There's no place like home! There's no place like home!

It was finally time to return home. While we love visiting family and friends, we were all looking forward to getting back to our routines.  We had a late afternoon flight, so we spent the early part of the day just enjoying the company of family. My in laws are such awesome people. It's hard to say goodbye. And of course, it's hard to say goodbye to my mom, sister and nephew.

We got to LAX (I hate that airport), only to find out that our "on time" flight, was actually delayed. Ahhhh. We checked our bags and got into the loooooooooong security line. Ah, the holidays. You gotta love it. Since our flight was delayed, we patiently waited in the mega line. The kids were so patient.

Once we cleared security, we just plopped down at our gate and relaxed. Look at my boys, taking the delay in stride. Take that, autism!

The kids loved their candy treats from Aunt Donna.

Our flight eventually did leave. We did have quite a bit of turbulence, but my veteran flyers weren't scared.

We finally did make it home at midnight. The kids wanted to open up their presents. Here's a 

sampling of what they opened. The white horse is from Noah to Nik. He bought it himself and was so proud.

So what did they get? An assortment of video games, money, movie tickets, gift cards, clothes, Lego, etc.

                                     

And this is what Noah bought for me. Alex got a frog. :)

The "Santa" present. They loved it!

No matter how much we spend on the kids, they always love the $2 gifts more than anything else. 

What a great trip! More opportunities for the boys to grow. And more opportunities for us to marvel at progress.