august 9

i had one final request before leaving town - george's!!!  we got all packed up and ready to go this morning, and then we drove down the street to north bend to have the best donuts in the country :)  they were running a little low on their selection of donuts, but we thoroughly enjoyed every bite and even got a couple donuts "to go" for daddy!  i have so many great memories of this place, and i was happy to add this visit to the memory bank.

after quickly dropping hanna & hudson off at camp, anastasia drove us to the airport for our flight.  it was a tearful goodbye.  it always is.  we had such a wonderful time with the bakers!  it was great to be back in a place we love so much with people we love.

the kids and i had a good flight to detroit, but i was a little shocked when i pulled up our connecting flight status on my iphone during landing and saw that our flight was cancelled!  i kept thinking it must be a mistake... unfortunately, it was no mistake.  long story short, the kids and i were stranded in detroit for the night with no way (other than driving) to make it home.  after a very stressful hour or so figuring everything out, grabbing dinner and retrieving our luggage, we were lucky enough to get one of the last rooms at the westin.  even luckier was that the westin was IN the airport, and we used starwood points to stay for free.  the kids were thrilled to snuggle into the big king-size bed with me.  it was super late (eastern time) by the time we were in bed, but we stayed awake to watch a few minutes of the olympics, happy to find the silver lining in the unexpected disruption to our travel plans.