A Trip to Remember

For my Birthday this year I got to go to Illinois to visit my Family!
We had a Wonderful Time!!

I have two younger sisters.
One sister was born on the same day as me,,,,,,only 3 years later.
So she turned 40 this year and for the first time in a LONG time,
we got to celebrate our Birthdays TOGETHER! That was NICE!

I got to meet my precious Nephew for the first time. He is only 3 months old and
such a Sweetie Pie!!! I didnt want to leave him!!

We all had a Christmas Celebration together! My MOM ALWAYS makes Birthdays and Holidays Special! She has always been GOOD at that! She had Birthday cakes for each of us,,,,,Well, for my sister she had Apple Turnovers. ~~My sister doesnt care for cake!~~ My husband's Birthday is Dec. 25th so she even had a Cake for HIM! We also had a Wonderful Christmas Dinner that week!

The first morning we were there, we woke up to a blanket of snow on the ground! I guess they got about 2 inches in all, but it blew and blew all day long and there were deep drifts of snow all around us! That was an answer to prayer,,,,,for my 9 year old daughter! LOL She played and played and played in it! She didnt care how cold it was !

I was so excited to get to see my Grandparents,,,,,Expecially my Grandma! She and I were always so close. I could talk to her about things when I felt like I couldnt talk to anyone else! Well, it was heartbreaking when I went to see her and I realized she didnt know who I was. My Mom left me there to visit with them while she went to do their grocery shopping. My Grandma sat there and talked to me. She was polite, she was hospitable, she was courteous.......But she didnt have a clue who I was. My Grandpa was glad to see me,,,,his face lit up when he saw that it was ME,,,,,,we said our "hello's", he hugged me and then he informed me he hadnt eaten anything yet so he went to the kitchen to eat. LOL I havent seen him in 2 years, but he had to go eat. LOL My Grandpa is 89 years old. My Grandma is 84 or 85. They looked good! But my Grandma kept talking about her house like it was a Nursing Home,,,,,,She says that Grandpa brought her there, she doesnt know why and he wasnt able to bring most of her stuff when he moved her in there! UGH! They have lived in that same house for over 60 years!
So sad. It hurts my heart.

On the way home, we had some drama on the plane! We were supposed to leave St. Louis Airport at 10:08am,,,,,a man gets on the plane and decides he has to go to the bathroom,,,,,,,We all sit there and wait on him,,,and we wait, and we wait. The stewardesses keep going back there to check on him. They keep making announcements that we cant leave until each passenger is in his/her seat. Finally the guy comes out of the bathroom,,,,,,some of the passengers applaud. LOL But he starts yelling "HARRASSMENT!!" The stewardesses cannot get him to calm down, so they call SECURITY. They ask him nicely to leave the plane and they tell him they will put him on the very next flight to Atlanta,,,,He says he isnt going anywhere! So they call the Police. The Police escort the man off the plane,,,,,,As we are headed to the runway, we see the man in handcuffs, getting into the Police vehicle. Remember, our flight was scheduled for 10:08,,,,,,we actually took off around 10:55!!
Even I watch enough news to know that you dont mess with Airline Stewardesses nowadays! and you definitely dont act like that with Airport Security,,,,,they dont play!

I LOVED spending time with my sisters!
I fell in LOVE with my New Nephew!!!
We had Great FOOD! We got to open Christmas presents early!
I got to see some snow!
It was a Great Trip! One we will remember for a Long time!!