I should be writing this from Utah

but I am writing from Portland, Maine. We left our house at 6am Tuesday morning and arrived at the Portland airport around 8:50am...what we thought was 2 hours before our flight left. Our flight was scheduled to leave an hour later than we thought, so we had an extra hour to kill. Yikes! We went through security with no problems. Noah walked through the scanner like he had done it many times before. He's so funny! We settled in to wait after going through security. The kids had snacks to eat, nintendos to play, and mp3 players to listen to. We waited and waited and waited. I took the kids to the bathroom before it was time to board the plane. We were so ready to get on a plane! Then the announcement came. A part of the landing gear on the plane was broken and they were looking into getting that part fixed or replaced before leaving. That made me nervous. I didn't want to fly on a plane that had just been worked on! The plane couldn't be fixed in time for the flight, so our flight was cancelled. We sat for 4 more hours waiting to rebook. I must say, the kids were very well behaved considering all the sitting around and waiting we did! There was a couple sitting by us that took to the kids and the kids took to them, so that was a huge help. We are so grateful for this couple! We couldn't get 7 seats rebooked for the next day, so we got on a flight leaving today. The airline has paid for our stay here in the hotel for the 2 nights and has paid for our food. We did splurge and went to Norm's for dinner yesterday. We also went to Freeport to go to L.L. Bean and the kids ran around on the grass for awhile. The highlight for the kids has been swimming in the pool here at the hotel. We are so glad that we have been able to stay here in Portland. It would have been so depressing to turn around and go home on Tuesday and then drive back today. So, our 2nd attempt better be a charm. We want to be in Utah his evening!