Neal  about a week before we left that we were going to go on a plane to Alaska in 5 sleeps.  He was so excited and loved counting down the number of sleeps before we got to "go to Alaska on airplane".   Not only did we get to fly on several airplanes but on our way back to NC we got to ride on this Disney Plane.  Neal couldn't stop talking about Mickey mouse when he say it and now all he asks for is to ride on the "Mickey Plane".

The excitement and delight that Neal has for flying on airplanes and being at the airport is crazy.  He just can't get enough of the whole traveling experience.  Everything is exciting to him from riding the escalators  the "train" to the other terminals, seeing the airplanes and pointing out (more like yelling out) every time he sees any kid with a Spiderman or Toy Story shirt.   This is how we occupied some of our time during our layovers.

If Neal wasn't watching a movie (one of the reasons I think he loves flying so much is 'cause he gets to watch movies) he was sleeping.

It sure is a blessing to have a child that can sleep anywhere.  He was so tired that he even fell asleep in the Atlanta airport for a few hours.

With a total travel time (including layovers) of 14 hours, 3 airplanes and lots of coffee for Tyler and I and movies for Neal we finally made it to AK.   We adjusted to the 4 hour time difference after about a day and a half and had a great time with the whole family.