Okinawa.... and Beyond

 This is our new van.  Toyota HiAce.  Callie says that the beige interior makes it look like an old people's car.  I like that it is big, but it does drive like it is big.

The view from our hotel room in Okinawa.  It was a long week in cramped quarters with a bunch of bored and cranky children.  Good times.

Callie is looking great with her short hair.  And I need to mention that for about 10 days, we ate out every single day.  So gross.  By the end there was nothing that anyone wanted to eat, we were so sick of fast food and restaurants. Here we are out to breakfast at the place next to the hotel.

 Thursday June 29.  We are heading to the US!  We took the shuttle bus to the Naha airport, and here we are waiting for the check in desk to open.

 We flew Naha to Narita (Tokyo). That took just about 2 hours. The Tokyo to Chicago flight had really nice TVs and lots of movie choices.  The kids were quite pleased.  But it was a looooong 12.5 hour flight.

Chicago was a pain and we needed every minute of our 2.5 hour layover. The kids were totally zonked for the last leg to Tulsa. 

We left on the shuttle at 8am Thursday morning Japan time, and arrived in Tulsa at almost 9pm Tulsa time, so we spent 27 hours traveling.  I felt like Delaney here!

And we were welcomed to Tulsa with this beautiful sunset as we were landing.