Last year we saw Andre Rieu in person in Detroit. It was a bucket list item for me. Thankfully Ted was as interested as I was and we had a delightful time. Our daughter, with connections, had secured 6th row, aisle seats. When his Christmas video was shown two nights in the US in December at theaters, we couldn’t pass up seeing it. We were not disappointed!
On Sunday we had no problems getting to the airport. We parked off site and let the aggravating slow traffic to the bus driver. I can’t wait for the construction to be finished. What a mess it has been.
We had to use the kiosk to check our luggage because there was no skycap check in outside. It gave me a bag tag and Ted a boarding pass! No matter what I did it would not give him a bag tag. So we got into the assist line but got called up from behind a huge group heading overseas. That Gold Medallion Plus designation on our reservation sure helped. Since I had a boarding pass on my phone and my bag tagged, I was good to go and after they printed a bagtag for Ted he was too.
Every seat was full and we sat as we always do, me in front of him on the aisle. That way no one leans back into him trapping him spread eagle with no way to get his tray down. And then to top it off, a lady came to sit next to me with a DOG! She was holding it but was told at take off he had to go in his crate under the seat. I watched a movie and it wasn’t too long a flight.
It took 45 minutes for our luggage to finally arrive and Kara and Bill were waiting outside. We all met Pat and Kelly for dinner before heading home. Whew! Holiday travel is tiresome.
Monday, after playing games with Pops, we took CeCe to Bass Pro Shop for a photo with Santa.
She was more interested in the 4 x 4’s and climbed on every one until choosing the camouflage one.
She tried out all the camping chairs and beds in the tents, visited their aquarium and played with the legos and Lincoln logs set up on two tables for the kids to play with. She had a great time.
I had 18 gifts to wrap that evening and some were big, bulky and heavy! My back was killing me by the time I finished! Kara had invited everyone over for a soup and appetizer type dinner and we all enjoyed a nice visit.
Christmas Eve we started with a big breakfast and tackled preparations for Christmas Day dinner. Bill and Kara went to his family’s party while we went to dinner at Kelly’s and then the 9 of us there went to church at 6:00.
It was a lovely Mass and we were more than ready to head for home after all the running. I put all the checks I had written in their envelopes and put them on the mantle. I was ready!
Christmas morning was busy because Kara makes so much food! Our company came at 1:00 pm and we started opening presents. There were 15 in attendance and gift opening took quite some time!
The girls bought us tickets to see “Beautiful Noise” at Detroit’s Fisher Theater for 12/26! I have been watching for the tour company and us to end up in the same city for quite sometime!
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