Nelli and Ellie

Which one's Nelli?  We were watching Ellie for a few hours and when they both woke from their naps I was floored at how alike they looked with their groggy faces and pink shirts.  Those eyes of Ellie's get me every time I see her, they remind me of Nelli's and I just want to hug her.  

General Conference With Babies

We invited the Cheneys over for General Conference on Sunday.  The first session the babies slept through except the last talk (Pres. Monson's of course).  Marlee and Nelli had a blast playing in this play hut and we got a kick out of watching them.  They are now at the age where they play with each other instead of parallel play and I love it with all my heart!  Now when Meghann and I take the girls somewhere in the car we get talking and next thing we know we hear the babies giggling in the back seat.  They love to tease each other :).

Spring with Nelli

We've had some beautiful Spring days here in St Louis. Nelli would be outside all day, everyday, if I let her!

This day, we were sitting on the porch talking with our neighbors when Sarah pulled out her camera and took these pictures of Nelli.  Oh, it makes me want to learn how to capture shots like these!

Nelli loves her stuffed animals and likes to share her food or water with them

Brie is in the pink dress -- Nelli loves following her around!

These blossoms only lasted a few weeks (the Magnolia blossoms only a few days). They are just gorgeous!

Sneaking some belly button time

Jana and Scott in St Louis

We had a great time with Taylor's parents here! We spent a little time showing them around St Louis by going to the Arch, The World Bird Sanctuary (which has some rare, interesting eagles), and spent part of a day driving around to find supplies for my Wolf scouts.  We also relived some Christmas puzzle time by doing a St. Louis 500 piece puzzle in 4 hours (we missed your talent, Ali :). Overall, we just like having them around; they are a piece of  heaven for us!

Fitz's is unique to St. Louis. They make the best root beer and have some pretty great  food too.

Farewell Anna

My homemade Hondorus flag :)

YAY Anna!

The Gradens

 

We threw Anna a little celebration for her mission call to San Pedro Sula, Hondoras. Go Anna!  She's going to ROCK as a missionary!  We invited a few of our friends that live around here to join in the fun.  Anna helped me make a mango salsa, a bean dip and some yummy cupcakes. So, a neat fact: our friend Sarah Graden has been to San Pedro Sula a few times with her family that do humanitarian work there regularly.  It was cool for Anna to talk to her and it also meant she had some neat stuff for me to decorate my apartment with to give it a Hondorian feel.

Neighborhood Valentines Party

The Gradens put together a neighborhood potluck Valentines day party on Friday so we could all get to know each other better.  It was so fun!  Sarah did a photo booth and these are the results.   

Ruth in St. Louis

She's here!

Ruth's boots

Ruth is so funny teasing me about not throwing my food

The tram to get to the top of the arch is tiny

We rode the Metro downtown

Danforth campus

The Climatron

Nice putting on her hat, daddy

That's better

On a walk-look at those geese!

Nelli and Ruth had a blast.  And we did too.  We took her to Washington University, Danforth Campus, the Arch and the Climatron (indoor rainforest) at the Missouri Botanical gardens.  It was great to have her here for a few days.

Can I just say, Ruth is quite the photographer.  She was snapping shots all over the place.  We have so many great pictures of when she was here.