The Larson Family

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Two Months Old!

Grace is officially two months old today!

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Grace went in for her two month appointment today. We were fortunate to find a new doctor here that we really like! Grace survived her first set of shots although she seemed pretty traumatized. =( She slept most of the day, but by the end of the day she was back to the happy baby that she is!

Latest Stats:

Height: 23 3/4 (90th Percentile!)

Weight: 11 lbs. 4 oz. (60th Percentile)

She's a tall girl! She certainly doesn't get her height from her mother....she was a shrimp!! :)

Grace's battle wounds =(

All better!! :)

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Visit with the Larson's

Grandpa Larson and Aunt Eden made the trip from Colorado for a quick visit. They got here last evening and will head back to Colorado bright and early tomorrow morning. Grace had a great time with Grandpa and Eden! Dave's Uncle Mark and Aunt Debbie also stopped by and we went out for lunch this afternoon. Mark and Debbie live in Saint Louis as Mark is also studying at the seminary.

Debbie, Mark, and Grace

Lunch at Mimi's Cafe
Eden, Debbie, and Grandpa Larson

Mark and us

Grandpa Larson and Grace

Grace having a good time with Grandpa

Grandpa wore her out! =)

Aunt Eden and Grace

After such a fun day- Grace is ready for a bath!

She loves bathtime!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Top things we miss about Seymour...

Grace sporting one of the new outfits

given by Pastor and Jan before we left.

Well, we've been busy unpacking boxes and are are ALMOST unpacked. YAY!!

Heather has one final week left of vacation...and then she starts up with meetings and classroom preparations. She's not quite sure about leaving Grace...but knows she'll be in good hands with dad! We've been able to see some of our seminary friends and familar faces at Saint Paul's- our field work church...so that has been nice. This week we look forward to having Grandpa Larson and Aunt Eden visit.

And here it is....a few of the things that we already miss about Seymour...

In no particular order :)

1. Traffic! Saint Louis traffic is crazy....oh how we miss Tipton :)

2. The commute! How we loved just walking across the parking lot.

3. Our house! Moving from a spacious two bedroom house to a one bedroom apartment can be quite interesting. We've had to be creative in finding places to put things!!

4. The people! It's sad going to Wal-mart and not seeing a single person you know.

5. Our mailbox! Yeah that's right...I miss my mail coming by 9:30 every morning. All I would have to do is open my front door and there it was! Now I have to walk a ways to get my mail. (I'm not at all lazy:)

6. The ladies in the office! Grace misses all the snuggle time.

7. National City! The one down the street from our new place just isn't the same.

8. The ringing of the church bells! Oh what a lovely sound we had coming through our windows. Now we just hear the thumping from the people upstairs.

9. The eastern time zone! It gets dark here by 8:30. Way too early if you ask us!

And the list could keep going....

Just look at that sad face...

Friday, July 25, 2008

The New Place

The outside view of our apartment.

Ours is on the lower lefthand side.

One of the two pools

Basketball courts just down the street

The playground....can't wait for Carson, Ryan, Kyle, and Noelle to come play!! :)
And...Patrick too if he makes the trip from Canada :)

One of the lovely views...

Of course I had to throw in a picture of Grace!

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Back in Saint Louis

Well the dreaded day came....moving day! Thankfully we arrived back in Saint Louis safely. I am delighted to say that we have a nice strong internet signal in the comfort of our own living room...so it will be much easier for me to keep the blog updated than I anticipated!

We left Seymour around 10:30 after attending staff devotions one last time. We said our goodbyes, turned in our keys, and were on the road. Grace was an excellent little traveler! We stopped once to feed her and one other stop for a quick diaper change. What a trooper! :)

Our truck was packed to the absolute brim!

We will be getting a bigger truck next year!

And...it's time to unpack!

Grace all dressed for the occasion!

Yes, we have our work cut out for us in the days and weeks ahead!

Pizza after a hard days work!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Final Day in Seymour :o(

And....the fun begins....

The tough job... :o)

Look at all those boxes!

Such a good system going here...

What would we have done without them?!?!

Cheers to a job well done!

We had plenty of wonderful help from members of the congregation.

Apparently they were eager to get rid of us. :o)

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Farewell Sunday

This weekend was Dave's final weekend at Immanuel. Heather sang, Dave preached and will preach one final time tomorrow night. We said goodbye to so many wonderful people that we have grown to love this year. Such a blessing it has been to be and serve at Immanuel this year! We will surely miss this place and will look back with the fondest of memories.