Family trip to Kansas City, MO

What a trip. I am still tired and trying to recover. My family flew to KC to spend time with my brother and his family for the Thanksgiving holiday. I was able to spend time with my mom and brother and reminisce about my dad. It was cold to mild for most of our time there, but we still bundled up whenever we stepped out. 

Some highlights were me and my wife, along with my brother and his wife going out to dinner to celebrate our sixth wedding anniversary. 

We took the kids to an indoor gym on two seperate occasions and went to their indoor pool while my brother and I pretended we were teenagers again trying to play some basketball. We even had the audacity to play a two on two with two teens there and somehow we managed to escape with a victory. 

One of the last nights we were there, we went into the KC downtown area and rode on a horse drawn carraige around the city during a very cold but beautiful night. Both families were present and we all had a good time riding around, enjoying the sights. 

We even got to see SNOW!!!! I have never been in snow, neither have the kids and on the day we were returning to Miami, it began to snow. What a sight! I was shocked and just stared outside as I admired to snowflakes falling to the ground. The kids were so happy to see the snow and poor Jr wanted to make a snowball, unfortunately there wasn't enough snow yet to do that. Maybe next time!! My wife took some great pictures of us in the snow. 

It was a great trip, however the trip home was an adventure. The "beautiful" snow really complicated things. Our flight out was delayed almost two hours and we had to catch a connecting flight in Atlanta, with only a 45 min window. We missed our flight and had to wait in ATL for another two hours and had to take a different flight into Fort Lauderdale Airport instead of MIA. That flight was delayed over 30 minutes and we did not get home until 2:30 AM. The kids were sleeping, I was very moody and we were all exhausted. Even worse was that our luggage would still arrive at MIA the following morning and I had to go pick it up.

We all had a good time but next time it is direct flights only for this family!!!!! It was hard for my wife and daughter. Juliana gave my wife fits while in the plane. I didn't help with my grouchiness  during the last leg home. I don't understand why they make the rows so small on the plane. The airlines must realize that taller people cannot sit comfortably in these seats, especially when the person in front of you leans their seat back. I wanted to cry and I felt like a sardine in a can. Thank God I am not claustrophobic, otherwise it would have been impossible to sit still. Anyway, I am sorry my love for my poor attitude. Being tired is no excuse to get angry with you and I hope you can forgive me for my lack of patience with these types of situations.