Christmas vacation, installment 1

So, I am a blogging slacker and haven't blogged yet this year. Blog is such a funny word, isn't it? Kinda sounds like something you would be afraid lives under your bed when you were a kid. I guess I should begin by recounting our holiday trip to the STATES!! There's a lot to tell so I am going to type it up in increments.
Installment 1:

We arrived Stateside about a week before Christmas day, and what an arrival it was! Every flight we took was horribly delayed due to December weather. Needless to say, all the delays, 2 days of flying and the shock of being in America again made us look like crazy people! Neither one of us had been back since we left home in March 2007, so I know we were quite the spectacle.
Immediate obervations:
1. Americans are horribly, horribly rude (Chicago being the worst in this observation).
2. Everyone has a tiny computer stuck to their face, EVERYWHERE.
3. We have way too many options for food, drinks, gas, life.
4. I hadn't had a haircut in 13 months and everyone around me seemed to know it.
5. Everyone is sizing each other up constantly, how does anybody get anything done with all
the judging?
6. It's COLD in the US.
When we got to Kansas City it, we were both on our last bit of energy. We rubbed our eyes and found the Porter family joyously awaiting us! They were great and brought us a change of clothes, underwear and deoderant (necessities at this point). They ushered us outside and told us that they had borrowed a friend's SUV so that all of us could ride in 1 car, so we started walking down the sidewalk looking for the vehicle when we passed an old school white limo idling next to the curb. As we got closer, the back window rolled down and a bald headed man told us to "git in". I just stood there in amazement, ready to add this on the list of strange observations when we all realized it was Christopher's brother and that the family had driven a friend's limo to pick us up!
We got into the limo, where there were blankets readily available, listened to a new Britney Spears song while strobe lights flashed, went through the drive through at Wendy's, played in the snow, and finally fell asleep. It was one of the best welcomes I have ever experienced! Thanks, ya'll!