Wait a Minute....How did YOU get here?

First the really nice news.  Lia and Peter's plane made it to the Los Angeles Airport 45 minutes ahead of schedule, which was a miracle.  Other miracles followed:
The luggage all arrived promptly, and they picked it up, stacked it on a cart and were off to customs post haste.
They were herded into an area with a lot of booths with long lines.  Two women seemed to be directing things and pointed to Peter and Lia, saying "You two go to that line."  They went to a booth with no line and were processed through in no time.
They were then to go through another processing line...equally as daunting as the first.  Once again, two women directed them to another booth with no line.  The man behind the counter wondered how they got to him, but got them through and on their way.  They arrived at the airplane with minutes to spare.  I am grateful that someone was watching out for them...maybe some very kind women who were sensitive to the spirit.



A few years ago, a fake head of lettuce showed up in our refrigerator.  We laughed about it, because that is not an unusual kind of thing to happen in our family.  I think Erin had something to do with it. Since that time it has bounced from home to home - showing up in the oddest places.  Five years ago, we elicited Peter's parents' help to hide it in Peter and Lia's garden in Provo, Utah.  Since then, Lia has been very creative in leaving it with us....sometimes it has taken months to discover.  We have tried to reciprocate....one of our best was hiding it in their dutch oven in the garage.  Boy, that took a long time to discover.  They only use the dutch oven in the summer, so it languished a looong time.

You might have guessed that when we unpacked our suitcases here in Denmark last October, there was the faithful lettuce!

Of course, before Lia and Peter boarded their plane for home, SK deftly cached the green head in one of their carry-ons.  It was discovered before they left Danish airspace, but it was in THEIR possession!

Today, the practical joking took on an uglier side....scroll down to see what was left in our apartment by the departing former Arizonan:

And no....it is not a lobster....but almost as big.  It is about 6 or 7 or maybe 20 inches long from claw to tip of tail and it is far uglier than it looks.

This little beast has got to go....anyone coming to Denmark soon?