The weekend of the 10th Michael, Esther and I took a trip to Arizona to visit Michael's sister and her family. The main reason we were going was because Connor, Jennifer's middle son, was getting baptized. We planned on flying and were supposed to leave Friday morning Oct 10th. I don't know if it was traveling with a baby or just bad luck that morning but many things went wrong and we missed our flight. Which wouldn't have been a problem except every flight leaving SLC for Phoenix was over sold and there was no way to catch another flight till the next day. We were heart broken. The baptism was at 10am and the earliest flight would not get us in till 9:40 which was not enough time to drive to Mesa for the baptism. We were going to miss the reason we were going in the first place. We debated on driving. But between losing money on the plane tickets and the cost of gas it was too expensive. So with no other choices we flew out at 11am on Saturday and missed the baptism. Esther did better than I thought she would on the plane. She was asleep as soon as I buckled my seat belt. She slept most the way and woke up right before we landed. Everyone was so excited to see us but more excited to see Esther. This was the first time that the Kirby family has seen Esther. Ethan, Jennifer's youngest, was the most interested in everything Esther did. He was always wanting to hold her and help put the bottle in her mouth. Every time she cried he wanted to know why she was crying. We had a great time. We mostly hung around the house and played ticket to ride. Even though we missed the baptism it was still worth the trip. There is nothing like taking it easy and hanging out with family. We love you guys and miss you already.
