Ready for Takeoff! And Landing!!!!

Actual dates of this event May 23-26

We are preparing to leave and trying to see everyone that is dear to us and say our goodbyes. On Wednesday we headed to Biloxi for a night at Imperial Palace with Grammy, my mom. We swam and enjoyed the heat before moving to colder weather......Brrrrrrrrrr
We had a great time eating lots of junk food and yummy cocktails and playing mini golf!

Sunday, May 26, Departure Day. We arrived at the airport at 9:30 am for our 11:15 flight to Atlanta. Donna and my mom drove the boys, Bella (our dog), and myself. Blair's friend Lacey was nice enough to drive Blair and transport a portion of our 14 pieces of luggage. When we made it to the airport the Delta Check in lady informed us that since we were military she could issue passes for Blair's 2 friends and Donna and my mom to walk us to the gate! SCORE!!!! What a surprise!

At 11:00 we boarded for ATLANTA , we couldn't have asked for a smoother flight. When we arrived in Atlanta , Tanya was there to meet us. She greeted us with a bowl for Bella to have drink, cards and candy for the kids and magazines for me to read on the long journey, along with the complete itinerary for the month of June. Yes, Tanya and her children make their way here on Wednesday , June 5... We were able to have lunch and visit with Tanya and take Bella for one nice last walk:)

At 5:20 our flight left for Germany. This was probably the best flight I have ever had. There was so much entertainment available. Every seat had its own television with about 15 new movie choices, several music options and game options. Not a one of us felt the need to use our Ipad.

We landed in Stuttgart 40 minutes early at 8:00 am and breezed through customs, even with our dog and all the horror stories we have been told..... Not one single issue, literally everything about the traveling adventure could not have gone smoother, the dog slept the entire flight with just one Dramamine:) soooo relieved!!

Now we are in Germany waiting for our 12 checked bags and we can see through the glass, no Billy anywhere. This freaked me out a bit considering we literally have no means of communication, luckily a few minutes later he showed up , we had not even received our first bag when he arrived. The problem was he had no idea our flight landed almost an hour early. We actually got all of our 12 checked bags, nothing lost and nothing missing! Whew! So far so good.

It was so great to finally see Billy, we have definitely missed him these last 7 weeks!!!

Our first stop was a German McDonalds, the boys slept through breakfast on the plane. It was strange to hear Billy order completely in German, very impressive:). We then went straight to the hotel where we showered and rested a few hours before heading out to explore......

More to come on the exploring adventures later . Thanks for reading. Sorry if I am rambling at all but I am new at this:)