Up, Up and Away! (Piper)

My mom has been keeping a log of the kids flights. It is fun to keep track of where they have been. Here is the rundown.
PIPER LYNN POWER---4/27/04

TRAVEL FOR 2004-2005

First plane trip
Los Angeles to Nashville, TN for Lori & Ed Glenn’s wedding. Mummy was a bridesmaid, June , 04

Second plane trip
Los Angeles to Harrisburg, PA to visit GIGI & GRAMPY & meet Mummy & Daddy’s Pennsylvania friends& see my great grandmother Mimi & great grandfather Petie Pop Pop July, 04

Third plane trip
Los Angeles to Seattle, WA. Mummy had a work meeting. Gigi & Grampy came to help. August, 04

Fourth plane trip
Los Angeles to Harrisburg, PA. My first THANKSGIVING with Mummy, Daddy, Aunty Katie, Gigi & Grampy, and my great grandmother, Mimi & my great grand father, Petie Pop Pop. November, 04

Fifth plane trip
Los Angeles to Australia. I went to see Mare & Pop & meet Aunt Chris, Uncle Paul, Laura, Kate, Sarah, & Andrew and meet Aunt Sue, Uncle Luke, Ben, Max, & Alice and I met my great grandmother Maisie. It was a 15 hour plane ride each way & I was such a good traveler. March, 05

Sixth plane trip
Los Angeles to Boston with Mummy to visit Mummy’s good friends Brooke & Jeff Lear. Then I flew to Pennsylvania to visit Gigi & Grampy—as an Easter surprise. March 24, 2005.

Seventh Plane Trip- July 2, 2005
Los Angeles to Harrisburg with Mummy & Daddy . Then off to LONDON to visit Daddy’s friend MICK, ANN & BABY IMOGEN. On this trip to Pennsylvania Emily & Andrew shared with us PIPER will be having a baby sister or brother the middle of January, 2006. WONDERFUL WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!!

Eighth Plane Trip – October 17th
I drove with GIGI & POPPY & Mummy to Arizona to visit Aunty Kate & Jonny. It was 6 ½ hours in the car & I did pretty good. We went to Tucson & had lunch at POCA COSA—Gigi’s favorite. Then I flew back on Monday, October 17th with Mummy.

Plus I went to San Diego, San Francisco, & Santa Barbara on week end jaunts with Mummy , Daddy, Lollie, & Joey

Ninth Plane Trip
Polly, Mummy, Sandra & I flew to Pennsylvania to spend some time with GIGI & POPPY TIM. This was Polly’s first plane ride. We did well on the way to Pennsylvania, BUT on the way back I was very tired & had a major meltdown (Gigi told Mummy that is what 2 year olds do!) Plus daylight savings kicked in & I had to get up at 4:00am –which was 3:00 am according to my body!! AND then it took 5 hours from Chicago to Los Angeles due to turbulence! Gigi said I gave lots of people on the plane something to talk about at work on Monday!!! I had so much fun watching the bugs, collecting the rocks & looking at Gigi’s AGE SPOTS!! PIPER & POLLY got to spend a little bit of time with their great grandfather, PETIE POPS—as PIPER calls him. 3/27/06 to 4/2/006

Tenth Plane Trip April 7- April 23, 2006
Mummy, Daddy, Polly & I flew to Australia. I am so excited about meeting my cousins; Laura, Kate, Sarah, Andrew, Ben, Max, & Alice plus Aunty Chris & Uncle Paul, Aunty Sue & Uncle Luke, and seeing Mare & Pop again. PIPER also got to see her great grandmother MAISIE. This is a big plane ride—15 hours. Daddy said Polly & I were angels—and mummy too.

Eleventh Plane Trip July 1 to July 9, 2006
Mummy, Daddy, Polly, Katie, & Jonny came for a visit. It was a bittersweet visit. PETIE POPS died June 24, 2006 (4 weeks shy of his 85th birthday). We had a lovely celebration for him. We had a FOURTH OF JULY party to say hello to our friends. Piper snuggled with GIGI & GRAMPY—we had such fun sleeping with her. Piper talks so much—it is UNBELIEVABLE!!! I ate Great Mimi’s pot pie—it was yummy.


Twelfth flight July 27- July 30, 2006

Mommy, Daddy, Piper, & Polly flew to Houston, Texas to visit Daddy’s best mate, MICK HART. Mick & his wife, Anne, have sweet little Imogene who is 18 months old and baby Leo who is 2 months old. They had a grand visit.

Thirteenth flight August 26, 2006- September 2, 2006
Mommy, Daddy, Piper, & Polly flew to Ixtapa Mexico to visit with Daddy’s best mate, MICK HART., Mick’s wife ANNE & their children Imogen & Leo. We stayed at a very nice place till Hurricane John came in & we were evacuated. Mommy got food poisoning on the way home. The Federali patroled the area every day looking for poachers as it was egg laying season for the turtles & the poachers would try to steal the eggs. It was a very different vacation –but also very memorable.

Fourteenth plane trip October 20, 2006 I was the FLOWER GIRL in Tia & Jonny’s wedding in Arizona. I was adorable. I loved walking TAFFY & TIFFY. Kate & Jonny had a BEAUTIFUL WEDDING. It was special.

Fifteenth plane trip --- December 2006 Mummy, Daddy, Polly & Great Mimi & I went to Australia for Christmas with Mare, Pop, Chris, Paul, Laura, Sarah, Kate, Andrew, Ben, Max, Alice, Sue, Luke, & Maisie. It was a very very fun time.

Sixteenth plane trip—Daddy planned a whole trip for the family to go to DISNEYWORLD in Orlando, FL . He did everything—they all stayed in the ANIMAL KINGDOM & Piper & Polly had the giraffes and other animals right outside their door. It was a very special trip. April, 2007

Seventeenth plane trip—June, 2007 The entire family flew to Boston then drove to Cape Cod for Julie Lacouture & Ben’s wedding—then Jeff, Brooke, & Ben Lear came & they rented a house together for the week. –

Eighteenth Flight—July 21, 2007- We all came ot Pennsylvania for a week of fun with Gigi & Grampy. Tia & Jonny came also.

March 19, 2008 PIPER'S 19th FLIGHT Everyone form the Power Family went to Australia via LAX -Auckalnd, New Zealand. What great travelers these darling children are!!!