Saturday, June 27, 2009

Since we have been here...

Well, I'm horrible at keeping the blog updated--I know and you know--so let's not dwell on that. Let's just play catch up! A lot has happened since we have been here in St. Louis, and because of this, some of the pictures and events may not be in order, but at least they are here, right!?

So to start...Memorial Day. We went to Jefferson Barracks Cemetery the Sunday before Memorial Day. It was absolutely breathtaking! There are headstones EVERYWHERE you look!

For Memorial Day they had a flag by each one!! We heard that they asked ALL the Boy Scouts in St. Louis to help put flags up, so the scouts in our ward went to Sacrament meeting and then left to go help put flags around!


The next pictures and video clip is of Ben's first time eating cereal! I know this isn't very exciting to most of you, but this one is mainly for Papa, Nana, Grandma, and Grandpa!

He was SO ready for something more in his tummy!



And He LOVED it!

Since that was a first for Ben, we will also put up a first for Leila (and Mommy/Daddy)--
POTTY TRAINING! Leila has wanted to be potty trained for some time now, but the first time she showed interest when Ben was due. The second time she showed interest was when we were getting ready to move, and I did NOT want to worry about potty training across the country! Call me crazy! So, I told her when we moved into our new house she could use her potty chair!


She was so excited ad has basically done everything herself! I have a feeling she will be the EASIEST child I will have to potty train! She is doing GREAT! We have had a few BIG accidents, but nothing that I didn't expect!

Another very exciting thing for us was our nephew David was born while we were here!

Oh, it was such a joy for me to be here!! I was so excited to see that little boy! I was probably more anxious than the kids! On the way to the "hostible" (as Leila calls it), the kids were asking some of the funniest questions. One of my favorite questions was, "So did Daddy help Mommy get David out?" For some questions I told them they would have to ask their parents!! SO CUTE! Heather, Matt, kids, we miss you guys so much! We have been very bored without you and hope you are doing well! We LOVE you! If you want to see more pictures of David that we took at the hospital you can look here.

Now here are just some random pictures that I really don't need to write about. They are just some cute pictures we've taken since we have been here! Hope you enjoy!



5 comments:

Jen said...

I can't believe how big you kids are getting! Can you believe we're supposed to be the adults now, making the decisions? What the?!

Jean said...

How fun! Man, we miss you guys! Now that Leila is gone, NO ONE wants to come visit us. :(
Love the pictures and videos!

kakaw master said...

I can't beleive how big Leila and Ben are! We are trying to get set up with Skype so we can see and talk to you guys.

The Monsen's said...

these pictures of Ben makes me want to cry!!! I miss you guys so much. Come Home k?!? I am so jealous that Aunt Shauna was there and not me! It looks like you guys had alot of fun though. Love Ya!

Heather said...

I love the pictures! I finally have had a minute to sit down at the computer. We sure miss you! It was so fun for me to spend time with you. I love you so much (and the rest of the family too :)) Hope it cools off for you soon!