Fly Another Day

Well, I had planned to fly back to Springfield today, but things don't always turn out as planned :-) But, it worked out great because I got to be here in Utah for Sid's big #4 birthday! When I was originally planning this trip, I had wanted to leave Utah after Sid's birthday, but after December 15, tickets went up by $100+. So when I went to the airport today and found out that my plane, which was to leave at 3:02 p.m. was still in Washington, D.C. at 2:15 p.m., and that I wouldn't make my connection to Springfield tonight, I was happy to have them re-book me for free on a Friday flight instead. The travel agent helping me seemed really surprised that I wasn't mad at her about the flight being delayed (she had a lot of mad people on her hands). Mom and Dad were kind enough to wait at the airport with me while the ticket hulabaloo was worked out, and then they brought me back to Orem. So I get an extra day-and-a-half here! (I checked tonight, and my plane didn't end up leaving Salt Lake until 8:45 p.m.--now that's what I call a delay!)



I was very excited to attend Sidney's birthday party--especially because it included a special showing of "The Nutcracker Puppet Show" at the Barrett Theater.









Riley greeted everyone entering the theater with Free! gumdrops.








The girls' put on quite a show. It was definitely a unique rendition of "The Nutcracker," involving piggies, horses, and ducks :-)







Then it was time for presents and cake. Can you tell that this girl was pretty excited about it all?










Baby Ben is getting quite used to this whole birthday party thing. It's a good time to snuggle with all of his favorite people!