As soon as we all got our negative Covid tests, I started getting pretty excited about our trip!
The ondel ondel haven't gotten any shorter over the years...
This was my view many times during the flights...a little head kept popping up to say hello!
A pretty view of Doha! We had an 8-hour layover there on one of the busiest travel days of the year, so it wasn't the quickest trip ever, but we eventually moved to a really comfy area with chairs and a big ottoman so it wasn't the worst either. We actually had the option to leave the airport and explore, but since we landed at midnight, we didn't think we were missing to much in the wee hours of the night.
Just 16.5 hours later, we arrived!! This is the my favorite sight.
The next best sight is all of our checked bags arriving unscathed. The Kirkhams picked everyone up and took all this luggage while I went to stand in line for an hour at the rental car counter. That was our first introduction the the new normal in the US - no one wants to work any more! The poor lady at the Thrifty counter got logged out while she was helping me because her 14-hour shift had ended and she was still waiting for someone to come relieve her.
Another lovely sight - all of our online orders waiting for us to arrive! I spent the first day opening boxes and wrapping Christmas gifts.
We're all pretty good travelers by now but sometimes it's just too hard to stay awake when the jet lag hits. We lost each of the kids when they got too quiet!
We were so thankful to be home and hug our parents/grandparents and get ready to celebrate Christmas together!
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