We took a mini-vacation this weekend. We went down to St. Louis for Saturday and Sunday. It was fast paced, but still relaxing. We went to my sister’s house in the morning and had lunch there with her and her girls. The kids had lots of fun seeing their cousins again. After lunch, we went to the St. Louis Mills Mall and met up with Ash. Lots of talking and I got some exercise in too. The kids like that mall because it has a playground like one you usually find outside. When we were trying to leave, Ash’s car wouldn’t start, so we just popped her in our van. We all went to Jeremy’s brother’s apartment where Jeremy made dinner (yummy fettucinne alfredo with chicken in it, his is the best). After dinner, we went to the hotel and checked into our suite (have to have that with all our kids.) My best friend met us there to take me out on a girls night out. We took Ash home and laughed the whole way there. It was snowing pretty bad on the western side of the Missouri river where she lives, so we went back over to the other side to have dinner. I’d only had a few bites of what Jeremy made so I’d have room for something with my friend too. We sat in Applebee’s and talked for a long, long time. It was so good to talk and joke around with her again. She dropped me off at the hotel around midnight and the room was so dark and I didn’t know which bed I was sleeping in, so I went around with my cell phone lighting the way until I found which one Jeremy was asleep in. Only one mishap at night, Noelle fell out of bed, but it didn’t hurt her and after cuddling with me for a little while, she was okay and went back to the bed she was originally sleeping in.
On Sunday, we got up, got dressed into our nice clothes, packed everything up, ate the breakfast at the hotel (good selection of breakfast foods) and left for church. We went to our previous church and I really enjoyed catching up with some old friends and letting everyone know how we were doing. We went to lunch at IHOPs and then drove home. We’d planned on staying a little longer on Sunday, but with the snow, we decided to drive home while there would still be light for the whole trip.
My throat is scratchy today and I’m not feeling my best, but that’s okay. I’ll be fine after a little while.
Glad to hear your weekend went well. Chelle told me she was going to meet you. Actually, she called me while she was driving to your hotel and asked me if I wanted to come along. Seeing as how she was already on her way, and it would have taken me an hour and a half of driving in the snow to get to you all, I passed. I wouldn’t minde catching up with you sometime when your in St. Louis. Just let me know ahead of time, because we live about an hour from South St. Louis and 1 1/2 to 2 hours from North St. Louis, so I need to plan a little ahead to get there.
Cool. Yeah, I’ll let you know next time. For some reason, I thought you were further away.