This is actually happening!!!

As I write this I am sitting in the airport in Charlotte, North Carolina waiting to board a plane for St. Maarten. I am far from Idaho and only going farther away. Earlier we ate at the Burger Bar in Roy UT. It is tradition to stop and eat there every chance we get. It was SO yummy. Then we went to temple square to see the Christmas lights. I've never been there during the Christmas season. The pictures I've seen don't do it justice. It was beautiful!  It was bitter cold there though and we didn't spend very much time outside. I think the temperature was less then 10 degrees, especially with the wind chill! We won't be cold where we're heading!! We had a grand farewell in Salt Lake with many family members there to hug and wish us luck.

At the moment my oldest two children are sleeping on the airport floor. My baby is in a baby carrier attached to me and I'm typing on my laptop around her. :) Kari my 4 year old is somehow awake and watching a movie on a phone. She got the most sleep on our last flight...

I can't believe this is actually happening!!!  I'm still not sure I believe that I will find myself on a tropical island. It just doesn't seem possible! But it's reality. WE ARE DOING THIS!! I've been nervous for the flight with the kids but the first one went well enough. I think we'll survive. Boarding the plane with all our stuff was crazy and Emma was screaming. I'm sure the other passengers thought "Oh great"  Luckily once we got situated in our seats I was able to nurse her during takeoff and she slept the entire flight until the last 15 minutes when the pilot woke her up by announcing we were almost there. Then she cried the rest of the time...  Isaac yelled out at one point that he was so uncomfortable. Mark took him to the bathroom and that seemed to solve the problem.

I've been a huge flood of crazy emotions for the last 70 days. I've cried many tears for several different reasons and my stress has been so high but now we are nearly there ready to start this adventure. I'm so glad to know there are people there to help me out. There will be people from the school at the airport in Dominica to pick us up and take us to the university.