Bummed

Well, we're totally bummed that Karen and Maddison aren't coming to Hawaii anytime soon. I know they are really disappointed and how do you explain to a 3-year-old with a packed suitcase that "No, we have to go home now." I was looking forward to some quality girlfriend time too, lunches and shopping and beach lounging. :( Karen showed up for the flight that had 50 available seats but because she's not stationed with Robert in Korea, she's not eligible to fly on the free military fights without him. As she's not "overseas" they won't let her take advantage of the MAC flights.

The worst (and dumbest) part of this whole fiasco: they had 50 seats, probably had less than 20 people but still wouldn't let Karen and Maddison catch the flight. That's American bureaucracy for you. We've been waiting since March, what's a few more months?? Robert's home in November, hopefully we'll see them all then.

Fingers Crossed

We have our fingers crossed that Karen and Maddison arrive tomorrow evening sometime. They are catching a flight from McChord Air Base in Seattle but won't know if they can get on until they show up at the base tomorrow afternoon. If the flight is still scheduled and there are seats available, they should be flying into Hickam at Pearl Harbor after dinner sometime. We are so excited! We've been waiting for their visit since March!!! Beaches and lunches and shopping oh my!