St. Louis Day Out

Saturday, Jordan had a meeting in St. Louis early in the morning.  We also were planning on attending my cousin Kellie's daughter Hailey's baptism up that way later in the day....so we made a day of it!  We left at 5:30 in the morning.  Brynlee was confused and thought we might be going to Gramie's house (why else would we ever get up that early??)  We just hung out and did a little exploring of the area during the meeting and then went off to the zoo!

 It was unbelievably hot and humid and there were a lot of people there, but we still had a good time!  Brynlee loved the hippos best!

 

One of the best things about the St. Louis zoo is that it is FREE!  Love that! 

 I'm really not a fan of some of these pictures, but it's all I got!  As you can see...I'm gynormous!  We did some shopping afterwards and then headed the baptism.  Brynlee loves Kellie's kids and had been talking about going for days.  She goes right ahead and makes herself at home there.  Kellie and Casey were nice enough to babysit for us during a dinner Jordan had for work up in St. Louis a few weeks ago.  We love having them close.  It was fun to see Uncle John and Aunt Connie too.  John made sure Brynlee knew that the "best lookin guy she ever did see" was not Luke (as her recent brainwashing had taught her), but John instead.  She'll still tell you that it's John.  Her favorite Uncle she still says is "Lukie" though.

 I had to share my garden pictures too!  (Aren't you impressed Dad??) Ok, so its not that impressive, but we are excited have something!  A lot of it was given to us by the now second year residents that didn't want to move them to St. Louis.  It's fun to be growing tomatoes, zuchinni, peppers, strawberries, and some herbs.  We also have a blueberry plant that doesn't seem to be doing much. 

About a week ago, I was trying to move the tomato plant so it wasn't bent clear over on the ground and prop it up.  I broke two of the fruit bearing branches and was not happy.  I wrapped them in ribbon for a bandaid and lo and behold....IT WORKED!

We got tomatoes and those branches still look alive!  Made my week :).

Transitions

I apologize in advance for the long long post.  So much has changed and we have had a hard time keeping in touch with everyone.  Our phones get little to no service and drop calls constantly.  Hopefully we'll get it worked out soon.  We're in Missouri! We made it! It has been an interesting move since the last year has been spent in transition. We are happy to have a home again and to be somewhere for a while...even if its only for a year.

I have much to report on so I guess I'll start with the present and move backwards. This small Missouri town came with a little shock but we are getting used to it. There are many sporting missing teeth, mullets, scantily clad obese people, bad grammar and language, smokers, and other forms of classiness (or lack there of). Walmart is certainly the happening place in town. We have been entertained at times just by people watching. Ya ever heard of peopleofwalmart.com (don't visit if you haven't)?  It's kinda like that... We've already met a lot of awesome people though, and I really do think we'll like it here.

We were able to enjoy the 4th with ward members at the Bohn's home. We swam and had a bbq and got to know some new friends better. We came home in the evening and were able to see the city fireworks from outside our apartment with a large group of neighbors. They also put on their own show in our parking lot.  Fireworks and rednecks are kind of scary but entertaining. Apparently no type of firework is illegal here.  Only one went the wrong way towards the apartment.  Glad it only knocked some pictures off the walls.

It has been stinkin hot and humid here and there are a plethera of creepy crawly things I can't name. It is enjoyable to be in a small town, and it is certainly beautiful here with lots of rolling hills and tall trees. We are close to a few state parks we are looking forward to checking out.

We are so glad to have our friends, the Allreds, here as Jordan's coresident and family. We have also enjoyed our ward so far and are grateful for the support system the church offers. They have been very kind. Jordan was called as a counselor in the YM's Sunday along with Aaron Allred. Looks like they'll get to spend plenty of time together. Jordan has enjoyed his work so far. I think that he has been to work every day since he started minus the fourth when he had only a phone consulatation. He and Aaron are going to all of the "call" right now so he is basically on call all of the time. Hopefully it will be less when they are able to split it and as they get faster with more experience.

Brynlee and I are still working on getting settled and ready for the baby. We've been able to play a little here and there as well. She has been so funny lately singing all of the time.  Occasionally, she sings primary songs, but mostly she makes up random songs and then says, "Did you like that one mom?"  When she's not singing, she is beatboxing (thank you Uncle Luke). She makes me feel like I live in a musical. 

It looks like our new baby is doing well. It's good to have a OB picked out and I took a tour of the L&D in the hospital here. We also had another ultrasound which brought a lot of peace of mind that everything looks good. It was fun to get to see her sweet little face in 3D as well.

 

The belly a month ago...its sigificantly bigger now

 I think all ultrasound pictures are a little scary, but so fun to get to see her little face!

We are grateful to finally be mostly settled. With much help from my family (thanks again guys!), Jordan and I packed up one of our vehicles and my parents Suburban with most all of our earthly possesions and headed to Missouri minus our Brynlee who my mom was kind enough to keep for a few days.  It was a tight fit but we made it! Because there "must needs be opposition in all things..." we had a break down and set back in St. Louis. We are grateful that we broke down in the city and not in the middle of Kansas somewhere. We emptied the Suburban did a little furniture shopping and headed back to Colorado to get our cute stinker.

Bryn got to play with lots of friends while we were away...I don't think she really missed us.

While we were in Colorado we got to go to the temple with Luke for the first time and spend some time with Jason, Andrea, Aliyah, and Joshua.

We got to enjoy swimming and relaxing at my parents for a while. Gramie and Papa also had a backyard campout with the two girls. They (the girls) had a blast...as for the grandparents, I think they survived :).

Our move from Utah went fairly smoothly. We miss being close to Jordan's family already. We are so grateful for all of the help from Jordan's siblings. Brynlee asks all the time to play with cousins...especially Hawsey, Sage, and Mya. Before we left we were able to some fun things I never blogged about.

The Saturday before Mother's Day we were able to do the Susan Komen Breast Cancer 5K in SLC. It was nice to be able to do something in memory of Jordan's mom. We went to breakfast and to the zoo with Rob, Jamie and Haws afterwards. It made for a long day for my pregger self, but it was so fun.

We also went to Torrey, UT area with Jordan's sister Shawna and their family for a little mini vacation.  It was so fun and very beautiful!

We were also able to visit what's left of the home Jordan's grandpa grew up in. Crazy to imagine a bunch

of kids in that little house!

Whew!  That's all I have for now!  Hopefully, now that we're kinda sorta settled, I'll do better keeping this up!

Dr. Day's Graduation

So, I realize I'm behind once again.  I really need to post pictures from Easter, our trip to Torrey, and other fun pics, but these pictures are on the computer already and I'm thinking about it at this moment so here are the pictures from last weekends graduation ceremony.  Thanks to my fabulous dad for the awesome photography!

We are so excited to be done and to be looking forward to a paycheck!  We appreciate all the love and support from our family and friends!  Congrats to Jordan for all of his hard work!  It was so fun to see some old friends in Iowa as well.  We're grateful for the Moore's allowing us to stay with them.  We had so much fun catching up with our old neighborhood and especially seeing Libby and Brynlee play again.  Hopefully I'll post some pics soon!