Monday, November 29, 2010

I think most of you know we're in Missouri now. We'd been back in Utah 2 1/2 months when Erik's company asked him to go build a stake center here in Kansas City right next to the Kansas City, MO temple (also currently being constructed). Here's the ground- breaking ceremony for the stake center.
We had not expected to move so soon, and I really wasn't excited about it. But now that we're here we're so glad it happened. We found a wonderful ward with lots of young families and have been warmly welcomed. We're finally settled in and enjoying life in the midwest. We thought we'd be smart this time and left half our stuff in storage in Utah. We'll see how smart that really was. On one hand - the easiest move ever. On the other hand anytime anything's missing it's, "Hmm, must be in storage. Let's go buy another one".

Allison has made two best friends in her nursery class. These beautiful little girls are her exact age and height and maturity. They all hold hands in the halls and scream and act girly and they never fight. We are delighted to see her interact with them since our last ward often had zero kids in the nursery! In Utah!

Julia is such a daddy's girl and such a mommy's girl at the same time, if that's possible. She goes back and forth between us all through church. She's terribly obedient, something we haven't experienced before (not mentioning any names . . ) She has a perma-bruise on one side of her forehead. Yep, there it is for you to see. She defends herself from her big sister by biting and pinching. Allison reacts the same way to both (crying bloody murder) even though the pinching really only tickles. Look at these sweethearts! We're so lucky!