Well, here we go
rocketing off to another fun filled adventure. (For those of you who are old, you may remember that phrase from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle show!) We begin by leaving our houses at around 7:00 am after a long night of no sleep because of excitement and anticipation and head toward the airport. Of course, they are resurfacing the road in front of the airport so that puts a little crimp into the plans. Grandpa parked one car in the short-term parking and Aunt Anne came and picked it up later in the afternoon. Grandpa and Grandma Ziemski dropped Lindsey and Bryan and the kids off and we headed toward check-in with Delta.
Because Grandpa Kelly is a platinum medallion flyer, they let us all check in together in the medallion line. All the agents were so kind and helped us get through really quickly. They also gave us all coupons for free headphones on the plane. This was a case of its the thought that counts because we already had plenty of headphones for everyone from all of Grandpas trips but we were thankful for the kindness anyway. It was the first of so many magical moments for us on this trip.
We headed for the gate and got lots of curious looks at the 10 people all wearing matching bright red Wish shirts. Thanks, Piper.
We got to the gate and the kids played and colored and the big people just waited.
Soon, it was time for us all to get on the plane. Again, because of Grandpa, they let us board in Zone 2.
We found our seats and guess what, we waited some more. Grandpa kept asking the girls Are we there yet? They would both giggle and say Not yet.
When the plane finally taxied to the runway, again we heard Grandpa say Are we there yet? Not yet! And then as the plane lifted off, in unison Gabby and Karlyn both looked out the window and in wondrous surprise said WOW!!! It was so cute that everyone around us just laughed. A typical flight, so-so movie, so-so snacks and some bumpy weather but with the coloring books, pencil rollups and lots of treats from home, things went great and 4 ½ short hours later---We were there!
After the first of what would become at least a thousand potty stops on this trip, we were on the magical monorail provided by the Orlando Airport.
This was Karlyn's favorite type of transportation for the whole trip!
We got off and walked a little way passed the security gates and there was Ray, our fabulous GKTW greeter with a Karlyn Sign! Sorry we didnt get a picture of Ray but he was just terrific!
Ray helped us find our luggage, our rental cars and helped us load all the luggage into the cars. They had even made arrangements for booster seats for the girls. Yeah! Then he gave us the directions to GKTW, made sure we knew where we were going and had the phone number if we got lost and we were on our way. We also had Grandpas GPS to help with the dont get lost part!
More of day one later today! Sorry some of the pictures are a little blurry, some of us can't walk and chew gum at the same time let alone take pictures!
Denise
Loved the picture of the kids with Karlyn's special doggy (haha, I got to hold it) 
How early did Lindsey get up to do the girls' hair? They look gorgeous! I am so impressed. She needs to teach me how to do that with my girls hair! Can't wait to read more!
