What a week!

This is how I decorated a wall of ours.  I really like it.  An artsy simple look.

Clothes Pins

My Jean board with our siblings, grandparents, and cousins on it so we can see them all the time. :)

My Birthday cake me and the boys made

I got a guitar from my amazing husband.  I am excited to learn more and to start playing again.  Gideon is really interested as well so we might get him one as well....we shall see ;)

This is my friends daughter Anna in the picture.

This is me after driving 4 hours round trip on Tuesday to Frankfurt Airport as a family and finding out our dog isn't there....This is after a while because there was a lot of frustration and tears in between

This is me the next day driving another 4 hours with kids and getting my dog (Big Smile!)

The story behind the pictures....

Well I guess we will never know for sure what exactly happened because my dog doesn't have the cool ability to talk like one of my boys favorite shows (Martha speaks)  So I will give you my side of the story. 

 Akina left Boise on Sunday and stayed the night in Minneapolis at some "doggy" hotel.  The next morning she flew down to Atlanta and sat at the airport until her plane took off at 4 pm.  She was then supposed to get on the plane and be in Frankfurt the following morning for me to pick up.  So our family were in Frankfurt and managed to find the import building to get our papers at...  on our way to the building we came to a gate and drove up to it.....well we were supposed to go to the registration office about 50 yards back and we then had cars lining up behind us.  We then had to back up and get out of the way turn around and get to registration.....Humiliating ...Yes :)

So we got to the building and I went in and told them my name and he comes back to the desk and said," I am sorry but your dog is not here."  "WHAT??!!"  She didn't get on the flight.  I was devastated.  First off I didn't know what happened to her, I was frustrated because I did not want to make the drive and go through the craziness with out my husband the next day and just so sad.  The same thing happened to 2 cats too I guess.  We got the paper work and left.

We found out where I was supposed to go the next day and were off back home.

So we made some calls and come to find out the baggage people in Atlanta Forgot to retrieve her from the pet section to be put on the flight so she spent over 12 hours waiting at an airport to board a plane.  GRRRRRRR!!  So She stayed in Atlanta and I called and checked on her and she was fine.  So we followed her tracking information but they never scanned her to say she was "on board" the flight and so I wasn't sure if the same thing was going to happen AGAIN and just prayed she would be there.

So the next trip, Wednesday morning we left at 5am me and my boys, Joseph was at work, and we drove two hours to get to the Airport.

So we were almost to the airport and I missed my exit.....Oh no!!  There wasn't another exit for MILES!  I ended up in some town and got turned around and just prayed that the Lord would help me find my way back and get off at the right exit.  I did with the Lords help and made it to the Pet Lounge where the retrieval process started...

So after lots of paper work we had to walk down the road to customs and imports but it is all fenced in on the side walk and they have these revolving doors that you get a pass to scan to get though.  Well the guy told me to let my kids go through first because of the tightness and then scan again and go through.....I did that and it wouldn't let me scan again....Yes my kids were on one side of the fence and I was on the other.  "THE SCENE" ~  It is a big sidewalk with a fence running down the center.   My kids side of the fence there was a big bus stop and a truck stop and BUSY.  My side not so much....I was stuck.  My heart sunk and I didn't know what to do.  The card wouldn't let me through and my kids were helpless on the other side.  Well a nice man came to the rescue (on the kid side of fence)  He had me push a button and I told them my situation and they let me pass....(SIGH!)  I was grateful!  

Then at customs they had someone painting the inside and they had carpet padding all over the floor in the lobby area.  So while I was doing Zoll (customs) My boys were wrestling and laughing and yelling on the floor.  They even got an audience of Zoll personnel.  I was grateful to hear " Oh just let them, Its OK"  Good, A break :)  

 So we got back to the pet lounge and were able to get our dog.  So grateful!!!  and we headed home.  THe boys have been giving her tours of our home, been playing with her and just loving her.  They really missed her and it feels good to have her back with us.

 So that concludes the Adventures of the Jones for Today but Tomorrow is a new day :)