I was so surprised when I came to check on my blog today and realized that I have not written since early in November! So much has happened. The biggest change that has taken place is that Great Grandma Lemon passed away on the 10th of November. Our trip to Utah began on the 15th of the month. We drove down to St Louis and stay over night at the Comfort Inn that is about 1 mile away from the airport. We took the shuttle to the airport and flew straight into the Salt Lake Airport. We rented a car so that we would be able to go where ever we needed. The day we arrived in Utah was the day scheduled for Uncle Dennis to go thru the Salt Lake Temple to receive his endowments. I used my new wheel chair that night. We had a tender mercy concerning my wheelchair. We had been trying for months to get the wheelchair and every time we tried to get it arranged we found that they needed more info or the paperwork was messed up. Well just before we were leaving to go to St Louis they called and told us that everything went thru and that we could pick up the wheelchair! So we picked up after we dropped Buster of at the Vet's where he was staying while we were gone. It was great to have my chair for the trip! What a blessing! Ok, now back to what I was saying. We went to the Temple that night to be with Dennis. It was so wonderful to be in the Celestial room with Dennis and the others in the family who could be there. On Wednesday we went to the Temple once again, this time it was to be there for the sealing of Uncle Dennis to Aunt Kim. And also they had Alex sealed to them. It was so beautiful. Another thing that was so special about these events is that we could feel the presence of Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Lemon! After the wedding we all went over to the Roof restaurant in the Joseph Smith Memorial Bldg. I don't think we will ever be able to afford going there again! It was $40 a person!
On the 22nd of November was Great Grandma's funeral. The spirit there was beautiful.
We had 3 Thanksgiving dinners while we were there! One was with Aunt Karen's family. Another one was with Grandpa's family, and the last one was with our family. They were all very tasty and it was great getting together with everyone. While we were in Utah we stayed at Matt and Karen's. We are so glad that they will let us stay with them. It really works out well for us. We had so much fun spending time eating and visiting and playing games with everyone. It was really hard to leave on December 1st. Our trip home was quite the trip that is for sure! We had quite a struggle getting us and all our luggage to where we needed to get our bags checked in. It was really quite comical! We finally got on our plane and made it to Denver where we were supposed to have an hour layover. Well when we got there we found out that our connecting flight that was supposed to take us to St Louis was canceled! When we asked what we were supposed to do, they told us that we had already been booked on another flight that was leaving in just a little bit. The plane we were scheduled to fly out on was clear across the airport! Grandpa pushed me in my wheelchair all the way there! By the time we got there the plane was already boarding! But we made it. Instead of this plane flying straight to St Louis like our other flight was supposed to, it took up to Chicago! When we got off the plane in Chicago, they couldn't find my wheelchair. We waited a long time and finally they found it. By that time we were going to be late for our next flight. The plane once again was clear across the airport, but this airport was gigantic!!! One of our flight attendants went with us and we also got help from some of the airports employees. We made it but just barely, thanks to a lot of prayers, and a lot of people who were prompted to help! We didn't make it home until almost midnight! Originally we should have made it home by about 7:00 that evening!