We have been so busy the last few weeks, it hardly seems real that we are here! After lots of hard work and stress, we managed to get all moved into our apartment in St. Louis! Today was the official end of moving in, as we unpacked the last box!! We are so grateful to Mom and Dad Olsen for helping us drive all our stuff... It was a bit scary sometimes traveling with that big trailer. They are Superstars and we love them!!! It was a great help to have them here with us, not only for their physical work, but to help us feel more comfortable in our neighborhood and our new ward.
Our drive out here was a little stressful because we found out that the highway taking us into Missouri on our route was closed due to river flooding. So we had to do a little re-routing, and ended up doing a lot of driving through some Nebraska farmland. Thank goodness for our GPS systems, or else it would have been a lot more difficult to make it here!!
After arriving here in St. Louis, we spent 4 hours unpacking and then finished in time to take a quick swim in our new pool! it felt great to relax and have fun. However, our apartment didn't have any hot water(Until this morning), and so the cold showers haven't been very fun. I am looking forward to my first hot shower here.
On Saturday returned the trailer and did some shopping for groceries and for some other basic needs for our new home. We spent the rest of the day working on more unpacking and organizing.
It was great to go to church on Sunday! We are so lucky that our ward is very close to our apartment. Its about 3 miles away. The minute we sat down in the chapel, we had a bunch of people come right up to us and talk to us and get to know who we are. I guess they have a lot of medical students in that area, and so they have had a lot of new families lately. I am so glad to live in an area where the people are so friendly and accepting. After church, we had some lunch and then we went to downtown St. Louis and did some sight seeing!
Gateway Arch
This Statue is NOT supposed to be under water...
At the Temple
( the temple is really quite close to us too, between 10-15 minutes )
Here is the virtual Tour of our apartment! As you walk in the door, you see our living room
To the left is the dining area and the Kitchen
Our awesome brick wall. I love this part of our apartment. :)
Down the hall leads to our bathroom, bedroom, and the study area/ doggie bedroom
And that's it!! :)
