Surprise Visit

This past weekend I had planned to make a surprise visit to my family in Utah. I was supposed to leave Thursday night. I got off work early and rushed to the airport to be there 2 hours before my flight. When the time approached for the plane to be departing, we were still sitting in the lobby. Apparently our "crew" was stuck in NY. The attendants were trying to reschedule all the frantic passengers. Unfortunately the attendant I got was not in a very good mood. She told me that I was still supposed to wait and catch a later flight and still try to catch my connecting flight in Cincinnati. However, there was no way I would have even landed in time. Her suggestion to me was to sleep in the Ohio airport and try to get on a flight heading to SLC first thing in the morning. Ummm Hello!!! Would SHE be willing to do that? Luckily, she was able to find me a flight into SLC that left the next morning. So Friday I had Ken take me to the airport again (thanks baby) and by mid-morning I finally landed in Salt Lake. Neither of my kids knew I was coming in town and I had arranged with my sister to plan a "birthday party" for my father. After many weeks of coaxing, I finally convinced my kids they needed to be there. When they first arrived to this party, they were indeed surprised to see me. I think the person that was the most surprised to see me was my niece. She walked into the room, saw me and screamed! She brought her dog that looked more like a small horse. Ok, maybe exaggerated a little but my goodness he is a big dog. It was so great to see everyone. My sister did a wonderful job in organizing this surprise. My weekend was a whirlwind of events and I got to see a lot of friends and spend some quality time with my family and even meet my 2nd nephew for the first time. (I think that is what he is.... he is my nephew's son).

During all this, I even managed to take lots of pictures. They can be seen if you click on the Picasa Web album on this page. It was nice to be able to do that so everyone that was involved in the planning and executing of this visit, here is a BIG hug to you. I love you all!