On the way back to our villa, we stopped just briefly at Keaton's Korral. On Saturday mornings, they give the kids pony rides here. We didn't have time to have a ride (and we have horses at home, so it wasn't a huge deal anyway), but the boys did stop to look. They were each given a cowboy hat and we got a few pictures taken while we were there.
Our little cowboy, Bryce. We had an amazing time on his trip. We are glad that he let us come along!
When we went to check out of the village, they again had many surprises for us. Make-A-Wish and Give Kids the World Village was way above and beyond anything that we could have ever imagined!
We got to the airport and onto the plane without any issues. We were a little concerned about our layover/change of flight that we had in Raleigh, NC. At first, we were excited to see that we would have a layover here since a lot of John's family lives here. We thought it would be cool if they could meet us there. However, when we looked closer at our itinerary, we saw that we only had 20 minutes for this layover. Ok, I had no idea how we were ever going to make it to our next flight much less visiting with anyone.
So as we got into NC, the flight attendants announced that all passengers would be getting off here. So we quickly got all kids and stuff together and piled out of the plane. When we got out, Bryce's wheelchair was not there. John told me that they had told him that the wheelchair had been checked all the way through to Phoenix. What?! That didn't make any sense, so now we thought we would be trying to get to our next plane carrying him along with everything else. As we got out into the airport, I looked at the gate number of where we came in and realized it was the same gate we would be leaving from. Whew. Come to find out, we would be getting back onto the same plane that we had just gotten off of. So it now made sense how we would make it to our next flight, but it will never make sense to me why they made us get off of the exact plane we would be getting right back onto, even if they were changing the flight crew and number. Annoying, but I was so glad that, at least, we did not have to run through the airport with 5 kids, Bryce's car seat and feeding equipment, and the carry on items. I was also glad that we were flying Southwest because they still give out snacks (crackers and such) so that the kids had a little something to eat since we hadn't had time to buy lunch between flights.
When we got into the Phoenix airport, Bryce's wish granters, Jeff and Mindy Clark, were there to greet us and help us with our luggage. They helped us out to our waiting limo and a van which then took us and our luggage home. We arrived home about 7 and sent John out to pick up a pizza for dinner. Everyone was very tired, so we ate dinner and then all went to bed, dreaming wonderful dreams of a fantastic, magical week!
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