We made it

Well, we made it to Alaska about 1:00 am this morning (their time).  To us, it was more like 5:00 am, so we were tired.  The trip went a lot smoother than I thought it would.  We made it through check in and security without any problem at all.  It took us 5 1/2 hours to get to Seattle, we had about a 2 hour layover, and then it took another 3 hours to get to Anchorage.  The kids loved flying!  The only one who seemed to be even a little nervous was Ben.  I guess that he gets his LOVE of flying from his mama.  The trip from Seattle to Anchorage was a little too turbulent for me.  Even though it was dark, we could see the mountains and glaciers.  It was very pretty.  I cannot wait to see them in the daytime.  It is 8:00 here now (Andrew has been up for 3 hours already), and it is still dark...will not see any sun until about 10:30.  It wasn't too cold in Anchorage, but Wasilla is in a valley so it is very cold and extremely windy here.  It sounds like the house is going to blow away at any moment.  Because of the wind, the fact that we will see 5 hours of day, and the fact that it will take us 5 hours to get to the North Pole, we've decided to wait on that trip.  I guess that we will finish getting ready for Christmas and just "hang out" today.  Thank you for your prayers.