My family and I have never been further into the US past Stamford CT, so This is a big trip for us all the way to Los Angeles California. I’m going to try to blog about what I can each day of the Trip, we are going as we are Finalists on America’s Funniest Home Video’s.

The Trip – Well Friday was a long and exciting day, first we went to Bangor Maine where we found the security and everyone very friendly and very helpful as we haven’t flown as a family before and my personal flying experience being very nill.

We boarded early and the Flight Attendant was very helpful getting everyone situated that was both comfortable and easy to manage. Blake (4) did have to sit by a stranger who was very nice and very helpful, Blake didn’t bother him to much.

However when we landed in Philadelphia we were 15 min behind and we didn’t realize when a plane leaves at 2pm it means you board the plane at 1:30. So as we were trying to get off the first plane the other plane was boarding. We were lucky we checked our stroller the whole way to LA as we wouldn’t have had time to wait for it. So there is the 5 of us running and jumping on to every conveyor belt to move as fast as we could.

On the plane to Los Angeles we were further separated with two seats together in one spot two in another and 1 in the row in front of one of the sets this is where Joey sat. The stranger beside him was extremely friendly, helped joey play ds, and did way more to help out our family than I would have thought from anyone.

We did have a 45 min delay on the tarmac due to weather so we were actually stuck on that plane for almost 7 full hours which if you haven’t done is not an easy feat with children. However I am very impressed with how everything went the boys (6 and 4) and the baby (5 months) rarely complained or had upset, the baby only had her usual upset when she needed to be changed so we were very fortunate.

We landed in L.A. and was greeted by the driver who was extremely friendly (you’ll notice this growing trend) He helped us with our bags explained where things were for children to do and where we could go to eat if we were on a budget and wanted something quick.

We checked into the hotel and went for a stroll to subway and was greeted by something i’ve never seen before. All three employees that were busy doing this as soon as we walked in stopped what they were doing looked up and said “Welcome to Subway” and then continued on with their work. With one of them moving over to take our order, everyone we have come into contact with has been extremely friendly and helpful with anything we might need. The subway person was able to direct us to a local drug store to pick up a soother as we lost one on the trip and it’s always better to have two on hand.

I personally was very excited to see Palm trees in real life that stand easily 50 feet tall as I don’t believe I’ve seen a real one in person. Today everyone is excited as it’s the big day and will be full of adventure. Also while I sit here writing this blog at 5 am local time, i’m sitting outside using using the wifi and their is lovely music playing just adding to the almost magical feel of the day. This is gonna be a great day.