My Visit to St Louis

I have been wanting to go back to St Louis for a visit by myself so bad and probably about the middle of September, I thought I was gonna go crazy if I did not get there soon. I seriously think it was because it was Fall and it still felt like Summer here.. I was missing all of the fall colors and the crisp cool air and the cute fall clothes and of course all of my friends.. I remember telling my friends here that the day it turned cool in Texas we were going to putt on our winter coats and boots and go to Starbucks and sit outside and drink our coffee.. Oh yes I am now a official coffee drinker:) cant do the black coffee yet but hey I am doing it ok!! It was time to grow up and drink coffee with all my friends here:) Ok anyway I think Chuck got tired of hearing me say I wanna go to St Louis I wanna go.. I miss my friends so finally he said OK... set a date and book your flight.. So I called all of my friends to make sure they were going to be there and to make arrangements with who I was staying with and I got all that settled and booked my flight.. When my boys found out that I was going, of course they wanted to go too but no no no I needed a Momma Getaway.. I left on a Friday morning at 7:00 a.m. and got there at 10:00 a.m. When we were flying in to St Louis it looked like a box of fruity pebbles, it was gorgeous, I got so excited and could not wait!!! My sweet friend Margy picked me up with her son Cole and we took off shopping and then we went to a new restaurant by the name of 54th Street it was yummy and then we shopped more. Her husband Steve came and we all went out to eat St Louis Pizza and toasted ravioli( STL thing) we had so much fun just visiting and laughing with their 3 boys.. They were our old neighbors so I was staying right down the street from my old house which was a little sad...:( The next day their boys had a wrestling tournament and they wanted me to come watch and I wanted to see them because needless to say I have never watched wrestling up close and personal.. Well!!! that was very exciting and very entertaining!! I was so tempted to go out there and pull their opponents off of them and scream get off of my boys!!At noon that day my friend Karen came and got me and we took off to meet my sweet friend Kathy and sweet friend Sue for lunch and then we went shopping in the little old town of Cottleville, it has lots of cute old houses that have been turned into shops.. Oh I had so much fun and bought a few things, the weather was honestly picture perfect!That night I spent the night with Karen and her family, we have known them since Phillip and her son started kindergarten and they have a sweet daughter named Kirsten who is Peyton's age, she is a sweetie pie and has turned into a beautiful young lady...That night that had invited several friends over for a chili cook off and it was a blast, the chili was delish and the games we played were so much fun, they introduced me to a game called sequence oh how fun, I had to come home and buy it,, The next morning my friend Jenn came to get me with her daughters J and Livi.. Oh it was so good to see them and be with them.. We went to church at our old church and that was a really good feeling seeing all of our old church family and hearing our old Pastor preach..I was really looking forward to going to church and seeing everyone but also was afraid of what my feelings might be... I prayed some mighty prayers that God would really reveal to me that this is where he really wants me at this time in my life..And I am happy to see say that he clearly let me know that this is where I belong.. I missed my church here and all my sweet friends.. Its just so funny how life moves on with me and my friends. Of course there are some friends there that I did not want to leave and had thoughts of bringing them with me...But those friends will have a special place in my heart and in my life forever.. One particular was my sweet Livi, after church on Sunday we went to lunch and she said she wanted to pray so we all held hands and she thanked God for letting her step mom come to visit(me) how cute is that.. She has no idea what step mom means but I think she was just thinking of me as her second momma xoxoxomuuuah~~I love you Livi lou!!!From there we met the other girls and needless to say I felt like I had died and gone to girl heaven... I love those girls so much but I have to honestly say sometimes I have a hard time keeping up with their conversations, they all talk so fast and they talk in stereo, lol:)I have to say ok wait wait wait slow down your turn now your turn...lol.. I wonder if I would have stayed in St Louis if I would have been able to keep up with their talking?? lol Oh how I miss being with them!That night we dropped the girls off at home and went out to one of my favorite places Chevys, oh how I hated that place when we first moved there but by the time we left it was one of my favorites..I have so many fun memories there. We met some girlfriends from church and had dinner and chatted for a few hours, it was fun having a girls night out with all my old friends.. The next day, Jenn and I shopped shopped shopped and came up with project after project. We had our annual friendship lunch at THE CASTLE... mmmmmm yummmm it was so good.... The next morning we met Beth,Sharon and Sweety for breakfast and had a great time catching up and then it was time for me to go to the airport.Before we went to the airport we needed to shop just a little longer to get everything in.. We went to the mall and I bought the boys new cardinal tshirts because YES we are die hard Cards fans and always will be~~ and then we had to go to Garden Ridge to get a few more decorating items for Jenn's house...And then it was off to the airport, such a sad ride:) When it was time for me to say goodbye we both cried and cried it is just so hard to say goodbye when you love someone so much and you know you live 14 hrs away.. Some friends are like family and all of these friends definitely are! Thank you all for your sweet hospitality and please know I love and miss you all so much and now I am waiting for your visit!! xoxoxo Hope to see you soon!!!!