Our Trip

It was August7th, we ate breakfast in Romania for one last time. Then we rode to church. We had one last Sunday School lesson (about Abraham), and one last church service. Then we got in Dad's 'golden van' for one last ride. I'm gonna miss my old room, and my basketball, and my basketball book, hoop , and most of all my friends and home. At the border, no one seemed to mind we weren't going to be seeing Romania forever. Even though America is my oficial 'home' it seems so foreign. We drove to the airport, said goodbye to Dad , who we wouldn't be seeing for one whole month, and hopped on the plane to London.
Then we got on the plane to America. When we landed in Chicago Spence was sick. What a sight we must have been- 3 arguing 1rst graders, 1 quiet 3rd grader, a 6th grader throwing up, 1 tired 7th grader, and one VERY FRUSTERATED MOM!! When we went to see which terminal we neede to go to, mom saw the most horrible word a mom with 6 kids could possibly see: CANCELED. We got in some LONG pointless line for hours. Finally it was our turn. The lady eventually (after another few hours) got us a food voucher and a fancy hotel. We hopped on this cool bus and drove to the fanciest hotel ever!!! We were on floor 14, and the beds were so comfortable I was almost glad our flight was canceled.
The next day we flew to New York, and if I had been on the other side of the plane, I would've seen the Statue of Liberty. When we got to Charlotte, Papa Mac picked us up in the biggest van in the world. We ate poptarts, and saw our new 'home'!! We explored, ate rice crispie treats for the first time, and hugged Aunt Gigi, Nana, and met our new neighbors- the Garzonys. Gina quickly became friends with Elliana, the Garzonys' 5 (or 6?)year old. We slept in our beds for the first time. When we woke up, we ate breakfast for the first time, played outside for the first time. And, best of all, the woods were right outside our door!! I wonder what kind of stuff we'll do in the woods... or how many friend we'll make... or what adventures we'll have in America...