Pennsylvania

Ben and I were so excited when Allegiant Air offered Ben a job. Excited of course for obvious reasons like the free flight benefits, but most of all because Ben is able to be home EVERY night. That was one of the reasons we went to Hawaii too. It has been awesome to be a normal family and have lots of time to spend together.

This month Ben was able to hold a line instead of being on reserve. But since he was the last one on the list to be a line holder of course he got the ONLY line that had a three day trip! What do ya know huh! Ben flys three legs before ending up in Allentown PA, spends the night there and has the whole day in Allentown to sit around, spends another night and comes home the next morning. It would be awesome if you were somewhere like New York or Honolulu but Allentown?? What is there to do...Max and I went up with Ben to hang out.

It was the most fun we have had in a while. We got a ride into a little town called Bethlehem on a donkey I mean in a van. We just wondered around all day. The town was started in the mid 1700's by a German religious group called the Morovian's. There were really neat old buildings and things to look at, cute shops and yummy places to eat. There were cool old mansions and small stone houses that looked like they belonged in Europe. It reminded Ben of Finland.

Max was soooo good the whole day. He took a couple of short snoozes and was awake and happy for the trip. Bedtime was a little rocky but we got through it. Well of course I forgot the camera when we went into Bethlehem...I swear we really went though. But I did manage to get a picture of the end of the trip. Max was so excited to see plane up close! He was pounding on the window and yelling when the airplane pulled up to the gate. Little did he know that dad was the driver. It was a little to far away to see. But he totally put two and two together and figured out the the planes he sees in the sky are the one that are here on the ground. After the first flight he was pretty surprised to see dad walk out of the cockpit! It took him a second to recognized Ben. It was a lot of fun and a good mini trip!