We made it!

Well everyone - we made it!! We managed to get everything packed and into our truck..its a GOOD thing the older girls went with grandpa and grandma because we had SO MUCH luggage they wouldnt have fit! We left around 830am and made it to LAX 930am..most everyone was already at the Delta SkyCab waiting for us-(yes we all went on the same flight together- all 33 of us- CRAZY!)- we pulled up and ALLL the kids and everyone started waving - everyone turned around like it was a celebrity or something!! jon kept saying - tell them to stop--people are going to be SO let down when the see its just me!!!
Jon made it thru security - he had to sit there for a while and get checked out - poor guy! but he passed as well as the rest of us..
We then got boarded on the plane-- it was a delta song flight so it had satellite tv and music and movies -it was GREAT!! the kids were TOTALLY entertained!!! becca sat in her carseat the WHOLE time -it was SO nice!!she really was nervous about going up and coming back down..she wanted me to hold her hand - it was so great!
oh i had to lift jon along with kim to get him in and out of his plane chair- it wasnt one of my usual lifts- it was a "lets just get him in the best we can" lift! but hey it worked! Kim stayed with him, while i stayed at the BACK of the plane with all the girls..so it worked out great...jons family was SOOOOooOOO helpful it was just so great!!
We then landed and took 3 HUGE vans to the hotel, it was a motel 6 --at first they didnt have our room reservation, and then they had realized it was under the "the southern harley bikers club" - WHAT THE HECK??? and all the rooms had smoke and a few of the 9 didnt even have electricity -LOVELY! so we called 7 taxis to come get us and we found 9 rooms over at embassy suites- SO NICE!!!
we all got checked into our rooms, pizza was in room 322 and luggage was in room 317- it was great! i gave the girls a bath and they brought in a crib for becca, the rooms are kinds that have a living room - so becca slept in that room and me and the girls in the other room...jon and seth are sharing his room..kim has been AWESOME!! im SOOO glad she came- she's just done everything so that i can do all i can with the girls, and jons family knows to just pick up where i need help without asking- they just do it- its SOO nice and helpful!!
we unpacked jons stuff- he did GREAT on the plane and getting here- were so relieved, his meds have all been on time and his cathing so thats been good..we got him in his room and realized we could blow up his special matress because i FORGOT the cord - darnt!!! so we called the front desk and they had the PERFECT cord for it- he said we could just keep it if we put in a nice word about him!! SO NICE!!!
so right now its 930 cali time and 1230AM florida time..i need to get to bed or rather i need to turn this off so my other 3 girls will stop talking and go to bed- i LOVEEEEE that we are here- im so happy and SOOO grateful that its turning out -- im SOOO grateful i get to spend time doing things with the girls!! my girls have been SOOOO good on this trip so far- we're so blessed and so thankful!!
Tomorrow we get up and have breakfast, and then the vans will be here at 11am to take us over to the ship by 12 noon..
Thanks for your continued prayers and for the strength youve given jon to come be part of our family - i cant believe there are 33 of us here and 15 of those are grandkids- isnt family awesome!!!